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Petroleum Refining

Below you can find the Study Material for Elective: Petroleum Refining subject according to the syllabus of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).

Unit I: Petroleum Composition and Products

  • Origin

  • Formation

  • Composition

  • Exploration of petroleum

  • Crude assay

  • Overall refinery Flow

  • Specifications of petroleum products such as LPG, Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel, lube oil, etc. as per standards like ASTM, ISO, etc.

 

Unit II: Crude Oil Distillation

  • Pre-refining operations

    • Settling

    • Moisture removal

    • Desalting

    • Storage

  • Heating through exchangers and pipe still heaters

  • Atmospheric distillation

  • Vacuum distillation

 

Unit III: Conversion Processes

  • Significant conversion processes

  • Catalytic Cracking

  • Thermal cracking

  • Hydro-cracking

  • Reforming

  • Coking

 

Unit IV: Lube oil and Bitumen

  • Lube oil production

  • Properties of lube oil,

  • Deasphalting

  • Solvent extraction

  • Dewaxing

  • Finishing operations

  • Lube oil additives

  • Manufacture of Bitumen.

 

Unit V: Supporting Processes

  • Hydrogen Management: Production and recovery

  • Sulphur Recovery

  • Environmental Pollution aspects in refinery

 

Unit VI: Finishing Processes and Logistics

  • Blending

  • Additives

  • Storage of products

  • Transportation

  • Safety norms

  • Housekeeping

  • Marketing of petroleum and petroleum products

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Reference Books:

  1. Gary J H, Handwerk G E, ‘Petroleum refining technology and economics’, Marcel Dekker, Inc.

  2. Speight J G, ‘The Chemistry and technology of petroleum’, CRC Press.

  3. Myers, ‘Handbook of Petroleum Processing’, McGraw-Hill Education.

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