A cottrel precipitator makes use of the __________ for dusty air cleaning.
A. Electric spark
B. Corrona discharge
C. Alternating current
D. None of these
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In a grinding operation, the limiting particle size is the size of the __________ particle in the sample.
A. Smallest
B. Largest
C. Either A or B
D. Neither A nor B
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Vibrating screens have capacity in the range of __________ tons/ft2 .mm mesh size.
A. 0.2 to 0.8
B. 5 to 25
C. 50 to 100
D. 100 to 250
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__________ is a cohesive solid.
A. Wheat
B. Sand
C. Wet clay
D. None of these
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A widely used size reduction equipment for __________ is Bradford breaker.
A. Talc
B. Coal
C. Iron core
D. Wheat
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The operating speed of a ball mill should be __________ the critical speed.
A. Less than
B. Much more than
C. At least equal to
D. Slightly more than
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Ultracentrifuges running at speeds upto 100000 rpm is normally used for the
A. Separation of isotopes based on their density or molecular weights difference
B. Concentration of rubber latex
C. Separation of cream from milk
D. Dewaxing of lubricating oil
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In a size reduction crushing operation, the feed size is 10 to 50 mm, while the product size is 2 to 10 mm. This is a case of __________ crushing.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Fine
D. Ultrafine
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A compressible cake has the
A. Maximum porosity at the upstream side
B. Maximum porosity at the filter medium
C. Same porosity throughout the cake thickness
D. None of these
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A filter press is
A. A batch filter
B. Not suitable, if the liquid is the main product
C. Having prohibitively high maintenance cost
D. Not suitable for wide range of materials under varying operating conditions of cake thickness and pressure
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A pebble mill
A. Is a ball mill
B. Employs flints or ceramic pebbles as the grinding medium
C. Is a tube mill lined with ceramic or other non-metallic liner
D. Both B and C
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A propeller agitator
A. Produces mainly axial flow
B. Is used for mixing high viscosity pastes
C. Runs at very slow speed (2 rpm)
D. All of the above
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In a roll crusher, both the rolls
A. Have the same diameter
B. Are rotated towards each other
C. Run either at the same or different speeds
D. All of the above
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The energy required per unit mass to grind limestone particles of very large size to 100 μm is 12.7 kWh/ton. An estimate (using Bond's law) of the energy to grind the particles from a very large size to 50 μrn is
A. 6.35 kWh/ton
B. 9.0 kWh/ton
C. 18 kWh/ton
D. 25.4 kWh/ton
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Screen capacity is expressed in terms of
A. Tons/hr
B. Tons/ft2
C. Both A & B
D. Tons/hr-ft2
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In case of a hammer crusher, the final product size depends on the
A. Feed rate
B. Rotor speed
C. Clearance between hammer & grinding plates
D. All of the above
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Energy consumed for crushing one ton of material ranges from __________ kWh.
A. 0.01 to 0.1
B. 0.5 to 1.5
C. 2 to 3.5
D. 4 to 5
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A 30% (by volume) suspension of spherical sand particles in a viscous oil has a hindered settling velocity of 4.44 μm/s. If the Richardson Zaki hindered settling index is 4.5, then the terminal velocity of a sand grain is
A. 0.90 μm/s
B. 1 μm/s
C. 22.1 μm/s
D. 0.02 μm/s
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Supporting legs of a plate and frame filter is normally made of
A. Stainless steel
B. Cast iron
C. High speed steel
D. Wooden plank
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In classification, particles are said to be equal settling, if they have the same terminal velocities in the
A. Different fluids
B. Same fluid
C. Same field of force
D. Both B and C
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