chemical engineering mass transfer Mcqs
551. The rate of mass transfer is not dependent upon the______________________?
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A. Degree of dispersion of one fluid in the other

B. Interfacial surface exposed between the phases

C. Both A. & B.

D. None of these
555. Pick out the correct statement?
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A. For a given separation in a binary distillation column, with increase in reflux ratio (above the

B. Kremser-Brown-Souders equation is used to calculate the efficiency of a plate tower

C. tifying operating lines are vertical at total reflux</strong>

D. The slope of the stripping line is always less than unity

E. imum reflux ratio), the fixed cost of the distillation column first increases and then

F. In Ponchon-Savarit method of no. of theoretical plate determination, the stripping and
558. Which of the following quantities need not be fixed before starting the design of a cocurrent absorber ?
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A. Heat gain or loss

B. None of these

C. Flow rate of entering liquid

D. Flow rate of gas

560. With increase in pressure, the relative volatility for a binary system_________________?
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A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remains same

D. Either A. or B., depends on the system

561. Separation of two or more components of a liquid solution cannot be achieved by___________________?
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A. Liquid extraction

B. Fractional crystallisation

C. Evaporation

D. Absorption
562. Which of the following unit operations makes use of Thiele-Geddes equation ?
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A. Liquid-liquid extraction

B. Solid-liquid extraction

C. Multi-component distillation

D. Multi-component absorption with chemical reaction

563. The equipment frequently used for adiabatic humidification-cooling operation with recirculating liquid is_________________?
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A. Spray chamber

B. Natural draft cooling tower

C. Induced draft cooling tower

D. None of these

564. (NSh/NRe.NSc) is termed in mass transfer operation as the __________________________?
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A. Stanton number

B. Peclet number

C. Thermal diffusivity

D. Momentum diffusivity

565. Overall efficiency of the distillation column is _____________________?
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A. The ratio of number of ideal plates to actual plates

B. The ratio of number of actual plates to ideal plates

C. Same as the Murphree efficiency

D. Always more than the point efficiency

566. Which of the following remains constant during evaporative cooling process with recirculated water supply ?
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A. None of these

B. Partial pressure of vapour

C. Relative humidity

D. Wet bulb temperature
568. Inside the distillation columns, the ________________________?
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A. Driving force for the liquid flow is its weight

B. Vapors are not always at their dew points

C. Highest temperatures is near the feed plate

D. All A., B. and C.

571. Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture_____________________?
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A. Decreases with temperature rise

B. Increases with increase in pressure

C. Decreases with decrease in pressure

D. Increases with temperature rise

572. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are the same

B. ws negative deviation from Raoults Law

C. 1 Nm3 of dry air is lighter than 1Nm3 of humid air

D. An Azeotropic mixture of two liquids has boiling point higher than either of them, when it

E. The Lewis number of a mixture is unity, when the thermal diffusivity is equal to the mass

F. fusivity

573. Leaching of sugar from sugar beets is done by___________________?
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A. Lime water

B. Hot water

C. Dilute H2SO4

D. Hexane

575. The binary diffusivity in gases does not depend upon the ___________________?
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A. Pressure

B. None of these

C. Temperature

D. Nature of the components

576. At minimum reflux ratio for a given separation__________________?
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A. Number of plates is infinity

B. Number of plates is zero

C. Separation is most efficient

D. Minimum number of the theoretical plates is required

578. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to leaching ?
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A. Door classifier can be used for leaching of coarse solids

B. Fine solids cannot be leached in a Pachuca tank

C. Very high temperature is not needed for the leaching of sugar beet

D. Vegetable seeds can be leached in either of Bollman extractor, Rotocel or Kennedy extractor

579. The Knudsen diffusivity is dependent on the ______________________?
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A. Molecular velocity only

B. Molecular mean free path only

C. Molecular velocity and pore radius of the catalyst

D. Pore radius of the catalyst only

580. Stacked packing compared to dumped packing_________________?
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A. Provides poorer contact between the fluids

B. Gives lower pressure drop

C. Both A. and B.

D. Gives higher pressure drop

582. One mole feed of a binary mixture of a given composition is flash vaporised at a fixed P and T. If Raoults law is obeyed, then changing the feed composition would effect ?
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A. The product composition as well as the fraction vaporised

B. The fraction vaporised but not the product composition

C. The product composition but not the fraction vaporised

D. Neither the product composition nor the fraction vaporised

584. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. orption tower, then the upper end of the operating line touches the equilibrium curve

B. With decrease in the liquid flow rate for a fixed gas flow rate, the slope of the operating line

C. io is also large in case of a counter current gas absorption tower

D. reases, in case of gas absorption process

E. The average distance between the operating line and equilibrium line is large, when the liquidgas

F. When the concentration difference for the mass transfer becomes zero at the bottom of the gas

586. Which of the following is an undesirable property for an absorbing solvent ?
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A. Low velocity

B. Low vapour pressure

C. Low freezing point

D. None of these
587. Radioactive nuclear waste is treated in____________________?
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A. Pulsed column extractor

B. Bollman extractor

C. Rotating-disc contactor

D. Mixer-settler extractor

589. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. Dialysis process is used for the production of fresh water from brine

B. Electrodialysis is used in the manufacture of NaOH

C. Electrodialysis is used for the refining/purification of petrol

D. Both B. and C.

591. For the air water system under ambient conditions, the adiabatic saturation temperature and the wet bulb temperature are nearly equal, because__________________?
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A. Solubility of the components of air in water is very small

B. They are always equal under all circumstances

C. Water has a high latent heat of evaporation

D. Lewis number is close to unity

592. Which of the following mixtures does not form an azeotrope at atmospheric pressure ?
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A. Water-alcohol

B. Methyl alcohol-acetone

C. Butyl acetate-water

D. None of these
595. Capacity of a rotary dryer depends on its __________________?
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A. rpm

B. Inclination with ground surface

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

596. For contacting a highly soluble gas with a liquid ____________________?
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A. Either A. or B. would suffice

B. Spray the liquid on gas stream

C. None of these

D. Bubble the gas through liquid
597. Which of the following is the most suitable for extraction in a system having very low density difference ?
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A. Mixer-settler extractor

B. Packed extraction tower

C. Centrifugal extractor

D. strong>. Pulsed extractor

598. Absorption with chemical reaction is involved in the removal of__________________?
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A. Tar from coke oven gas in primary gas coolers using chilled water

B. Ammonia from coke oven gas using refrigerated water

C. Carbon dioxide from gaseous stream using alkaline solution

D. Benzol from coke oven gas using solar oil/wash oil

600. If xD = overhead product molal composition and RD = reflux ratio, then slope and intercept of the operating line for rectifying section are respectively ?
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A. [RD/(RD + 1)], [xD/(xD + 1)]

B. [xD/(RD + 1)], [RD/(RD + 1)]

C. [xD/(RD + 1)], [(RD + 1)/RD]

D. None of these