Drying of a solid involves __________ transfer.
(A) Only heat
(B) Only mass
(C) Both heat and mass
(D) None of these
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In drying a solid containing moisture above the critical moisture content the number of degrees of freedom is 2 (B) Sherwood number in mass transfer corresponds to ... tube heat exchangers. At higher pressure, however, it is customary to put gas in the tube side
Last Answer : (C) Forced convection is relatively more effective in increasing the rate of mass transfer, if Schmidt number is larger
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Bound moisture is removed during constant rate drying period (B) Free moisture is removed during falling rate drying period (C) The sum of free moisture and ... (D) The driving force for mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content
Last Answer : (D) The driving force for mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content
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 : With increase in the mass velocity of the gas, the rate of drying during the constant rate period __________, if the conduction and radiation through the solid are negligible. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same
Last Answer : (A) Increases
Description : For __________ drying, the effects of velocity, temperature and humidity of the gas and the thickness of the solid are the same. (A) Unsaturated surface (B) Constant rate (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Binary distillation involves the mass transfer by __________ at the gasliquid interface. (A) Unidirectional diffusion from liquid to gas phase (B) Unidirectional diffusion from gas to liquid phase (C) Either 'a' or 'b' (D) A counter diffusion at an almost equal molar rate
Last Answer : (D) A counter diffusion at an almost equal molar rate
Description : Occurrence of 'case hardening' during drying of a high moisture solid cake __________ the drying rate. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Does not affect
Last Answer : (B) Decreases
Description : Overall rate of reaction in a heterogeneous catalytic reaction depends upon the mass and energy transfer from the fluid to solid surface and its rate of reaction is usually __________ the concentration of ... to (B) Independent of (C) Inversely proportional to (D) Proportional to the square o
Last Answer : (A) Proportional to
Description : Refrigeration cycle (A) Violates second law of thermodynamics (B) Involves transfer of heat from low temperature to high temperature (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (B) Involves transfer of heat from low temperature to high temperature
Description : During drying of a solid, the critical moisture content increases with (A) Decreased drying rate (B) Increased thickness of the solid (C) Increased drying rate (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : The falling rate period in the drying of a solid is characterised by (A) Increase in rate of drying (B) Increasing temperatures both on the surface and within the solid (C) Decreasing temperatures (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Increasing temperatures both on the surface and within the solid
Description : Humidification involves mass transfer between a pure liquid phase and a fixed gas, which is (A) Insoluble in the liquid (B) Soluble in the liquid (C) Non-ideal in nature (D) At a fixed temperature
Last Answer : (A) Insoluble in the liquid
Description : Adsorption is a unit operation which generally involves __________ systems. (A) Liquid-solid (B) Gas-solid (C) Fluid-solid (D) Solid-solid
Last Answer : (C) Fluid-solid
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) 'Solvates' are chemical compounds formed by solute with their solvents. When water is the solvent, then it is called a 'hydrate' (B) In heat exchanger ... vertical evaporators, area of central downtake is about 50 to 100% of the total tube cross-sectional area
Last Answer : (C) Heat transfer co-efficient during nucleate boiling is not influenced by the agitation imparted
Description : Corresponding to Prandtl number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass transfer is the __________ number. (A) Schmidt (B) Sherwood (C) Peclet (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (A) Schmidt
Description : Corresponding to Nusselt number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass transfer is the __________ number. (A) Sherwood (B) Schmidt (C) Peclet (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (A) Sherwood
Description : __________ number indicates the ratio of the rates of the heat and mass transfer incase of a cooling tower. (A) Sherwood (B) Stanton (C) Lewis (D) Peclet
Last Answer : (C) Lewis
Description : The relation, Sc = Pr = 1, is valid, when the mechanism of __________ transfer is same. (A) Heat and mass (B) Mass and momentum (C) Heat and momentum (D) Heat, momentum and mass
Last Answer : (A) Heat and mass
Description : In case of cooling towers, the ratio of the rates of heat and mass transfer is indicated by the __________ number. (A) Lewis (B) Grashoff (C) Sherwood
Last Answer : (A) Lewis
Description : In case of a close thermodynamic system, there is __________ across the boundaries. (A) No heat and mass transfer (B) No mass transfer but heat transfer (C) Mass and energy transfer (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) No mass transfer but heat transfer
Description : The drying time between fixed moisture contents within the 'constant rate period' is proportional to (assuming that drying occurs from all surfaces of the solid) (where, T = thickness of the solid). (A) √T (B) T (C) T 1.5 (D) T
Last Answer : (B) T
Description : Flights in a rotary dryer are provided to (A) Lift and shower the solids thus exposing it thoroughly to the drying action of the gas (B) Reduce the residence time of solid (C) Increase the residence time of the solid (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Lift and shower the solids thus exposing it thoroughly to the drying action of the gas
Description : A solid material shows case hardening properties while drying. Which of the following should be controlled to control the drying process? (A) Flow rate of inlet air (B) Relative humidity of outlet air (C) Humidity of inlet air (D) Temperature of the solid
Last Answer : (D) Temperature of the solid
Description : Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the rotary dryer. (A) Flights (located in the inside shell of rotary dryer) lift the material being dried and shower it down through the current of ... D) Recommended peripheral speed of a rotary drier is in the range of 10 to 30 metres/minute
Last Answer : (C) Rotary dryer is suitable for drying sticky materia
Description : In the constant rate period of the rate of drying curve for batch drying, (A) Cracks develop on the surface of the solid (B) Rate of drying decreases abruptly (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs
Description : It takes 6 hours to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much longer it will take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content, under the same drying conditions? (The ... 5%). (A) 15 min (B) 51 min (C) 71 min (D) 94 min
Last Answer : (C) 71 min
Description : Drying of a wet solid under constant drying conditions means the exposure of the wet solid to the air of constant (A) Humidity (B) Velocity (C) Temperature (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : The drying time between fixed moisture content within diffusion controlled 'falling rate period' is proportional to (assuming that drying occurs from all surfaces of the solid) (where, T = thickness of the solid). (A) √T (B) T (C) T 2 (D) T
Last Answer : (C) T
Description : During the constant rate period of drying of a solid, (A) Increased air humidity decreases the rate of drying (B) Increasing the air temperature decreases the drying rate (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs (D) None of these
Description : 200 kg of solids (on dry basis) is subjected to a drying process for a period of 5000 seconds. The drying occurs in the constant rate period with the drying rate as, Nc = 0.5 10 -3 kg/m2 .s. The initial ... moisture/kg dry solid). (A) 0.5 (B) 0.05 (C) 0.1 (D) 0.15
Last Answer : (C) 0.1
Description : In a laboratory test run, the rate of drying was found to be 0.5 x 10 - 3 kg/m2 .s, when the moisture content reduced from 0.4 to 0.1 on dry basis. The critical moisture content of the material is 0.08 on a dry ... of the solids from 0.3 to 0.2 (dry basis) is (A) 2000 (B) 4000 (C) 5000 (D) 6000
Last Answer : (C) 5000
Description : The mass transfer co-efficient for a solid sphere of radius 'a' dissolving in a large volume of quiescent liquid, in which ‘D’ is the diffusivity of solute, is (A) D/a (B) D/2a (C) Proportional to √D (D) Dependent on the Reynolds number
Last Answer : (D) Dependent on the Reynolds number
Description : A first order gaseous phase reaction is catalysed by a non-porous solid. The kinetic rate constant and the external mass transfer co-efficients are k and kg respectively. The effective rate constant (ke ff) is given by (A) ke ff = k + kg ( ... + kg )/2 (C) ke ff = (kkg ) 1/2 (D) 1/ke ff = 1/k + 1/kg
Last Answer : (D) 1/ke ff = 1/k + 1/kg
Description : Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the (A) Existence of thermal boundary layer (B) Temperature gradient produced ... difference (C) Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : Heat transfer rate to the charge/stock in a furnace does not depend upon the (A) Type of fuels viz. solid, liquid or gaseous (B) Flue gas temperature (C) Emissivity of refractory walls (D) Initial temperature of the charged stock
Last Answer : (A) Type of fuels viz. solid, liquid or gaseous
Description : The third law of thermodynamics states that the (A) Heat capacity of a crystalline solid is zero at absolute zero temperature (B) Heat transfer from low temperature to high temperature source is ... without external work (C) Gases having same reduced properties behaves similarly (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Heat capacity of a crystalline solid is zero at absolute zero temperature
Description : Nusselt number/Biot number varies (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity (B) Directly with heat transfer co-efficient (C) Directly with thermal conductivity (D) Inversely with the dimension of the solid
Last Answer : (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity
Description : A 2-4 heat exchanger involves (A) Only counter-flow of fluids (B) Only parallel-flow of fluids (C) Both counter and parallel-flow of the fluids (D) Smaller pressure drop compared to 1-2 exchanger
Last Answer : (C) Both counter and parallel-flow of the fluids
Description : Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the analogy between equations of heat and mass transfer operations. (A) Sherwood number in mass transfer is analogous to Nusselt number in heat transfer ... heat transfer (D) Reynolds number remains the same in both heat and mass transfer
Last Answer : (C) Reynolds number in mass transfer is analogous to Grashoff number in heat transfer
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension (B) Sieve tray towers are generally used for systems having low ... Prandtl analogy for heat and mass transfer considers the transfer through both laminar and turbulent layers
Last Answer : (A) Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension
Description : Which of the following is concerned with both heat and mass transfer? (A) Lewis relationship (B) Nusselt number (C) Kutateladze number (D) Froude number
Last Answer : (A) Lewis relationship
Description : Analogy between mass and heat transfer is not applicable in case of (A) Same velocity profile or equal eddy diffusivities (B) Thermal or pressure mass diffusion (C) Viscous heating or chemical reaction (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : ____ and ____ are already solid and lend themselves to sun or tray drying. a. Cheese, meats c. Cheese, vegetables b. Fruits, vegetables d. Fruits, meats
Last Answer : b. Fruits, vegetables
Description : Design of heterogamous catalytic reactor involves consideration of __________ steps. (A) Only chemical (B) Only physical (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : One of the methods of purification of leach liquor is ion exchange, which involves (A) Exchange between two liquid phases (B) Exchange between a gaseous phase and a liquid phase (C) Exchange between a liquid phase and an organic resin phase (D) Exchange between a solid phase and a gas phase
Last Answer : (C) Exchange between a liquid phase and an organic resin phase
Description : n a chemical factory where dyes are made, wet cake at 30 OC consisting of 60% moisture is put in a dryer to obtain an output having only 5% moisture, at atmospheric pressure. In each batch about 120 ... dryer and the dryer efficiency is 80%. Latent heat of steam at 4 kg/cm2 is 520 kcal/kg.
Last Answer : Given that Qty of material dried per batch - 120 Kgs Moisture at inlet - 60% a. The quantity of moisture removed per batch. Water quantity in a wet batch - 120 x 0.6 = 72 Kgs. Quantity of bone dry ... - 48/0.95 = 50.5 Kgs. Equivalent water in a dry batch - 50.5 - 48 = 2.5 Kgs.
Description : Nusselt number (for forced convection heat transfer) is a function of the __________ number. (A) Prandtl (B) Reynolds (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : Convective heat transfer co-efficient in case of fluid flowing in tubes is not affected by the tube length/diameter ratio, if the flow is in the __________ zone. (A) Laminar (B) Transition (C) Both 'a' & 'b' (D) Highly turbulent
Last Answer : (D) Highly turbulent
Description : jH factor for heat transfer is not a function of the __________ number. (A) Reynolds (B) Nusselt (C) Grashoff (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) & (C)
Description : Critical value of the __________ number governs the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in free convection heat transfer. (A) Grashoff (B) Reynolds (C) Both 'a' & 'b' (D) Prandtl & Grashoff
Last Answer : (D) Prandtl & Grashoff