DATE : PETROLEUM REFINING ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

MR. SHIV OM MEENA DEEPAK SHARMA
(ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) 2014UCH1640

Q1. Which test is done for find out the softening point of bitumin.
A. Impact
B. Ball and ring
C. Flame
D. Viscosity
Q2. Aniline point of high speed diesel oil may be about
A. 35
B. 70
C. 105
D. 150
Q3. Natural gasoline is produced
A. From oil wells
B. In oil refinery
C. By natural gas stripping
D. None of these
Q4. The first crude oil refinery of india is located at
A. Naharkatiya
B. Digboi
C. Kochin
D. Madras
Q5. Cetane no. of high speed diesel must be greater than
A. 30
B. 45
C. 75
D. 95
Q6. Octane number of motor gasoline used in india and america are respectively
A. 87&94
B. 94&87
C. 94&100
D. 83&100
Q7. The removal of light fractions from crude oil is called its
A. sweetening
B. dehydration
C. stabilisation
D. visbreaking
Q8. Waxy crudes are treated with chemical additives mainly to
A. depress its pour point
B. dissolve wax
C. precipitate wax
D. precipitate wax
Q9. The most commonly used feedstock for reforming reactor is
A. heavy fuel oil
B. residue
C. straight run gasoline
D. casing head gasoline
Q10. The solvent used in barisol dewaxing process is
A. hexane
B. furfural
C. benzol and ethylene dichloride
D. methyl ethyl ketone

Numericals

Q1. A XY seam Jharia coal gave the following proximate analysis : moisture 1.6%, ash 15.7%, volatile
matter 27.8% and fixed carbon 54.9%.calculate its ash % on a dry basis ?
A. 16
B. 20
C. 18
D. 19
Q2. A binary distillation column is operating with a mixed feed containing 20 mol % vapour. if the feed
quality is changed to 80 mol % vapour the change in the slope of q line is ?
A. 4
B. 3.75
C. 3.5
D. 4.75
Q3. Carbon monoxide (CO)is burnt in presence of 200% excess pure oxygen and the flame temperature
achieved is 2298 K. The inlet streams are at 25 0C.The standard heat of formation (at 250C ) of CO and
CO2 are -110 kJmol-1 and -390 kJmol-1 ,respectively . The heat capacities (J mol-1 K-1 ) of the components
are
CP (O2 ) = 25+1410-3 T
CP (CO2 )= 25+4210-3 T
Where T is the temperature in K. The heat loss (in kJ) per mol of CO burnt is

A. 34.624
B. 35
C. 33
D. 40
Q4 An equimolar mixture of A&B (A being more volatile )is flashed distilled continuously at a feed rate
of 100 kmol/h ,such that the liquid product contains 40 mol % of A. If the relative volatility is 6, then the
vapour product in kmol/h is
A. 10
B. 25
C. 20
D. 45
Q5. Oil at 120 0C IS Used to heat water at 30 0C in a 1-1 co-current shell and tube heat exchanger .the
available heat exchange area is S1 .The exit temperature of the oil and the water streams are 90 0C and
60 0C respectively .the co-current
current heat exchanger is replaced by 1-1
1 1 counter current heat exchanger
having heat exchanging area S2 . if the exit temp. and overall heat transfer coefficients are same, the
ratio of S1 to S2 is
A.
B. 1.1
C. 0.91
D. 0
Q6. The products of combustion of methane in atmospheric air (21 % air O2 AND 79 % N2 ) have the
following composition (mol % ) on a dry basis : CO2 10% ,O2 2.37% ,CO 0.53 %, N2 87.10 % .
The ratio of the moles of CH4 to the moles of O 2 in the feed stream is
A. 1.05
B. 0.60
C. 0.51
D. 0.45
Q7. A pipeline system carries crude oil of density 800 kg/m3 .volumetric flow rate at point 1 is 0.28m3/s.
The cross sectional areas of branch 1 2 and 3 are 0.012, 0.008 , 0.004 m2 respectively. all three branches
re in horizontal plane and the friction is negligible. If the pressure at point 1 and 2 are 270kPa and
240kPa respectively. then the pressure at point 2 is (in kPa)

A. 240
B. 202
C. 284
D. 355
Q8. 44 kg of C3H8 is burnt with 1160 kg of air (Mol. Wt.=29 ) to produce 88 kg of CO2 and 14 kg of CO
C3H8 +5O2 = 3 CO2 +4 H2O
What is the precent excess air used ?
A. 55
B. 60
C. 65
D. 68
Q9. What is the % carbon burnt ?
A. 63.3
B. 73.3
C. 83.3
D. 93.
Q10. calculate diameter of a tank for settling caustic from 12000 bbl of oil per day ? allow 30 min. time
And use a vertical tank of 40 ft.
A. 7 ft
B. 6.67 ft
C. 7.64 ft
D. 7.2ft