__________ shaped roof is most commonly used for cylindrical tanks.
A. Cone
B. Dome
C. Umbrella
D. Flat
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The shell side pressure drop in a shell and tube heat exchanger is maximum for __________ baffle.
A. Disk and ring
B. Segmental
C. Orifice
D. Independent of the type of
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Bubble cap diameter used for the distillation column having diameter ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 metres is about __________ mm.
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Accidents in chemical plants are mostly due to
A. Inadequate equipment design
B. Faulty operating procedures
C. Improper layout of the equipments
D. Failure of equipments
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Commercial packed scrubbers are normally designed for a pressure drop range of __________ mm water coloumn per metre of packed height.
A. 4-8
B. 17-34
C. 52-68
D. 88-105
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In a __________ rivetted joint, the number of rivets decreases from the innermost row to the outermost row.
A. Chain
B. Diamond
C. Zig-zag
D. None of these
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Steam economy is defined as the amount of evaporation per unit amount of steam used, while the capacity is the total evaporation obtained per hour. Use of multiple effect in evaporation
A. Increases capacity
B. Increases economy
C. Does not affect the capacity
D. Both B & C
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The practical representative values of HETP for a number of commercial operations lies within a range of __________ metre.
A. 0.1-0.2
B. 0.2-0.5
C. 0.4-0.9
D. 1.2-1.5
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Lug supports are less expensive than other type of supports
B. A pipe is differentiated from a tube by the fact that a pipe has a greater wall thickness compared to the tube
C. A reducer is used to change the direction of a pipe in a straight run
D. The method of fixing tubes to a tube sheet by expanding is called 'tube rolling'
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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a basket type evaporator.
A. It is used for high viscosity liquor having large rate of scaling
B. The tube bundle is suspended on bracket
C. There is no central downtake
D. Downtake is formed by the annular space between the bundle and the shell
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The operating velocity in the absorption tower is usually 40-50% of the flooding velocity. Packed absorption towers are normally designed for a pressure drop of about __________ mm of water column per metre height of packing.
A. 1-5
B. 20-40
C. 100-150
D. 1000-1500
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In packed absorption tower, onset of flooding usually occurs at a pressure drop of about __________ mm of water column per metre height of packing.
A. 25-50
B. 50-75
C. 200-250
D. 750-1000
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In perforated plate towers, the
A. Hole sizes may be around 8 1 ′′ or 16 3 ′′
B. Total hole area may be around 6 to 15% of tower cross-sectional area
C. Pressure drop is less compared is similar bubble cap towers
D. All of the above
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A forced circulation long tube vertical evaporator as compared to the natural circulation evaporator
A. Is economical in operation
B. Employs high velocity, high heat transfer rate and less heating surface requirement
C. Employs a centrifugal pump placed between external downtake from vapor drum and inlet to tube bundle
D. Both B & C
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Joint efficiency (J) for a seamless pipe is
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The equivalent diameter for fluid flow through a channel of constant non-circular cross section of area 'A' is given by (where, P = perimeter of the channel in contact with the fluid)
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The main purpose of providing stepping on the trays is to
A. Increase the residence time
B. Decrease the pressure drop
C. Facilitate handling of large flow rate of liquid
D. Improve the flow condition
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Heat transfer co-efficient for a horizontal condenser as compared to a vertical condenser operating under similar conditions is
A. Same
B. Less
C. About 3 times
D. About 0.33 times
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Slope of countercurrent flow rotary drier is in the range of __________ meter/metre.
A. 0 to 0.08
B. 0 to 0.8
C. 0 to 1.5
D. 0 to 2.2
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Flanges are connected to pipes by
A. Screwing
B. Welding
C. Brazing
D. All of the above
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