PETROLEUM REFINERY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Presence of sulphur in gasoline

Decreases gum formation

Helps during stabilisation

Increases lead susceptibility

Leads to corrosion

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In hydrofining catalytic desulphurisation process for sweetening of petroleum products, use of hydrogen

Neither A nor B

Enhances the desulphurisation process

Minimises coke formation

Both A & B

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Sour crude means the __________ bearing crude.

Wax

Asphalt

Sulphur compounds

Nitrogen compounds

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Reid vapour pressure of gasoline is the measure of its

Pour point

Vapour locking tendency

Cloud point

Carbon residue

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Deoiling of wax is done by its

Solvent extraction

Heating

Both B & C

Cooling

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Most commonly used crude heater before the fractionation tower in a refinery is the __________ heater.

None of these

Electric immersion

Pipestill

Steam coil

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

Naphthenes

Aromatics

Olefins

Paraffins

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Which of the following constituents present in petroleum is responsible for ash formation?

Oxygen compounds

Sulphur compounds

Nitrogen compounds

Organometallic compounds

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Pour point of a petrofuel is

Multiple of 5°F

None of these

5°C below the temperature at which oil ceases to flow

Multiple of 3°F

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Which of the following theories of origin of petroleum does not explain the presence of nitrogen & sulphur compounds in crude oil?

Modern theory

Engler theory

Carbide theory

All of these

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