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  CHEN409 Petroleum Refining Processes
Instructor
 John Jechura
Class Semester
Class Location
Class Hours		 Fall 2012
AH 330
Mon/Wed 6:00 - 7:15 pm
Office Location
Office Hours		 AH 349
Mon/Wed 5:00 - 6:00 pm & by appointment
Phone 303-843-2097 (URS Corporation)
E-mail Mines e-mail address
Syllabus

Page Revisions
  • April 27, 2012. Page initialized for start of class.
Class notes (associated chapters in text)

Introduction

Refinery Feedstocks & Products (Chapters 2 & 3)
Crude Oil Distillation (Chapter 4)

Bottom of the Barrel Processing: Coking & Thermal Processes, Hydroprocessing, & Solvent Deasphalting (Chapters 5 & 8)
Catalytic Cracking (Chapter 6)
Hydrocracking & Hydrotreating (Chapters 7 & 9)
Gasoline Upgrading: Reforming, Isomerization, & Alkylation (Chapters 10 & 11)
 Supporting Processes (Chapter 13)

 Economics & Planning – Optimization (Chapters 12 & 14)
  • Sample spreadsheet
Government Mandates, CCS, & Renewable Fuels
Summary of refinery operations

 Extra instructor notes

Useful VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code (notes for downloading ):
The use of the VBA code is potentially limited depending upon which version of Microsoft Excel one is using.
  • The code has been developed & primarily run with Excel 2000 & 2003 on Windows 2000 & XP. Here are some additional notes to incorporate the VBA macros into an Excel 2003 spreadsheet.
  • There has been some testing of the macros using in Excel 2007. Excel 2007 not only has an interface that has dramatically changed from 2003 (i.e., the Ribbon) but also has changes in how it handles macro security. Here are some additional notes to incorporate the VBA macros into an Excel 2007 spreadsheet. Below are other sites that describe what needs to be done to allow the macros to work.
  • There are other issues if one wants to use these macros on a Mac. Excel 2004 has VBA support built-in but Excel 2008 does not. 
  • If you are using a version of Excel (or some other spreadsheet) that cannot run these macros then here is a sample spreadsheet for doing the interpolation calculations without requiring macros (the user will have to be careful to copy cells with formulas as necessary). There are separate sheets for linear interpolation (arbitrary X & Y values) and interpolation of cumulative yield data (°F vs. yield%).

Calculation of Physical Properties from Properties of Petroleum Fractions

Pure component data (spreadsheet)

Fundamental Conversion Factors

Modeling petroleum systems with Aspen Plus®:
Homework Assignments

Due Date & Link to Problem Statement Topic & Link to Solution
#1
Chemical Species in Petroleum Fractions
#2
Crude Oil Assay
#3
Crude Oil Assay #2
#4
Gasoline Blending & Properties
#5
Delayed Coking
#6
FCC
#7
Effect of cut point on Coking + FCC
#8
Hydrotreating
#9
Hydrocracking
#10
Reforming & Alkylation
#11
Optimized Gasoline Blending

Special Projects

Aspen project memo, due by Thursday, December 15th (COB).

Quizzes
Quiz Date Topic & Link to Solution
#1

#2

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#4

#5

#6

#7
#8
#9
#10

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Safety Topics
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MONDAY WEDNESDAY
August 20
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Useful EXTERNAL Links
Crude Oil, Gasoline, & Heating Oil Prices (Current, Opening, & Last Day):
Retail Gasoline Prices:
 		Petroleum Technology Companies:
Petroleum Companies:
Industry Groups:
Industry News Service:

 		U.S. Department of Energy:

Environmental Protection Agency:

Volatility (RVP) Standards

Tier 2 Gasoline Sulfur Program
California Energy Commission:
Safety Related Sites: