PETROLEUM REFINERY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Which of the following contains maximum sulphur?

Fuel oil

Diesel

Kerosene

Petrol

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H/C ratio (by weight) for the same number of carbon atoms is the highest in case of

Paraffins

Aromatics

Olefins

Naphthenes

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Raw Kerosene has a smoke point of 15 mm. After it is subjected to dearomatisation by liquid SO₂ extraction (Edeleanu process), its smoke point may become __________ mm.

25

10

5

100

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Olefins are

Unsaturated cyclic compounds (hydrocarbons)

Saturated hydrocarbons

Present in substantially good quantity in crude petroleum

None of these

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Percentage of straight run gasoline in a typical crude oil may be around

6

38

18

52

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

May be either more or less than

Is less than

Is more than

Is same as

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Which is the most ideal feed stock for 'coking' process used for the manufacture of petroleum coke?

Light gas oil

Vacuum residue

Naphtha

Diesel

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Which of the following is the most widely used cracking process in oil refineries?

Fluidised bed catalytic cracking process

T.C.C. moving bed process

Dubbs process

Houdry's fixed bed process

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Pressure maintained in the high pressure primary tower of a three stage crude oil distillation system is about __________ kg/cm² .

1.5

6

3

12

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Aniline point is the

Measure of aromatic content of oil

Both A & B

Characteristic property of diesel & lubricating oils

Neither A nor B

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