Chemical Engineering - Petroleum Refinery Engineering

16.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in domestic use cylinders is in the liquid form. The density of LPG in liquid form is about __________ of that of water (i.e. 1 gm/c.c).
one fourth
one third
half
one eighth
Answer: Option
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17.
Ethyl mercaptan is added to the Doctor negative LPG for facilitating the detection of its leakage (by bad odour) to the extent of about __________ ppm.
1
50
5000
10000
Answer: Option
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18.
CnH2n is the general formula for
olefins
naphthenes
both (a) and (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
Answer: Option
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19.
Natural gas recovered along with crude oil from oil wells is called wet natural gas which has a higher __________ compared to the dry natural gas.
unsaturated hydrocarbon content
calorific value
quantity of propane
quantity of butane
Answer: Option
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20.
Pick out the wrong statement.
Alkylation produces a larger iso-paraf-fin (having higher octane number) from the reaction of an olefin with smaller iso-paraffin.
Catalytic alkylation processes use HF, AlCl3 & H2SO4 as Catalysts.
All the alkylation processes use very high temperature (> 1000°C).
Gasoline having an octane number of 90 can be produced by alkylation process.
Answer: Option
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