Petroleum Technology

ABOUT THE COURSE:Petroleum technology course will cover a broad area to introduce the Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering UG/PG students about the storage of crude petroleum in underground and its recovery, crude oil evaluation, it's processing to get various valuable petroleum products. Moreover, in these lecture videos I am going to discuss and illustrate different techniques, processes and tools that will allow to grasp a detail view of the steps associated with petroleum processing to meet the Indian Standard Specifications as well as market demand.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students from B.Tech or M.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Technology or Petroleum EngineeringINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Any companies / industries related to crude petroleum/petroleum products processing, refineries.

Week 1: Overview of Petroleum : History, recovery and evaluation of crude petroleumWeek 2:Primary processing of crude oilWeek 3:Secondary processing of petroleum fractionsWeek 4:Properties and testing of crude petroleum and petroleum productsWeek 5:Introduction and properties of straight-run cuts from distillation unitsWeek 6:Upgradation of straightrun cuts from atmospheric distillation unitsWeek 7:Purification processesWeek 8:Fundamental of thermochemistry