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  • Higher boiling fractions like atmospheric residue is distilled under vacuum at low temperature because at high temperature, there is a tendency of the predominance of


  • Options
  • A. thermal cracking
  • B. gum formation
  • C. coking
  • D. discoloration

  • Correct Answer
  • coking 


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    • 1. Which parameter is used for the grading of paraffin waxes?

    • Options
    • A. Specific gravity
    • B. Melting point
    • C. Viscosity
    • D. Penetration number
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the followingis desirable in petrol (gasoline) but undesirable in kerosene?

    • Options
    • A. Paraffins
    • B. Aromatics
    • C. Mercaptans
    • D. Naphthenic acid
    • Discuss
    • 3. Lane and Garton classification of petroleum is based on its

    • Options
    • A. composition
    • B. specific gravity
    • C. optical properties
    • D. viscosity
    • Discuss
    • 4. Octane number (unleaded) of reformed gasoline may be upto

    • Options
    • A. 60
    • B. 70
    • C. 80
    • D. 90
    • Discuss
    • 5. Vacuum maintained in the vacuum distillation tower of the crude distillation plant is about __________ mm Hg (absolute).

    • Options
    • A. 5-10
    • B. 30-80
    • C. 150-250
    • D. 350-400
    • Discuss
    • 6. Tetraethyl lead is added to the petrol to increase its octane number, because its octane number is

    • Options
    • A. more than 100
    • B. round about 100
    • C. between 50 and 100
    • D. less than 25
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following gasolines (unleaded) has the least octane number?

    • Options
    • A. Catalytically cracked gasoline
    • B. Straight run gasoline
    • C. Catalytically reformed gasoline
    • D. Polymer gasoline
    • Discuss
    • 8. Asphalts are

    • Options
    • A. low molecular weight & low boiling point compounds present in petroleum.
    • B. desirable in catalytic cracking feedstock, because they produce coke.
    • C. readily oxidisable and form carbonaceous sludge.
    • D. all (a), (b) & (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Salt content (measured as sodium chloride) in electrically desalted crude oil comes down to a level of about __________ ptb (pounds per thousand barrel).

    • Options
    • A. 0.03
    • B. 3
    • C. 35
    • D. 70
    • Discuss
    • 10. Products drawn from the top to bottom of the crude oil distillation column has progressively increasing

    • Options
    • A. boiling points
    • B. molecular weight
    • C. C/H ratio
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c)
    • Discuss


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