CHAPTER 20:
CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
OBJECTIVES
• Describe industrial processes and systems.
• Explain the importance of oil and gas exploration and production.
• Identify the basic equipment used in power generation.
ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Describe three petrochemical processes.
2. Describe three refinery processes.
3. Describe how wood is turned into paper products.
4. Explain the close relationship between pharmaceutical manufacturing and the chemical
processing industry.
5. Describe the food and beverage processing industry.
6. Describe the different aspects of mining and mineral processing.
7. Explain the roles and responsibilities of water and wastewater treatment.
Process technicians are found in the water and wastewater treatment facilities located around the
world.
8. List the equipment that is used in both power generation and process technology.
9. Describe the importance of oil and gas exploration and production.
10. Describe the importance of waste water treatment and water treatment.
CHAPTER 20 TEST CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
1. Oil and natural gas exploration and production primary purpose is:
a. the production of materials that make up our modern society.
b. Provide aviation and gasoline.
c. Provide raw materials for industry.
d. All the above.
Match the principles of chemistry and physics that can be applied to:
2. ____ pumps a) evaporation
3. ____ compressors b) boiling point
4. ____ steam turbines c) pressure (air)
5. ____ heat exchangers d) fluid flow (liquid)
6. ____ cooling towers e) heat transfer
7. ____ reactors f) kinetic energy
8. ____ distillation g) chemical bonding
9. ____ boilers h) boiling water
10. The chemical process industry produces ___% wastewater.
a. 60%
b. 70%
c. 80%
d. 90%
11. Food and beverage technicians work in all the following except:
a. Bakeries and breweries
b. Dairies and meat packaging
c. Refineries and chemical plant
d. Shellfish processing and fishing industry
12. Pharmaceutical manufacturing utilizes all of the following except:
a. Bench-top operations
b. Pilot plant operations
c. Thermo-mechanical pulp production
d. Full-scale manufacturing
13. Alaska is responsible for ______% of the U.S. oil and gas market.
a. 12%
b. 25%
c. 33%
d. 18%
14. Oil and gas manufacturers pay __________ in taxes to individual states and the federal
government.
a. thousands
b. millions
c. billions
d. trillions
15. It has been estimated that over __________ offshore production facilities exist on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS).
a. 400
b. 800
c. 4,000
d. 8,000
16. Exploration wells can be drilled at depths around ___________ feet.
a. 2,000 feet
b. 10,000 feet
c. 4,000 feet
d. 3,500 feet
17. Most production systems are designed to operate at depths of 6,000 feet.
a. 6,000 feet
b. 10,000 feet
c. 4,000 meters
d. 590 feet
18. Offshore production rigs and drilling and production platforms can be classified as; List three
(3).
a.
b.
c.
19. __________ platforms are built of concrete and steel and are firmly anchored to the sea bed for
long term production drilling.
20. _____________ structures are relatively self-sufficient, having electrical generators, water
desalinators, sleeping facilities, and modern amenities.
21. Power generation companies transport low cost alternating current across great distances using
power ______________ to step down high voltages.
22. List the primary equipment used in power generation. (List three (3).
a.
b.
c.
23. The primary function of a nuclear generator is to produce __________.
24. Water and waste water treatment technicians can be found in:
a. waste water treatment
b. city water supplies treatment
c. sewage treatment
d. all the above
25. More than ____% of the sewage produced in the United States comes from industrial sources.
a. 12.5%
b. 20%
c. 33%
d. 80%
26. Pharmaceutical manufacturers employ three techniques being employed in local process
technology programs_______________, ______________, and ___________ . List three (3).
27. Water that contains a tenth of 1% solid waste matter produced by human beings is
referred to as _____________:
28. ______________ processes include ethylene, olefins, benzene, ammonia, and aromatics.
29. ______________ include the traditional crude distillation, reforming, cracking, isomerization
coking, and alkylation.
30. At the present time approximately 25% of U.S. oil and natural gas production comes from
offshore drilling rigs and facilities.
a. 25%
b. 35%
c. 55%
d. 80%
ANSWER KEY CHAPTER 20 CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
