Petroleum Refining

engineering

1. Which is the most undesirable component in kerosene ?

a. Aromatics (a)
b. i-paraffins
c. n-paraffins
d. Naphthenes

2. Which of the following tests is not done for transformer oil ?

a. Flash point and acid value.

b. Aniline point.
c. Dielectric strength. (b)
d. Copper strip corrosion test.

3. Which of the following fractions of a crude oil will have the maximum gravity API (i.e. API)

a. Diesel
b. Gasoline (c)
c. Atmospheric gas oil
d. Vacuum gas oil

4. Flash point of atmospheric distillation residue is determined by __________ apparates.

a. Pensky-Martens (closed cup type).

b. Abel. (c)
c. Cleveland (open cup type)
d. none of these.

5. Smoke point of a test sample of kerosene is found to be 15 mm. On removal of

__________ from it, the smoke point rises to 25 mm.

a. n-paraffins

b. olefins (c)

c. aromatics

d. none of these
6. Most commonly used crude heater before the fractionation tower in a refinery is the..

a. electric immersion
b. pipestill (b)
c. steam coil
d. none of these

7. Solvent used in the deasphalting process is

a. furfurol

b. phenol (c)

c. propane

d. hexane

8. A good lubricant should have high..

a. viscosity index

b. volatility (a)

c. pour point

d. none of these

9. In petroleum refining, the process used for conversion of hydrocarbons to aromatics is

a. catalytic cracking

b. catalytic reforming (b)

c. hydrotreating

d. alkylation

10. Pick out the additive property of a lube oil out of following..

a. API gravity
b. Specific gravity (a)
c. Viscosity
d. Flashpoint

11. Catalyst used in catalytic reforming is..

a. platinum on alumina
b. nickel (a)
c. iron
d. aluminium chloride
12. Which of the following has the lowest viscosity (at a given temperature) of all..

a. Naphtha
b. Kerosene (a)
c. Diesel
d. Lube oil

13. Mercaptans are..

a. low boiling sulphur compounds.

b. added in LPG cylinders to detect gas leakage by its smell. (d)
c. undesirable in petrol, as they reduce its octane number.
d. all (a), (b) and (c)

14. Catalytic desulphurisation process used for sweetening of straight run gasoline and
kerosene uses __________ as catalyst.

a. Bauxite

b. fuller's earth (d)

c. activated clay

d. all (a), (b) & (c)

15. Name the hydrocarbon having the poorest oxidation stability.

a. Naphthene

b. Olefin (d)

c. Paraffin

d. Aromatics

16.A crude sample has specific gravity=0.7, and its boiling point=175 c find its
Kuop value.

a. 9.5
b. 11.9 (c)
c. 13.3
d. 12

17.Diesel has smoke tendency..if its smoke point is 34.2mm.

a. 10
b. 11.3 (c)
c. 9.35
d. 14.52
18.A naphthenic type oil containing 40% aromatic contain and its aniline
point=72.3 c find diesel index? Sg=37 API

a. 24.12
b. 26.75 (b)
c. 18.52
d. 28.0

19.What is the cetane number in above question?

a. 170.2
b. 152.6 (c)
c. 192.6
d. 189.5

20.A petroleum product (petrol) having B.P=95 c, and its specific gravity =0.7
at 15.6 c find its correlation index (CI).

a. 2.4
b. 3.5 (c)
c. 6.9
d. 8.4