In a distillation column, with increase in the reflux ratio, the heat removed in the cooler
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaffected
D. And the heat required in reboiler decreases
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. With decrease in feed temperature, the number of plates required for binary distillation decreases for a given L/V ratio
B. The extraction per unit of total height for a short packed column is more effective than for a tall column, in case of liquid-liquid extraction
C. Natural draft cooling towers are made of ferro-concrete and its cross-section is wider at the bottom
D. Vanderwall adsorption is also called chemisorption
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Out of the following gas-liquid contacting devices, for a given set of operating conditions, gas pressure drop is the least in __________ tower.
A. Wetted wall
B. Bubble cap
C. Perforated tray
D. Packed
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In liquid extraction, if the selectivity is unity, then
A. Separation of the constituents is the most effective
B. No separation will occur
C. Amount of solvent required will be minimum
D. Solvent flow rate should be very low
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In McCabe-Thiele method, at infinite reflux ratio
A. The overhead product is minimum
B. Both the operating lines coincide with diagonal
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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In Mcabe-Thiele method, at infinite reflux ratio
A. Number of plates is maximum
B. Overhead product is maximum
C. Both the operating lines coincide with the diagram
D. None of these
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With lapse of time, the overhead composition of light component in case of batch distillation with constant reflux
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains same
D. May increase or decrease ; depends on system
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For an absorber, both equilibrium and operating line will be straight for
A. Concentrated solution and non-isothermal operation
B. Dilute solution and non-isothermal operation
C. Dilute solution and isothermal operation
D. Concentrated solution and isothermal operation
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(NRe . NSc ) is termed in mass transfer operation as the __________ number.
A. Stanton
B. Sherwood
C. Peclet
D. None of these
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Detergent solution is dried to a powder in a
A. Spray dryer
B. Spouted bed dryer
C. Tunnel dryer
D. Pan open to atmosphere
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. The binary diffusivity in liquids is of the order of 10-5 cm2 /sec
B. Molecular diffusion in solid is much faster than that in liquids
C. Particles movement from higher concentration to lower concentration takes place in diffusion process
D. According to Poiseuille's law, the permeability decreases with increase in temperature for flow of a gas through a given capillary
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A good solvent used for absorption should not have very high
A. Viscosity
B. Vapor pressure
C. Freezing point
D. All of the above
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The binary diffusivity in gases at atmospheric conditions is about
A. 10-9 cm/sec
B. 10-1 cm2 /sec
C. 10-3 sec/cm
D. 10-4 cm2 /sec2
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To get high tray efficiency
A. Interfacial surface between liquid and gas phase should be large
B. Time of contact between the two phases should be less
C. Gas velocity should be very low
D. Liquid entrainment should be severe
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Relative volatility varies with the concentration of component for an ideal solution. The relative volatity of a binary mixture may be defined as the ratio of vapor pressure of component 'A' to that of component 'B', when
A. Only vapor phase follows Raoult's law
B. Only liquid phase obeys Dalton's law
C. Liquid phase obeys Dalton's law and vapor phase obeys Raoult's law
D. Vapor phase obeys Dalton's law and liquid phase obeys Raoult's law
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For a fixed number of ideal stages in a distillation column, as the reflux ratio is increased, the difference in composition between the top and bottom product streams
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unaffected
D. Passes through a maximum
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Perforated plate towers are unique for solvent extraction because, they provide
A. Higher contact area
B. Better contact of the phase
C. Repeated coalescence & redispersion of the drop phase
D. None of these
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Paper industry employs __________ driers.
A. Cylinder
B. Rotary
C. Spray
D. Fluidised bed
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With increase in temperature, the mutual solubility of two liquids
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Decreases exponentially
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For the air water system under ambient conditions, the adiabatic saturation temperature and the wet bulb temperature are nearly equal, because
A. Water has a high latent heat of evaporation
B. Lewis number is close to unity
C. They are always equal under all circumstances
D. Solubility of the components of air in water is very small
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