Chemical engineering is a versatile area to work and this is the study of physical Science with life science and application of mathematics and economics. Petrochemical and refining is a lucrative sector to work and this area are the study of petroleum products, their extraction and the processing of it.

About Petrochemical and Refining Paper

Paper of Petrochemical and Refining is the study of petroleum products which are the main fuel and energy source in present time. The sources are decreasing day by day and so as the processing and search for new sources are increasing.

Overview of the Paper

Paper of Petrochemical and Refining is of 7 questions in it and 5 from it are required to be attempted. Also, question no. 1 is necessary to be attempted and rest 4 are to be solved from remaining 6 questions. Each question is of same marks.

Some common questions from the paper

Questions in the paper are such as Composition of Petroleum & diesel, formation and production of petroleum, raw materials transportation, refinery products and their stocks, boiling points, distillation method, asphalt manufacture, fractionation of petroleum, dehydration & desalting of crudes, heating of crudes, over lead corrosion in-distillation unit, gasoline treatment, wax and its purification, Hydro-sulpherisation, Polymer Gasoline, Catalytic Cracking & Thermal processes, Air Blowing of Bitumen upgradation etc.

Marks for this paper and time assigned

Total marks which are given to this paper are 100 and time in which it is required to be solved is 3 hours only.

Books for Reference

• Petroleum refining by James H. Gary, Glenn E. Handwerk
• Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes by Robert A. Meyers