chemical engineering Mcqs
4353. Unit of power is____________________?
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A. Joule

B. Watt

C. Joule/Second

D. Both B. & C.
4354. Choose the correct equation ?
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A. Nu = (Pr) (St)

B. Nu = (Re) (Pr)

C. Nu = (Re) (Pr) (Gz)

D. Nu = (Re) (Pr) (St)
4358. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to Horton sphere used for the storage of liquid ammonia ?
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A. Horton sphere is used for the storage of liquid at sub-zero temperature at very high pressure upto 200 kg/cm2

B. Diameter of Horton sphere is normally 6 to 25 metres and it is supported by 6 to 12 nos. tubular or rolled section column

C. Thickness of spherical shell is half that of the cylindrical vessel under same operating pressure condition. Besides, the ratio of surface area to volume is less for sphere than any other shape; hence insulation required is less

D. Horton sphere is used for the storage of gases and volatile liquid at a moderate pressure of 1 to 10 kg/cm2

4360. A saturated vapor on being compressed would___________________?
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A. Condense

B. Form wet steam

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4363. Capacity of a refractory brick to withstand-sudden changes in temperature is denoted by the property called_________________?
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A. Spalling resistance

B. None of these

C. Refractoriness under load (RUL)

D. Refractoriness

4364. Which of the following is the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation ?
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A. PV = RT + B/V + y/V2 + .

B. p = [RT/(V b)] (a/TV2)

C. loge (p/p0) = (?/R) (1/T0 1/T)

D. (P + a/V2)(V-b) = RT

4365. Othmer chart is useful in estimating the heat of_______________?
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A. Mixing

B. Adsorption

C. None of these

D. Wetting

4368. Silica bricks are never used for lining the_________________?
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A. By-product coke ovens

B. Roof of open hearth furnace

C. Dome of blast furnace stoves

D. Beehive coke ovens
4370. Baffle spacing ____________________?
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A. None of these

B. Should be less than the inside diameter of the shell

C. Should be less than one fifth the diameter of the shell

D. Is not the same as baffle pitch

4371. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a basket type evaporator ?
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A. There is no central downtake

B. It is used for high viscosity liquor having large rate of scaling

C. The tube bundle is suspended on bracket

D. Downtake is formed by the annular space between the bundle and the shell

4374. Pick out the wrong statement about the design of a sieve plate column ?
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A. An increased weir height improves the tray efficiency at the cost of high plate pressure drop; optimum wear height being 40-90 mm for column pressure above atmospheric and 6-12 mm for vacuum columns

B. For segmental downcomers, the chord length is 60-80% of the column diameter. An initial value of downcomer area of 12% is taken in the design

C. Width of the calming section provided at the inlet and outlet sides of the plate is 75 mm for column diameter below 1.5 metres and 100 mm for larger diameter columns

D. Minimum recommended downcomer residence time for the disengagement of entrained vapour is the same for both foaming and non-foaming liquids, which is about 20 seconds
4375. Which of the following expressions defines the Baume gravity scale for liquids lighter than water ?
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A. Be = (400/G) 400

B. Be = 200(G-1)

C. Be = 145 (145/G)

D. Be = (140/G) 130
4377. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the use of valve tray, seive tray and bubble cap trays in continuous distillation column ?
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A. Bubble cap trays though most expensive are the best in situations, where low vapour rates is to be handled and a positive liquid seal is essential at all flow rates

B. Murphree efficiency of all the three trays are nearly equal, however the peak efficiency is generally higher for sieve and valve trays than the bubble cap

C. Maintenance cost for valve and sieve trays are comparatively more than bubble cap tray due to their relatively complicated construction features

D. Valve trays have the highest turn down ratio (i.e. the ratio of the highest to the lowest vapour flow rates) and thus provide the maximum flexible operating range

4379. Two solutions A1 and A2 have pH value of 2 and 6 respectively. It implies that the solution_____________________?
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A. A2 is more alkaline than solution A2

B. A1 is highly acidic

C. A1 is very slightly acidic

D. Both A. & C.
4380. Arithmetic mean area can be used in heat transfer problem to calculate the heat flow by conduction through a cylinder which is ____________________?
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A. Thin walled having the value of Ao Ai/< 2

B. Thick walled

C. Having the value of Ao/Ai > 2

D. Both B. and C.

4382. A reduction process is accompanied with increase in the_______________?
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A. Number of electrons

B. Oxidation number

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4383. Osmotic pressure of the solution can be increased by_________________?
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A. Decreasing its temperature

B. None of these

C. Diluting the solution

D. Increasing the volume of the vessel containing the solution

4384. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Overall heat transfer co-efficient in a heat exchanger is controlled by the value of the film coefficient,

B. Film co-efficient for vaporisation decreases as a result of vapor binding

C. In industrial practice, sub-cooling of condensate is required, when the condensate is a volatile

D. ch is higher</strong>

E. uid and is to be transferred for storage

F. The condensing film co-efficient is about 3 times lower for vertical condenser as compared to the equivalent horizontal condenser for identical situation

4386. The purpose of providing a catchall in the vapor line of an evaporator is to__________________?
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A. Arrest the entrained liquid

B. Regulate the vapor flow

C. Vent the non-condensable gases

D. Create vacuum

4387. In a heat exchanger, one transfer unit means___________________?
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A. A section of the exchanger in which change in temperature of one stream equals the average

B. ving force in the section</strong>

C. The size of the exchanger in which heat transfer rate is 1 kcal/hr

D. Both A. and B.

E. None of these

4389. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Phase change in case of a pure fluid at a given pressure from liquid to vapor or vice-versa occurs at saturation temperature

B. The controlling resistance in case of heating of air by condensing steam is in the air fil

C. In case of a 1 2 shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor value increases

D. The log mean temperature difference (LMTD) for counter flow and parallel flow can be theoretically same when any one of the fluids (hot or cold fluid) passes through the heat exchanger at constant temperature

E. rply, when a temperature cross occurs</strong>

4390. Log mean temperature difference (LMTD) cannot be used, if ___________________?
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A. There exists an unsteady state

B. None of these

C. The heat capacity is not constant and there is a phase change

D. Heat transfer co-efficient over the entire heat exchanger is not constant

4391. Pick out the wrong statement about distillation operation__________________?
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A. Flash distillation, differential distillation & steam distillation are all continuous distillation processes

B. In flash (equilibrium) distillation, a definite fraction of liquid is vaporised in such a way that the evolved vapour & residual liquids are in equilibrium with each other

C. In differential (simple) distillation, the vapour is removed as soon as it is formed without appreciable condensation

D. Distillation under vacuum is a substitute for steam distillation

4392. Kopps rule is useful for the determination of_____________________?
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A. Heat capacities of gases

B. Activation energy

C. Molal heat capacities of gases

D. Heat capacities of solids
4393. Raoults law states that the equilibrium vapor pressure that is exerted by a component in a solution is proportional to the mole fraction of that component. This generalisation is based on the assumption that the________________?
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A. Component molecules are non-polar and no chemical combination or molecular association

B. ween unlike molecules takes place in the formation of the solution

C. All A., B. & C.

D. Attractive forces between like and unlike molecules are approximately equal

E. Sizes of the component molecules are approximately equal

4396. Fireclay bricks is not used for lining the_______________?
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A. Roof of open hearth furnace

B. Bottom of hot metal mixer

C. Gas producer

D. Cupola

4398. High porosity refractory bricks have________________?
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A. Poor resistance to the penetration of molten slag, metal & flue gases

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Better thermal spalling resistance

D. Poor heat conductivity & low strength