Surface renewal model of mass transfer was enunciated by
A. Toor and Marchello
B. Fick
C. Danckwerts
D. Stefan
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At the boiling point of the liquid at the prevailing pressure, the saturated absolute humidity becomes
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In case of cooling towers, the ratio of the rates of heat and mass transfer is indicated by the __________ number.
A. Lewis
B. Grashoff
C. Sherwood
D. None of these
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The diffusivity (D) in a binary gas mixture is related to the temperature (T) as
A. D ∝ T
B. D ∝ T0.5
C. D ∝ T1.5
D. D ∝ T2
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In an operating distillation column, the
A. Vapors and liquids are at their dew point and bubble point respectively
B. Driving force for the liquid flow is its specific weight
C. Driving force for the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure decreases gradually from the bottom to the top of the column
D. Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column
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If G = insoluble gas in gas stream and L = non-volatile solvent in liquid stream, then the slope of the operating line for the absorber is
A. G L
B. L G
C. Always < 1
D. None of these
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Pick out the correct statement.
A. Dialysis process is used for the production of fresh water from brine
B. Electrodylsis is used in the manufacture of NaOH
C. Electrodylsis is used for the refin-ning/purification of petrol
D. Both B and C
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__________ diffusion is used for separating the isotopes of methane.
A. Thermal
B. Pressure
C. Concentration
D. Force
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McCabe-Thiele method of binary distillation does not assume that the
A. Sensible heat changes are negligible compared with latent heat changes
B. Molar latent heats of all components are equal
C. Heat of mixing is negligible
D. None of these
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Which of the following parameters remains almost constant during adiabatic saturation of unsaturated air?
A. Dry bulb temperature
B. Dew point
C. Wet bulb temperature
D. None of these
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Equilibrium moisture of a solid is equal to the total moisture minus free moisture. Which of the following substances will have maximum equilibrium moisture?
A. Anthracite coal
B. Rag paper
C. Bamboo
D. Inorganic solids
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Entrainer used in azeotropic distillation should
A. Form a low boiling azeotrope with one of the constituents of the mixture
B. Form a new azeotrope of low relative volatility with one of the constituents of the mixture
C. Have high latent heat of vaporisation
D. Have high viscosity to provide high tray efficiency
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N Pr N Sc is called the
A. Psychrometric ratio
B. Lewis number
C. Sherwood number
D. Stantan number
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The humid volume may be increased by increasing the
A. Temperature at constant humidity
B. Humidity at constant temperature
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Plate towers are preferred to packed towers, when large temperature changes are involved, because of the reason that the
A. Packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the components of the equipments
B. Pressure drop in the equipment will be very high
C. Viscosity variation of the fluids may cause channeling/flooding
D. None of these
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Use of raschig rings in place of crushed stones as packing in packed beds (other things being same)
A. Increases pressure drop, increases surface area
B. Increases pressure drop, decreases surface area
C. Decreases pressure drop, increases surface area
D. Decreases pressure drop, decreases surface area
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Prandtl number for water at 20°C is about
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Blowdown in a cooling tower
A. Means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit the concentration of salt and impurities
B. Increases the scale forming tendencies of water
C. Is undesirable
D. All of the above
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Boiling point diagram is
A. Not affected by pressure
B. Affected by pressure
C. A plot of temperature vs. liquid composition
D. A plot of temperature vs. vapour composition
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Bollman extractor
A. Is a static bed leaching equipment
B. Is used for extraction of oil from oilseed
C. Is a centrifugal extractor
D. Employs only counter-current extraction
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