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251. |
During bottling of cold drinks (e.g. Pepsi), the main resistance to mass transfer for the absorption of carbon dioxide in water lies in the |
A. | gas film |
B. | liquid film |
C. | liquid-gas interface |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. liquid-gas interface | |
252. |
During constant rate period, the rate of drying decreases with the |
A. | decrease in air temperature |
B. | increase in air humidity |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
253. |
In Mcabe-Thiele method, at infinite reflux ratio |
A. | number of plates is maximum. |
B. | overhead product is maximum. |
C. | both the operating lines coincide with the diagram. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» D. none of these. | |
254. |
Adsorption is an unit operation which generally involves __________ systems. |
A. | liquid-solid |
B. | gas-solid |
C. | fluid-solid |
D. | solid-solid |
Answer» D. solid-solid | |
255. |
In case of non-ideal gases and liquids, the molal diffusivity |
A. | varies inversely as the pressure. |
B. | varies directly as the pressure. |
C. | is independent of pressure. |
D. | is equal to the volumetric diffusivity. |
Answer» D. is equal to the volumetric diffusivity. | |
256. |
When adsorption hysteresis is observed, the desorption equilibrium pressure is __________ that obtained by adsorption. |
A. | always lower than |
B. | always higher than |
C. | same as |
D. | dependent on the system; can be either lower or higher than |
Answer» B. always higher than | |
257. |
McCabe-Thiele method |
A. | uses molal units for material and energy balance. |
B. | uses weight fractions to express liquid and vapour composition. |
C. | can use any type of units. |
D. | is more accurate than Ponchan-Savarit method. |
Answer» B. uses weight fractions to express liquid and vapour composition. | |
258. |
In the desorption of highly soluble gas from the liquid, the main resistance will be in the __________ phase. |
A. | gas |
B. | liquid |
C. | both (a) & (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» C. both (a) & (b) | |
259. |
__________ is the temperature at which a gas-vapor mixture becomes saturated, when cooled at constant total pressure out of contact with a liquid. |
A. | Dew point |
B. | Bubble point |
C. | Dry bulb temperature |
D. | Wet bulb temperature |
Answer» B. Bubble point | |
260. |
For which of the following unit operations, Lewis number is of significance ? |
A. | Adsorption |
B. | Binary distillation |
C. | Gas absorption |
D. | Humidification |
Answer» E. | |
261. |
Sides of equilateral-triangular co-ordinates (on which ternary liquid system is plotted) represent |
A. | a pure component. |
B. | a binary mixture. |
C. | a ternary mixture. |
D. | partially miscible ternary system. |
Answer» C. a ternary mixture. | |
262. |
Entrainer used in azeotropic distillation should |
A. | form a low boiling azeotrope with one of the constituents of the mixture. |
B. | form a new azeotrope of low relative volatility with one of the constituents of the mixture. |
C. | have high latent heat of vaporisation. |
D. | have high viscosity to provide high tray efficiency. |
Answer» B. form a new azeotrope of low relative volatility with one of the constituents of the mixture. | |
263. |
Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the __________ theory. |
A. | film |
B. | penetration |
C. | surface-renewal |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. penetration | |
264. |
The equipment used in the extraction of highly corrosive radio active liquids is |
A. | pulse column |
B. | spray column |
C. | mixer settler |
D. | baffle tower |
Answer» B. spray column | |
265. |
Very tall packed towers are divided into series of beds to |
A. | reduce the overall pressure drop |
B. | avoid channelling |
C. | reduce liquid hold-up |
D. | avoid flooding |
Answer» C. reduce liquid hold-up | |
266. |
For the flow of gases through a capillary, with increase in temperature, the permeability __________ as per Knudsen law. |
A. | increases |
B. | decreases |
C. | remains same |
D. | either (a) or (b); depends on the gas |
Answer» B. decreases | |
267. |
The commonly used solvent in supercritical extraction is |
A. | methyl ethyl ketone. |
B. | water. |
C. | carbon tetrachloride. |
D. | carbon dioxide. |
Answer» E. | |
268. |
The velocity, concentration and temperature boundary, for the boundary layer development on a flat plate during connective mass transfer will be same, if |
A. | NSc = 1 |
B. | NSc = NPr = NLe |
C. | NPr = NLe |
D. | NSc = NLe |
Answer» C. NPr = NLe | |
269. |
With increase in temperature, the rate of extraction in leaching (solid-liquid extraction system) |
A. | increases |
B. | decreases |
C. | remains unaffected |
D. | increases Linearly |
Answer» B. decreases | |
270. |
Sand is dried in foundaries in a___drier. |
A. | rotary |
B. | fluidisedbed |
C. | vacuum |
D. | spray |
Answer» C. vacuum | |
271. |
Channelling is most severe |
A. | in towers packed with stacked packing. |
B. | in towers packed randomly with crushed solids. |
C. | in dumped packing of regular units. |
D. | at very high liquid flow rate. |
Answer» B. in towers packed randomly with crushed solids. | |
272. |
Condensation of a vapour-gas mixture just begins, when (where, p = partial pressure of the vapour P = vapour pressure of the liquid ) |
A. | p = P |
B. | p >>P |
C. | p < P |
D. | p << P |
Answer» B. p >>P | |
273. |
__________ diffusion is used for separating the isotopes of methane. |
A. | Thermal |
B. | Pressure |
C. | Concentration |
D. | Force |
Answer» B. Pressure | |
274. |
With increase in temperature, the leaching rate increases due to |
A. | decreased liquid viscosity |
B. | increased diffusivity |
C. | both (a) and (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
275. |
Powdery materials can be guarded against caking tendency on storage by |
A. | providing irregular grain size. |
B. | providing minimum percentage of voids. |
C. | having maximum possible points of contact. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» E. | |
276. |
Wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures becomes identical at __________ percent saturation curve. |
A. | 100 |
B. | 50 |
C. | 78 |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. 50 | |
277. |
Plate towers are preferred to packed towers, when large temperature changes are involved, because of the reason that the |
A. | packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the components of the equipments. |
B. | pressure drop in the equipment will be . very high. |
C. | viscosity variation of the fluids may cause channeling/flooding. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» B. pressure drop in the equipment will be . very high. | |
278. |
The recovery of pencillin from the acidified fermentation broth is done by |
A. | distillation |
B. | evaporation |
C. | absorption |
D. | liquid extraction |
Answer» E. | |
279. |
Bound moisture is that liquid which exerts an equilibrium vapor pressure __________ that of the pure liquid at the given temperature. |
A. | less than |
B. | more than |
C. | equal to |
D. | either (o) or (b); depends on the solid |
Answer» B. more than | |
280. |
Which of the following operations does not involve leaching ? |
A. | Dissolving gold from ores. |
B. | Dissolving pharmaceutical products from bark or roots. |
C. | Dissolving sugar from the cells of the beet. |
D. | Removing nicotine from its water solution by kerosene. |
Answer» E. | |
281. |
The relative volatility of a binary mixture at the azeotropic composition is |
A. | 1 |
B. | > 1 |
C. | 0 |
D. | ‚àû |
Answer» B. > 1 | |
282. |
Langmuir equation is associated with |
A. | leaching |
B. | adsorption |
C. | steam distillation |
D. | multicomponent absorption. |
Answer» C. steam distillation | |
283. |
Moisture contained by a substance in excess of the equilibrium moisture is called the __________ moisture. |
A. | unbound |
B. | free |
C. | critical |
D. | bound |
Answer» C. critical | |
284. |
Which of the following equipments is not used for liquid dispersion ? |
A. | Wetted wall towers |
B. | Packed towers |
C. | Venturi scrubbers |
D. | Agitated vessels |
Answer» E. | |
285. |
For a single component absorber, the operating line is straight only when plotted in term of __________ units. |
A. | partial pressure |
B. | mole ratio |
C. | mole fraction |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. mole fraction | |
286. |
When the solvent dissolves very little of solute, then |
A. | solvent of low latent heat of vaporisation should be used. |
B. | solvent of low freezing point should be used. |
C. | large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute. |
D. | very small quantity of solvent is required. |
Answer» D. very small quantity of solvent is required. | |
287. |
The diffusion co-efficient in m2 /s. of acetic acid in benzene (liquid in liquid) is |
A. | 2.09 x 10-4 |
B. | 2.09 x 10-5 |
C. | 2.09 x 10-9 |
D. | 2.09 x 10-12 |
Answer» B. 2.09 x 10-5 | |
288. |
Pick out the system with minimum boiling azeotrope at 1 atm. |
A. | benzene-toluene |
B. | ethyl alcohol-water |
C. | hydrochloric acid-water |
D. | all (a), (b) and (c) |
Answer» C. hydrochloric acid-water | |
289. |
With increase in temperature, the solubility of gases in liquids, at fixed pressure |
A. | increases |
B. | decreases |
C. | remains same |
D. | either (a) or (b), depends on the system |
Answer» C. remains same | |
290. |
Tower diameter may be decreased by |
A. | using higher reflux ratio. |
B. | use of increased tray spacing. |
C. | increasing the liquid flow rate. |
D. | increasing the vapour flow rate. |
Answer» C. increasing the liquid flow rate. | |
291. |
The binary diffusivity in gases and liquids vary respectively as |
A. | T3/2 and T |
B. | T and T3/2 |
C. | T and T3/2 |
D. | T3/2 and T |
Answer» B. T and T3/2 | |
292. |
One mole feed of a binary mixture of a given composition is flash vaporised at a fixed P and T. If Raoult's law is obeyed, then changing the feed composition would effect |
A. | the product composition but not the fraction vaporised. |
B. | the product composition as well as the fraction vaporised. |
C. | the fraction vaporised but not the product composition. |
D. | neither the product composition nor the fraction vaporised. |
Answer» D. neither the product composition nor the fraction vaporised. | |
293. |
The most economical range of absorption factor is |
A. | 0 to 0.5 |
B. | 0 to 3 |
C. | 1.25 to 2 |
D. | 5 to 15 |
Answer» D. 5 to 15 | |
294. |
The slope of 9-line is determined by the |
A. | reflux ratio |
B. | plate efficiency to be achieved |
C. | thermal condition of the feed |
D. | relative volatility. |
Answer» D. relative volatility. | |
295. |
To remove all the moisture from a wet solid it requires exposure to __________ air. |
A. | perfectly dry |
B. | highly humid |
C. | high temperature |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. highly humid | |
296. |
Molecular seives are porous |
A. | alumina. |
B. | silica. |
C. | synthetic zeolites crystals/metal alumino-silicates. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» D. none of these. | |
297. |
Which of the following equipments is not used in liquid-liquid extraction ? |
A. | Pachuka tank |
B. | Agitated vessels |
C. | Centrifugal extractors |
D. | Packed towers |
Answer» B. Agitated vessels | |
298. |
McCabe-Thiele method of binary distillation does not assume that the |
A. | sensible heat changes are negligible compared with latent heat changes. |
B. | molar latent heats of all components are equal. |
C. | heat of mixing is negligible. |
D. | none of these |
Answer» E. | |
299. |
During sensible cooling process |
A. | relative humidity decreases |
B. | relative humidity increases |
C. | wet bulb temperature decreases |
D. | both (b) and (c) |
Answer» E. | |
300. |
The surface renewal frequency in Danckwerts' model of mass transfer is given by (KL: mass transfer co-efficient) |
A. | KL2.DA |
B. | KL2.DA |
C. | KL2/DA |
D. | KL/DA2 |
Answer» B. KL2.DA | |