chemical engineering Mcqs
4252. The heat transfer by radiation from a mild steel surface is to be reduced by reducing the emissivity of the surface. This can be best achieved by__________________?
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A. Roughening the surface

B. Painting the surface black

C. Giving the surface a mirror finish

D. Painting the surface white (with aluminium paint)
4256. Pick out the correct conversion?
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A. 1 calorie = 252 BTU

B. 1 BTU = 252 calories

C. 1 BTU =453.6 calories

D. 1 calorie = 453.6 BTU

4261. Test piece for determination of RUL of a refractory is heated in a/an__________________?
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A. Neutral atmosphere

B. Oxidising atmosphere

C. Reducing atmosphere

D. Electric furnace
4262. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Super saturation of the solution is the driving potential for a crystal growth

B. The first stage of crystal formation is called nucleation

C. Swenson-Walker crystalliser is a batch crystalliser

D. The liquor left after the removal of crystals from a solution is called mother liquor

4265. In which mode of heat transfer, the Biot number is important ?
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A. Forced convection

B. Natural convection

C. Radiation

D. Transient heat conduction
4266. Measurement of the amount of dry gas collected over water from volume of moist gas is based on the___________________?
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A. Avogadros hypothesis

B. Charles law

C. Boyles law

D. Daltons law of partial pressures
4268. Saturated molal absolute humidity of the vapor-gas mixture depends upon the______________________?
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A. Vapor pressure at dry bulb temperature

B. Total pressure

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4269. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Ratio of its capacity to economy equals the steam consumption in kg/hr in an evaporator

B. Thermal conductivity of a dry material is more than that of the damp material

C. Vaporisation of organic substances in evaporator mostly causes foam formation

D. Bubble size increases with the dynamic viscosity of the liquid in case of nucleate pool boiling

4270. Baffles in the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger ?
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A. Decrease the shell side heat transfer co-efficient

B. Increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient

C. Force the liquid to flow parallel to the bank

D. Increase the cross-section of the shell side liquid

4271. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Refractoriness under load (RUL) of a refractory is always less than its refractoriness

B. Refractories used in muffle furnace should have low thermal conductivity

C. For reducing spalling tendency, the refractory should be well fired and its porosity should be more

D. The electrical resistivity of refractories drops rapidly with rise in temperature

4272. For a perfectly transparent surface (like gases), the____________________?
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A. Reflectivity = 0

B. Transmissivity = 1

C. Absorptivity = 0

D. All A., B. & C.

4273. Pick out the wrong statement/
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A. The emissivity of a surface decreases, if it gets corroded by atmospheric environment

B. The emissivity of a polished surface is quite low

C. The emissivity of a surface increases with increase in surface roughness

D. The emissivity of a non-metallic surface decreases with increase in the temperature

4274. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. avelength of 0.5 ?1</strong>

B. wavelength band between 3 ?m to 4 ?m. The fraction of this energy in the total energy

C. The maximum is the emissive power of a surface at a temperature T1 occurs at a wavelength

D. In process heat exchangers, saturated steam is preferred over the superheated steam

E. tted over the entire wavelength range is equal to emissivity

F. A body at 925 K emits an energy of 1.42 x 1011?W/m2 (? is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant) in

4276. Which is not an acidic refractory ?
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A. Fireclay

B. Silica

C. Carbon black

D. High alumina refractory

4277. Applicability of Clausius-Clapeyron Equation is subject to the condition that the __________________?
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A. Vapor follows ideal gas law

B. Volume in the liquid state is negligible

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4279. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The Colburn jH factor for heat transfer is given by Nst Npr

B. Fluid movement under the influence of buoyant forces resulting from change in density takes place in case of natural convection

C. The Peclet number is a measure of the ratio of energy transport by convection to that by conduction

D. The ratio NNu/NRe . Npr is called the Stanton number

4281. Which is a neutral refractory ?
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A. Magnesite chrome

B. Magnesia

C. Silica

D. Graphite
4283. Refractories used in/for ______________ should have low thermal conductivity?
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A. Coke ovens

B. Regenerators

C. Muffle furnaces

D. Insulation
4285. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Sherwood number in mass transfer corresponds to Nusselt number in heat transfer and Schmidt number to Prandtl number

B. Forced convection is relatively more effective in increasing the rate of mass transfer, if Schmidt number is larger

C. In drying a solid containing moisture above the critical moisture content the number of degrees of freedom is 2

D. Hot gases at moderate pressure are usually in the shell side of shell and tube heat exchangers. At higher pressure, however, it is customary to put gas in the tube side

4286. Thermal conductivity of refractory bricks____________________?
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A. Is independent of its porosity and is maximum for insulating bricks

B. Increases with decrease in porosity

C. Decreases with decreases in porosity

D. Increases with the amount of air entrapped in pores

4287. Heat of reaction is a function of the___________________?
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A. Pressure

B. Temperature

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4290. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Increase in depth of the liquid about the slots increases the plate efficiency, particularly if the liquid depth is < 1"

B. Plate efficiency increases with increase in superficial vapour velocity till entrainment limit

C. None of these

D. Too small a plate spacing can cause a low efficiency, if the vapour velocity is greater than the allowable value

4292. Which property of refractories is the most important for top section of the blast furnace ?
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A. Resistance to abrasion

B. Stability of volume at high temperature

C. Resistance to slag penetration

4295. Fusion point of a basic refractory material is________________?
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A. Always less than 1000C

B. Increased by the addition of acid oxides

C. Not affected by the addition of acid oxides

D. Reduced by the addition of acid oxides
4298. The crystallisation of a solute from a solution may be done by________________?
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A. Removal of pure solvent by evaporation

B. All A., B. & C.

C. Changing the nature of the system by the addition of a more soluble material

D. Change of temperature thereby causing super-saturation

4299. Addition of zircon to silica refractory brick improves its_________________?
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A. Crushing strength

B. Resistance to slag attack

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4300. Magnesite refractories are used for the construction of those furnaces, which are_______________?
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A. Not required to resist the corrosive action of basic slag

B. Not subjected to fluctuation in temperature

C. Used for raising & maintaining high temperature

D. Both B. and C.