Oil Refining and Petrochemistry II

Code:

EQ0120

Acronym:

RPPII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences (Chemical Engineering)

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEQ	4	Syllabus	5	-	5	56	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

A comprehensive knowledge of petroleum refining and provide a wider mastering of their tecnical responsabilities.
On completion of the semester, the student should:
- have acquired the most important refining techniques
- know the main refining process with their fundamental aspects and their operation
- understand the technology and the operation of the equipment
- be aware of safety and environmental issues in refinery operations

Program

1- A overview of the most important catalytic process used in oil refining and petrochemical
2- Equipments - operation, maintenance and process integration
3- Crude oil fraccionation - Industrial units: atmospheric distillation, vacuum distillation and light ends fractionation.
4- Sulphur production - Claus unit
5- Merox and Bender units
6- Catalytic Reforming and isomerization
7- Hidrotreatment process
8- Catalytic cracking
9- Alkylation
10- Residue Convertion
11- Purification and production of hydrogen
12- Conversion units: visbreaking, coker, hydrocracker
13- Petrochemicals process: Aromatics plant

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Group or individual works with a final percentage of 100%

Classification improvement

Investigation work. The subject should be adjusted with the student.