Humidification involves mass transfer between a pure liquid phase and a fixed gas, which is
A. Insoluble in the liquid
B. Soluble in the liquid
C. Non-ideal in nature
D. At a fixed temperature
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The solvent used in liquid-liquid extraction should have __________ less than one.
A. Selectivity
B. Distribution co-efficient
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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The relative humidity of air decreases in-spite of an increase in the absolute humidity, when the
A. Temperature rises
B. Pressure rises
C. Temperature falls
D. Pressure falls
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Solvent extraction is the terminology applied to the liquid-liquid extraction, which is preferred for the separation of the components of liquids, when
A. Extracting solvent is cheaply & abundantly available
B. One of the liquid components is heat sensitive
C. Viscosity of liquid components is very high
D. One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent
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With increase in the concentration of the adsorbate, the integral heat of adsorption
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. May increase or decrease ; depends on the type of adsorbate
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For the same feed, feed quality and separation (in a distillation column), with the increase of total pressure, the number of ideal plates will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain same
D. Data insufficient, can't be predicted
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The feed to fractionating column is changed from saturated vapour to saturated liquid. If the separation and reflux ratio remains unchanged, the number of ideal stages will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remains same
D. Depend on saturated boiling point; may increase or decrease
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Constant pressure distillation can not separate an azeotropic mixture
B. Relative volatility of a binary mixture changes appreciably with the minor change in temperature
C. The relative volatility of a binary mixture at azeotropic composition is unity
D. Flash distillation is practised on wide spread scale in petroleum refinery
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In a binary distillation column, if the feed contains 40 mole % vapour, the q line will have a slope of
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As the reflux ratio decreases, the
A. Separation becomes more efficient
B. Number of plates increases
C. Column diameter increases
D. None of these
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If the amount of the steam used in steam distillation is increased, the temperature of distillation
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Depends on relative volatility
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Heat load in a cooling tower
A. Means the amount of heat thrown away (KCal/hr.) by the cooling tower
B. Is equal to the number of kg, of water circulated times the cooling range
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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As complete saturation of an adsorbent is approached, the differential heat of adsrop-tion approaches
A. That of normal condensation
B. Integral heat of adsorption
C. Zero
D. None of these
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In case of physical adsorption, the difference between heat of adsorption and heat of normal condensation is
A. Equal to the heat of formation of surface compound
B. Equal to the heat of wetting
C. Zero
D. Called integral heat of adsorption
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In a binary system, separation is very efficient, when the relative volatility is
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Henry's law states that the
A. Partial pressure of a component over a solution is proportional to its mole fraction in the liquid
B. Partial pressure of a component over a solution is proportional to the mole fraction in the vapour
C. Vapour pressure is equal to the product of the mole fraction and total pressure
D. Partial pressure is equal to the product of the mole fraction and total pressure
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Rate of leaching increases with increasing
A. Temperature
B. Viscosity of solvent
C. Pressure
D. Size of the solid
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Azeotropism for ethyl alcohol-water system disappears by
A. Increasing temperature
B. Decreasing pressure
C. Increasing pressure
D. No means
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For a binary mixture distillation process, the degree of freedom is 2. However, if the pressure is fixed in this process, the number of independent variables in this process will be
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Antibiotics are best handled in a
A. Podbielniak extractor
B. Sieve tray contractor
C. Rotating disc contactor
D. Pulsed column extractor
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