Syllabus - Petrochemical Technology (CM 803 (B))

Chemical Engineering

Petrochemical Technology (CM 803 (B))

VIII-Semester

Unit - I

Introduction-Importance size and scope of petro-chemical industry, principle of raw materials, precursors, intermediate and finished products viz. Chemicals from C1 to C4 compounds.

Unit - II

Feed Stocks- Raw material for organic chemicals – coal, biomass, petroleum and natural gas, evolution of crude oil, petrochemical feed stocks – natural gas LPG, naphtha, kerosene, crude pyrolysis gasoline.

Unit - III

Separation and Reforming-Separation of O- Xylenes, m- Xylenes and p-Xylenes methane and synthesis gas derivatives, steams reforming and partial oxidation formaldehyde, methanol chlorinated methane.

Unit - IV

C4- and C5- Cuts-Treatment and upgrading of C4 and C5 cuts: Up gradation of C4 & C5 streams from crackers, MTBE aromatic production, Catalytic reforming aromatic conversion process, separation of aromatic, production of olefins from steam cracking of naphtha and natural gas.

Unit - V

Specific Intermediates-Ethylene, propylene and butadiene and their derivatives product profiles of ethylene butadiene ethylene oxides, ethylene glycol propylene oxide, glycol and isopropyl alcohol. BTX Derivatives Nitrobenzene aniline, phthalic anhydride, caproiactum terephthalic acid, DMT, Maleic anhydride.

Course Objective

To know some selective and important topics of petroleum and petrochemicals and learn various advance techniques of these processes

Course Outcome

["To study the fundamental and methodologies in the petroleum refining processes", "Concepts of petrochemicals, scope of petro-chemical industry, principle of raw materials, precursors, intermediate and finished products", "Understand the separation and reforming technologies for petrochemical industry", "Understand the treatment and upgrading of C4 and C5 cuts", "Understand the processing of specific Intermediates like ethylene, propylene and butadiene"]

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Charneal, A and Lafyte, G.L. –PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS- part- I & II, 2nd ed,Rue Ginux (1986)

  • Little, D.M. – CATAYTIC REFORMING – Pen Well Publishing House (1985).

  • Wisemen P.- PETROCHEMICALS – John Willey (1986)