Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals
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Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals (subject code 3160510) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 6 divides the course into 3 units, covering 25 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160510)Unit 1 Basics of Petroleum
- Role of Crude Oil in Global Economy
- Present Scenario of Crude Oil Refinery
- Classification and Evaluation of Crude Oil, Crude Assay Analysis
- Distillation Characteristics such as TBP, ASTM & EFV etc
Unit 2 Properties of Petroleum Products
- Types of Gases and their Composition
- Types of Gasoline & it’s Important Properties and Tests such as ASTM Distillation, RVP, Octane number
- Oxidation stability
- Sulphur Content etc.
- Various types of Naphtha and their Important Properties and Application
- Important tests and Properties of Kerosene such as Flash & Fire Point
- Smoke Point
- Aniline Point etc.
- Types of Diesel & its Important Properties and Tests such as Pour Point
- Diesel Index
- Cetane Number etc.
- Heavy Fractions Like Lube Oil, Bitumen
- Asphalt etc. and their Important Properties Such as Viscosity Index
- Carbon Residue
- Penetration Index
- Softening Point etc
Unit 3 Processing of Petroleum
- Pretreatment of Crude (Dehydration & Desalting)
- Pumping of Waxy Crude
- Heating of Crude
- Distillation of Petroleum & Types of Reflux
- ADU & VDU etc 05 Subject Code: 3160510 w.e.f
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