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Petroleum Refining Engineering: Mr. Shiv Om Meena Abhinn Luhadia Assistant Professor 2014UCH1629

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about petroleum refining engineering. The questions cover topics such as additives that improve diesel cetane number, typical hydrogen content of crude oil, solvents used in different refining processes, the purpose of cracking, commonly used cracking processes, feedstock preferences for catalytic reformers, and calculations involving metals content in feedstock, steam pipe heat transfer, and catalyst regeneration cycles.

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Petroleum Refining Engineering: Mr. Shiv Om Meena Abhinn Luhadia Assistant Professor 2014UCH1629

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about petroleum refining engineering. The questions cover topics such as additives that improve diesel cetane number, typical hydrogen content of crude oil, solvents used in different refining processes, the purpose of cracking, commonly used cracking processes, feedstock preferences for catalytic reformers, and calculations involving metals content in feedstock, steam pipe heat transfer, and catalyst regeneration cycles.

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PETROLEUM REFINING ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

MR. SHIV OM MEENA ABHINN LUHADIA

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 2014UCH1629

Q 1 Which of the following is an additive used for improving cetane number of diesel?

1. Tetra ethyl lead


2. Tetra methyl lead
3. Ethyl nitrate or acetone
4. None of these

Q 2 Hydrogen % (by weight) in crude petroleum may be about-

1. 5
2. 15
3. 25
4. 35

Q 3 The solvent used in Barisol dewaxing process is-

1. Hexane
2. Furfural
3. Benzol and ethylene dichloride
4. Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)

Q 4 The main aim of cracking is to produce

1. Gasoline
2. Lube oil
3. Petrolatum
4. Coke

Q 5 Which of the following is the most widely used cracking process in oil refineries-

1. Dubbs Process
2. T.C.C moving bed process
3. Fluidized bed catalytic cracking process
4. Houdrys fixed bed process

Q 6 The order of preference for feedstock to a catalytic reformer is-


1. catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha - virgin naphtha
2. coking naphtha - virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha
3. virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha
4. virgin naphtha - coking naphtha - catalytic naphtha

Q 7 True vapour pressure of a petroleum fraction __________ Reid vapour pressure.

1. is less than
2. is more than
3. is same as
4. may be either more or less than

Q 8 Sour crude means the __________ bearing crude.

1. Asphalt
2. sulphur compounds
3. wax
4. nitrogen compounds

Q 9 Hydrocracking employs

1. high pressure low temperature


2. high pressure and temperature
3. low temperature and pressure
4. high temperature and low pressure

Q 10 Crude topping column operates at __________ pressure.

1. Atmospheric
2. 10 atm
3. Vacuum
4. 3 atm

Q 11 The composition, limit of inflammability and maximum velocity of the constituents of a liquefied
petroleum gas(LPG) is tabulated below:

Constituent fuel Composition Lower Limit Upper limit Vol % of gas in Maximum flame
gases of LPG (% by Vol.) L1 L2 gas air velocity of gas air
mixture,m mixture, cm/s
CH4 1.5 5.3 14 10 39
C2H6 14 3.0 12.5 6.3 46
C3H8 53.5 2.2 9.5 4.6 45
C4H10 (iso + 31 1.9 8.5 3.5 44
normal)

Find limit of inflammability of LPG in air

1. 2.2-9.5 %
2. 3-6%
3. 2.5-8.5%
4. 4-10%

Q 12 From Q 11 data, find composition required for gas-air mixture for LPG-

1. 7%
2. 5%
3. 4.37%
4. 6.4%

Q 13 From Q 11 data, find maximum flame velocity of the LPG gas-air mixture in cm/sec-

1. 44.7
2. 74.4
3. 47.4
4. 57.4

Q 14 A feedstock contains 0.32 ppm Fe, 0.63 ppm V, and 0.003 ppm Ni. Calculate the metals factor.

1. 0.90
2. 0.98
3. 1.20
4. 1.52

Q 15 In DEAN and STARK Apparatus what will be the water % content if volume of water trapped is
128ml and volume of sample is 585 ml-

1. 20.2
2. 21.42
3. 21.88
4. 25.54
Q 16 A horizontal steam pipe is carrying steam at 200oC across a room. Calculate the radiation heat
transfer rate per metre run of pipe from the given data:
Diameter = 150mm, room temperature = 20o C
Emissivity of pipe surface= 0.8

1. 912 J/sec
2. 900 J/sec
3. 999.9 J/sec
4. 800 J/sec

Q 17 What is the propagation velocity of oil-


Given: a=0.11, k=0.75, E= 8300 kJ/kg, R= 8.314 kPa.m3/(mol.K), T= 3000C

1. 1.2 m/s
2. 0.12 m/s
3. 1.5 m/s
4. 2 m/s

Q 18 On the basis of given information answer the following


After the burning of 20 degree API gravity crude oil hot gas (gamma=1.4) is formed which is expanded
adiabatically to the double of its initial volume from a cylindrical pipe whose one end is maintained at
pressure of 5 atm and its rear end is connected to a cooling tower. The diameter of pipe is 1.6 ft and
length is 2m, then find the following-

The pressure imparted by the gas on the cooling tower-

1. 1.87 atm
2. 1.86 atm
3. 1.88 atm
4. 1.89 atm

Q 19 The force generated by the gas on the lateral surface of the pipe is-

1. 5.79 atm.m2
2. 6.80 atm.m2
3. 4.70 atm.m2
4. 5.92 atm.m2

Q 20 Calculate the length of time between regeneration of catalyst in a reformer operating at following
conditions: Liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) = 3/hr
Feed rate= 5000 BPD, Feed gravity= 55 0 API, Catalyst bulk density= 50 lb/ ft3
The catalyst is regenerated every 90 bbl/lb of catalyst.

1. 345 days
2. 351 days
3. 55 days
4. 200 days

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