Petroleum Refinery Engineering
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

Coking
Thermal cracking
Gum formation
Discoloration

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Petroleum Refinery Engineering
In catalytic cracking, the

Gasoline obtained has very high aromatic content
Gasoline obtained has a very low octane number
Pressure & temperature is very high
Gasoline obtained has very high amount of gum forming compounds

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Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Mercaptans are

Low boiling sulphur compounds
All of these
Undesirable in petrol, as they reduce its octane number
Added in LPG cylinders to detect gas leakage by its smell

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