Process Refinery Test Exam Questions
And Answers 2025
a lower performance engine will not perform better with high octane fuel,
since the lower compression ratio is fixed by the engine design -
CDU - The CDU distills the incoming crude oil into various fractions of
different boiling ranges, each of which are then processed further in the
other refinery processing units.
condensor - condensing vapors into liquids
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Delayed coker - A delayed coker is a type of coker whose process consists
of heating the residual oil feed to its thermal cracking temperature in a multi
parallel pass furnace. This cracks the long chain heavy carbon and
hydrogen molecules of the residual oil into coker gas oil and pet coke.
Cracking begins in the furnace, continues in the transfer line, and finishes
in the coke drum
Fractionator - The Coker Fractionator
receives and separates the
feedstock and sour 'cracked'
gas and liquids from the
operating Coke Drum and
Coker Furnace
Furnace - The Coker Furnace heats the
heavy liquid material from the
bottom of the Fractionator to
about 900 to 945o F. (482 to
507o C). This heating causes
the heavy liquid material to
"crack" or change into a
combination of smaller
molecule gas and liquid
products. Steam is injected to
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