Laboratory of Petroleum Products - M215005
Title: Laboratoř hodnocení ropných produktů
Guaranteed by: Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry (228)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:4
E-Credits: winter s.:4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/6, MC [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Belongs to the student work of type: projekt
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Staš Martin Ing. Ph.D.
Class: Základní laboratoře
Interchangeability : N215014
Examination dates   
Annotation -
The aim of the laboratories is to acquaint students with methods of advanced analysis of the physical and chemical properties of petroleum oil, petroleum oil fractions and selected alternative fuels.
Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Course completion requirements -

The condition for completing the course is the successful completion of all prescribed laboratory works. The total mark is obtained as an arithmetic average of marks for individual laboratory works. The grade for the laboratory work is obtained as the arithmetic average of the partial grades for (i) the initial examination of the theory and the actual laboratory work procedure, (ii) the experimental work itself, and (iii) the quality of the laboratory protocol processing.

Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Literature -

Recommended:

  • Speight, J. G.. Handbook of petroleum product analysis. : , , s. ISBN 978-1-118-36926-5.
  • Elvers, Barbara, Schütze, Andrea. Handbook of fuels, energy sources for transportation. : , , s. ISBN 978-3-527-33385-1.

Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Syllabus -

1. Determination of water in petroleum oil.

2. Determination of sulfur in petroleum products.

3. Rectification of a two-component mixture, calculation of efficiency.

4. Determination of the biocomponent content in diesel fuels using FTIR.

5. Rheological properties of petroleum oil fractions.

6. Acid number.

7. Evaluation of asphalts.

8. Vapor pressure of gasoline fuels.

9. Viscosity index.

10. Flash point of fuels.

11. Determination of group-type composition of asphalts by thin-layer chromatography with flame-ionization detection.

12. Vacuum distillation test and simulated distillation.

13. Preparative group-type analysis of petroleum products.

14. Oxidation stability of fuels.

Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Learning resources -

J. Kroufek et al. Instructions for laboratory works of the Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels, 2016.

Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Registration requirements -

None.

Last update: Staš Martin (02.09.2024)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast v laboratořích (na exkurzi nebo praxi) 3 84
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 1 28
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