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Petroleum Processing 475

  • 302290
  • Semester 1
  • 12.5
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Requirements of the hydrocarbon age: products and specifications, chemistry of crude oil, hydrocarbon types, crude oil types and crude characterisation. Distillation: refining topography, distillation, atmospheric, vacuum and pressurised. Reforming andcracking: reforming, catalytic cracking. Gas production: hydrocracking and hydroprocessing. Light end: light end processing, alkylation, catalytic polymerisation and isomerisation. Heavy end: heavy end strategies (lube production, bitumen, coking), sulphur and sulphur treating (sulphur removal and sweetening, sulphur recovery, amine systems) and miscellaneous processes (drying, desalting). Logistics and economics: refining and logistics,... -- Course Website

Prerequisites: 302249 (v.3)<br/> Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 223<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> AND<br/><br/> <br/> 302263 (v.3)<br/> Reaction Engineering 325<br/> <br/> or any previous version



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