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WorksheetsChemical_Engineering_Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 52mins
A Globe valve is the most suitable for applications, in which
Fluid flow control is required
Fluid contains dispersed solid particles
Valve is required to be either fully open or fully closed
One way flow is required
Molecularity of an elementary reaction, P + Q → R + S is
1
2
3
4
In the context of the chemical process industries, the term BOD is normally associated with the
Organic concentration in gaseous effluents
Characterisation of solid wastes
Characterisation of boiler feed water
Characterisation of liquid effluents
The preferred material of construction for storage tanks for 98% sulphuric acid is
Aluminium
Mild steel
Stainless steel 326
Stainless steel 316
A Multiple Effect Evaporator as compared to a single effect evaporator of the same capacity has
Lower heat transfer area
Lower steam economy
Higher steam economy
Higher solute concentration in the product
an interphase mass transfer process, the lesser the solubility of a given solute in a liquid, the higher are the chances that the transfer process will be
Liquid phase resistance-controlled
Gas phase resistance controlled
Impossible
Driven by a non-linear driving force
A change in state involving a decrease in entropy can be spontaneous, only if
It is exothermic
It is isenthalpic
It takes place isothermally
It takes place at constant volume
Your company has two mixed flow reactors of unequal size of producing a specified product formed by homogenous second order reaction. How should these reactors be connected to achieve a maximum production rate?
The type of process that most often can benefit from derivative control is,
Flow
Level
Temperature
Pressure
Traces of solids are removed from,liquid in a
Classifier
Clarifier
Sparkler filter
Rotary vacuum filter
Which of the following is not categorised as a "Mechanical Operation"?
Agitation
Filtration
Size Enlargement
Humidification
Filtration capacity of rotary drum vaccum filter depends upon the
Cake Thickness
Characteristics of the feed slurry
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
If the temperature of saturated water is increased Infinitesimally at constant entropy, the resulting state of water will be
Liquid
Liquid-vapour coexistence
Saturated vapour
Solid
For heat transfer across a solid fluid interface, which one of the following
statements is NOT true when the Biot number is very small compared to 1?
Temperature profile within the solid is nearly uniform
Conduction resistance in the solid is very small compared to convection resistance in the fluid
Temperature drop in the solid is significant
Temperature drop in the fluid is significant
For the enclosure formed between two concentric spheres as shown in fig. (R2=2R1 ),
the fraction of radiation leaving the surface area A2 that strikes itself is
1/4
1/2
1/ 2
3/4
Minimum reflux ratio in distilalation column results in
Optimum number of trays
Minimum reboiler size
Maximum condenser size
Minimum Number of trays
For an exothermic reversible reaction, which one of the following correctly describes the dependence of the equilibrium constant (K) with temperature (T) and pressure (P)?
K is independent ofT and P
K increases with an increase in T and P
K increases with T and decreases with P
K decreases with an increase T and is independent of P
“Percentage excess air depends on complete combustion, not on how much material is actually burned.”
Above given statement is
True
False
Depends on a particular hydrocarbon
None of the mentioned
The expression, (ΣW)cycle=(ΣQ)cycle applies only to systems undergoing cycles.
True
False
Condensation starts at which point?
Dew point
Bubble point
Triple point
At all points mentioned above
What is the (COP)coefficient of performance of a system, if its work input is 75 J and heat removed is 45 J?
20%
40%
60%
80%
The dimensionless number that measures the ratio of heat transferred into a fluid to the thermal capacity of fluid-
Stanton number
Reynolds number
Sherwood number
Prandtl number
According to reynolds analogy,schmidt and prandtl no. of gas are
Equal
Not Equal
Both
None
Humidification involves
Heat Transfer
Mass Transfer
Both
None
The term,knuckle radius is associated with
Flat heads
Torispherical Heads
Hemispherical Heads
Conical Heads
laplace transform of a function is S+1/S(S+2). The initial and Final Values, respectively,of the function are,
0 and 1
1 and 1/2
1/2 and 1
1/2 and 0
An example of an open-one loop second order under-damped system is
liquid level in tank
u-Tube Manometer
Thermo-couple,in a thermo well
Two non-interacting first order systems in a series
Cascade control comes under the control configuration which uses
One measurement and one manipulated variable
More than one measurement and one manupilated variable
One measurement and more than one manupilated variable
More than one measurement and more than one manipulated variable
Ther thermal boundary layer is significantly thicker than the dyanamic boundary layer for
Newtonian Liquids
Polymeric liquids
Liquid metals
Gases
The critical speed of the ball mill of radius R, which contains balls of radius r,is proportional to
(R-r)^-0.5
(R-r)^-1
(R-r)
(R-r)^2
For Turbulent Flow past a flat plate , when no form drag is present the friction factor f and the chilton-colburn factor J(d) are related as
f and J(d) cannot be related
f and J(d) are equal
f is greater than J(d)
f is less than J(d)
The chief raw material for the commercial production of methanol is
Synthesis gas
Formaldehdye
Acetic acid
Ethanol
which of the following is detergent?
Alkyl beneze chromate
Cellulose nitrate
Polyvinyl Chloride
Alkyl benzene Sulphonate
A dam of width 50m is used to hold water in a reservoir. if the water height is 10m from the bottom of the dam, what is the force F acting on the dam due to the water? Assume g=10m/s^2, and the fluid density is 1000kg/m^3
F=12.5*10^6 N
F=25*10^6N
F=50*10^6 N
F=5*10^6 N
Size reduction of coarse hard solids using a crusher is accompanied by
Attrition
Compression
Cutting
Impact
Slurries are most efficiently tranferred by a
Syringe Pump
Diaphragm Pump
Vacuum Pump
Gear Pump
The velocity profile for the bingham plastic fluid flowing (under the laminar condition) in a pipe is
Parabolic
Flat
Flat Near the wall and parabolic in middle
Parabolic near the wall and flat in middle
Losses for the flow through valves and fittings are expresed in terms of
Drag Coefficient
Equivalent length of a straight Pipe
Shape Factor
Roughness Factor
In hagen-poiseuile flow through a cylindrical tube, the radial profile of shear stress is
Cubic
Constant
Parabolic
Linear
How aniline and chloroform can be separated?
Sublimation
Condensation
Distillation
Evaporation
