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 the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure decreases gradually from the bottom to the top of the column (D) Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column

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 the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure
decreases gradually from the bottom to the top of the column
(D) Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column
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(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
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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

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Last Answer : (A) Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop

Inside the distillation columns, the (A) Highest temperatures is near the feed plate (B) Driving force for the liquid flow is its weight (C) Vapors are not always at their dew points (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (B) Driving force for the liquid flow is its weigh

A distillation column with N plates is being operated under normal conditions. At some point of time, the operation is shifted to total reflux condition (i.e., no product and residue are being withdrawn and feed to the column is stopped). At the new steady state, (A) Composition of vapors and that of liquid do not vary throughout the column (B) Reboiler load and condenser load are minimum (C) The top and bottom compositions are unchanged with and without total reflux (D) The top and bottom compositions correspond to the maximum enrichment available

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Last Answer : (D) The top and bottom compositions correspond to the maximum enrichment available

As the reflux ratio in a distillation column is increased from the minimum, the (A) Slope of the operating line in stripping section decreases (B) Number of plates decreases very slowly first and then more and more rapidly (C) Total cost first decreases and then increases (D) Liquid flow increases while the vapor flow decreases for a system

Description : As the reflux ratio in a distillation column is increased from the minimum, the (A) Slope of the operating line in stripping section decreases (B) Number of plates decreases very slowly first ... decreases and then increases (D) Liquid flow increases while the vapor flow decreases for a system

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__________ is the temperature at which a gas-vapor mixture becomes saturated, when cooled at constant total pressure out of contact with a liquid. (A) Dew point (B) Bubble point (C) Dry bulb temperature (D) Wet bulb temperature

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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 of total height for a short packed column is more effective than for a tall column, in case of liquid-liquid extraction(C) Natural draft cooling towers are made of ferroconcrete and its cross￾section is wider at the bottom(D) Vander wall adsorption is also called chemisorption

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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

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With increase in absolute humidity, the dew point of an unsaturated mixture of air and water vapor (at constant pressure and temperature). (A) Increases (B) Remains unchanged (C) Decreases (D) Decreases linearly

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______________ is the temperature at which liquids start to boil or the temperature at which vapors begin to condense.  a. Saturation Temperature  b. Sub cooled Liquid  c. Compressed Liquid  d. Saturated Liquid

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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

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Cox chart, which is useful in the design of distillation column particularly for petroleum hydrocarbons, is a plot of (where, P = vapor pressure, T = temperature). (A) log P vs. T (B) log P vs. log T (C) T vs. P (D) P vs. log T

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With increase in temperature, the vapor pressure of liquids (A) Increases (B) Increases linearly (C) Decreases (D) Remain constant

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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 distillation column (C) Separation of components is not possible in liquid extraction, if selectivity is unity (D) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol is most economically done by molecular distillation at very high vacuum

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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

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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

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Products drawn from the top to bottom of the crude oil distillation column has progressively increasing (A) Boiling points (B) Molecular weight (C) C/H ratio (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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For condensation of pure vapors, if the heat transfer co-efficients in filmwise and drop-wise condensation are respectively hf and hd , then (A) hf = hd (B) hf > hd (C) hf < hd (D) hf could be greater or smaller than hd

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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 (above the minimum reflux ratio), the fixed cost of the distillation column first increases and then decreases (C) In Ponchon-Savarit method of no. of theoretical plate determination, the stripping and rectifying operating lines are vertical at total reflux (D) Kremser-Brown-Souder's equation is used to calculate the efficiency of a plate tower

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The actual temperature drop across the heating surface of an evaporator depends on the (A) Liquid depth over the heating surface (B) Solution being evaporated (C) Pressure difference between the steam chest and the vapor space above the boiling liquid (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Leidenfrost point is a term concerned with the (A) Condensation of the saturated vapor on a cold surface (B) Concentration of a corrosive solution by evaporation (C) Heat transfer between two highly viscous liquids (D) Boiling of a liquid on a hot surface

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Small dia distillation column can be a (A) Packed column (B) Sieve tray (C) Bubble cap (D) Any of these

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Pick out the wrong statement: (A) Reboiler is not used in open steam distillation (B) The separation of solutes of different molecular sizes in a liquid solution by use of a suitable membrane is called dialysis (C) Freeze drying is used for the drying of fish (D) Fenske-Underwood equation is used for calculating theoretical number of plates in a distillation column at normal operating reflux condition

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For a fixed number of ideal stages in a distillation column, as the reflux ratio is increased, the difference in composition between the top and bottomproduct streams(A) Increases(B) Decreases(C) Remain unaffected(D) Passes through a maximum

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The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is (A) More (B) Less (C) Some (D) Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor

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Bottom product of atmospheric pressure crude oil distillation column is termed as (A) Reduced crude (B) Heavy ends (C) Asphalt (D) Residuum

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Steady state equimolal counter diffusion is encountered in (A) Separation of a binary mixture by distillation (B) Absorption of NH3 from air by water (C) All liquid-liquid diffusion systems (D) All liquid-solid diffusion systems

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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 column, but the liquid hold up is more in the case of plate column (C) For the same duty, plate columns weigh less than packed columns (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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