Filtration rate does not depend upon the (A) Pressure drop & area of filtering surface (B) Resistance of the cake & the septum (C) Properties of the cake & the filtrate (D) None of these

Filtration rate does not depend upon the
(A) Pressure drop & area of filtering surface
(B) Resistance of the cake & the septum
(C) Properties of the cake & the filtrate
(D) None of these
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(D) None of these
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Filtration rate through a filter cake is proportional to (where, S = filtering surface R = specific cake resistance μ = viscosity of the filtrate) (A) S (B) 1/R (C) 1/μ (D) All (A), (B) & (C)

Description : Filtration rate through a filter cake is proportional to (where, S = filtering surface R = specific cake resistance μ = viscosity of the filtrate) (A) S (B) 1/R (C) 1/μ (D) All (A), (B) & (C)

Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)

Filter aid is used to (A) Increase the rate of filtration (B) Decrease the pressure drop (C) Increase the porosity of the cake (D) Act as a support base for the septum

Description : Filter aid is used to (A) Increase the rate of filtration (B) Decrease the pressure drop (C) Increase the porosity of the cake (D) Act as a support base for the septum

Last Answer : (C) Increase the porosity of the cake

In continuous filtration (at a constant pressure drop), filtrate flow rate varies inversely as the (A) Square root of the velocity (B) Square of the viscosity (C) Filtration time only (D) Washing time only

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Last Answer : (A) Square root of the velocity

. For laminar flow of filtrate through the cake deposited on septum, which of the following will be valid? (A) Kozeny-Carman equation (B) Leva's equation (C) Blake-Plummer equation (D) None of these

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Last Answer : (A) Kozeny-Carman equation

During filtration operation, the filtrate encounters the resistance of the (A) Filter medium (B) Cake (C) Channel carrying the slurry to the upstream side of the cake and filtrate away from the filter medium (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)

A straight line is obtained on plotting reciprocal of filtration rate vs. the volume of filtrate for __________ flow of filtrate. (A) Compressible cakes and laminar (B) Incompressible cake and laminar (C) Compressible cake and turbulent (D) Incompressible cake and turbulent

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Last Answer : (B) Incompressible cake and laminar

Cake resistance is (A) Important in the beginning of filtration (B) Decreased with the time of filtration (C) Independent of pressure drop (D) None of these

Description : Cake resistance is (A) Important in the beginning of filtration (B) Decreased with the time of filtration (C) Independent of pressure drop (D) None of these

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A centrifugal filtration unit operating at a rotational speed of w has inner surface of the liquid (density ρL) located at a radial distance R from the axis of rotation. The thickness of the liquid film is δ and no cake is formed. The initial pressure drop during filtration is (A) ½w 2 . R 2 . ρL (B) ½w 2 . δ 2 . ρL (C) ½w 2 . δρL (2R + δ) (D) ½w 2 . R . ρL(R + 2δ)

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Last Answer : (C) ½w 2 . δρL (2R + δ)

The cake resistance increases steadily with the time of filtration in a plate and frame filter employing constant __________ filtration. (A) Rate(B) Pressure(C) Both (A) & (B)(D) Neither (A) nor (B

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Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)

The filtrate flow rate in constant pressure filtration (A) Continuously increases (B) Continuously decreases (C) Remain constant throughout (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the pressure

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Last Answer : (B) Continuously decreases

Filtrate flow rate in case of a rotary drum vacuum filter (in which Rm < < Rc ) is proportional to __________ and the cycle time (where, μ = filtrate viscosity Rm = filter medium resistance Rc = cake resistance). (A) √μ (B) 1/√μ (C) 1/μ (D) 1/μ

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Last Answer : (B) 1/√μ

Shell side pressure drop in a shell and tube heat exchanger does not depend upon the (A) Baffle spacing & shell diameter (B) Tube diameter & pitch (C) Viscosity, density & mass velocity of shell side fluid (D) None of these

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Filtration capacity of a rotary drum vacuum filter depends upon the (A) Cake thickness (B) Characteristics of the feed slurry (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)

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Which of the following represents the plot of filtrate volume versus time for constant pressure filtration? (A) Parabola (B) Straight line (C) Hyperbola (D) Exponential curve

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Last Answer : (A) Parabola

Filter aids like asbestos, kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth etc. are used to increase the porosity of the final filter cake & reducing the cake resistance during filtration. Filter aid is (A) Added to the feed slurry (B) Pre-coated on the filter medium prior to filtration (C) Separated from the cake by dissolving solids or by burning it off (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'

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Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'

Bag filter design is predominantly dependent on gas temperature, as it affects the gas density & viscosity and the selection of filtering material. The pressure drop in a bag filter is (A) Inversely proportional to viscosity of gas (B) Proportional to the viscosity & density of the gas (C) Proportional to the pressure of the gas (D) Both (B) and (C)

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Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)

Pick out the wrong statement. (A) For the compressible cake, voidage & the specific resistance of the cake can be assumed to be constant (B) Cake resistance is independent of the pressure drop (C) Crushing of explosive materials are done by employing dry-grinding (D) Gyratory crusher is a coarse crusher

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Last Answer : (C) Deplugging the filter medium

Filtration should be stopped in a filter press, if the (A) Cake becomes very dense (B) Liquor stops flowing out to the discharge (C) Filtration pressure rises suddenly (D) Both (B) & (C

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In case of a plate and frame filter press, filtrate flow through the cake follows __________ flow. (A) Plug (B) Turbulent (C) Laminar (D) None of these

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Which of the following parameters is increased by use of finned tube in a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger? (A) Tube side pressure drop and the heat transfer rate (B) Convective heat transfer co-efficient (C) Effective tube surface area for convective heat transfer (D) All (A) (B) and (C)

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Heat transfer rate to the stock/charge in the furnace does not depend upon the(A) Emissivity of the refractory walls(B) Size of the furnace(C) Use of waste heat recovery equipments(D) Thickness of the stock

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The constants (Kb, Kr and Kk) used in the laws of crushing (i.e., Bond's law, Rittinger's law and Kick's law) depend upon the (A) Feed material (B) Type of crushing machine (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)

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