PETROLEUM REFINERY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Visbreaking

Produces fuel oil of lower viscosity

Produces gasoline only

Uses natural gas as feed

Is carried out at atmospheric pressure

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Which of the following has the lowest cetane number?

Aromatics

Olefins

I-paraffins

Naphthene

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Flash point of a liquid petroleum fuel gives an idea about its

Explosion hazards characteristics

All of these

Volatility

Nature of boiling point diagram

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The first crude oil refinery of India is located at

Digboi

Kochin

Naharkatiya

Madras

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Viscosity index of a lubricating oil

Is the measure of its flash point

Is the measure of variation of viscosity with temperature

Should be low

None of these

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Tetraethyl lead is added to the petrol to increase its octane number, because its octane number is

Between 50 and 100

Less than 25

Round about 100

More than 100

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Petrolatum is

Petroleum coke

Same as petroleum ether

None of these

A mixture of microcrystalline wax in viscous hydrocarbon liquids

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The order of preference for feedstock to a catalytic reformer is

Catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha - virgin naphtha

Virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha - coking naphtha

Virgin naphtha - coking naphtha - catalytic naphtha

Coking naphtha - virgin naphtha - catalytic naphtha

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Which of the following is a naphthene?

Butadiene

Butene

Cyclohexane

Acetylene

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In the atmospheric pressure crude distillation, the content of __________ from lighter fraction to heavier ones.

Sulphur increases

Sulphur decreases

None of these

Nitrogen decreases

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