chemical engineering mechanical operations Mcqs
304. Work index is defined as the_________________?
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A. ses a 200 mesh screen

B. Gross energy (kWh/ton of feed) needed to reduce very large feed to such a size that 80% of

C. product passes through a 100 micron screen</strong>

D. Energy needed to crush one tonne of feed to 200 microns

E. Energy needed to crush one ton of feed to 100 microns

F. Energy (kWh/ton of feed) needed to crush small feed to such a size that 80% of the product

306. Basic slag is not ground in_________________?
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A. Tube mills

B. Compartment mills

C. Jaw crushers

D. Ball mills

307. Ficks law relates to_________________?
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A. Energy consumption

B. None of these

C. Feed size

D. Final particle size

310. The inlet pressure in a constant rate filtration____________________?
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A. Remains constant

B. Increases continuously

C. None of these

D. Decreases gradually

311. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Cod oil, beef tallow or aluminium stearates are used as grinding aids in cement industries

B. Size enlargement is a mechanical operation exemplified by medicinal tablet making

C. Close circuit grinding is more economical than open circuit grinding

D. The equipment used for the removal of traces of solids from a liquid is called a classifier
312. Pick out the correct statement?
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A. Pine oil is used as a modifying agent (for activating or depressing the adsorption of filming

B. nts) in froth floatation process

C. Angle of repose is always greater than the angle of slide

D. ter coal

E. A hopper is a small bin with a sloping bottom

F. A silo is a short height vessel of very large diameter used for the storage of high volatile

313. Jigging is a technique by which different particles can be____________________?
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A. Mixed

B. Separated by particle size

C. Separated by particle density

D. Separated by particle shape

319. Which of the following is a batch sedimentation equipment ?
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A. Dust catcher

B. Rotary sprayer scrubber

C. Dry cyclone separator

D. Filter thickener
321. A compressible cake has the_________________?
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A. Maximum porosity at the filter medium

B. Maximum porosity at the upstream side

C. None of these

D. Same porosity throughout the cake thickness

322. Traces of liquid tar fog present in coke oven gas is separated using____________________?
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A. Electrostatic precipitator

B. None of these

C. Strainer

D. Cyclone separator

323. Cyclones are used primarily for separating_________________?
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A. Solids from solids

B. Solids from fluids

C. Liquids

D. Solids

325. In case of a hammer crusher ?
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A. Reduction ratio can be varied by adjusting the distance from cage to hammers

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Crushing takes place by impact breaking

D. Maximum acceptable feed size is 30 cms

329. During size reduction by a jaw crusher, the energy consumed decreases with the__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Decreasing machine capacity

C. Increasing size of feed at constant reduction ratio

D. Decreasing size of product at constant size of feed

332. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. The operating cost of shaking screen is more than that of a vibrating screen

B. Removal of iron from ceramic material is necessitated (by magnetic separation method) so as

C. Asphalt is best crushed using toothed roll crusher

D. avoid discolouration of ceramic products</strong>

E. Screen capacity does not depend upon the specific gravity of the minerals

334. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the roll crushers?
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A. Maximum feed size determines the required roll diameter

B. For hard materials crushing, the reduction ratio should not exceed 4

C. Both the rolls run necessarily at the same speed

D. Reduction ratio and differential roll speed affect production rate & energy consumed per unit

E. surface produced

337. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. The angle of nip (2?) is the angle between roll faces at the level where they will just take hold

B. duct

C. Gape is the greatest distance between the crushing surfaces or the jaws

D. a particle and draw it in the crushing zone

E. ated by crushing</strong>

F. Reduction ratio is the ratio of the maximum size of the particles in the feed to that in the

338. Which of the following is not an ultrafine grinder (colloid mill) ?
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A. Micronizers

B. Toothed roll crusher

C. Hammer mills with internal classification

D. Agitated mills and fluid energy mills

339. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the turbine agitator ?
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A. blade length is l/4th of agitator diameter (with central disc, it is l/8th of the agitator

B. Turbine agitator should be located at a height not less than one agitator diameter length from

C. tators should be used

D. Pitched blade turbine agitator gives only radial flow with complete absence of the axial flow

E. meter)

F. bottom. If the depth of liquid in the tank is more than twice the agitator diameter, two

340. Equivalent diameter of a particle is the diameter of the sphere having the same __________________?
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A. Ratio of volume to surface as the particle

B. None of these

C. Ratio of surface to volume as the actual volume

D. Volume as the particle

341. The study on washability of coal is done by using the _____________ technique?
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A. Elutriation

B. None of these

C. Tabling

D. Heavy media separation
342. Energy consumption in a crusher decreases with increase in the________________________?
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A. Size of the product (at constant feed size)

B. Capacity of the crushing machine

C. Size of feed (at constant reduction ratio)

D. All A., B. & C.
343. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. 200 mesh screen has 200 openings per linear cm

B. Hammer crushers operate by impact action

C. Standard screens have circular opening

D. With increase in mesh number of screens, their diameter in microns decreases

344. Actual operating speed of a ball mill may vary from 65 to 80% of the critical speed. Which of the following duties would require the ball mill to be operated at maximum percentage of critical speed ?
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A. Wet grinding in low viscous suspension

B. Dry grinding of large particles (upto 1.25 cms)

C. Dry grinding of large particles in un-baffed mills

D. Wet grinding in high viscous suspension

345. The operating speed of a ball mill should be ______________ the critical speed?
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A. At least equal to

B. Slightly more than

C. Much more than

D. Less than
347. Cake resistance is___________________?
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A. Decreased with the time of filtration

B. Important in the beginning of filtration

C. None of these

D. Independent of pressure drop

348. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Capacity of crusher in choke feeding is increased

B. meter, in which the area beneath the curve represents the surface

C. Cumulative analysis for determining surface area is preferred over differential analysis,

D. ause of the assumption that all particles in a simple fraction equal in size is not needed

E. Rolling of pebbles/balls from top to bottom of the heap in tumbling mills is called cascading

F. throwing of the balls through the air to the toe of the heap is called cataracting

349. Filtration rate does not depend upon the________________?
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A. None of these

B. Properties of the cake & the filtrate

C. Pressure drop & area of filtering surface

D. Resistance of the cake & the septum

350. Use of baffles in agitators help in minimising the ______________ tendency?
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A. Swirling

B. Vortexing

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.