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PPT 311 Advanced Petrochemical Process Chemistry

HND1 levelEngineering & Technology12 topics

PPT 311 covers 12 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. Natural gas and crude oil as petrochemical feedstocks
  2. Crude oil fractionation, absorption and adsorption
  3. Sulphur recovery and uses
  4. Carbon black and light hydrocarbon chemicals
  5. Ethylene-based chemicals and derivatives
  6. Propylene-based chemicals and reactions
  7. C4 olefins and diolefins chemicals
  8. Benzene, toluene and xylene derivatives
  9. Polymerization concepts and reactions
  10. Polymerization methods and polymer properties
  11. Synthetic petroleum-based polymers
  12. Thermoplastics, thermosets, synthetic rubber and fibres

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Natural gas and crude oil as petrochemical feedstocks

Natural gas and crude oil are the primary raw materials for petrochemical production. Mastering their composition, extraction, and conversion pathways is essential for understanding downstream processes such as steam cracking, catalytic reforming, and alkylation, which are key topics in the NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE syllabi.

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