Explore topic-wise MCQs in Chemical Engineering.

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351.

A _____________ mixer resembles a ball mill without balls?

A. Banbury
B. Pug mill
C. Tumbling
D. Pan
Answer» D. Pan
352.

A _____________ mill is a revolving mill divided into two or more sections by perforated partitions in which preliminary grinding takes place at one end and the finishing grinding at the discharge end?

A. Compartment
B. Tube
C. Rod
D. Pebble
Answer» B. Tube
353.

A fluid energy mill is used for __________________?

A. Cutting
B. Grinding
C. Ultra-grinding
D. Crushing
Answer» D. Crushing
354.

A fluid energy mill is used for_________________?

A. Cutting
B. Grinding
C. Ultra grinding
D. Crushing
Answer» D. Crushing
355.

A _______________ employs a set of screen across a flow channel for the separation of dirt/rust from a flowing liquid stream?

A. Thickener
B. Classifier
C. Strainer
D. Clarifier
Answer» D. Clarifier
356.

A cottrell precipitator makes use of the ______________ for dusty air cleaning?

A. Electric spark
B. Corona discharge
C. Alternating current
D. None of these
Answer» C. Alternating current
357.

A compressible cake has the_________________?

A. Maximum porosity at the upstream side
B. Maximum porosity at the filter medium
C. Same porosity throughout the cake thickness
D. None of these
Answer» B. Maximum porosity at the filter medium
358.

A centrifugal filtration unit operating at a rotational speed of w has inner surface of the liquid (density ρL) located at a radial distance R from the axis of rotation. The thickness of the liquid film is δ and no cake is formed. The initial pressure drop during filtration is ___________________?

A. ½w2 . R2 . ρL
B. ½w2 . δ2 . ρL
C. ½w2 . δρL (2R + δ)
D. ½w2 . R . ρL(R + 2δ)
Answer» D. ½w2 . R . ρL(R + 2δ)
359.

A belt conveyor used for the transportation of materials can___________________?

A. Run upto 1 km
B. Travel at a speed upto 300 metres/minute
C. Handle materials upto 5000 tons/hr
D. All A., B. and C.
Answer» E.
360.

A 30% (by volume) suspension of spherical sand particles in a viscous oil has a hindered settling velocity of 4.44 μm/s. If the Richardson Zaki hindered settling index is 4.5, then the terminal velocity of a sand grain is_________________?

A. 0.90 μm/s
B. 1 μm/s
C. 22.1 μm/s
D. 0.02 μm/s
Answer» C. 22.1 μm/s
361.

200 mesh sieve size corresponds to _____________ microns?

A. 24
B. 74
C. 154
D. 200
Answer» C. 154
362.

200 mesh screen means 200 openings per_____________________?

A. cm2
B. cm
C. inch
D. inch2
Answer» D. inch2