Plate efficiency
(A) Is a function of the mass transfer between liquid and vapour
(B) Increases due to foaming
(C) Increases due to liquid entrainment
(D) Increases due to weeping and dumping of liquid
Description : Plate efficiency in a distillation column is reduced due to the __________ of liquid. (A) Entrainment (B) Foaming (C) Weeping & dumping (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : In case of evaporators, liquid entrainment results primarily due to (A) High vacuum in the evaporator (B) High evaporation rate (C) Foaming of the solution (D) High heat transfer rate
Last Answer : (C) Foaming of the solution
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 : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In the McCabe-Thiele diagram for binary distillation, vertical feed line represents saturated liquid feed and horizontal feed line represents saturated vapour feed (B) In ... layers over a flat plate are of equal thickness, if Schmidt number is equal to unity
Last Answer : (C) For Laminar flow over a plate of length L, the local mass transfer coefficient at a distance L from the leading edge is 1.5 × 10 -2m/s. Then the average mass transfer co-efficient for the plate is 2 × 10 -2m/s
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In solvent extraction, the distribution co-efficient should be as large as possible for solvent economy (B) With increase in pressure, the solubility of ... in distillation column (D) The capacity of a distillation column is maximum at total reflux
Last Answer : (D) The capacity of a distillation column is maximum at total reflux
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 : 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 Lurgi coal gasifier, (A) Coking coals cannot be used (B) Low carbon conversion efficiency is achieved (C) Entrainment of solids is higher (D) Larger quantity of coal can be processed
Last Answer : (D) Larger quantity of coal can be processed
Description : In the Lurgi coal gasifier (A) Coking coals cannot be used (B) Low carbon conversion efficiency is achieved (C) Entrainment of solids is higher (D) Large quantity of coal can be processed
Last Answer : (D) Large quantity of coal can be processed
Description : Pick out the correct statement about the condensation. (A) Filmwise condensation gives a lower heat transfer rate than the dropwise condensation (B) Suitable coating or vapour additive is used to promote film ... place on it (D) Reynolds number of condensing liquid is based on its mass flow rate
Last Answer : (B) Suitable coating or vapour additive is used to promote film wise condensation
Description : The separation of liquid droplets from the vapor is done by a/an __________, in the evaporators. (A) Steam ejector (B) Entrainment separator (C) Compressor (D) Vacuum pump
Last Answer : (B) Entrainment separator
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 : For a distillation column operating at minimum reflux, the (A) Concentration of liquid and vapour leaving a plate will be same (B) Reflux ratio will be maximum (C) Number of plates required will be maximum
Last Answer : (C) Number of plates required will be maximum
Description : Reboiler is considered as one theoretical plate, because (A) Of the assumption that vapour and liquid leaving the reboiler are in equilibrium (B) Vapour is recycled to the column (C) Reboiler itself contains one plate (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Of the assumption that vapour and liquid leaving the reboiler are in equilibrium
Description : Air entrainment in the concrete increases (A) Workability (B) Strength (C) The effects of temperature variations (D) The unit weight
Last Answer : (A) Workability
Description : Stage efficiency in a leaching process depends on the (A) Time of contact between the solid and the solution (B) Rate of diffusion of the solute through the solid and into the liquid (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Vapour pressure of the solution
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Make up water is supplied during cooling tower operation to compensate for water losses due to (A) Evaporation (B) Blowdown (C) Entrainment (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : What is the mysterious foaming agent used in the liquid to operate a foam party machine?
Last Answer : The liquid is a solution of soap in water.
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) The slope of the stripping line is always less than unity (B) For a given separation in a binary distillation column, with increase in reflux ratio ( ... (D) Kremser-Brown-Souder's equation is used to calculate the efficiency of a plate tower
Last Answer : C) In Ponchon-Savarit method of no. of theoretical plate determination, the stripping and rectifying operating lines are vertical at total reflux
Description : Pick out the wrong statement about nucleate boiling. (A) Bubble generation is by expansion of entrapped gas/vapour at small cavities in the surface (B) Surface temperature is greater than the saturation ... less than that in film boiling (D) The temperature is less than that of film boiling
Last Answer : (D) The temperature is less than that of film boiling
Description : When the liquid over a plate is of uniform concentration, then (A) Murphree efficiency > point efficiency (B) Murphree efficiency < point efficiency (C) Murphree efficiency = point efficiency (D) Murphree efficiency ≠ point efficiency
Last Answer : (C) Murphree efficiency = point efficiency
Description : If the path of liquid across the plate is very long as in case of large diameter tower, Murphree efficiency can be __________ percent (A) 100 (B) > 100 (C) < 100 (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) > 100
Description : Flooding in a distillation column is detected by a sharp (A) Increase in Murphree plate efficiency (B) Decrease in pressure drop (C) Decrease in liquid hold up in the column (D) Increase in pressure drop
Last Answer : (D) Increase in pressure drop
Description : When goods are imported through 'non -official' channels from low price to high price countries, the practice is termed: A)transfer imports B)parallel imports C)black imports D)dumping
Last Answer : B)parallel imports
Description : The phenomenon during which the boiler material becomes brittle due to accumulation of caustic substances is known as ___________ a) Foaming b) Priming c) Corrosion d) Caustic embrittlement
Last Answer : d) Caustic embrittlement
Description : In sub-cooled boiling, (A) Temperature of the heating surface is less than the boiling point of the liquid (B) Temperature of the heating surface is more than the boiling point of the liquid (C) ... from heating surface are absorbed by the mass of the liquid (D) Very large vapour space is necessary
Last Answer : (B) Temperature of the heating surface is more than the boiling point of the liquid
Description : Umf is the minimum fluidisation velocity for a bed of particles. An increase in the superficial gas velocity from 2 Umf to 2.5 Umf results in (all velocities are smaller than the entrainment velocity of the particles ... (A) Drag on particles (B) Drag on column walls (C) Bed height (D) Bed voidage
Last Answer : (C) Bed height
Description : In continuous fluidisation (A) Solids are completely entrained (B) The pressure drop is less than that for batch fluidisation (C) There is no entrainment of solids (D) Velocity of the fluid is very small
Last Answer : (A) Solids are completely entrained
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 : When the water is warm, the height to which it can be lifted by a pump (A) Decreases due to reduced viscosity (B) Decreases due to reduced vapour pressure (C) Increases due to increased vapour pressure (D) Decreases due to increased frictional resistance
Last Answer : (B) Decreases due to reduced vapour pressure
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 : 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 : The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is a __________ evaporator. (A) Long tube (B) Short tube (C) Vacuum (D) Falling film
Last Answer : (A) Long tube
Description : Agitated film evaporator is suitable for concentrating __________ liquids. (A) Foaming (B) Viscous (C) Very thin (D) Corrosive
Last Answer : (B) Viscous
Description : Foaming and priming in boiler operation can be reduced by reduction in __________ in feed water. (A) Turbidity (B) Color (Hazen) (C) Total solids (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Deaeration of high pressure boiler feed water is done to reduce (A) Foaming from boilers (B) Its dissolved oxygen content (C) Its silica content (D) Caustic embrittlement
Last Answer : (B) Its dissolved oxygen content
Description : Presence of nitrogen and phosphorous in waste water discharged into lakes and ponds causes (A) Foaming (B) Odour nuisances (C) Undesirable plant growth (D) Turbidity
Last Answer : (C) Undesirable plant growth
Description : What could be a possible cause for sudden foaming in a cooling tower?
Last Answer : Assuming that no other changes have been made, especially to the water treatment chemicals, the most common outcome to this mystery is a leaking heat exchanger. Begin a systematic check of all of ... in the tower. In addition, not all of these components will set off a conductivity alarm
Description : A reasonably general expression for vapour-liquid phase equilibrium at low to moderate pressure is φi yi P = Yi xifi° where, Φ is a vapor fugacity component, Yiis the liquid activity co- ... and liquid composition xi only (D) Temperature, pressure, liquid composition xi and vapour composition yi
Last Answer : (C) Temperature, pressure and liquid composition xi only
Description : The burnout heat flux in the nucleate boiling regime is not a function of the (A) Liquid density (B) Vapour density (C) Temperature difference (D) Heat of evaporation
Last Answer : (B) Vapour density
Description : Vapour lock is a. complete or partial stoppage of fuel supply due to vaporization of the fuel b. locking of carburetor due to high vapor pressure c. excess fuel supply to the engine d. supply of liquid fuel to the engine
Last Answer : ANSWER a. complete or partial stoppage of fuel supply due to vaporization of the fuel
Description : Workability improved by adding (A) Air-entraining agent (B) Foaming agent (C) Oily-agent (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the abov
Description : Foaming is caused by the formation of ___________ a) Acids b) Alcohols c) Oils and alkalis d) Ketones
Last Answer : c) Oils and alkalis
Description : The propulsion of water into steam drum by extremely rapid, almost explosive boiling of water at the heating surface is called ___________ a) Foaming b) Priming c) Corrosion d) Caustic embrittlement
Last Answer : b) Priming
Description : Which of the following is not a result of the excess of impurity in boiler-feed. a) Scale and sludge formation b) Decomposition c) Corrosion, priming and foaming d) Caustic embrittlement
Last Answer : b) Decomposition
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 : For the same heat load and mass flow rate in the tube side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, one may use multipass on the tube side, because it (A) Decreases the pressure drop (B) ... the outlet temperature of cooling medium (C) Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient
Description : Which of the following is not the function of a volute casing provided in a centrifugal pump? (A) To reduce the head loss in discharge (B) To increase the pump efficiency (C) To collect liquid ... and to transmit it to the delivery pipe at constant velocity (D) To increase the pump discharge rate
Last Answer : Option D
Description : In an interphase mass transfer process, the lesser the solubility of a given solute in a liquid, the higher are the chances that the transfer process will be (A) Liquid phase resistance-controlled (B) Gas phase resistance controlled (C) Impossible (D) Driven by a non-linear driving forc
Last Answer : (B) Gas phase resistance controlled
Description : The wetted wall tower is used to determine (A) Individual mass transfer co-efficient (M.T.C.) in gaseous system (B) M.T.C. of individual components in a liquid-liquid system (C) M.T.C. of liquid in liquid-gas system (D) The overall M.T.C. of the system
Last Answer : (A) Individual mass transfer co-efficient (M.T.C.) in gaseous system