The maximum slope of a belt conveyor can be
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During agitation of liquids, power consumption during laminar flow is not proportional to the
A. Density of the liquid
B. Viscosity of the liquid
C. Cube of impeller diameters
D. Square of rotational speed
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The most suitable equipment for removing the fine dust particle (< 1 micron dia.) from air below its dew point will be a/an
A. Bag filter
B. Electrostatic precipitator
C. Cyclone separator
D. Wet scrubber
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Which of the following is a continuous filter?
A. Plate and frame filter
B. Cartridge filter
C. Shell and leaf filter
D. None of these
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__________ mill is not used for grinding wheat into flour and for milling of cereals & other vegetable products.
A. Buhrstone
B. Roller
C. Attrition
D. Pebble
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In bag filters, filter fabrics are never made of
A. Metallic wire woven mesh
B. Polyester fibres
C. Cotton fibres
D. Nylon fibres
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In bag filters, filter fabrics are never made of
A. Metallic wire woven mesh
B. Polyester fibres
C. Cotton fibres
D. Nylon fibres
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Introduction of slurry in a plate and frame filter press is done through a plate in each frame. The plate of this filter has a __________ surface.
A. Plane
B. Curved
C. Ribbed
D. Either A or B
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For removal of very small amounts of precipitate from large volume of water, the most suitable filter is the __________ filter.
A. Plate & frame
B. Shell & leaf
C. Sand
D. Rotary vacuum
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Gelatinous solid (which plug the septum) can be filtered by a __________ filter.
A. Sparkler
B. Plate and frame
C. Vacuum leaf
D. Precoat
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General mechanism of size reduction in intermediate and fine grinder is by
A. Cutting action
B. Compression
C. Compression and tearing
D. Impact and attrition
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The opening of a 200 mesh screen (Taylor series) is
A. 0.0074 cm
B. 0.0074 mm
C. 0.0047 cm
D. 74 mili-microns
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Higher is the mesh number, smaller will be the aperture size of the screen. It means that the aperture size of a 200 mesh screen will be smaller than that of 20 mesh screen. This is valid for
A. British standard screens
B. German standard screens (DIN 1171) etc
C. American standard screens (ASTM and Tyler standard screens)
D. All of the above
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__________ mills are termed as impactors.
A. Hammer
B. Cage
C. Rolling-compression
D. None of these
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The sphericity of a cylinder of 1 mm diameter and length 3 mm is
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Separation of solid suspended in liquid into a supernatant clear liquid and a denser slurry employs a process termed as the
A. Coagulation
B. Flocculation
C. Sedimentation
D. Clarification
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The filtrate flow rate in constant pressure filtration
A. Continuously increases
B. Continuously decreases
C. Remains constant throughout
D. May increase or decrease ; depends on the pressure
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Which of the following achieves the least reduction ratio for a given feed size?
A. Jaw crusher
B. Roll crusher
C. Cone crusher
D. Gyratory crusher
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Which of the following must be stored in silos and not in open yard?
A. Coke breeze
B. High V.M. bituminous coal
C. Sand
D. None of these
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Raw materials are charged in the iron blast furnace using
A. Bucket elevator
B. Skip hoist
C. Screw conveyor
D. None of these
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