Petroleum Refinery Engineering Subcategories

Petroleum Refinery Engineering

Which of the following processes is used for the production of petroleum coke ?

A. Stabilisation
B. Visbreaking
C. Cracking
D. Reforming

Smoke point of a good burning kerosene may be around _______________ mm?

A. 0-5
B. 20-25
C. 60-75
D. 100-120

Which of the following has the highest octane number ?

A. Aromatics
B. i-paraffins
C. Naphthenes
D. Olefins

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 ____________________?

A. Thermal cracking
B. Gum formation
C. Coking
D. Discoloration

Iso-octane is used as a reference substance in the definition of octane number and it is assigned an octane number value of 100. Iso-octane is chemically known as ___________________?

A. α-methyl naphthalene
B. 2-2-4 tri methyl pentane
C. 1, 3 butadiene
D. Tetra methyl ethylene

Solvent used in Edeleanu process is__________________?

A. Furfural
B. Propane
C. Liquid SO2
D. Phenol

Catalyst used in isomerisation process is __________________ ?

A. H2SO4
B. H3PO4
C. HF
D. AlCl3

In petroleum refining, the process used for conversion of hydrocarbons to aromatics is________________?

A. Catalytic cracking
B. Catalytic reforming
C. Hydrotreating
D. Alkylation

The reservoir rock containing petroleum has_________________?

A. Low porosity
B. High permeability
C. High porosity
D. Both B. and C.

Liquefied petroleum Gas (LPG) used for the household cooking comprises mainly of _______________?

A. Propane & butane
B. Butane & ethane
C. Methane & ethane
D. Methane & carbon monoxide