Name the hydrocarbon having the poorest oxidation stability.
A. Naphthene
B. Olefin
C. Paraffin
D. Aromatics
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Hydrogen content in petroleum products varies from 12 to 15% (by weight). As a result the difference between gross and net heating value of petroleum fuels varies in the range of __________ kcal/kg.
A. 600-750
B. 250-350
C. 1000-1500
D. 2000-2500
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Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a high octane (octane no. = 115) gasoline blending component is produced by the simple additive reaction of isobutylene with
A. Methyl alcohol
B. Ethyl alcohol
C. Methane
D. Ethane
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Catalytic desulphurisation process used for sweetening of straight run gasoline and kerosene uses __________ as catalyst.
A. Bauxite
B. Fuller's earth
C. Activated clay
D. All of the above
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Pick out the undesirable property for a solvent meant for dewaxing of lube oil.
A. Complete miscibility with oil
B. High solubility of wax in the solvent
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking
B. Pyrolysis is a mild thermal cracking process
C. Lead suceptibility of petrol produced by catalytic process is more than that produced by thermal cracking
D. Operating pressure and temperature in thermal cracking process is more than that in catalytic cracking process
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Catalyst used in isomerisation process is
A. H2 SO4
B. H3 PO4
C. HF
D. AlCl3
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Paraffin base crude oil as compared to asphalt base crude gives
A. Higher yield of straight run gasoline
B. Higher octane number gasoline
C. Lower viscosity index lube oil
D. Poorer yield of lube oil
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Straight run petrol as compared to methyl/ethyl alcohol has
A. Lower calorific value
B. Lower octane number
C. Higher specific gravity
D. Higher ignition temperature
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Feed for reforming is generally
A. Naphtha or straight run gasoline
B. Reduced crude
C. Vacuum gas oil
D. Atmospheric gas oil
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Feedstock for polymerisation is
A. Naphtha
B. Cracked gases rich in C2 & C4 olefins
C. Low boiling aromatics
D. None of these
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The first crude oil refinery of India is located at
A. Naharkatiya
B. Digboi
C. Kochin
D. Madras
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High aniline point of a petrofuel (say diesel) indicates that
A. It is highly aromatic in nature
B. It is highly paraffinic in nature
C. It has a very low diesel index
D. Its ignition quality is very poor
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Aniline point of high speed diesel may be about __________ °C.
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In a refinery petroleum crude is fractionated into gas fraction, light ends, intermediate distillates, heavy distillates, residues and by products. The group of products including gas oil, diesel oil and heavy fuel oil belongs to the fraction
A. Heavy distillates
B. Intermediate distillates
C. Light ends
D. Residues
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Cetane number of diesel used in trucks may be about
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Higher boiling fractions like atmospheric residue is distilled under vacuum at low temperature because at high temperature, there is a tendency of the predominance of
A. Thermal cracking
B. Gum formation
C. Coking
D. Discoloration
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Doctor's solution used for sweetening of petroleum products is
A. Sodium plumbite
B. Sodium sulphite
C. Sodium thiosulphate
D. Lead sulphate
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Phenols are added in gasoline to
A. Improve the octane number
B. Act as an antioxidant
C. Reduce its viscosity
D. Increase its pour point
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The octane number of aviation gasoline may be
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