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PETROLEUM REFINING

ELECTIVE I

QUIZ #1
GET 1/2 SHEET OF PAPER (CROSSWISE) AND
ANSWER/DO THE FOLLOWING. HURRY UP! THIS IS
ONLY GOOD FOR 5 MIN. BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR OWN
CALCULATOR
1 SEAT APART.
ANSWER ONLY.
LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

#1 LIST THE 5 MAJOR ELEMENTS


THAT CRUDE OIL CONSISTS OF
(YOU ONLY HAVE 1 MIN)

#2 IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING IF THEY


ARE PARAFFINS, NAPTHENES, OLEFINS, OR
AROMATICS (YOU ONLY HAVE 1 MIN)

PROPENE
TOLUENE
PENTANE
ETHYNE
CYCLOHEXANE

#3 DETERMINE THE API GRAVITY &


THE CLASSIFICATION OF CRUDE OIL
WHICH HAS A DENSITY OF 910 kg/m3
(YOU ONLY HAVE 3 MIN)

REFINING PROCESSES

DISTILLATION
Distillationis a process of separating the component
substances from a liquid mixture by selective
evaporation and condensation.

CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION

CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION

ATMOSPHERIC & VACUUM


DISTILLATION

BOILING POINT IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE PRESSURE OF THE FLUID

DISTILLATION TOWER

BUT DONT FORGET!

BEFORE CRUDE OIL UNDERGO DISTILATION PROCESS, IT MUST BE FIRST


DESALTED BECAUSE SALTS IN THE WATER IN CRUDE OIL WILL LEAD TO
PROBLEMS LIKE FORMATION OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID WHICH IS
CORROSIVE

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