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
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Origin
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Formation
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Composition
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Exploration of petroleum
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Crude assay
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Overall refinery Flow
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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
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Pre-refining operations
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Settling
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Moisture removal
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Desalting
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Storage
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Heating through exchangers and pipe still heaters
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Atmospheric distillation
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Vacuum distillation
Unit III: Conversion Processes
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Significant conversion processes
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Catalytic Cracking
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Thermal cracking
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Hydro-cracking
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Reforming
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Coking
Unit IV: Lube oil and Bitumen
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Lube oil production
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Properties of lube oil,
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Deasphalting
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Solvent extraction
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Dewaxing
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Finishing operations
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Lube oil additives
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Manufacture of Bitumen.
Unit V: Supporting Processes
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Hydrogen Management: Production and recovery
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Sulphur Recovery
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Environmental Pollution aspects in refinery
Unit VI: Finishing Processes and Logistics
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Blending
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Additives
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Storage of products
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Transportation
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Safety norms
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Housekeeping
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Marketing of petroleum and petroleum products
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Reference Books:
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Gary J H, Handwerk G E, ‘Petroleum refining technology and economics’, Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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Speight J G, ‘The Chemistry and technology of petroleum’, CRC Press.
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Myers, ‘Handbook of Petroleum Processing’, McGraw-Hill Education.
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