Question Bank

1. What are the hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon contents present in crude oil?
2. List the major products from a petroleum refinery.
3. How can you characterize crude oil?
4. What is meant by preheat train?
5. To what temperature is crude typically heated before (a) crude preheat furnace
(b) main Crude distillation column
6. What are the cut points/ draw temperatures for each product in Atmospheric
Distillation Unit (ADU)?
7. What are the different type of trays are used in ADU? Explain any one of them.
8. Why is steam used in ADU?
9. Define viscosity Index.
10. What is source rock?
11. Define K-Factor for crude characterization.
12. What is the boiling range of Naptha and Kerosene?
13. What is the principle of distillation?
14. What is the role of Reflux in Distillation Unit?
15. Why is Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) used?
16. What are the products from a VDU?
17. What are the cut points/ draw temperatures for each product in a VDU?
18. What type of trays used in a VDU? Why?
19. What is FCCU?
20. Catalyst used in FCC?
21. What are the modes of operation of an FCCU?
22. What is the temperature of operation for FCC?
23. What are different Impurities in Crude Oil?
24. What is Octane Number? What molecules contribute higher Octane Number?
25. What is a Topping Refinery and what is a Hydro-skimming Refinery?
26. What is the current total Refining Capacity in India.
27. At what temperature Thermal Cracking of Hydrocarbons Starts?
28. What are the elemental compositions (%) of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon
element in crude oil?
29. Differentiate between primary and secondary migration.
30. How you can classify impurities in Crude Oil?
31. What is Nelson Complexity Index (NCI) & how it is calculated?
32. What is visbreaking? What are the types of visbreaking operation?
33. What is the use of catalyst stripper in FCC process.
34. Differentiate between batch column and continuous column.
35. Differentiate between Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking.
36. Write any two hydrodesulfurization reactions.
37. Differentiate between Motor Octane Number (MON) and Research Octane Number
(RON).
38. How you can classify the distillation column?
39. Draw a bubble cap tray, briefly explain the working.
40. Explain delayed coking process with the help of diagram.
41. Explain Desalting process with the help of a diagram.
42. Differentiate between ADU and VDU?
43. Explain the working of ADU and the function of each component in it.
44. What is coking? Explain Delayed coking process with the help of a diagram.
45. Explain thermal cracking process.
46. Differentiate between conventional and soaker visbreaking, explain any one.
47. Explain FCC process along with various components.
48. Explain Hydrocracking process.
49. List the products and their boiling point range, obtained in Atmospheric
Distillation Unit (ADU).