CH62009: Petroleum Refinery Engineering
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| Course name | Petroleum Refinery Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Chemical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Autumn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
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Prerequisite – CH30009 or equivalent Origin of petroleum crude oil. Evaluation of crude oil – evaluation and characterization of crude oil : TBP and other distillation tests. Petroleum products, their properties, specification and testing – different properties like flash point, fire point, smoke point, aniline point, carbon residue, kinematic viscosity, pour point, freezing point etc. Use of crude book data. Petroleum refinery distillation – pre-fractionation and atmospheric distillation of crude. Process design for atmospheric distillation. Stabilization of naphtha. Vacuum distillation of RCO. Reforming of naphtha. Other secondary processes like Vis-breaking, Furfural/Phenol/NMP extraction, Solvent dewaxing, propane deasphalting. Delayed coking process. FCC unit. Hydrotreatment processes in refining: hydro-desulfurisation, hydrofinishing, Hydrocracking. Production of lube oil base stock. Refinery equipment : furnaces, distillation columns, reactors, pumps, compressors and piping. Environmental impact of refineries. Text Book: 1.Petroleum Refinery Engineering by W. L. Nelson 2.Petroleum Refining, Technology & Economics by J. H. Gray & G. E. Handwerk 3.Petroleum Refinery Distillation by R. N. Watkins 4.Modern Petroleum Refining Processes by B. K. B. Rao Reference Book: 1.The Chemistry & Technology of Petroleum by J. G. Speight
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Time Table
| Day | 8:00-8:55 am | 9:00-9:55 am | 10:00-10:55 am | 11:00-11:55 am | 12:00-12:55 pm | 2:00-2:55 pm | 3:00-3:55 pm | 4:00-4:55 pm | 5:00-5:55 pm | |
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| Monday | NR124 | NR124 | ||||||||
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