chemical engineering mass transfer Mcqs
603. An example of elution is______________________?
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A. Dissolution of tannin out of tree barks by water

B. Separation of sugar from sugar beet by hot water

C. Recovery of vegetable oils from seeds

D. Separation of uranium oxide from its ore by H2SO4 in a Pachuca tank
606. Physical absorption is__________________?
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A. An irreversible phenomenon

B. A reversible phenomenon

C. Accompanied by evolution of heat

D. Both B. and C.
609. Which of the following equipments is not used for gas dispersion ?
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A. Agitated vessels

B. Bubble cap tray towers

C. Perforated sieve tray towers

D. Spray towers
610. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. tillation column</strong>

B. Total condenser or reboiler is considered equivalent to one theoretical plate in McCabe-Thiele

C. Heat removal load on cooler remains constant, even with increase of the reflux ratio in a

D. hod of theoretical plate calculation for distillation column

E. Even a forced draft cooling tower cannot cool water below the wet bulb temperature

F. Different solids have different equilibrium moisture curves

611. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. ction

B. tem separation

C. Higher hold up of the solid in the rotary dryer results in better exposure of the solids to the gas

D. For a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases, the partial pressure distribution of both

E. Total reflux in case of distillation operation requires infinite number of plates for a binary

F. ponents is linear in the case of steady state equimolal counter-diffusion</strong>

612. In case of absorption with exothermic reaction, for fluids having ___________________?
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A. Pr = Sc; percentage change in heat and mass transfer flux will be the same for a given change

B. the degree of turbulence

C. Pr = Sc = 1; total mass, momentum and thermal diffusivity will be the same

D. Both A. and B.

E. Pr = Sc; there wont be any change in heat and mass transfer flux with changes in degree of

F. bulence

613. Positive deviation from Raoults law means a mixture whose total pressure is___________________?
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A. None of these

B. Less than the sum of the vapour pressure of the components

C. Greater than that computed for ideality

D. Less than that computed for ideality

614. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. ponents</strong>

B. The solubility of a particular gas in ideal solution in any solvent is always the same

C. The operating line always lies above the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a single

D. ponent stripper

E. The operating line always lies below the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a single

F. The operating pressure in solvent extraction system should be below vapor pressures of all
615. Inside the distillation column, the________________________?
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A. None of these

B. Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop

C. Pressure increases gradually from bottom to the top of the column

D. Liquids are not always at their bubble points

617. A good solvent used for absorption should not have very high____________________?
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A. Vapor pressure

B. All A., B. & C.

C. Freezing point

D. Viscosity

618. With increase in pressure, the relative volatility for a binary system__________________?
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A. Decreases

B. Remains same

C. Increases

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

619. Deaeration (removal of O2) of water is done by_________________?
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A. Ion-exchange

B. Absorption

C. Rectification

D. Adsorption

620. Sticky material can be dried in a ________________ dryer ?
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A. Tray

B. Rotary

C. Fluidised bed

D. None of these

621. Absorption factor method is used to calculate the number of ideal stages, when_______________________?
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A. Operating line lies above the equilibrium line

B. Operating line lies below the equilibrium line

C. Both operating and equilibrium lines are parallel

D. Pressure drop in the column is very high

622. Chemisorption (chemical adsorption) is_______________________?
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A. A reversible phenomenon

B. Same as Van der Waals adsorption

C. Characterised by adsorption of heat

D. An irreversible phenomenon
623. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. In the McCabe-Thiele diagram for binary distillation, vertical feed line represents saturated

B. In small columns, local efficiency is larger than Murphree efficiency; in large columns local

C. The concentration and hydrodynamic boundary layers over a flat plate are of equal thickness,

D. For Laminar flow over a plate of length L, the local mass transfer co-efficient at a distance L

E. m the leading edge is 1.5 10-2m/s. Then the average mass transfer co-efficient for the

F. Schmidt number is equal to unity

624. Pick out the correct statement?
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A. The sum of free moisture and equilibrium moisture in a solid is called the critical moisture

B. The driving force for mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content

C. Free moisture is removed during falling rate drying period

D. Bound moisture is removed during constant rate drying period

625. What is the reflux ratio at total reflux ?
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A. Unity

B. Infinity

C. Data insufficient

D. Zero

626. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. For a non-reacting binary mixture of ideal gases, the partial pressure distribution of both

B. The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the Azeotropic composition is 1

C. Azeotropes obey Raoults law at all temperature

D. ponents is nonlinear in the case of steady state unimolal unidirectional diffusion

E. The mole fraction of solute is directly proportional to the molality of a dilute solution

627. Solvent used in extractive distillation___________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. Should be of high volatility

C. Should form azeotropes with the original components

D. Changes the relative volatility of the original components
628. Which of these columns incurs the lowest pressure drop ?
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A. Packed column (with stacked packing)

B. Bubble plate column

C. Pulse column

D. Packed column (with dumped packing)

629. An Azeotropic mixture is a ________________ mixture?
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A. Ternary

B. Binary

C. None of these

D. Constant boiling point
634. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. ked tower

B. All A., B. and C.

C. uid hold up is more in the case of plate column

D. Plate column can handle greater liquid loads without flooding than packed column, but the

E. For identical gas flow rates, less pressure drop occurs through a plate tower than through a

F. For the same duty, plate columns weigh less than packed columns

635. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the rotary dryer ?
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A. Flights (located in the inside shell of rotary dryer) lift the material being dried and shower it

B. Rotary dryer is suitable for drying sticky material

C. n through the current of hot air/gases. It extends from the wall to a distance which is about

D. 2% of the inside diameter of shell

E. instant. The best performance for rotary drier is obtained, when the hold up is in the range

F. Hold up of a rotary drier is defined as the fraction of the dryer volume occupied by the solid at

636. Total reflux in a distillation operation requires minimum____________________?
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A. Reboiler load

B. Condenser load

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Number of plates
637. CO2 can be absorbed by____________________?
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A. Alumina

B. Heated charcoal

C. Hot cupric oxide

D. Cold Ca(OH)2

641. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. A horizontal line on the humidity chart indicates the temperature changes at constant molal

B. idity

C. When water is cooled from 80 to 70C by exposure to the air with a wet bulb temperature of

D. C, then both the approach & the range would be 10C

E. For unsaturated air-water vapor mixture at atmospheric conditions, the wet bulb temperature

F. p; adiabatic cooling lines are the same

642. Gaseous diffusion co-efficient increases with increase in the_____________________?
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A. Pressure

B. Temperature

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

644. In an interphase mass transfer process, the lesser the solubility of a given solute in a liquid, the higher are the chances that the transfer process will be_________________?
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A. Driven by a non-linear driving force

B. Liquid phase resistance-controlled

C. Impossible

D. Gas phase resistance controlled
646. Which of the following remains constant during sensible cooling process ?
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A. Specific humidity

B. Partial pressure of vapour

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

647. For absorbers, high pressure drop results in___________________?
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A. Decreased efficiency

B. Better gas liquid contact

C. Increased efficiency

D. High operating cost
648. Fenske equation determines the __________________?
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A. Maximum number of ideal plates

B. Minimum number of theoretical plates

C. Height of the distillation column

D. Optimum reflux ratio

650. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Elutriation process refers to when the soluble material is largely concentrated on the surface of

B. ther

C. Cellulose acetate membranes are used in dialysis process

D. insoluble solid and is simply washed off by the solvent

E. Cascade means a group of stages interconnected so that various streams flow from one to

F. Zirconia probe is used for the humidity measurement