FOMIC POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

Department: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (Petrochemical Engineering)

Semester: First Semester 2021/2022 Name of Lecturer: Eng. B. Ojong Marvin
Course Title: Petroleum Secondary Crude Date:
Processing Starting Time:
Course Code: CME 409 Ending Time:
Credit Value: 6 Time Allowed: 3 hours
Exam Venue: Buea/Douala Total Score: 70
Instruction(s): Answer all questions

PROCESS TOPOLOGY

The diagram below shows the process topology of Visbreaking with residue
obtained from Vaccum distillation column.

Question 1

i. State three reasons why quenching is necessary? (6 marks)

ii. State and explain 5 advantages of vis-breaking (10 marks)
 iii. From the process topology, demonstrate your understanding of an AES
1,2 Heat Exchanger. (10 marks)
iv. High light the differences between vacuum distillation and atmospheric
distillation process. (4 marks)

Question 2

i. Demonstrate with diagrams the different modes of heat transfer in the

furnace above. (9 marks)
ii. Refluxes are used to ameliorate the quality of hydrocarbon cuts. Discuss
with diagrams. (9 marks)
iii. What is the main difference between an aero-cooler and an aero-
condenser? (2 marks)

Question 3

i. The overhead drum serves as a separator discuss? Demonstrate your

understanding with diagrams. (12 marks)
ii. How can you control corrosion in the process scheme above (8 marks)
MARKING GUIDE
Question 1
i. To cool down the temperature, avoid coking, cracking of the feed stock.
ii. Visbreaking increases the production of lower molecular weight hydrocarbons,
reduces viscosity, increases pipeline flow rate, discourages the formation of coke
etc.
iii. Draw daigram
iv. Pressure operating conditions and temperature differences.
Question 2
i. Convection conduction radiation use this principles to demonstrate a diagram
with the different parts of the furnace.
ii. Internal refluxes, external refluxes, pump around refluxes, overhead refluxes.
iii. Aero-coler sensible heat while aero-condenser latent heat
Question 3
i. Two phase separators: hydrocarbon vapors and liquid; and three phase
separators: hydrocarbon vapors, hydrocarbon condensates and water
ii. Corrosion inhibitors, coating internal surface of drum, desalting techniques,
using corrosimetrique probes.