Petroleum Secondary Processing Technology detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Engineering (PCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PCE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petrochemical Engineering 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCE 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of petroleum secondary processing technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
VISBREAKING, THERMAL CRACKING AND COKING 9 Need and significance of Secondary Processing – Types and functions of Secondary Processing -Visbreaking: Principle – Process flow schemes – Coil type, Soaker drum Processes, operating parameters and advantages – Factors influencing visbreaking process. Thermal Cracking: Process flow schemes, Reaction chemistry and free radical mechanisms, Factors influencing thermal cracking process. Coking : Principle – Types – Advantages – Process flow schemes – Delayed Coking, Fluid Coking and Flexi-Coking processes – Factors influencing coking process
Unit II
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Unit III
CATALYTIC REFORMING AND POLYMERIZATION 9 Reforming: Principle – Advantages – Process flow schemes – Batch process and Continuous process – Reaction chemistry – Favourable and unfavourable reactions – Factors influencing reforming process – Commercial Catalyst Other commercial reforming process like Platforming, Houdri Forming, Rhein Forming, Power Forming, Selecto Forming. Ultra Forming and Rex Forming Polymerization: Principle – Advantages – Process flow schemes – Reaction chemistry and mechanisms, Factors influencing polymerization process – Commercial Catalyst.
Unit IV
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Unit V
FINAL TREATMENT TECHNIQUES 9 Acid gas and Sulphur Removal Techniques: Hydro Desulphurization Processes, Merox process, Metal Oxide process-Iron sponge process, Zinc Oxide process – Chem sweet process, Sulfa Check process, Amine process / Girbotol process and Molecular sieve process. Sulphur recovery using claus process.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Jones, D.S.J. and Pujado, P.R., Handbook of petroleum processing, Springer, The Netherlands, 2006
- Nelson, W. L Petroleum Refinery Engineering, McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited,1985.
- Watkins, R. N Petroleum Refinery Distillations, 2nd Edition, Gulf Publishing Company, Texas, 1981.
Reference Books:
- Parkash, S., Refining processes handbook, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2003
- Hobson, G. D Modern Petroleum Refining Technology, 4th Edition, Institute of Petroleum, U. K. 1973.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Petrochemical Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit PCE 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Petrochemical Engineering results, visit Anna University PCE all semester results direct link.