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
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : In a moderately sized packed absorption tower, channelling (which is most severe with stacked packings) can be minimised by taking the ratio of tower diameter to packing diameter (A) > 4 :1 (B) < 8 : 1 (C) > 8:1 (D) < 6:1
Last Answer : (C) > 8:1
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Critical moisture content is not a property of the material itself (B) A sharp increase in pressure drop gives an indication of the flooding in a ... unity (D) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol is most economically done by molecular distillation at very high vacuum
Last Answer : (D) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol is most economically done by molecular distillation at very high vacuum
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 : Channelling is most severe (A) In towers packed with stacked packing (B) In towers packed randomly with crushed solids (C) In dumped packing of regular units
Last Answer : (A) In towers packed with stacked packing
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : __________ column is used in gas absorption process. (A) Wetted wall (B) Sieve/perforated tray (C) Bubble cap (D) Packed
Last Answer : (D) Packed
Description : Absorption factor method is used to calculate the number of ideal stages, when (A) Operating line lies above the equilibrium line (B) Operating line lies below the equilibrium line (C) Both operating and equilibrium lines are parallel (D) Pressure drop in the column is very high
Last Answer : (C) Both operating and equilibrium lines are parallel
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 : In a packed absorption tower, if the equilibrium and operating lines are both straight lines, then the ratio, HETP/HTUOG __________ the absorption factor. (A) Increases with increase in (B) Is one at unity value of (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : For gas absorption, low viscosity solvents are preferred, because of their (A) Better flow characteristics (B) Low pumping pressure drop (C) Rapid absorption rates (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : For liquid flow through a packed bed, the superficial velocity as compared to average velocity through the channel in the bed is (A) More (B) Less (C) Equal (D) Independent of porosity
Last Answer : (B) Less
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Fanning friction factor is inversely proportional to Reynolds number always (B) The property of a randomly packed bed (with raschig rings) is given by the ratio of the ... the ratio of the speed of the fluid to that of sound in the fluid under conditions of flow
Last Answer : (D) Mach number is given by the ratio of the speed of the fluid to that of sound in the fluid under conditions of flow
Description : Which of the following equations applies to the fluid flow through a packed bed for very large Reynolds number? (A) Fanning equation (B) Blake-Plummer equation (C) Hagen-Poiseuille equation (D) Kozeny-Carman equation
Last Answer : (B) Blake-Plummer equation
Description : Which of the following equations is valid for laminar flow of a fluid through packed bed? (A) Fanning equation (B) Kozeny - Karman equation (C) Hagen-Poiseuille equation (D) Blake-Plummer equation
Last Answer : (B) Kozeny - Karman equation
Description : Fluid flow in a real packed bed can be approximated as __________ model. (A) Plug flow (B) Dispersion (C) Mixed flow (D) Tank in series
Last Answer : (B) Dispersion
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 : Inside the distillation column, the (A) Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop (B) Liquids are not always at their bubble points (C) Pressure increases gradually from bottom to the top of the column (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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
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 : Priming of a centrifugal pump is done to (A) Increase the mass flow rate of fluid (B) Develop effective pressure rise by the pump (C) Avoid chances of separation inside the impeller (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Avoid chances of separation inside the impeller
Description : . If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two pass, then for the same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will (A) Increase by 1.8 times (B) Decrease by 2 2 (C) Increase by 2 16 (D) Remain unchanged
Last Answer : (C) Increase by 2 16
Description : In area meter (e.g., Rotameter), with increase in the fluid flow rate, the (A) Pressure drop increases linearly (B) Pressure drop is almost constant (C) Area through which fluid flows does not vary (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Pressure drop is almost constant
Description : Two fluids are flowing through two similar pipes of the same diameter. The Reynold's number is same. For the same flow rate if the viscosity of a fluid is reduced to half the value of the ... (A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Remain unchanged (D) Data insufficient to predict relative pressure drop
Last Answer : (B) Decrease
Description : A megger is being used to test the insulation of an AC generator. The resistance value of a dry, clean winding will _____________. A. continue to rise as test potential is maintained, ... , becoming fairly steady after 5-7 minutes D. stabilize after approximately 2-4 minutes of fluctuation
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of theoretical stages required for the separation of ... Flash distillation is suitable for separating components which have very close boiling temperature
Last Answer : (A) Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of theoretical stages required for the separation of nonideal binary system by distillation
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 : To increase the absorption factor, (where, G = gas flow rate, S = solvent flow rate) (A) Increase both 'G' and 'S' (B) Decrease both 'G' and 'S' (C) Increase 'S' and decrease 'G' (D) Increase 'G' and decrease 'S'
Last Answer : (C) Increase 'S' and decrease 'G
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