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23-Chem-B6 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals: December 2013

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  1. Question 1 Hydrogen Production, Reactions and a Benzene-Hydrogenation Recycle
  2. Question 2 Visbreaking, API Gravity and Flue-Gas Composition
  3. Question 3 Characterisation of Petroleum Fractions, Flash Point and Mass of Gas in a Tank
  4. Question 4 Acid-Gas Removal, Isomerisation and Ethane Combustion
  5. Question 5 Pour Point, Thermal-Cracking Reactions and Ethanol Distillation
  6. Question 6 Gasoline Properties, Catalyst Deactivation and the Acetylene Plant

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Paper format: Closed-book, 3 hours; six problems of equal value, of which five constitute a complete paper (the first four in the answer book are marked). Most parts call for concise essay answers; several require calculations with all steps shown.

Reference texts: Gary, Handwerk, Kaiser & Geddes, Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics (5th ed., CRC Press) — refinery processes, product properties; Fahim, Al-Sahhaf & Elkilani, Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining (Elsevier) — hydrogen production, treating, cracking; Felder, Rousseau & Bullard, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (4th ed., Wiley) — material balances, recycle, combustion and gas-law calculations; supporting property data from Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (9th ed.).