The-relative volatility for separation of a non-ideal binary mixture by distillation should be
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Sodium bicarbonate is produced during soda ash manufacture using a __________ tower.
A. Plate
B. Baffle
C. Packed
D. None of these
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In which of the following unit operations, the selectivity is an important parameter?
A. Distillation
B. Solvent extraction
C. Absorption
D. None of these
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Pick out the correct relationship. (where, Ri = internal reflux ratio Ro = external reflux ratio)
A. 1 + R o = R i R o
B. 1 − R o = R i R o
C. 1 + R i = R i R o
D. 1 − R i = R i R o
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A liquid mixture contains 30% o-xylene, 60% p-xylene and 10%. m-xylene (all percentages in w/w). Which of the following statements would be true in respect of this mixture?
A. The mixture exhibits an azeotrope at 101.3 kPa
B. The composition of the mixture, in percent by volume is: o-xylene 30, p-xylene 60. and m-xylene 10
C. The composition of the mixture in mole percent is: o-xylene 30, p-xylene 60 and m-xyoene 10
D. The mixture contain optical isomers
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When the feed to a distillation column is a saturated liquid, slope of the feed line is
A. Zero
B. Unity
C. Infinity
D. None of these
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When the psychometric ratio is __________ then the adiabatic saturation temperature and wet bulb temperature becomes equal.
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Can a cooling tower cool water below the wet bulb temperature of inlet air?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Yes ; but height of cooling tower will be prohibitively high
D. Yes ; but the air flow rate should be excessively high
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Raoult's law is applicable to the
A. Ideal solutions
B. Real solutions
C. Mixture of water and alcohol
D. Non-ideal gases
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Pick out the system with minimum boiling azeotrope at 1 atm.
A. Benzene-toluene
B. Ethyl alcohol-water
C. Hydrochloric acid-water
D. All of the above
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Pick out the system with maximum boiling azeotrope at 1 atm.
A. Acetone chloroform
B. Ethyl alcohol-water
C. Benzene-ethyl alcohol
D. None of these
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Leaching of uranium ore and gold ore is done in
A. Centrifugal extractor
B. Pachuka tanks
C. Bollman extractor
D. None of these
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Acetone is to be removed from air in an isothermal dilute absorber using pure water as solvent. The incoming air contains 5 mole% of acetone (yin = 0.05). The design equation to be used for obtaining the number of trays (N) of the absorber is: N + 2 = 6 log ( y out y in ) .
For 98% recovery of acetone, the number of trays required is/are
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The fixed cost of a distillation column at minimum reflux ratio is
A. Minimum
B. Infinite
C. Optimum
D. None of these
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The operating cost of a distillation column at minimum reflux ratio is
A. Minimum
B. Maximum
C. Infinite
D. Zero
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Drying operation under vacuum is carried out to
A. Dry those materials which have very high unbound mositure content
B. Reduce drying temperature
C. Increase drying temperature
D. Dry materials having high bound moisture content
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Unit of molal diffusivity is
A. cm2 /sec gm.mole
B. gm moles/cm2 .sec
C. gm moles/cm.sec
D. gm moles/cm3 .sec
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__________ temperature is the steady state temperature attained by a small amount of liquid evaporating into a large quantity of unsaturated gas-vapor mixture.
A. Dry bulb
B. Wet bulb
C. Dew point
D. None of these
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In a counter-current liquid extractor
A. Both liquids flow at fixed rate
B. Both liquids can have any desired flow rate
C. Only one of the liquids may be pumped at any desired rate
D. Liquid's flow rate depends upon the temperature and pressure
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Equilibrium-moisture curves of different solids
A. Are different
B. Are same
C. Depend on the humidity of the gas
D. None of these
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