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				This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Separation Processes knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Why is pressure swing distillation costly? | 
| A. | High cost of gas compression | 
| B. | High cost of equipment | 
| C. | High cost of columns | 
| D. | Less yield | 
| Answer» B. High cost of equipment | |
| 2. | For pressure swing distillation, due to high cost of gas compression, __________ is akey factor. | 
| A. | Efficiency | 
| B. | Feed | 
| C. | Yield | 
| D. | Recycle ratio | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | In the separation of ethanol-water the feed is __________ in ethanol than azeotrope. | 
| A. | Less rich | 
| B. | More rich | 
| C. | Less clear | 
| D. | More clear | 
| Answer» B. More rich | |
| 4. | FOR_PRESSURE_SWING_DISTILLATION,_DUE_TO_HIGH_COST_OF_GAS_COMPRESSION,____________IS_AKEY_FACTOR.?$ | 
| A. | Efficiency | 
| B. | Feed | 
| C. | Yield | 
| D. | Recycle ratio | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. | Why_is_pressure_swing_distillation_costly?$ | 
| A. | High cost of gas compression | 
| B. | High cost of equipment | 
| C. | High cost of columns | 
| D. | Less yield | 
| Answer» B. High cost of equipment | |
| 6. | In the separation of ethanol-water the feed is __________ in ethanol than azeotrope? | 
| A. | Less rich | 
| B. | More rich | 
| C. | Less clear | 
| D. | More clear | 
| Answer» B. More rich | |
| 7. | What does recycle ratio depends on? | 
| A. | Variation of azeotropic composition with column pressure | 
| B. | Variation of pressure with composition | 
| C. | Cost of gas compression | 
| D. | Efficiency of instrument | 
| Answer» B. Variation of pressure with composition | |
| 8. | Why is recycle ratio a key design factor? | 
| A. | Low cost of gas compression | 
| B. | High cost of gas compression | 
| C. | High equipment cost | 
| D. | High gas cost | 
| Answer» C. High equipment cost | |
| 9. | Hydrochloric acid-water mixture is separated using: | 
| A. | Salt distillation | 
| B. | Extractive distillation | 
| C. | Differential distillation | 
| D. | Pressure swing distillation | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | Formic acid-water mixture is separated using: | 
| A. | Salt distillation | 
| B. | Extractive distillation | 
| C. | Differential distillation | 
| D. | Pressure swing distillation | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. | Which of the following is an application of pressure swing distillation? | 
| A. | Tetrahydrofuran-water mixture | 
| B. | Hydrochloric acid-methanol mixture | 
| C. | Tetrahydrofuran-methanol mixture | 
| D. | Hydrochloric acid- tetrahydrofuran mixture | 
| Answer» B. Hydrochloric acid-methanol mixture | |
| 12. | What is done in pressure swing distillation? | 
| A. | Two columns in series at same pressure | 
| B. | Two columns in parallel at same pressure | 
| C. | Two columns in series at different pressures | 
| D. | Two columns in parallel at different pressures | 
| Answer» D. Two columns in parallel at different pressures | |
| 13. | When is the pressure swing distillation used? | 
| A. | When the binary azeotrope changes composition by 5mol% over a moderate range of pressure | 
| B. | When the binary azeotrope changes composition by 10mol% over a moderate range of pressure | 
| C. | When the binary azeotrope changes composition by 2mol% over a moderate range of pressure | 
| D. | When the binary azeotrope changes composition by 0.5mol% over a moderate range of pressure | 
| Answer» B. When the binary azeotrope changes composition by 10mol% over a moderate range of pressure | |