EKB 4303 Petroleum Refining Engineering

Assignment 1
1. (a) (i) What is crude oil refining process?
(ii) Discuss the importance of crude oil refining process.

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(b) (i) Sketch a simplified petroleum refining process flow diagram with the
major equipments/units involved.

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(ii) Explain the importance of (a) delayed coking and (b) alkylation in the
refining process.

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2. (a) Discuss the compositions and characteristics of crude oil.

(b) Explain the terms:

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(i) Cetane number.

(ii) Pour point.
3. (i)

List out the classification of impurities in crude oil.

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(ii)

Explain why it is required to remove from crude oil.

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(iii)

Define API gravity and write the relationship between API and specific
gravity.

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4. (a) What is the importance of drilling muds?

(b) What is Kelly bushing?

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5. (a) What is the relationship between viscosity and shear stress of a fluid? Give
one example using this relationship for two different fluids.

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(b) What are the differences between Newtonian fluid and non-Newtonian
fluid? Provide one example for each fluid. The answers should be listed in
table form.

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