Description : . __________ column is preferred to be used, when a high liquid hold up is required in a reactor for gas-liquid reaction. (A) Packed (B) Bubble (C) Spray (D) Tray
Last Answer : (B) Bubble
Description : __________ column is used in gas absorption process. (A) Wetted wall (B) Sieve/perforated tray (C) Bubble cap (D) Packed
Last Answer : (D) Packed
Description : Out of the following gas-liquid contacting devices, for a given set of operating conditions, gas pressure drop is the least in __________ tower. (A) Wetted wall (B) Bubble cap (C) Perforated tray (D) Packed
Last Answer : (A) Wetted wall
Description : Hydrogenation of oil is carried out in a/an __________ in Vanaspati manufacturing plant. (A) Agitated vessel (B) Sieve tray column (C) Bubble cap column (D) Packed tower
Last Answer : (A) Agitated vessel
Description : Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily & accurately in case of a __________ column. (A) Spray (B) Packed (C) Bubble cap plate (D) Wetted wall
Last Answer : (D) Wetted wall
Description : Small dia distillation column can be a (A) Packed column (B) Sieve tray (C) Bubble cap (D) Any of these
Last Answer : (A) Packed column
Description : __________ column is the most suitable for achieving the best performance for mass transfer operations involving liquid with dispersed solids. (A) Wetted wall (B) Packed (C) Plate (D) Spray
Last Answer : C) Plate
Description : Which of the following equipments is not used for gas dispersion? (A) Agitated vessels (B) Bubble cap tray towers (C) Perforated sieve tray towers (D) Spray towers
Last Answer : (D) Spray towers
Description : Which of the following liquid-vapor contacting devices provides maximum contact surface area for a particular duty? (A) Sieve plate column (B) Bubble cap column (C) Randomly packed column (D) Wetted wall column
Last Answer : (D) Wetted wall column
Description : Which of the following equipments is used for liquid dispersion? (A) Packed column (B) Venturi scrubber (C) Bubble cap plate column (D) Wetted wall column
Last Answer : Option B
Description : Minimum possible diameter of a packed column is decided mainly bythe (A) Flooding (B) Gas viscosity (C) Liquid density (D) Liquid hold up
Last Answer : (A) Flooding
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) For identical gas flow rates, less pressure drop occurs through a plate tower than through a packed tower (B) Plate column can handle greater liquid loads without flooding than packed ... duty, plate columns weigh less than packed columns (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : __________ columns are used for liquid dispersion in a continuous gas phase. (A) Packed (B) Pulse (C) Bubble cap (D) Sieve plate
Last Answer : (A) Packed
Description : In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the (A) Allowable liquid velocity (B) Allowable gas velocity (C) Allowable gas and liquid velocities
Last Answer : (C) Allowable gas and liquid velocities
Description : Which of the following gas-liquid contacting devices incurs the least pressure drop for a particular duty? (A) Grid tray tower (B) Perforated tray tower (C) Wetted wall tower (D) Bubble cap tower
Last Answer : (D) Bubble cap tower
Description : Draw symbol of (i) Tray Dryer (ii) Plate column (iii) Packed column (iv) Jaw crusher (v) Strirrer (vi) Ball mill.
Last Answer : i)Tray dryer: ii)Plate column: iii)Packed column: iv) Jaw crusher: v) Stirrer: vi) Ball mill
Description : . The most widely used crude topping column in refineries is the__________ column. (A) Bubble-cap (B) Packed bed (C) Fluidised bed (D) Perforated plate
Last Answer : (A) Bubble-cap
Description : Which of the following same diameter columns gives lowest pressure drop per unit height? (A) Bubble-cap column (B) Sieve-plate column (C) Packed column (stacked)
Last Answer : (C) Packed column (stacked)
Description : Which of these columns incurs the lowest pressure drop? (A) Packed column (with stacked packing) (B) Packed column (with dumped packing) (C) Bubble plate column (D) Pulse column
Last Answer : (A) Packed column (with stacked packing)
Description : Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquidvapour system? (A) Packed tower (B) Bubble-cap plate column (C) Sieve-plate column (D) Wetted wall column
Last Answer : (A) Packed tower
Description : For contacting a highly soluble gas with a liquid (A) Bubble the gas through liquid (B) Spray the liquid on gas stream (C) Either (A) or (B) would suffice (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Bubble the gas through liquid
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) With decrease in feed temperature, the number of plates required for binary distillation decreases for a given L/V' ratio (B) The extraction per unit ... and its crosssection is wider at the bottom (D) Vander wall adsorption is also called chemisorption
Last Answer : (D) Vander wall adsorption is also called chemisorption
Description : With increase in the liquid flow rate at a fixed gas velocity in a randomly packed counter current gas-liquid absorption column, the gas pressure drop (A) Decreases (B) Remains unchanged (C) Increases (D) Decreases exponentially
Last Answer : (C) Increases
Description : Which one of the following devices is not used for both the absorption as well as the liquid-liquid extraction processes? (A) Packed towers (B) Plate towers (C) Spray towers (D) Wetted wall columns
Last Answer : (D) Wetted wall columns
Description : An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are ... (D) More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methano
Last Answer : (A) Less number of trays are required
Description : The interfacial area per unit volume of dispersion, in a gas-liquid contactor, for fractional hold up of gas = 0.1 and gas bubble diameter = 0.5 mm is given by (in m2 /m3 ) (A) 500 (B) 1200 (C) 900 (D) 800
Last Answer : (A) 500
Description : Milk is dried usually in a __________ dryer. (A) Freeze (B) Spray (C) Tray (D) Rotary
Last Answer : (B) Spray
Description : Heat sensitive materials like certain pharmaceuticals and food stuffs can be dried in a/an __________ dryer. (A) Indirect tray (B) Spray (C) Freeze (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Freeze
Description : A coalescer in a mixer-settler liquid-liquid extraction column (A) Comprises of thin bed of substances of extended surface having high porosity (B) Helps in increasing the bubble size entering the settler ... increasing the settling rate of the bubbles (D) All 'a', 'b', & 'c'
Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b', & 'c'
Description : Back-trapping in a distillation column (A) Increases tray efficiency (B) Decreases tray efficiency (C) Reduces pressure drop (D) Is desirable, as it provides improved vapour-liquid contact
Last Answer : (B) Decreases tray efficiency
Description : In case of staged packed bed reactors carrying out exothermic reaction, use (A) High recycle for pure gas (B) Plug flow for dilute liquid requiring no large preheating of feed (C) Cold shot operations for a ... preheating to bring the stream upto the reaction temperature (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Weeping in a distillation column (A) Increases tray efficiency (B) Provides large interfacial surface for mass transfer (C) Results due to very high gas velocity (D) Results due to very low gas velocity
Last Answer : (D) Results due to very low gas velocity
Description : Very tall packed towers are divided into series of beds to (A) Reduce the overall pressure drop (B) Avoid channelling (C) Reduce liquid hold-up (D) Avoid flooding
Last Answer : (B) Avoid channelling
Description : The main reason for dividing a tall packed tower into series of small towers is to (A) Minimise the overall pressure drop (B) Avoid flooding (C) Reduce liquid hold up (D) Avoid channelling
Last Answer : (D) Avoid channelling
Description : Pressure drop in a fluidised bed reactor is __________ that in a similar packed bed reactor. (A) Less than (B) Greater than (C) Same as (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Greater than
Description : Tray spacing in a distillation column of dia 10-12 ft. used in petroleum refinery may be around __________ inches. (A) 5 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 100
Last Answer : (B) 30
Description : In an operating distillation column, the (A) Vapors and liquids are at their dew point and bubble point respectively (B) Driving force for the liquid flow is its specific weight (C) Driving force for ... bottom to the top of the column (D) Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column
Last Answer : (C) Driving force for the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure decreases gradually from the bottom to the top of the column
Description : At the same gas flow rate, the pressure drop in a packed tower being irrigated with liquid __________ that in dry packed tower. (A) Is greater than (B) Is lower than (C) Is same as (D) Cannot be predicted as data are insufficient
Last Answer : (A) Is greater than
Description : Extraction of penicillin employs a __________ extraction column. (A) Centrifugal (B) Packed (C) Plate (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Centrifugal
Description : Packed column distillation is limited to the column __________ metres. (A) Height < 6 (B) Diameter < 0.6 (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : Which of the following is not a continuous drier? (A) Drum drier (B) Spray drier (C) Tunnel drier (D) Tray drier
Last Answer : (D) Tray drier
Description : __________ is the temperature at which a gas-vapor mixture becomes saturated, when cooled at constant total pressure out of contact with a liquid. (A) Dew point (B) Bubble point (C) Dry bulb temperature (D) Wet bulb temperature
Last Answer : (A) Dew point
Description : To get high tray efficiency (A) Interfacial surface between liquid and gas phase should be large (B) Time of contact between the two phases should be less (C) Gas velocity should be very low (D) Liquid entrainment should be severe
Last Answer : (A) Interfacial surface between liquid and gas phase should be large
Description : Semibatch reactor is preferred, when a/an (A) A highly exothermic reaction is to be controlled (B) Undesirable side reaction (at high concentration of one of the reactants) is to be avoided (C) A gas is to be reacted with liquid (e.g. hydrogenation of fat) (D) All (A), (B), and (C
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B), and (C
Description : Time required for 50% decomposition of a liquid in an isothermal batch reactor following first order kinetics is 2 minutes. The time required for 75% decomposition will be about __________ minutes. (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 10
Last Answer : (B) 4
Description : Flooding in a vapor-liquid contacting equipment occurs in a tray, when the pressure drop through a tray is __________ the liquid head available in the downcomer. (A) Less than (B) More than (C) Same as (D) Very much less
Last Answer : (B) More than
Description : The most common drying method is ____ drying. a. freeze- c. spray b. sun or tray drying d. oven
Last Answer : c. spray
Description : For nearly isothermal operation involving large reaction time in a liquid-phase reaction, the most suitable reactor is a __________ reactor. (A) Stirred tank (B) Tubular flow (C) Batch (D) Fixed bed
Last Answer : (A) Stirred tank
Description : Recycling back of outlet stream to the reactor from an ideal CSTR carrying out a first order liquid phase reaction will result in __________ in conversion. (A) Decrease (B) Increase (C) No change (D) Either (A) or (B), depends on the type of reaction
Last Answer : (C) No change
Description : The reason for preferring packed towers over plate towers in distillation practice is that the packed tower operation gives (A) Low pressure drop and high hold up (B) High pressure drop and low hold ... C) Low pressure drop and low hold up (D) High pressure drop and high hold up
Last Answer : (C) Low pressure drop and low hold up