Fenske equation determines the
A. Maximum number of ideal plates
B. Height of the distillation column
C. Minimum number of theoretical plates
D. Optimum reflux ratio
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Mass transfer co-efficient is defined as
A. Flux = co-efficient/concentration difference
B. Co-efficient = flux/concentration difference
C. Flux = concentration difference/co-efficient
D. None of these
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__________ number indicates the ratio of the rates of the heat and mass transfer incase of a cooling tower.
A. Sherwood
B. Stanton
C. Lewis
D. Peclet
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. In the McCabe-Thiele diagram for binary distillation, vertical feed line represents saturated liquid feed and horizontal feed line represents saturated vapour feed
B. In small columns, local efficiency is larger than Murphree efficiency; in large columns local efficiency is smaller than Murphree efficiency
C. For Laminar flow over a plate of length L, the local mass transfer co-efficient at a distance L from the leading edge is 1.5 × 10-2 m/s. Then the average mass transfer co-efficient for the plate is 2 × 10-2 m/s
D. The concentration and hydrodynamic boundary layers over a flat plate are of equal thickness, if Schmidt number is equal to unity
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The term "cooling range" in a cooling tower refers to the difference in the temperature of
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 the tower and the cooled water leaving the tower
D. None of these
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Batch tray dryers suffers from the disadvantage of
A. High maintenance cost
B. Non-uniform & low production rate
C. High labour cost & low heat economy
D. All of the above
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Flash distillation is
A. Same as differential distillation
B. Used for multicomponent systems like crude refining
C. Same as simple distillation
D. Most useful for handling binary systems
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Flooding results in
A. High tray efficiency
B. Low tray efficiency
C. High gas velocity
D. Good contact between the fluids
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__________ is the separation technique used for desalination of sea water.
A. Thermal diffusion
B. Reverse osmosis
C. Adsorption
D. Absorption
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__________ extractor uses centrifugal force for separating the two phases.
A. Treybal
B. Schiebel
C. Podbielniak
D. None of these
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Steam distillation is used for separation of high boiling
A. Substances from non-volatile impurities
B. Volatile impurity from still higher boiling substances
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Fractional solvent extraction
A. Employs only one solvent
B. Employs two solvents
C. Results in low interfacial tension
D. None of these
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Ammonia present in the coke oven gas is removed by washing with
A. Caustic solution
B. Dilute ammoniacal liquor
C. Dilute HCl
D. Ethanolamine
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The binary diffusivity in gases does not depend upon the
A. Pressure
B. Temperature
C. Nature of the components
D. None of these
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According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum number of plates required in a distillation column to separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A and a bottom fraction containing 98 mol% B? Assume that relative volatility (αAB = 2) does not change appreciably in the coloumn.
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For a binary mixture with low relative volatility, continuous rectification to get pure products will require
A. Low reflux ratio
B. Less number of trays
C. Small cross-section column
D. High reflux ratio
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Which of the following psychrometric processes is followed by water vapour laden unsaturated air, when it is passed through solid or liquid adsorbent?
A. Cooling and dehumidification
B. Heating and dehumidification at almost constant wet bulb temperature
C. Dehumidification with dry bulb temperature remaining constant
D. None of these
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For contacting a highly soluble gas with a liquid
A. Bubble the gas through liquid
B. Spray the liquid on gas stream
C. Either A or B would suffice
D. None of these
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Diameter to height ratio for a rashig ring is
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Large scale usage of flash distillation is practised in
A. Soap manufacturing
B. Ammonia synthesis plant
C. Polymerisation industry
D. Petroleum refinning
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