Under conditions of flooding in packed tower, the gas pressure drop
A. Decreases rapidly
B. Increases rapidly
C. Remains constant
D. Is maximum
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Which of the following adsorbent is used to decolourise yellow glycerine?
A. Silica gel
B. Alumina
C. Fuller
D. Activated carbon
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Liquid diffusivity is of the order of __________ cm2 /second.
A. 0.01
B. 0.1
C. 10-5 to 10-6
D. > 1
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Stefan's law describes the mass transfer by
A. Diffusion
B. Bulk flow
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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In McCabe-Thiele method of theoretical plate calculation for a distillation column, the operating lines of stripping and rectifying sections coincide with the diagonal at __________ reflux.
A. Total
B. Minimum
C. Operating
D. Maximum permissible
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Mass transfer co-efficient varies as DAB 0.5 , according to the __________ theory.
A. Film
B. Surface renewal
C. Penetration
D. None of these
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Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the __________ theory.
A. Film
B. Penetration
C. Surface-renewal
D. None of these
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Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in
A. Optimum number of trays
B. Minimum reboiler size
C. Maximum condenser size
D. Minimum number of trays
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. The mole fraction of solute is directly proportional to the molality of a 'dilute' solution
B. For a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases, the partial pressure distribution of both components is nonlinear in the case of steady state unimolal unidirectional diffusion
C. Azeotropes obey Raoult's law at all temperature
D. The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the azeotropic composition is 1
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Very tall packed towers are divided into series of beds to
A. Reduce the overall pressure drop
B. Avoid channelling
C. Reduce liquid hold-up
D. Avoid flooding
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Drift in a cooling tower is
A. The water entrained by the circulating air
B. Dependent on the water lost by evaporation
C. Desirable
D. All of the above
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Pick out the correct statement.
A. Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of theoretical stages required for the separation of non-ideal binary system by distillation
B. A sharp decrease in pressure drop is an indication of flooding in a distillation coloumn
C. Solvent used in extractive distillation should be of high volatility
D. Flash distillation is suitable for separating components which have very close boiling temperature
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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
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The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is a __________ evaporator.
A. Long tube
B. Short tube
C. Vacuum
D. Falling film
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At a given equilibrium pressure, with increase in temperature, the concentration of adsorbed gas on solid adsorbant
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Increases exponentially
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During dehumidification of unsaturated air wet bulb temperature & partial pressure of vapor are not constant. However, during evaporative cooling process with recirculated water supply, the __________ remains constant.
A. Wet bulb temperature
B. Partial pressure of water vapor
C. Relative humidity
D. None of these
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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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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 equilibrium moisture content of the solid is 5%).
A. 15 min
B. 51 min
C. 71 min
D. 94 min
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A pure drug is administered as a sphere and as a cube. The amount of drug is the same in the two tablets. Assuming that the shape and size do not influence the mass transfer, the ratio of rate of dissolution in water at t = 0 for the cubic to spherical tablet is
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Sticky material can be dried in a __________ dryer.
A. Tray
B. Rotary
C. Fluidised bed
D. None of these
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