Mass transfer rate between two fluid phases does not necessarily depend on the __________ of the two phases.
A. Chemical properties
B. Physical properties
C. Degree of turbulence
D. Interfacial area
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For ethanol-water system, the lowering of distillate quality from 95% to 92% will cause __________ plate requirement.
A. No change in theoretical
B. Marginal decrease in the number of
C. Major decrease in the number of
D. None of these
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The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are same for, NPr = NSc = __________
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The interfacial area per unit volume of dispersion, in a gas-liquid contactor, for fractional hold up of gas = 0.1 and gas bubble diameter = 0.5 mm is given by (in m2 /m3 )
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The ratio of Murphree plate efficiency to point efficiency is 1 in a __________ flow model.
A. Plug
B. Perfectly mixed
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Which of the following binary systems is an example of a maximum boiling azeotrope?
A. Water-hydrochloric acid
B. Acetone-carbon disulphide
C. Water-ethyl alcohol
D. N-heptane-n-octane
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Capacity of a rotary dryer depends on its
A. R.p.m
B. Inclination with ground surface
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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In a liquid-liquid extraction, 10 kg of a solution containing 2 kg of solute C and 8 kg of solvent A is brought into contact with 10 kg of solvent B. Solvent A and B are completely immiscible in each other whereas solute C is soluble in both the solvents. The extraction process attains equilibrium. The equilibrium relationship between the two phases is Y* = 0.9X, where Y* is the kg of C/kg of B and X is kg of C/kg of A. Choose the correct answer.
A. The entire amount of C is transferred to solvent B
B. Less than 2 kg but more than 1 kg of C is transferred to solvent B
C. Less than 1 kg of C is transferred to B
D. No amount of C is tranferred to B
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Removal of __________ exemplifies an adsorption unit operation.
A. Uranium from its ore
B. Water from petrol
C. Ammonia from coke oven gas
D. Mustard oil from mustard seed
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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the analogy between equations of heat and mass transfer operations.
A. Sherwood number in mass transfer is analogous to Nusselt number in heat transfer
B. Prandtl number in heat transfer is analogous to Schmidt number in mass transfer
C. Reynolds number in mass transfer is analogous to Grashoff number in heat transfer
D. Reynolds number remains the same in both heat and mass transfer
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Co-current absorbers are usually used when the gas to be dissolved in the liquid is
A. Sparingly soluble
B. Highly soluble
C. A pure substance
D. A mixture
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The overall mass transfer co-efficient for the absorption of SO2 in air with dilute NaOH solution can be increased substantially by
A. Increasing the gas film co-efficient
B. Increasing the liquid film co-efficient
C. Increasing the total pressure
D. Decreasing the total pressure
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The diffusion co-efficient in m2 /s. of acetic acid in benzene (liquid in liquid) is
A. 2.09 × 10-4
B. 2.09 × 10-5
C. 2.09 × 10-9
D. 2.09 × 10-12
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The relative saturation of a partially saturated mixture of vapour and gas can be increased by __________ of the mixture.
A. Reducing the total pressure
B. Increasing the total pressure
C. Reducing the temperature
D. Both B and C
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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
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Powdery materials can be guarded against caking tendency on storage by
A. Providing irregular grain size
B. Providing minimum percentage of voids
C. Having maximum possible points of contact
D. None of these
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Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily & accurately in case of a __________ coloumn.
A. Spray
B. Packed
C. Bubble cap plate
D. Wetted wall
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The equilibrium liquid composition compared to the vapor composition in case of azeotropic mixture is
A. More
B. Less
C. Same
D. Either more or less; depends on the system
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When the gas to be dissolved in liquid is a/an __________ then normally co-current adsorber are used.
A. Mixture of two gases
B. Pure gas
C. Ideal gas
D. Sparingly soluble gas
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Coffee is prepared from coffee beans by leaching with
A. Cold water
B. Hot water
C. Dilute hot caustic solution
D. Naphtha
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