Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Syllabus for B.Tech Sixth Sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) sixthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES: To enable the students to learn the
- Fundamental and methodologies in the petroleum refining processes
- Concepts of petrochemicals, polymerization and the unit operations involved in it.
UNIT I [9 Hours]
Origin, exploration and production of Petroleum, Types of crudes, composition, characteristics, Products Pattern, Indigenous and imported crudes. Crude heating, primary distillation principles, separation of cuts, gaps / overlaps, stripping. Desalting heat balance in distillation, energy input and recovery, vacuum distillation, types of trays, drawoffs, intermediate product, quality control.
UNIT II [9 Hours]
Lube oil and wax processing, solvent extraction, dewaxing desilting, deasphalting, clay contacting, principles operating parameters, feed and product equalities and yields. Types and functions of secondary processing, cracking, thermal cracking and visbreaking, different feed stocks, products, yields and qualities.
UNIT III [9 Hours]
Fluid catalytic feed stocks and product yields and qualities. Catalyst and operating parameters. Steam Reforming, Hydrogen, Synthesis gas, cracking of gaseous and liquid feed stocks, olefins, Diolofins, Acetylene and Aromatics and their separation.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOME:
Upon completion of this course, the students will understand the unit process involved in the petroleum refining process and polymerization.
TEXT BOOKS:
- B.K. Bhaskara Rao, “Modern Petroleum Refining Processes” Edition 3, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
- Groggins, “Unit Processing in Organic Synthesis” Edition 5, Tata McGraw Hill 1987
REFERENCES:
- Nelson W.L., “Petroleum Refinery Engineering”, McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, 1985
- Watkins, R.N., “Petroleum Refinery Distillation, second edition, Gulf Publishing Company, Texas 1981
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