__________ column is used in gas absorption process.
(A) Wetted wall
(B) Sieve/perforated tray
(C) Bubble cap
(D) Packed
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 : 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
Description : Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquidvapour system? (A) Packed tower (B) Bubble-cap plate column (C) Sieve-plate column (D) Wetted wall column
Last Answer : (A) Packed tower
Description : Which of the following gas-liquid contacting devices incurs the least pressure drop for a particular duty? (A) Grid tray tower (B) Perforated tray tower (C) Wetted wall tower (D) Bubble cap tower
Last Answer : (D) Bubble cap tower
Description : Hydrogenation of oil is carried out in a/an __________ in Vanaspati manufacturing plant. (A) Agitated vessel (B) Sieve tray column (C) Bubble cap column (D) Packed tower
Last Answer : (A) Agitated vessel
Description : Small dia distillation column can be a (A) Packed column (B) Sieve tray (C) Bubble cap (D) Any of these
Last Answer : (A) Packed column
Description : Which of the following equipments is not used for gas dispersion? (A) Agitated vessels (B) Bubble cap tray towers (C) Perforated sieve tray towers (D) Spray towers
Last Answer : (D) Spray towers
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 : Which of the following equipments is used for liquid dispersion? (A) Packed column (B) Venturi scrubber (C) Bubble cap plate column (D) Wetted wall column
Last Answer : Option B
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 : 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 : __________ columns are used for liquid dispersion in a continuous gas phase. (A) Packed (B) Pulse (C) Bubble cap (D) Sieve plate
Last Answer : (A) Packed
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 : __________ 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 : 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 : Which of the following equipments is not used for liquid dispersion? (A) Wetted wall towers (B) Packed towers (C) Venturi scrubbers (D) Agitated vessels
Last Answer : (D) Agitated vessels
Description : Laboratory determination of the diffusivity of vapor is done by __________ method. (A) Wetted wall column (B) Gilliland's (C) Winkelmann's (D) Wike's
Last Answer : (C) Winkelmann's
Description : Experimental determination of __________ is done by wetted wall column method. (A) Diffusion co-efficient (B) Mass transfer co-efficient (C) NTU (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Mass transfer co-efficient
Description : Draw symbol of (i) Tray Dryer (ii) Plate column (iii) Packed column (iv) Jaw crusher (v) Strirrer (vi) Ball mill.
Last Answer : i)Tray dryer: ii)Plate column: iii)Packed column: iv) Jaw crusher: v) Stirrer: vi) Ball mill
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Sieve tubes are suited for translocation of food because they possess (a) bordered pits (b) no end walls (c) broader lumen and perforated cross walls (d) no protoplasm
Last Answer : (c) broader lumen and perforated cross walls
Description : In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the (A) Allowable liquid velocity (B) Allowable gas velocity (C) Allowable gas and liquid velocities
Last Answer : (C) Allowable gas and liquid velocities
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) With decrease in feed temperature, the number of plates required for binary distillation decreases for a given L/V' ratio (B) The extraction per unit ... and its crosssection is wider at the bottom (D) Vander wall adsorption is also called chemisorption
Last Answer : (D) Vander wall adsorption is also called chemisorption
Description : Even though bubble cap towers are very effective for humidification operation, they are not used commonly in industries, because of the (A) High evaporation losses of water (B) High pressure drop of the gas (C) Difficulty in its fabrication (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) High pressure drop of the gas
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
Description : __________ extractor is used for the concentration of radioactive nuclear waste. (A) Pulsed column (B) Sieve plate (C) Mixer-settler (D) Bollman
Last Answer : (A) Pulsed column
Description : Tray spacing in a distillation column of dia 10-12 ft. used in petroleum refinery may be around __________ inches. (A) 5 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 100
Last Answer : (B) 30
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 : 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 : Extraction of penicillin employs a __________ extraction column. (A) Centrifugal (B) Packed (C) Plate (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Centrifugal
Description : Packed column distillation is limited to the column __________ metres. (A) Height < 6 (B) Diameter < 0.6 (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : Minimum possible diameter of a packed column is decided mainly bythe (A) Flooding (B) Gas viscosity (C) Liquid density (D) Liquid hold up
Last Answer : (A) Flooding
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 : Wetted wall tower experiment determines the (A) Molal diffusivity (B) Volumetric co-efficient (C) Mass transfer co-efficient (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Mass transfer co-efficient
Description : For experimental determination of mass transfer co-efficient by wetted wall tower, the mass transfer area is (A) Calculated (B) Unknown (C) Known (D) Not required
Last Answer : (C) Known
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 : An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are ... (D) More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methano
Last Answer : (A) Less number of trays are required
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 : Desulphurisation of petrol is done in a(A) Bollman extractor (B) Rotating disc extractor (C) Packed extraction column (D) Plate type extraction column
Last Answer : (B) Rotating disc extractor
Description : __________ Centrifuge is normally used in sugar mills. (A) Tubular bowl (B) Disc-bowl (C) Suspended batch basket (D) Perforated horizontal basket continuous
Last Answer : (C) Suspended batch basket
Description : A __________ mill is a revolving mill divided into two or more sections by perforated partitions in which preliminary grinding takes place at one end and the finishing grinding at the discharge end. (A) Compartment (B) Tube (C) Rod (D) Pebble
Last Answer : (A) Compartmen
Description : __________ centrifuge is the most suitable for separation of non-friable crystals. (A) Tubular bowl (B) Disc-bowl (C) Perforated horizontal basket continuous (D) Suspended batch baske
Last Answer : (C) Perforated horizontal basket continuous
Description : In an absorption column, the flooding velocity for random packing is __________ that for stacked/regular packing. (A) Greater than (B) Smaller than (C) Equal to (D) Either (A), or (B); depends on the type of packing
Last Answer : (B) Smaller than
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