The ends of a cylinderical vessel can be closed by a head, which can be one of the four shapes. For the same thickness, choose the one which can withstand the highest pressure.
A. Flat plate
B. Hemispherical
C. Torispherical
D. Ellipsoidal
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The ratio of volumes of the mixed reactor to the plug flow reactor (for identical feed composition, flow rate, conversion, and for all positive reaction orders) is always
A. 1
B. < 1
C. >1
D. Equal to the order of reaction
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With increase in gas flow rate to fabric surface area ratio (Nm3 /hr/m2 fabric surface area), the size & the cost of a bag filter
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. None of these
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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the comparative evaluation of performance of the packed tower and the plate tower.
A. Plate tower is perferred, if interstage cooling is required to remove heats of reaction or solution
B. Plate tower is preferred over packed tower, if the operation involves liquids containing dispersed solids
C. The total weight of a dry plate tower is usually much more than that of a dry packed tower designed for the same duty
D. In operations involving large temperature changes. (e.g. distillation), plate towers are preferred over packed towers as the packing may be crushed due to large temperature changes
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Rivetting provides a permanent fastening method
B. The joint made by overlapping of one plate over the other, and then rivetting the two plates together with two rows of rivets is called 'double rivetted butt joint'
C. Shank diameter of the rivets should be less than the size of the hole drilled in the plate for rivetting
D. The efficiency of a rivetted joint is the ratio of the strength of the rivetted joint to the strength of the solid plate
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25% cut segmental baffle means that the baffle
A. Height is 75% of the I.D. of the shell
B. Height is 25% of the I.D. of the shell
C. Spacing is 75% of its height
D. Width is 25% of its height
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Vertical vessels are not supported by
A. Brackets
B. Skirts
C. Columns
D. Saddles
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Weep holes provided in the plates of a distillation column
A. Facilitate draining out liquid from a tray when the unit is not in operation
B. Are normally located near the overflow weir so that any delivery of liquid during operation follows approximately the same path as the overflow fluid
C. Must be large enough (usually 4 1 ′′ to 8 5 ′′ dia) to prevent plugging but should not deliver excessive amount of fluid during operation
D. All of the above
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Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the
A. Sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small
B. Trouton's rule is applicable
C. Liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant
D. All of the above
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A shell may by termed as thin if its thickness to diameter ratio is less than 0.1. The factor which can be neglected in the calculation of membrane stresses is
A. Bending
B. Deformation
C. Shear
D. Elongation
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To keep the power input constant for a stirred vessel operating under fully developed turbulent flow conditions (constant power number), if the impeller diameter is increased by 20%, the impeller speed should be decreased by a factor of
A. ( 1.2 ) 2 3
B. ( 1.2 ) 5 3
C. ( 1.2 ) 3 2
D. ( 1.2 ) 3 5
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The ratio of linear stress to linear strain is termed as the
A. Modulus of elasticity
B. Modulus of rigidity
C. Bulk modulus
D. None of these
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The ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is termed as the
A. Poisson's ratio
B. Bulk modulus
C. Modulus of elasticity
D. Shear modulus
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__________ liquor is best handled in a long tube vertical evaporator.
A. Foamy
B. Scaling
C. Viscous
D. Salting
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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a long tube vertical evaporator.
A. Tube dia is 3 - 6 cms, while tube length in 3 - 6 metres
B. Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube
C. Liquor level is maintained at 3 l rd to 2 1 of the height of the tube
D. None of these
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Oxygen carrying pipelines in chemical industries are coloured with __________ colour.
A. Yellow
B. Black
C. Blue
D. Red
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Lug support is
A. The most suitable for thick vertical vessel
B. Same as bracket support
C. Provided usually for vessels of much smaller height than skirt supported vessels
D. All of the above
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Optimum economic pipe diameter for fluid flow is determined by the
A. Viscosity of the fluid
B. Density of the fluid
C. Total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe)
D. None of these
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__________ tower is the most suitable gas-liquid contacting device involving highly corrosive fluids.
A. Sieve plate
B. Packed
C. Bubble cap plate
D. None of these
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Speed of the drum of the rotary vacuum filter normally ranges from __________ rpm.
A. 0.1 to 2
B. 5 to 7
C. 3 to 8
D. 8 to 15
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