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DEPARTMENT: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSE NAME: CHET 1710 PETROLEUM PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY LT : 3 LB: 3 CR.: 4 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course deals with the study of petroleum origin, exploration, and its physical properties. Production process along with stabilization and storage of petroleum are discussed. It also explains physical refining processes like thermal and catalytic conversions, starting with distillation, catalytic cracking, alkylation, reforming and isomerization are described in a very comprehensive way. Treating processes, as well as other auxiliary operations of particular importance for the process of petroleum refining are mentioned. Laboratory activities mainly concentrate on petroleum products testing. PREREQUISITES: CHET 1610 Basic Chemistry CO-REQUISITES: None PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC: 1. Basic chemistry of hydrocarbon series available in petroleum, its physical properties and chemical reactions. 2. General principles of heat transfer and fluids flow. 3. Basic knowledge of industrial chemical engineering equipment. COMPUTER USAGE: None TEXTS AND MATERIALS: Yanbu Industrial College Workbooks: CHET 1710 - Petroleum Processing Technology - Information Sheets CHET 1710 - Petroleum Processing Technology - Laboratory Manual

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References: International Petroleum Encyclopedia., by Joseph Hilyard, Penwell Corp, 1 st Edition,2008 Basic Petroleum Data Book, by Karen Matusic, API, 1st Edition, 2008 Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics, by Gary, James H., Marcel Dekker Inc., 4th Edition, 2007 The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, by James G. Speight, CRC Press, 4th Edition, 2006 COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Explain the origin of crude oil, its locations, recovery, processing, and transportation. 2. State the chemical structures, properties, and classification of crude oil. 3. Describe and draw the refining processes of petroleum. 4. State the characteristics, properties, and uses of the main petroleum products such as motor gasoline, diesel fuels, lubrication oils. 5. Explain the standard testing procedures for petroleum products and their significance. 6. Determine the quality of crude oil and petroleum products using standard testing procedures.

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MODULE TOPIC WEEK I. Petroleum Processing 1-4 1.1 Origin of Petroleum 1.2 Sedimentary Rocks 1.3 Geographical Formation 1.4 Entrapment 1.5 Exploration 1.6 Reservoir Fluids 1.7 Fluid Flow 1.8 Reservoir Drives 1.9 Petroleum Production, Well Testing, Field Processing Methods and Equipment 1.10 Methods of Petroleum Transportation 1.11 Classification, Composition, and Properties of Petroleum II. Petroleum Refining 5 2.1 Objectives of petroleum refining 2.2 Refinery facilities 6 2.3 Types and methods of operation of refinery burners 2.4 Types and methods of operation of refinery furnaces 2.5 Refinery heat exchange equipment types, construction and operation 2.6 Cooling Towers 2.7 Fundamentals of Distillation 2.8 Vapor Pressure 2.9 Methods of Distillation in Refinery 2.10 Principles of Fractional Distillation 7 2.11 Fractionator Principle 2.12 Fractionator Components 2.13 Packed Towers 8 2.14 Types of Conversion Processes in Petroleum Refining 2.15 Defination and Examples of Conversion Processes 2.16 Reforming Processes 9 2.17 Isomerization Processes 2.18 Alkylation Processes 2.19 Objectives of Treating Petroleum Products 2.20 Treating Processes 10 2.21 Chemical Treatment Equipment 2.22 Objectives and Methods of Petroleum Products Blending 11 2.23 The Structure of a Refinery

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2.24 III.

Refinery Flow Charts 12-13

Types and Characteristics of Fuels and Lubricants 3.1 Uses of petroleum products 3.2 Motor gasoline 3.3 Diesel fuels 3.4 Lubrication oils 3.5 The specification of product quality Auxiliary Refinery Processes and Operations 4.1 Instrumentation and controls 4.2 Storage Tanks Construction, Testing, and Sampling 4.3 Wastewater Treatment and Disposal in a Refinery Review Final Examination

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Upon successful completion of this course, the student will demonstrate competency by being able to: 1.00 Petroleum Processing 1.01 Explain the theory of origination and entrapment of petroleum 1.02 Describe methods of exploration for petroleum 1.03 Identify fluids contained in petroleum reservoirs and describe their flow mechanisms 1.4 Describe methods and equipment used in petroleum production, well testing, and field processing 1.5 Describe oil recovery methods and crude oil movement to processing plants 1.6 Describe the methods of gas recovery and its movement to processing plants 1.7 Name the major components of a wet crude handling plant and describe their operations 1.8 Name the major components of GOSP and describe their operations 1.9 Describe methods of petroleum transportation 1.10 Classify different types of petroleum and describe their composition and properties Petroleum Refining 2.01 State the objectives of petroleum refining 2.02 Outline the overall refinery flow using a flow diagram 2.03 Describe the types and methods of operation of refinery burners 2.04 Describe the types and methods of operation of refinery furnaces 2.05 Explain the importance of controlling heat input in furnace operation 2.06 Describe the types and methods of operation of refinery heat exchange equipment 2.7 Define cooling tower 2.8 Describe the operation of natural draft cooling tower 2.9 Explain the operation of mechanical draft cooling tower 2.10 List the main parts of cooling tower 2.11 Explain the following concepts in relation to petroleum refining: a. Vapor pressure. b. Boiling point. c. Distillation. 2.12 Define and calculate vapor pressure 2.13 Determine the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) 2.14 Describe the methods of distillation in a refinery 2.15 Explain the basic principles of fractional distillation 2.16 Describe and explain the functions of the following tower components:

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2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26

2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32

a. Tower size b. Tower tray operation c. Tower trays d. Bubble cap plates e. Jet trays f. Sieve trays g. Packed towers Name the major process components for Naphtha fractionation and their operation List types of conversion processes in petroleum refining. Define the phenomena and list the effects of cracking, reforming, isomerization and Alkylation in petroleum refining Describe the cracking processes and state their application conditions Describe reforming processes and state their application conditions Describe isomerization processes and state their application conditions Describe the application processes of alkylation and compare products to reformat based on their anti knock ratings Determine the pour point of a sample of petroleum/product State the objectives of treating petroleum products State the effects of and describe the following petroleum and products treating processes a. Desalting b. Hydrotreating c. Refining with chemicals: acid treatment and caustic washing d. Sweetening e. Absorption and Adsorption processes Determine the distillation characteristics of petroleum products (gasoline). Describe the equipment used in treating processes State the objectives and describe the methods of petroleum products blending List different classes of refineries Describe different possibilities of refinery structures using flow charts Determine the distillation characteristics of petroleum products (kerosene)

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Types and Characteristics of Fuels and Lubricants 3.1 List uses of petroleum refinery products. 3.2 State the general characteristics of motor gasoline, its nature and

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composition, principal properties, standard assessment tests and additives used 3.3 State the general characteristics of diesel fuel, its nature, composition, principal properties, standard assessment tests and additives used. 3.4 Determine the cetane index of diesel fuels 3.5 Explain the importance of product quality specification 3.6 State the major functions of lubricating oils, their composition, manufacture, general properties and assessment tests 4.00 Auxiliary Refinery Processes and Operations 4.1 List and define the principal process control variables in refining operations and describe instruments used for their measurement 4.2 Identify tanks and vessels in a typical petroleum processing facility and describe their function 4.3 Describe the environmental protection procedures used in a refinery 4.4 Determine characterization factor of oil sample * Conditions and standards for all enabling outcomes are implied. They are "after completing this lesson" and "by correctly answering the corresponding test item". EVALUATION: Evaluation will be competency-based and student grades will be based on the following factors: Course work (Class quizzes and Mid-Term Test) 50% Final Examination 50% 100% Letter grades will be awarded to each student according to his numeric standing as outlined below:
95 - 100 90 - 94 85 - 89 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 - 74 65 - 69 60 - 64 0 - 59 = = = = = = = = = A+ A B+ B C+ C D+ D F 4.00 3.75 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.00

LABORATORY OUTLINE: Experiments Week

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1. Phase change of pure substances (Diagrams) handout 2. Stoichiometry handout No. 1 3. Stoichiometry handout No. 2 4. Determination of Reid Vapor Pressure 5. 6. 7. Stoichiometry handout No. 4 8. Stoichiometry handout No. 5 9. Determination of Pour Point 10. 11. 12. Stoichiometry handout No. 7 13. 14. 15. Determination of Characterization Factor of Oil Sample 16. Review 17. Final Examination Determination of Cetane Index of Motor Fuels (diesel) Field Visit to a Refinery (Fractionation, Conversion & Treatment Processes) Stoichiometry handout No. 6 Determination and Comparison of Distillation Characteristics of Petroleum products Stoichiometry handout No. 3 Field Visit to a Refinery (Burners, Furnaces & Heat Exchangers)

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Prepared by:

Eng Rafique A. Abro Department Staff

Date: February 22, 2010

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Dr. M. Arsala Khan Department Head Dr. Rajiv Menon Head, Curriculum Development Dept.

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