When the __________ the relative humidity of air decreases, despite an increase in the absolute humidity.
A. Temperature rises
B. Pressure rises
C. Temperature falls
D. Pressure falls
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Molecular diffusivity of a liquid
A. Increases with temperature
B. Decreases with temperature
C. May increase or decrease with temperature
D. Is independent of temperature
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Mass transfer co-efficient (K) and diffusivity (D) are related according to film theory as
A. K ∝ D
B. C. K ∝ D1.5
D. K ∝ D2
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Sand is dried in foundaries in a___drier.
A. Rotary
B. Fluidisedbed
C. Vacuum
D. Spray
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Which of the following adsorbant is used in the refinning of sugar?
A. Bone charcoal
B. Wood charcoal
C. Silica gel
D. Activated clay
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When the mixture to be distilled has a very high boiling point and the product material is heat sensitive, the separation technique to be used is __________ distillation.
A. Continuous
B. Steam
C. Azerotropic
D. None of these
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The temperature to which a vapour gas mixture must be cooled (at varying humidity) to become saturated is called the __________ temperature.
A. Dew point
B. Wet bulb
C. Dry bulb
D. None of these
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Steady state temperature reached by a small amount of liquid evaporating into a large amount of unsaturated vapour-gas mixture is called the __________ temperature.
A. Dry-bulb
B. Wet-bulb
C. Dew point
D. Adiabatic saturation
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Hypersorption refers to a __________ process.
A. Fixed bed absorption
B. Moving bed absorption
C. Fixed bed adsorption
D. Moving bed adsorption
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A 25 cm × 25 cm × 1 cm flat sheet weighing 1.2 kg initially was dried from both sides under constant drying rate conditions. It took 1500 seconds for the weight of the sheet to reduce to 1.05 kg. Another 1 m × 1 m × 1 cm flat sheet of the same material is to be dried from one side only. Under the same constant drying rate conditions, the time required for drying (in seconds) from its initial weight of 19.2 kg to 17.6 kg is
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During drying operation, it is easier to remove the __________ moisture.
A. Equilibrium
B. Critical
C. Unbound
D. Bound
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At constant pressure, with increase of temperature, the dew point will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain unchanged
D. Increase/decrease ; depends on the temperature
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Absorption accompanied with chemical reaction is exemplified by the absorption of
A. Ammonia in water
B. Benzol present in coke oven gas by wash oil
C. SO2 in alkaline solution
D. All of the above
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In gas-liquid contact operation, the number of ideal stages, N = x b − x ∗ b x a − x b . This is true when the stripping factor 'S' is
A. S > 1
B. S < 1
C. S = 1
D. S = ∞
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The term "approach" in a cooling tower refers to the difference in the temperature of the
A. Cold water leaving the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air
B. Hot water entering the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air
C. Hot water entering and the cooled water leaving the cooling tower
D. None of these
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For turbulent mass transfer in pipes, the Sherwood number depends on the Reynolds number as
A. Re0.33
B. Re0.53
C. Re0.83
D. Re
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Make up water is supplied during cooling tower operation to compensate for water losses due to
A. Evaporation
B. Blowdown
C. Entrainment
D. All of the above
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The Reynolds number of the liquid was increased 100 fold for a laminar falling film used for gas-liquid contacting. Assuming penetrating theory is applicable, the fold increase in the mass transfer co-efficient (Kc ) for the same sytem is
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Flash distillation is suitable for separating the constituents of a binary system, which
A. Form minimum boiling azeotrope
B. Have very wide boiling points
C. Have very close boiling points
D. Form constant boiling azeotrope
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension
B. Seive tray towers are generally used for systems having low interfacial tension
C. When Henry's law constant is very small, then the mass transfer rate is controlled by the gas film resistance
D. Taylor-Prandtl analogy for heat and mass transfer considers the transfer through both laminar and turbulent layers
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