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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Heat Transfer Operations knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
The pressure drop in a packed bed is _______ for a given length. |
A. | Constant |
B. | Exponentially Increasing |
C. | Parabolically Increasing |
D. | Linearly Increasing |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
The Velocity profile in a packed bed reactor is__________ |
A. | Fully parabolic |
B. | Parabolic near the walls |
C. | Flat at the centre |
D. | Concave downward near the walls and upward at the centre |
Answer» C. Flat at the centre | |
3. |
The Temperature profile in a packed bed reactor surrounded by a cooling liquid is__________ |
A. | Fully parabolic |
B. | Parabolic near the walls |
C. | Flat at the centre |
D. | Concave downward near the walls and upward at the centre |
Answer» B. Parabolic near the walls | |
4. |
In a Packed Bed Shell and Tube HE, the pellets are usually kept _______ |
A. | At Tube Side |
B. | At Shell side |
C. | At any side as required |
D. | At floor of the shell |
Answer» B. At Shell side | |
5. |
Packed Beds are one of the most common heat exchangers because of its very ______ |
A. | High bed side heat transfer coefficient |
B. | High wall side heat transfer coefficient |
C. | High conductivity |
D. | Low heat transfer rate |
Answer» B. High wall side heat transfer coefficient | |
6. |
As an Indirect contact HE, Packed beds have _______ fluid flow. |
A. | Continuous |
B. | Constant |
C. | Intermittent |
D. | Reversing |
Answer» D. Reversing | |
7. |
For an Exothermic Reaction, which of the following operation is best suited to support the reaction? |
A. | Shell and tube with hot fluid in shell and packed bed in tube |
B. | Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube |
C. | Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell |
D. | Shell and tube with cold fluid in tube and packed bed in shell |
Answer» C. Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell | |
8. |
For an Endothermic Reaction, which of the following operation is best suited to support the reaction? |
A. | Shell and tube with hot fluid in shell and packed bed in tube |
B. | Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube |
C. | Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell |
D. | Shell and tube with cold fluid in tube and packed bed in shell |
Answer» B. Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube | |
9. |
Which of the following is not a valid operation of packed bed reactors? |
A. | Shell and Tube Setup |
B. | Indirect contact setup |
C. | Feedwater heater |
D. | Direct Contact setup |
Answer» D. Direct Contact setup | |
10. |
Why are Packed bed Heat Exchangers Direct contact type heat exchangers? |
A. | Because they create heavy mixing |
B. | Uses two fluids to transfer heat by dissolving into each other |
C. | Gas liquid system where they are brought to direct contact |
D. | Gas-Gas system where they are brought to direct contact |
Answer» D. Gas-Gas system where they are brought to direct contact | |
11. |
Wall heated packed beds and wall cooled both have more or less the same correlations. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
12. |
It has been found that wall-cooled operations on packed beds show more effective heat transfer rate than wall-heated operations. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
13. |
Why is heating or cooling required in packed beds if we don t use it as a heat exchanger? |
A. | To Cool Exothermic reactions |
B. | To cool water by using ice as pellets |
C. | To cool petroleum by using ice as pellets |
D. | To heat exothermic reactions |
Answer» B. To cool water by using ice as pellets | |
14. |
Which one of the following is not a use of packed bed? |
A. | Regenerators |
B. | Stripping |
C. | Mixing |
D. | Solid matrix heat exchangers |
Answer» D. Solid matrix heat exchangers | |
15. |
Packed bed reactors are ________ heat exchangers. |
A. | Indirect Contact |
B. | Direct Contact |
C. | Tubular |
D. | Plate-type |
Answer» C. Tubular | |