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Fundamentals of Petroleum
Refining
Kevin A. Giles, P.E.
Overview
This course has been developed
to provide a brief overview of the function and interrelationship of the
petroleum refinery fuels processes most commonly found in modern petroleum
refineries. These processes refine petroleum crude oils into the literally
hundreds of specification petroleum products, many of which we use on a daily
basis. Refinery fuels processes fall into several broad categories:
Fractionation (distillation), Treating and Upgrading. This course is
applicable to all engineering disciplines. Upon successful completion of
this course, the student will have achieved a basic understanding of what occurs
inside a modern petroleum refinery. Furthermore, the student will learn
how the most common refinery fuels processes accomplish the refining of crude
oils into the fuels specification products that the markets demand.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions
at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Quantities and sizes of U.S. refineries and the relevance of economies of
scale and location on refinery operations.
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Crude
oil assays, naming and grouping conventions, viscosities and characterization
by boiling point.
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Fractionation processes, including crude oil distillation and light ends
fractionation
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Crude
oil treating processes, including hydrotreating and amine contacting
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Crude
oil upgrading processes, including catalytic reforming, fluidized catalytic
cracking, hydrocracking, alkylation, and coking.
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Refinery ancillary processes, including hydrogen production and sulfur
conversion.
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Product blending to meet product specifications.
Course
Click
on the following link to review the course "Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining".
Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining (270 KB)
Click
on the link below to view Appendix 1 - U.S. Refineries Operable Crude Oil
Distillation Capacity and Appendix 2 - Strategic Petroleum Reserve Crude
Oil Assay Manual. These appendices are provided for reference only.
The quiz material will not cover any material in the Appendices.
Appendix 1 and 2 (326 KB)
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