CIC343 Instrumentation in Petrochemical Industry Syllabus:
CIC343 Instrumentation in Petrochemical Industry Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To introduce the students the method of oil recovery and the steps involved in oil gas production process.
2. To make the students understand the process behavior of some of the important unit operations in petrochemical industry through mathematical model.
3. To familiarize the students to apply knowledge to select the appropriate control strategy for the selective process.
4. To provide information about the most important derivatives obtained from petroleum products.
5. To help the students in understanding selection and maintenance of instruments in petrochemical industry.
UNIT I OIL EXTRACTION AND OIL GAS PRODUCTION
Techniques used for oil discovery – Oil recovery methods – oil rig system – Overview of oil gas production – oil gas separation – Gas treatment and compression – Control and safety systems.
UNIT II IMPORTANT UNIT OPERATIONS IN REFINERY
Distillation Column – Thermal cracking – Catalytic Cracking – Catalytic reforming – mathematical Modelling and selection of appropriate control strategy – Alkylation – Isomerization.
UNIT III DERIVATIVES FROM PETROLEUM
Derivatives from methane – Methanol Production – Acetylene production – Derivatives from acetylene ––Derivatives from ethylene – Derivatives from propylene.
UNIT IV IMPORTANT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS & MEASUREMENTS
BTX from Reformate – Styrene – Ethylene oxide/Ethylene glycol – polyethylene – Polypropylene – PVC production.Parameters to be measured in refinery and petrochemical industry – Selection and maintenance of measuring instruments.
UNIT V SAFETY IN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS
Hazardous zone classification – Electrical and Intrinsic safety – Explosion suppression and Deluge systems – Flame, fire and smoke detectors – leak detectors – Guidelines and standards – General SIS Design Configurations – Hazard and Risk Assessment – Failure modes – Operation and Maintenance.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
SKILL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (Group Seminar/Mini Project/Assignment/Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc)
1 A Seminar on Role of Instrumentation in petrochemical industry.
2 Selection of petroleum products for applications.
3 Familiarization of any one relevant software tool (MATLAB/ SCILAB/ LABVIEW/ Proteus/ Equivalent open source software)
4 Quiz on derivatives, refinery and other petroleum products.
5 Introduction to other advanced detectors not covered in the above syllabus
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Sketch the oil gas production process and important unit operations in a refinery.
CO2 Infer the process knowledge, ability to develop and analyze mathematical model ofselective processes.
CO3 Analyze and select appropriate control strategy for selective unit operationsin a refinery.
CO4 Identify the most important chemical derivatives obtained from petroleum products.
CO5 Understand safety instrumentation followed in process industries.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Waddams, A.L., “Chemicals from Petroleum”, Wiley, 1978. (digitized in 2007).
2. Balchen, J.G., and Mumme K.I., “Process Control Structures and Applications”, Von Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1988.
REFERENCES:
1. Liptak, B.G., “Instrumentation in Process Industries”, Chilton Book Company, 2005. (Digitized in 2008).
2. Austin, G.T. and Shreeves, A.G.T., “Chemical Process industries”, McGraw-Hill, 5th edition 2017.
3. Havard Devold, “Oil and Gas Production Handbook”, ABB, edtion 3.0, 2013.
4. Paul Gruhn and Harry Cheddie, “Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification”, 2nd Edition, ISA Press, 2006. (Digitize