Assignment Group 1

Explain how crude quality affects the topology of refinery configuration?

What is the basic difference between a chemical and a refinery process? Explain with
any example.

Why are refinery process flow sheets very complex?

How to analyze refinery process flow sheets in a simple way?

Relate the important crude oil cuts and associated products .

Assignment group 2

What is the most important aspect of main column in the cdu?

What similarities are there for the cdu with vacuum distillation unit?

What primary disadvantage exists by using live steam in the cdu columns?

Explain the principle of vacuum distillation?

Can wecall refinery asa oplsant.give justificayion to your ans.

Assignment group 3
Give difference between resins and asphaltenes.?

A)give two examples of napthelenes also draw these structures.

B) how tb for watson characterization factor (k) calculated?

A) name two most important characterization properties of the

crude/intermediate/product stream.
B) flash and fire point are important properties for refinery ,give reason ?

A) at what temperature first a cloudy appearance of the product occurs?

B)for crude oil stream,is the octane number an important property?
C). Explain knocking tendency of the gasoline?

A) astm does not indicate a good separation of various components give reason why?
B) at what temperature viscosity measurements are carried out ?

Relate the important crude oil cuts and associated

products.
How to analyze refinery process flow sheets in a simple way?

Assignment group 4

Why are refinery process flow sheets very complex?

Explain how reactive transformations (chemical processes) are inevitable to convert
the heavy intermediate refinery streams into lighter streams.

What is the basic difference between a chemical and a refinery process?

Explain how crude quality affects the topology of refinery?

Configuration?

Name the units presented in the refinery process diagram. Explain any 5 in detail with
diagram of each?

Based on chemical analysis and existence of various functional groups, how refinery
crude can be classified?

Assignment group 5
Give the importance of octane number and explain how octane number is calculated.
Explain the important feed and product characterization properties in refinery
engineering.

Give the operating conditions inside the crude distillations.

Lists some important crude oils in the world oil trade and indicates the api
gravity/sulfur classification for each of these crudes.

Of all the hetero-elements in crude oil, sulfur has the most important effects on
refining ,how?

How refinery can be classified by process configuration and refinery complexity?

Summarizes the salient features of the different refinery classes and indicates their
characteristic product yield patterns at constant crude oil quality.