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23-Chem-B6 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals: December 2018

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  1. Question 1 Refining terminology; the hydro-processing family
  2. Question 2 Petroleum coke; hydrogen manufacture and purification
  3. Question 3 The isomerisation unit (black-box analysis)
  4. Question 4 Two-column separation of a light hydrocarbon mixture
  5. Question 5 Estimating petroleum-fraction properties from correlations

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National Exam 16-Chem-B6, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals — December 2018. 3 hours, OPEN BOOK (any non-communicating calculator permitted). Per the exam notes, FIVE (5) questions constitute a complete paper and each is of equal value (10 marks); Questions 1–3 require essay-format answers where clarity and organisation are marked, while Questions 4 and 5 are quantitative. This paper contains exactly five questions, so all five are answered here in full.

Reference texts: Gary, Handwerk & Kaiser, Petroleum Refining: Technology and Economics, 5th ed. (CRC, 2007); Fahim, Al-Sahhaf & Elkilani, Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining (Elsevier, 2010); J. G. Speight, The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, 5th ed.; M. R. Riazi, Characterization and Properties of Petroleum Fractions (ASTM MNL50, 2005); Felder & Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th ed. (material balances).