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
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
Last Answer : (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Drying operation under vacuum is carried out to (A) Dry those materials which have very high unbound moisture content (B) Reduce drying temperature (C) Increase drying temperature (D) Dry materials having high bound moisture content
Last Answer : (B) Reduce drying temperature
Description : During drying operation, it is easier to remove the __________ moisture. (A) Equilibrium (B) Critical (C) Unbound (D) Bound
Last Answer : (C) Unbound
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 : 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 : 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 : Moisture in a solid exerting an equilibrium vapour pressure equal to that of the pure liquid at the same temperature is called the __________ moisture. (A) Unbound (B) Critical (C) Free (D) Bound
Last Answer : (A) Unbound
Description : The critical moisture content in case of drying indicates the __________ rate period. (A) Beginning of falling (B) Beginning of constant (C) End of falling (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Beginning of falling
Description : Advantage of continuous drying over batch drying is that the (A) Drying cost per unit weight of dried product is less (B) Product with more uniform moisture content is produced (C) Equipment size required is smaller (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Description : During constant rate period, the rate of drying decreases with the (A) Decrease in air temperature (B) Increase in air humidity (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Mechanism of moisture removal in case of freeze drying of food stuff is by (A) Evaporation (B) Sublimation (C) Dehydration (D) Adsorption
Last Answer : (B) Sublimation
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 : 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 : 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 : 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)
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 : Moisture in a substance exerting an equilibrium vapour pressure less than that of pure liquid at the same temperature is called the __________ moisture. (A) Bound (B) Unbound (C) Critical (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Bound
Description : Moisture contained by a substance in excess of the equilibrium moisture is called the __________ moisture. (A) Unbound (B) Free (C) Critical (D) Bound
Last Answer : (B) Free
Description : All moisture in a non-hygroscopic material is the __________ moisture. (A) Free (B) Equilibrium (C) Unbound (D) Bound
Description : Moisture content of a substance when at equilibrium with a given partial pressure of the vapour is called the __________ moisture. (A) Free (B) Unbound (C) Equilibrium (D) Bound
Last Answer : (C) Equilibrium
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 : Sulphur in metallurgical coal (A) Contributes to its heating value (B) Affects the quality of steel produced as cracks develop on the surface while rolling the steel (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : The concentration of A in a first order reaction, A → B, decreases (A) Linearly with time (B) Exponentially with time (C) Very abruptly towards the end of the reaction (D) Logarithmically with time
Last Answer : (B) Exponentially with time
Description : A screen is said to be blinded, when the (A) Over-sizes are present in undersize fraction (B) Under-sizes are retained in oversize fraction (C) Screen is plugged with solid particles (D) Screen capacity is abruptly increased
Last Answer : (C) Screen is plugged with solid particles
Description : In batch distillation with constant reflux, overhead product composition __________ with time. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Does not vary (D) May increase on decrease, depends on the system
Description : With lapse of time, the overhead composition of light component in case of batch distillation with constant reflux (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease; depends on system
Description : The application of plastic mulch? 1. Reduces the surface evaporation 2. Increases the yield of cabbage crop moisture 3.both of these 4. none of these
Last Answer : ans 3
Last Answer : Substances whose specific resistance abruptly decreases at very low temperature are called superconductors.
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 : Swenson-Walker crystalliser is a __________ unit. (A) Continuous (B) Batch (C) Semi-batch (D) Cooling (adiabatic)-cum-evaporation
Last Answer : (A) Continuous
Description : Heat exchangers operating, when the asymptotic range is reached, (A) Provide very large heat transfer co-efficient (B) Results in making part of the heating surface inactive (C) Results in abruptly increased velocity (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Results in making part of the heating surface inactive
Description : Unit operation involved in the prilling of urea is (A) Evaporation (B) Drying (C) Crystallisation (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : Common salt is generally not produced commonly by __________ method from brine. (A) Freeze drying (B) Electrolytic (C) Solar evaporation (D) Vacuum evaporation
Last Answer : (A) Freeze drying
Description : Good quality of edible salt is obtained from brine by the process of (A) Solar evaporation (B) Vacuum evaporation (C) Freeze drying (D) Electrolysis
Last Answer : (B) Vacuum evaporation
Description : The most important application of distribution law is in (A) Evaporation (B) Liquid extraction (C) Drying (D) Distillation
Last Answer : (B) Liquid extraction
Description : Common salt is produced from sea water in India generally by the __________ method. (A) Freeze drying (B) Solar evaporation (C) Electrolytic (D) None of these
Last Answer : B) Solar evaporation
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 : Magnetic declination at any place (A) Remains constant (B) Does not remain constant (C) Fluctuates (D) Changes abruptly
Last Answer : (B) Does not remain constant
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) O.M.C. refers to the moisture corresponding to the maximum point on the moisture content dry density curve (B) The line which shows moisture content dry ... void line (C) The free fall of hammer for compaction is 30.5 cm (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : In freeze- drying, water is removed from the product by a. Evaporation b. Sublimation c. Transpiration d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Sublimation
Description : Explain the following unit operations: (i) Mixing (ii) Drying (iii) Evaporation (iv) Absorption.
Last Answer : i)Mixing: Mixing is carried out for producing simple mixtures, accomplishing dispersions and promoting chemical reactions. It is a process in which two separate materials such as two different ... ammonia mixture by water 2) Removal of hydrogen sulfide from naturally occurring hydrocarbon gases.
Description : Assertion: Black soils are black in colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks. Reason: They develop deep cracks during hot weather Options: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of ... of A.(c) A is true but B is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
Last Answer : (d) A is false but R is true.
Description : An R.C.C. beam not provided with shear reinforcement may develop cracks in its bottom inclined roughly to the horizontal at (A) 25° (B) 35° (C) 45° (D) 55°
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Second order consecutive irreversible reaction as shown in the bellow figure, were carried out in a constant volume isothermal batch reactor with different initial feed compositions. Reactor temperature was same in all the cases. In experiments ... constants (k1 /k2 )? (A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 (D) 4
Last Answer : (A) 1/4
Description : Which of the following fixes the volume of a batch reactor for a particular conversion and production rate? (A) Operating conditions (e.g. pressure and temperature) (B) Rate constant (C) Density of mixture (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Density of mixture
Description : A second order liquid phase reaction, A → B, is carried out in a mixed flow reactor operated in semi batch mode (no exit stream). The reactant A at concentration CAF is fed to the reactor at a volumetric flow rate of F. The volume ... 2V (C) d(VCA )/dt = -FCA - kCA 2V (D) d(VCA )/dt = FCAF - kCA 2V
Last Answer : (D) d(VCA )/dt = FCAF - kCA 2V