Hanoi university of mining and geology
Advanced program in chemical engineering
Chemistry of petroleum
Mid term examination
(Opened Book )
Examination time : 90 mins
Problem 1
Petroleum can be classified many ways such as by density, by chemical composition or UOP characterization factor. Please indicate the relation between these classification.
Problem 2
It is well known that the composition of petroleum can be expressed either by elemental composition, by chemical composition or by distillation. Please explain advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of each method.
Problem 3
What is petroleum assay ? Why do we have to study petroleum assay ?
Problem 4
Configure a refinery for the production of fuel products only from different type of crudes. Please briefly explain why you selected that configuration for your refinery.
Problem 5
What is the catalyst for FCC ? What is the difference between the catalysts used for FCC and RFCC ?
Please briefly describe the mechanism of catalytic cracking for the production of high quality gasoline from heavy feedstocks.