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  • Question
  • Crude oil is subjected to vacuum distillation in the last stage, because


  • Options
  • A. high boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose.
  • B. lighter/low boiling products are prone to thermal decomposition.
  • C. high purity products can be obtained thereby.
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • high boiling point products like heavy fuel oil & lubricating oils are heat sensitive and may decompose. 


  • Petroleum Refinery Engineering problems


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    • 1. Which of the following is used as a solvent in deasphalting of petroleum products?

    • Options
    • A. Furfural
    • B. Propane
    • C. Methyl ethyl ketone
    • D. Liquid sulphur dioxide
    • Discuss
    • 2. Doctor's solution used for sweetening of petroleum products is

    • Options
    • A. sodium plumbite
    • B. sodium sulphite
    • C. sodium thiosulphate
    • D. lead sulphate
    • Discuss
    • 3. The yield of straight run LPG from crude oil is about __________ weight percent.

    • Options
    • A. 20-25
    • B. 1-1.5
    • C. 10-15
    • D. 0.1-0.2
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pressure maintained in the high pressure primary tower of a three stage crude oil distillation system is about __________ kg/cm2 .

    • Options
    • A. 1.5
    • B. 3
    • C. 6
    • D. 12
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. Lower boiling paraffins have higher octane number than higher paraffins.
    • B. Dehydrogenation of naphthenes to aromatics is a desirable reaction in reforming process.
    • C. The most ideal feedstock for thermal reforming is dearomatised kerosene.
    • D. Catalyst used in catalytic reforming is platinum on silica-alumina base.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Bottom product of atmospheric pressure crude oil distillation column is termed as

    • Options
    • A. reduced crude
    • B. heavy ends
    • C. asphalt
    • D. residuum
    • Discuss
    • 7. Catalyst used in the catalytic cracking is

    • Options
    • A. silica-alumina
    • B. silica gel
    • C. vanadium pentoxide
    • D. nickel
    • Discuss
    • 8. Aniline point test of an oil qualitatively indicates the __________ content of an oil.

    • Options
    • A. paraffin
    • B. olefin
    • C. aromatic
    • D. naphthene
    • Discuss
    • 9. Isomerisation converts the __________ tot-paraffins.

    • Options
    • A. paraffins
    • B. olefins
    • C. naphthenes
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Smoke point of kerosene expresses its

    • Options
    • A. burning characteristics.
    • B. luminosity characteristics.
    • C. aromatic content directly.
    • D. lamp wick wetting characteristics.
    • Discuss


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