Which of the following is the most suitable filter for separation of abrasive solids suspended in a corrosive liquid?
A. Sand bed filter
B. Plate and frame filter press
C. Vacuum filter
D. Batch basket centrifuge
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Which of the following is the most suitable filter for separation of abrasive solids suspended in a corrosive liquid?
A. Sand bed filter
B. Plate and frame filter press
C. Vacuum filter
D. Batch basket centrifuge
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Actual operating speed of a ball mill may vary from 65 to 80% of the critical speed. Which of the following duties would require the ball mill to be operated at maximum percentage of critical speed?
A. Wet grinding in low viscous suspension
B. Wet grinding in high viscous suspension
C. Dry grinding of large particles (upto 1.25 cms)
D. Dry grindng of large particles in un-baffed mills
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The most suitable equipment used to devulcanise rubber scrap and to make water dispersion & rubber solution is a
A. Boundary mixer
B. Propeller agitator
C. Sharpies centrifuge
D. None of these
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Recycled coarse material to the grinder by a classifier is termed as circulating load
B. Wear and tear in wet crushing is more than that in dry crushing of materials
C. Size enlargement (opposite of size reduction) is not a mechanical operation
D. A 'dust catcher' is simply an enlargement in a pipeline which permits the solids to settle down due to reduction in velocity of the dust laden gas
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Which is the most suitable conveyor for transportation of sticky material?
A. Apron conveyor
B. Belt conveyor
C. Screw conveyor
D. Pneumatic conveyor
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Filtration should be stopped in a filter press, if the
A. Cake becomes very dense
B. Liquor stops flowing out to the discharge
C. Filtration pressure rises suddenly
D. Both A & B
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To remove very small amount of tiny solid impurities from liquid, we use a
A. Pressure filter
B. Vacuum filter
C. Centrifugal filter
D. Coagulant
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Highly viscous liquids & pastes are agitated by
A. Propellers
B. Turbine agitators
C. Multiple blade paddles
D. None of these
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Which of the following gives the crushing energy required to create new surface ?
A. Taggarts rule
B. Fick's law
C. Rittinger's law
D. None of these
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A straight line is obtained on plotting reciprocal of filtration rate vs. the volume of filtrate for __________ flow of filtrate.
A. Compressible cakes and laminar
B. Incompressible cake and laminar
C. Compressible cake and turbulent
D. Incompressible cake and turbulent
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Balls for ball mills are never made of
A. Forged/cast steel
B. Lead
C. Cast iron
D. Alloy steel
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Which of the following may prove unsuitable for filtering volatile liquids?
A. Pressure filter
B. Gravity filter
C. Centrifugal filter
D. Vacuum filter
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Cement clinker is reduced to fine size by a
A. Roll crusher
B. Ball mill
C. Tube mill
D. Hammer mill
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The speed of a rotary drum vacuum filter may be about __________ rpm.
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The crushed material received for separation is called feed or
A. Tailing
B. Heading
C. Concentrate
D. Middling
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The capacity of a gyratory crusher is __________ that of a jaw crusher with the same gape, handling the same feed & for the same product size range.
A. Same as
B. 2.5 times
C. 5 times
D. 10 times
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For classification of potable (drinking) water, we use a __________ filter.
A. Gravity sand
B. Plate and frame
C. Vacuum leaf
D. Rotary vacuum
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Which of the following is not an ultrafine grinder (colloid mill)?
A. Micronizers
B. Agitated mills and fluid energy mills
C. Toothed roll crusher
D. Hammer mills with internal classification
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A belt conveyor used for the transportation of materials can
A. Run upto 1 km
B. Travel at a speed upto 300 metres/minute
C. Handle materials upto 5000 tons/hr
D. All of the above
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