Chemical Engineering - Petroleum Refinery Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Petroleum Refinery Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 24)

Petroleum Refinery Engineering

24.

The main use of heavy gas oil produced by the vacuum distillation unit is as a

blending component for kerosene.

blending component for petrol.

feedstock for fluid catalytic cracking unit.

none of these.

Answer: Option

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Discussion:

3 comments Page 1 of 1.

Shiva said: 9 years ago

Please Explain the answer.

Punk said: 3 years ago

Because in FCC unit heavy molecular weight hydrocarbon converted into low molecular weight hydrocarbon.

Aman Verma said: 1 year ago

I don't think so.
Heavy gas oil is used to make light and middle distillate.
such as jet fuel, which is the feedstock for hydrocracking not FCC

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