Description : Fluidised bed reactor is characterised by (A) Uniformity of temperature (B) Comparatively smaller equipment (C) Very small pressure drop (D) Absence of continuous catalyst regeneration facility
Last Answer : (A) Uniformity of temperature
Description : For flow of fluids through packed bed, the superficial velocity is (A) Less than the average velocity through channels (B) More than the average velocity through channels (C) Dependent on the pressure drop across the bed (D) Same as the average velocity through channels
Last Answer : (A) Less than the average velocity through channels
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 : 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 : In a fluidised bed reactor (A) Temperature gradients are very high (B) Temperature is more or less uniform (C) Hot spots are formed (D) Segregation of the solids occurs
Last Answer : (B) Temperature is more or less uniform
Description : Lurgi coal gasifier is a pressurised __________ bed reactor. (A) Moving (B) Fixed (C) Fluidised (D) Entrained
Last Answer : (A) Moving
Description : For a fluidised bed reactor, the most suitable/relevant model is a __________ model. (A) Tank in series (B) Bubbling bed (C) Plug flow (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Bubbling bed
Description : For high conversion in a highly exothermic solid catalysed reaction, use a __________ bed reactor. (A) Fixed (B) Fluidised bed reactor followed by a fixed (C) Fixed bed reactor followed by a fluidised (D) Fluidised
Last Answer : (B) Fluidised bed reactor followed by a fixed
Description : Oil is hydrogenated using nickel catalyst in a __________ reactor. (A) Batch (B) Slurry (C) Fluidised bed (D) Fixed bed
Last Answer : (B) Slurry
Description : . Lurgi coal gasifier is a pressurised __________ bed reactor. (A) Moving (B) Fixed (C) Fluidised (D) Entrained
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 : A bed of spherical particles (specific gravity 2.5) of uniform size 1500 μm is 0.5 m in diameter and 0.5 m high. In packed bed state, the porosity may be taken as 0.4. Ergun's equation for the above fluid-particle system ... What is the porosity of the fluidised bed? (A) 0.2 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.7 (D) 0.8
Last Answer : (C) 0.7
Description : Which of the following is the most suitable for very high pressure gas phase reaction? (A) Batch reactor (B) Tubular flow reactor (C) Stirred tank reactor (D) Fluidised bed reactor
Last Answer : (B) Tubular flow reactor
Description : Pressure drop in a packed bed for laminar flow is given by the __________ equation. (A) Kozeny-Carman (B) Blake-Plummer (C) Leva's (D) Fanning friction factor
Last Answer : (A) Kozeny-Carman
Description : Pressure drop in packed bed for turbulent flow is given by the __________ equation. (A) Kozeny-Carman (B) Blake-Plummer (C) Leva's (D) Hagen-Poiseuille’s
Last Answer : (B) Blake-Plummer
Description : . A 0.5 m high bed made up of a 1 mm dia glass sphere (density 2500 kg/m3 ) is to be fluidised by water (density 1000 kg/m3 ). If at the point of incipient fluidisation, the bed voidage is 40%, the pressure drop across the bed is (A) 4.4 KPa (B) 2.94 KPa (C) 3.7 KPa (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) 4.4 KPa
Description : Bed pressure drop in an air fluidised bed of catalyst particles (ρp = 200 kg/m3, Dp = 0.05 cm) of 60 cm bed depth and bed porosity of 0.5 expressed in cm of water (manometer) is (A) 90 (B) 60 (C) 45 (D) 30
Last Answer : (B) 60
Description : Which of the following will give maximum gas conversion? (A) Fixed bed reactor (B) Fluidised bed reactor (C) Semi-fluidised bed reactor (D) Plug-flow catalytic reactor
Last Answer : (C) Semi-fluidised bed reactor
Description : Which of the following is used for calcination of limestone and dolomite in industrial practice? (A) Fluidised bed reactor (B) Moving bed reactor (C) Fixed bed reactor (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Moving bed reactor
Description : In a packed bed absorption column, the channelling will be noted by the (A) Increase in flow rate (B) Sharp drop in pressure drop (C) Sharp rise in pressure drop (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Sharp drop in pressure drop
Description : A gas (density = 1.5 kg/m3 , viscosity = 2 10 -5 kg/m.s) flowing through a packed bed (particle size = 0.5 cm, porosity = 0.5) at a superficial velocity of 2 m/s causes a pressure drop of 8400 Pa/m. The ... flowing at 3 m/s will be (A) 8400 Pa/m (B) 12600 Pa/m (C) 18900 Pa/m (D) 16800 Pa/m
Last Answer : (B) 12600 Pa/m
Description : In a dry packed bed, the pressure drop will be changed by increasing the flow rate as (A) V1.8 (B) V-0.8 (C) V (D) V-1
Last Answer : (A) V1.8
Description : For laminar flow of a fluid through a packed bed of spheres of diameter d, the pressure drop per unit length of bed depends upon the sphere diameter as (A) d (B) d 2 (C) d 4 (D) d
Last Answer : (D) d
Description : Pressure drop through plate tower as compared to that through packed tower, for the same duty will be (A) Less (B) More (C) Equal (D) Either (A) or (B); depends on the packing height
Last Answer : (B) More
Description : For a packed bed reactor; the presence of a long tail in the residence time distribution curve is an indication of: (A) Ideal plug flow (B) Bypass (C) Dead zone (D) Channelling
Last Answer : (C) Dead zone
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Packed towers are preferred for vacuum operation, because the pressure drop through the packing is less and they (packings) also lessen the ... of liquid, problem of channelling, loading & flooding is generally encountered in packed towers
Last Answer : (C) Diameter of randomly packed tower is normally more than 1.2 metres
Description : Multistage operation (as in the case of catalytic oxidation of SO2 ) is not carried out for NH3 synthesis, because of (A) Comparatively higher pressure drop (B) High cost of the high pressure ... for the reactor (C) Higher pumping cost (D) Chances of entrainment and disturbance of catalyst bed
Last Answer : (B) High cost of the high pressure vessel used for the reactor
Description : A packed tower compared to a plate tower for a particular mass transfer operation (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop (B) Allows installation of cooling coils (C) Is less costly when built in large sizes/diameters (D) Is more suitable, if suspended solids are present in fluid stream
Last Answer : (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop
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 : Minimum porosity for fluidisation is (A) That corresponding to static bed (B) That corresponding to completely fluidised bed (C) The porosity of the bed when true fluidisation begins (D) Less than that of the' static bed
Last Answer : (C) The porosity of the bed when true fluidisation begins
Description : Which of the following is not applicable to fluidised bed combustion of coal? (A) It cannot burn low grade coal (B) It achieves higher fuel combustion efficiency (C) Less heat transfer surface area is required in boilers (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) It cannot burn low grade coal
Description : Thermofor catalytic cracking process is a __________ process. (A) Fixed bed (B) Moving bed (C) Fluidised bed (D) Non-catalytic
Last Answer : (D) Non-catalytic
Description : Platforming is a __________ process. (A) Moving bed (B) Fluidised bed (C) Non-regenerative & fixed bed (D) Regenerative
Last Answer : (C) Non-regenerative & fixed bed
Description : Sticky material can be dried in a __________ dryer. (A) Tray (B) Rotary (C) Fluidised bed (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Tray
Description : Paper industry employs __________ driers. (A) Cylinder (B) Rotary (C) Spray (D) Fluidised bed
Last Answer : (A) Cylinder
Description : Large scale drying of wheat is done in a __________ dryer. (A) Fluidised bed (B) Spouted bed (C) Tray (D) Vacuum rotary
Last Answer : (B) Spouted bed
Description : Kopper-Totzek coal gasifier (installed in a coal based nitrogeneous fertiliser plant) employs a/an __________ bed gasifier. (A) Entrained (B) Moving (C) Fixed (D) Fluidised
Last Answer : (A) Entrained
Description : The uniformity of a gas fluidised bed depends upon the __________ of the solid particles. (A) Size (B) Surface properties (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Calcination of limestone is not done in a __________ kiln for producing lime. (A) Vertical shaft (B) Rotary (C) Fluidised bed (D) Fixed bed
Last Answer : (D) Fixed bed
Description : Heat transfer by __________ is almost absent in case of fluidised bed drying operation. (A) Radiation (B) Conduction (C) Convection (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : A) Radiation
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 : Use of raschig rings in place of crushed stones as packing in packed beds (other things being same) (A) Increases pressure drop, increases surface area (B) Increases pressure drop, decreases ... (C) Decreases pressure drop, increases surface area (D) Decreases pressure drop, decreases surface area
Last Answer : (C) Decreases pressure drop, increases surface area
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 : When a high liquid hold up is required in a reactor for gas liquid reaction, use __________ column. (A) Packed (B) Spray (C) Tray (D) Bubble
Last Answer : (D) Bubble
Description : Channelling in a packed tower results from the (A) High pressure drop (B) Maldistribution of liquid (C) Non-uniformity of packing (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
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 : Under conditions of flooding in packed tower, the gas pressure drop (A) Decreases rapidly (B) Increases rapidly (C) Remain constant (D) Is maximum
Last Answer : (D) Is maximum
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 : Plate towers are preferred to packed towers, when large temperature changes are involved, because of the reason that the (A) Packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the ... C) Viscosity variation of the fluids may cause channelling/flooding (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the components of the equipments
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