Nivaar worked solution (AI-drafted; not reviewed by a licensed engineer)
Paper format: Open-book, 3 hours; five questions of equal value (10 marks each), and exactly five questions constitute a complete paper — all five printed questions are solved below. Most parts call for concise, qualitative essay answers built on the given flow sheets; Question III is a short characterization calculation.
Reference texts: Gary, Handwerk, Kaiser & Geddes, Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics (5th ed., CRC Press) — refinery configuration, conversion and treating units, product cuts; Fahim, Al-Sahhaf & Elkilani, Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining (Elsevier) — crude characterization factors, hydrotreating, coking, catalytic cracking; Jones & Pujadó, Handbook of Petroleum Processing (Springer) — unit operating windows; supporting property data from Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook (9th ed.).
