Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech - Chemical Engineering SCHA3002 Petroleum and petro chemical technology Syllabus

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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech - Chemical Engineering SCHA3002 Petroleum and petro chemical technology Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BIO AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

SCH3002
PETROLEUM AND PETRO CHEMICAL
TECHNOLOGY
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 CLASSIFICATION OF CRUDE AND REFINING 9 Hrs.
Theories on origin of petroleum, composition of crude oil, classification and evaluation of crude oil, laboratory testing
techniques of crude quality like flash point ,fire point etc., Characterization of crude oils : TBP and ASTM distillation,
Correlation Index , Density, API gravity, Viscosity, UOP characterization factor, etc. Physical & Thermal properties of
petroleum, ASTM, TBP, EFV distillation curves. Properties of crude oil: Distillation: Properties of crude oil octaneno. etc Pretreatment,
Electric desalting, Refining of petroleum – atmospheric and vacuum distillation.

UNIT 2 THERMAL AND CATALYTIC PROCESSES 9 Hrs.
Thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, Naphtha cracking, coking, Hydrogenation processes, Alkylation
processes, Polymerization and Isomerization process.

UNIT 3 TREATMENT TECHNIQUES 9 Hrs.
Treatment techniques for removal of objectionable gases and to improve performance, treatment of gasoline, treatment of
kerosene, treatment of lubes. Extraction of aromatics and olefins, Recovery operations from petroleum products.

UNIT 4 INTRODUCTION AND CHEMICALS FROM METHANE AND ETHANE 9 Hrs.
History and importance of Petrochemical industry, growth in India, Classification of Petrochemicals, Feedstock of the
Petrochemicals. Production of Methanol, Formaldehyde, Ethylene glycol, PTFE, ammonia , Ethylene, Manufacture of Vinyl
Chloride monomer, vinyl Acetate manufacture, Ethanol from Ethylene,
Acetylene manufacture.

UNIT 5 CHEMICALS FROM HIGHER ALKANES 9 Hrs.
Cracking of naphtha and gas for the production of ethylene, propylene, isobutylene and butadiene, synthetic fibers.
Max.45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Fundamental and methodologies in the petroleum refining processes Testing methods, Origin of oil.
CO2 - Petroleum refining and thermal and cracking processes
CO3 - Petroleum compounds treatment methods
CO4 - Concepts of petrochemicals
CO5 - The petrochemicals obtained by processing petroleum products.
CO6 - Understand clearly the importance of various processes and operations in the process plant

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Prasad, R., “Petroleum Refining Technology”, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Lewis F. Hatch & S.Matar, From Hydrocarbon to Petrochemicals, 2nd Edition, 2000, Gulf Publishing Co. Houston,
Texas, USA.
3. Uttam Ray Chaudhuri “Fundamentals of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering”, CRC Press, 2011.
4. Jones D.S.J.S. Process equipment in petroleum refining. In: Jones D.S.J.S., Pujadó P.R. (eds) Handbook of Petroleum
Processing. Springer, Dordrecht, 2008.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max.Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Questions of 2 marks each - No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice; each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks