Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Though increased pressure has a retarding effect on cracking reaction, yet in actual process, a positive pressure of 10-15 kgf/cm² is maintained during cracking mainly to

Enhance the octane number of gasoline
Suppress coke formation
Reduce gum content in gasoline
Increase the yield of light distillates

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Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Pick out the wrong statement about the smoking tendency of various hydrocarbon constituents of kerosene.

Smoking tendency of paraffins increases with decrease in its molecular weight
Smoking tendency of hydrocarbons increases in the order : paraffins → isoparaffins → naphthenes → aromatics
Smoking tendency of aromatics decreases with increase in its molecular weight
Smoking tendency of naphthenes decreases with its increasing molecular weight & also on addition of double bond

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