Petroleum Refinery Eng Laboratory

Duhok Polytechnic University

Technical College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department
3rd Stage

Lecturer's Name: Experiment No. (4)

Mr. Ahmed Abdul Sattar Group (C)

Title of Experiment:

(Aniline point)

Students Names:

Hayder Hassan Hussain

Mohammed Ibraheem

Mahdi Salih

Haval zaki

Iman Hamed

Ayden Shawkat
Date Report Submitted: Date Expt. Performed:

20/10/2022 27/10/2022

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Objective:

To determine the aniline point and mixed aniline point of a given sample.

Introduction:

Aniline point is the minimum temperature for a complete mixing of aniline and
materials such as gasoline; used in some specifications to indicate the aromatic
content of oils and to calculate approximate heat of combustion.
In Determination of aniline point is a test to evaluate base oils that are used in oil
mud. The test indicates if oil is likely to damage elastomers (rubber compounds) that
come in contact with the oil. The aniline point is called the "aniline point
temperature," which is the lowest temperature (°F or °C) at which equal volumes of
aniline (C6H5NH2) and the oil form a single
phase. Aniline point of oil gives an indication of
the possible tendency of deterioration of oil when
it comes into contact with packing, rubber sealing
etc. in general oils with a high aromatic content
are more detrimental to rubber products than those
with a low aromatic content. The relative aromatic
content of an oil is indicated by its aniline point
and oils with a high aromatic content have a low
aniline point and vice versa. The higher the aniline
point of the oil, the more desirable it is for drilling
fluid usage. In our experiment, 2 ml aniline and
2 ml diesel were taken in a test tube provided with
thermometer and heat was given until both aniline and diesel become completely
miscible. The aniline point of diesel was found at the temperature of 73.5°C.

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Equipment:

1. Beaker
2. Test tube
3. Thermometer
4. Stopper
5. Heater
6- Dropper

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Procedure:

1. First clean and dry the test tube, then put the 2ml of aniline and 2ml
of sample.
2. Put stopper in the tube and insert thermometer and make sure that
thermometer do not attach the bottom and side of tube.
3. Fill up the beaker by water and put the tube inside the beaker and
heated the water.
4. When the aniline and sample mixed reading the temperature.
5. Then outed the tube from heat water and when the aniline and
sample mixture become cloudy read the temperature.
6. Now measure the aniline point (average of temperature when mixed
and cloudy).
7. For mixed aniline point do like above step but these times put 2ml
of aniline and 1ml of n-hexane and 1ml of sample.

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Results:

❖ 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 ( 𝟏 ) Diesel

𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 = 2 𝑚𝐿 , 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑁𝑂. (1) = 2 𝑚𝐿

𝑇𝑓 = 75℃ , 𝑇𝑠 = 72℃

𝑇𝑓 + 𝑇𝑠 75 + 72
𝑇𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = = = 73.5 ℃
2 2

❖ 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 ( 𝟐 ) Gasoline + Lubricant oil

𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 = 2 𝑚𝐿 , 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑁𝑂. (2) = 2 𝑚𝐿

𝑇𝑓 = 54℃ , 𝑇𝑠 = 50℃

𝑇𝑓 + 𝑇𝑠 54 + 50
𝑇𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = = = 52 ℃
2 2

❖ 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 ( 𝟑 ) Mixed aniline point for sample (1)

𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 = 2 𝑚𝐿 , 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑁𝑂. (1) = 1 𝑚𝐿 , 𝑛 − 𝐻𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑒 = 1𝑚𝐿

𝑇𝑓 = 76℃ , 𝑇𝑠 = 69℃

𝑇𝑓 + 𝑇𝑠 76 + 69
𝑇𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = = = 72.5 ℃
2 2

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Discussion (1)

1. Why aniline point for sample (1) higher than sample (2)?

Because sample (1) have low aromatic content compared with sample (2) have

high aromatic content, and aniline point have indirect relation with aromatic

compound.

2. Why aniline point of sample (1) not equal with mixed aniline point for

sample (1)?

Because for mixed aniline point used (1ml sample, 1ml n-hexane, 2ml aniline)

compared with aniline point used (2ml sample, 2ml aniline), when add the n-

hexane will increasing the aromatic contents in sample for this the aniline point

of sample decrease.

Hayder Hassan Hussain

Mohammed Ibraheem

Mahdi Salih

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Discussion (2)

1. Why aniline point for sample (1) higher than sample (2)?

The aniline point of a liquid will vary, depending upon the relative

concentration of aromatic compounds dissolved in it. Generally, a higher

aniline point means a relatively low level of dissolved aromatics, during

experiment and determining the aniline point for unknown samples and by

discussing results student indicate that the sample one is diesel and the second

sample is mixed gasoline and lubricant oil, and according of this results student

indicate that the concentrations of aromatic compounds in sample 1 (diesel) is

lower than the concentrations of sample two (mix of gasoline and lubricant oil).

2. Why aniline point of sample (1) not equal with mixed aniline point for

sample (1)?

According to students result after mixing the sample 1 (diesel) with hexane

samples the aniline point gets lower than pure diesel, so it means that the hexane

that was add to diesel have a higher concentration of aromatic compounds in it.

Haval zaki

Iman Hamed

Ayden Shawkat

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Conclusion:

The aniline point is a physical characteristic of hydrocarbon compounds, such

as oils, and refers to the minimum temperature at which the hydrocarbon and the
same amount of the compound aniline are perfectly miscible. At temperatures below
this point, a mixture of the compound and an equal volume of aniline will not
dissolve together. The result of a test, called the aniline test, gives chemists this
information about a hydrocarbon, including certain details about its composition,
such as the relative content of aromatic chemicals and various paraffins. the test for
finding the aniline aniline point of given oil or other hydrocarbon, such as a
petroleum distillate, is relatively simple. A volume of the test liquid and an equal
volume of aniline are placed together in a container, such as a test tube or other
laboratory vessel, and slowly heated while being gently agitated. When two liquids
completely dissolve into one another, the mixture turns from cloudy to clear. The
sample is removed from the heat and stirred until it becomes cloudy again. The
temperature at that point is the aniline point of that compound.