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PGP 326 Advanced Petrochemical Process Technology I

HND1 levelEngineering & Technology15 topics

PGP 326 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Olefins and petrochemical feedstocks
  2. Steam cracking technology for olefins
  3. Natural gas sweetening by amine process
  4. Steam cracker sections and separation units
  5. Thermal cracking, coke formation and decoking
  6. Emerging olefin production technologies
  7. FCC technology for C4 and C5 olefins
  8. FCC catalysts, licensors and reactor design
  9. LPG and C4 cut processing
  10. Oxygenates in gasoline: MTBE and TAME
  11. C5 stream upgrading and recovery of C5 chemicals
  12. Ethylene production routes and feedstocks
  13. Ethylene derivatives and ethylene oxide
  14. Ethylene oxide production processes
  15. Monoethylene glycol and acetaldehyde derivatives

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Olefins and petrochemical feedstocks

Olefins are the cornerstone of petrochemical synthesis, providing the reactive C=C bond that drives polymerisation, alkylation and other key processes. Mastering their types, sources, and reactivity patterns is essential for understanding feedstock selection, reaction design, and downstream product quality in the exam.

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