PETROLEUM REFINERY ENGINEERING QUIZ

Alkylation

Causes olefins to combine with iso-paraffins

Causes olefins to combine with each other

Converts iso-paraffin into olefin

Converts olefin into paraffin

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Petroleum coke is commercially produced by the __________ process.

Visbreaking

Fluid catalytic cracking

Hydrocracking

Delayed coking

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Petroleum coke is used mainly in the

Blast furnace for reduction of iron ore

Sugar refining

Manufacture of carbon electrode

Discoloration of yellow glycerine

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Which of the following has the maximum °API gravity of all?

Diesel

Kerosene

Petrol

Furnace oil

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An upper limit of oil content is limited to about __________ percent for achieving efficient and satisfactory level of wax sweating.

15

5

60

40

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Absolute vapor pressure of petrofuels is found by Reid bomb which is heated in water bath to 100°F. In Reid apparatus, the ratio of the volume of air chamber to that of the liquid fuel chamber is

1

3

4

2

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Solvent used in the deasphalting process is

Propane

Furfurol

Hexane

Phenol

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Gum formation in stored gasoline is mainly due to the

Higher aromatic content

Alkylation of unsaturates

Presence of sulphur

Oxidation & polymerisation of unsaturates

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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?

All of these

Carbide theory

Modern theory

Engler theory

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A petroleum well is called 'dry', if it contains

All of these

Only natural gas

Very little oil

No natural gas

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