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CE : Section 5 Fossil Fuels 1. 93 1(c) Alkenes can be obtained from petroleum fractions by a process called 'cracking’. Using a suitable petroleum fraction, a student carried out this process in the laboratory and collected the gaseous product over water. (i) What is 'cracking’ ? (ii) Draw a labelled diagram of a laboratory set-up that can be used for carrying out the process and collecting the gaseous product. (iii) An important safety precaution in the experiment is to prevent sucking

Thermal Cracking: The simple distillation of crude oil produces various types of products and some of them (heavy distillates) are not very much useful as a fuel when compared to light distillates. So there is a need for subsequent conversion of heavy distillates to light distillates. This can be obtained by altering the molecular structure of hydrocarbons in heavy distillates. One of the ways of accomplishing this change is by ‘Cracking’, a process that breaks the high boiling point petroleum fractions

Dow Chemical Case When Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB) began the process of becoming privatized by the Argentine government, Dow Chemicals saw the acquisition of this company as a golden opportunity to become the leading polyethylene player in Latin America. Dow Chemical’s was already a major player in the chemicals (ethylene), plastics (polyethylene), and agricultural products industries holding position as a low-cost producer. Breaking each segment of their business down into

[pic] MADRAS FERTILIZERS LIMITED DURATION OF TRAINING: 2 WEEKS (7.12.09 – 18.12.09) NAME OF THE GUIDE: Mr. P.GNANASAMBADHAM (Deputy Manager, Process Engg Dept). [pic] SUBMITTED BY, BALAJI.N (10708011), 2nd YEAR, B.Tech CHEMICAL ENGG, DEPT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, SRM UNIVERSITY. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I sincerely thank my HOD Dr. R.Karthikeyan for encouraging me to under go an IN-PLANT TRAINING. I also thank the other staffs of the department

3. Crude oil Processing The most common crude oil that is very useful in our daily life is petroleum. This can be found underground or in the earth surface. Can you ever imagine using cars without this kind of oil? Though there are already researches that are coming out that we can use water as fuel of cars but this was not yet proven to be true. As Wikipedia defines petroleum (from Greek: petra: "rock" + oleum: "oil". [4][5][6][7][8][9]) is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found

Stakeholders: Identify all the major stakeholders in the DABHOL power project. What are the intended benefits and costs of this project for the stake holders? Analyze the roles, responsibilities and reward structure of the stake holders. Based on the case study do you foresee a need to change the reward structure? Enron, Bechtel Enterprises, and General Electric—through offshore subsidiaries—formed Dabhol Power Company to build the first phase of a major power plant in Maharastra state in India

1975 GULF OIL REFINERY FIRE In the early hours of August 17, 1975, a tragic disaster occurred on the Gulf Oil refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This horrific disaster took the lives of eight firefighters, and potentially could have taken more lives if it wasn’t for the help of many surrounding fire stations. The cause of the fire was the overfilling of Tank 231. While no crude oil escaped from the tank as a result of being overfilled, large quantities of hydrocarbon vapors were trapped above

1.2 billion is a large number no matter what context it is used in. 9,737; however, is a bit more manageable, it would seem. 1.2 billion represents the approximate number of vehicles in the world today. 9,737 is the average number of pounds of CO2 produced by one car per year. All of this shows the overall sum of 11.7 trillion, being the number of pounds of CO2 produced every year due to automobile exhaust, a number 1,600 times that of Earth’s entire population. Account for all other burning of fossil

Mined resources in Saskatchewan In Saskatchewan mines, many resources are found but I chose to focus on Crude Oil and Uranium. Did you know that Saskatchewan has the largest uranium deposit in the world, or that Saskatchewan is the second largest oil manufacture in all the provinces of Canada? Crude oil comes from plants and animals that have died millions of years ago. The heat and pressure turns most of the materials into a thick dark oil called crude oil or it is also called petroleum. There

Chlorophyll clip_image002Outline the role of photosynthesis in transforming light energy to chemical energy (including raw materials needed for this process) Photosynthesis occurs in all green plants and is the beginning of nearly all food chains therefore a source of life to all living organisms. It is the process where plants transform light energy from the sun into chemical energy. By using light energy trapped by chlorophyll (light absorbing pigment), plants combine carbon dioxide and