2K6 AEI 705(C): INSTRUMENTATION IN PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES

Module I 12 Hrs
Importance of petrochemical industry – Growth in India – Petroleum exploration –
Recovery Techniques – Constituents of petroleum – oil-gas separation – Processing wet gases
– Refining of crude oil – Refinery gases
Module II 15 Hrs
Important unit operations – Drying-Separation – Heat transfer – Distillation – Thermal
cracking – catalytic cracking – catalytic reforming – Chemical oxidation – Chemical reduction –
Polymerization – Alkylation – Isomerization – Production of Ethylene, Acetylene – and
propylene from petroleum
Parameters to be measured in refinery and petrochemical industry – Temperature, Flow
and Pressure measurements in Pyrolysis – catalytic cracking – reforming processes – Selection
and maintenance of measuring instruments – Intrinsic safety.
Module III 13 Hrs
Process control in refinery and petrochemical industry – Control of distillation column –
catalytic cracking unit – catalytic reformer – pyrolysis unit – Automatic control of polyethylene
production – Control of vinyl chloride and PVC production – Optimal control of cracking un its
and reformers.
Module IV 12 Hrs
Chemical from petroleum – Methane derivatives – Acetylene derivatives – Ethylene
derivatives – Propylene derivatives – Cyclic petrochemicals – Other Products
 

Text Books
1. Balchan .J.G. and Mumme K.L., Process Control Structures and applications, Van
Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1998.
2. Waddams A.L, Chemical from petroleum, Butter and Janner Ltd., 1968.
Reference Books
1. Austin G.T. Shreeves, Chemical Process Industries, McGraw-Hill International student
edition, Singapore, 1985.
2. Liptak B.G. Instrumentation in process industries, Chilton book Company, 1994.
3. Liptak B.G., Process measurement and analysis, Third edition, Chilton book Company.