Weeping in a distillation column
A. Increases tray efficiency
B. Provides large interfacial surface for mass transfer
C. Results due to very high gas velocity
D. Results due to very low gas velocity
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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 of the above
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Steady state equimolal counter diffusion occurs in case of
A. Leaching
B. Absorption
C. Binary phase distillation
D. Liquid-liquid extraction
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In liquid-liquid extraction, the number of phases at plait point is
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An alkaline solution is used to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in a stream from 10% to 0.1% by absorption with irreversible chemical reaction. The overall number of transfer units based on gas phase is
A. 9.21
B. 4.605
C. 100
D. 0.001
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For a distillation column operating at minimum reflux, the
A. Concentration of liquid and vapour leaving a plate will be same
B. Reflux ratio will be maximum
C. Number of plates required will be maximum
D. None of these
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The wet and dry bulb temperature for a vapour-gas mixture are 25°C and 30°C respectively. If the mixture is heated to 45°C at constant pressure, the wet bulb temperature will be __________ °C.
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The Kundsen diffusivity is proportional to (where, T = absolute temperature)
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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the rotary dryer.
A. Flights (located in the inside shell of rotary dryer) lift the material being dried and shower it down through the current of hot air/gases. It extends from the wall to a distance which is about 8-12% of the inside diameter of shell
B. Hold up of a rotary drier is defined as the fraction of the dryer volume occupied by the solid at any instant. The best performance for rotary drier is obtained, when the hold up is in the range of 0.05 to 0.15
C. Rotary dryer is suitable for drying sticky material
D. Recommended peripherial speed of a rotary drier is in the range of 10 to 30 metres/minute
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To remove all the moisture from a wet solid it requires exposure to __________ air.
A. Perfectly dry
B. Highly humid
C. High temperature
D. None of these
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The critical moisture content in case of drying indicates the __________ rate period.
A. Beginning of falling
B. Beginning of constant
C. End of falling
D. None of these
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Rayleigh's equation applies to __________ distillation.
A. Continuous
B. Steam
C. Differential
D. Flash
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When the solvent dissolves very little of solute, then
A. Solvent of low latent heat of vaporisation should be used
B. Solvent of low freezing point should be used
C. Large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute
D. Very small quantity of solvent is required
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For __________ drying, the effects of velocity, temperature and humidity of the gas and the thickness of the solid are the same.
A. Unsaturated surface
B. Constant rate
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Ion exchange process is similar to
A. Absorption
B. Adsorption
C. Extraction
D. Leaching
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Mechanism of moisture removal in case of freeze drying of food stuff is by
A. Evaporation
B. Sublimation
C. Dehydration
D. Adsorption
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The caking of crystals can be prevented by
A. Maintaining high critical humidity
B. Maintaining low critical humidity
C. Coating the product with inert material
D. Both A and C
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A plait point is the point on the solubility curve, where the tie line reduces to a point. What is the number of plait point for a ternery system containing twopairs of partially miscible liquids?
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In a single stage extraction process, 10 kg of pure solvent S (containing no solute A) is mixed with 30 kg of feed F containing A at a mass fraction xf = 0.2. The mixture splits into an extract phase E and a raf-finate phase R containing A at xB = 0.5 and xR = 0.05 respectively. The total mass of the extract phase is (in Kg)
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In case of __________ distillation, a solvent is added to alter the relative volatility of the mixture to be separated.
A. Molecular
B. Azeotropic
C. Extractive
D. Flash
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