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Which of the following remains constant during sensible cooling process?
Options
A. Specific humidity
B. Partial pressure of vapour
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b)
Correct Answer
Both (a) and (b)
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1. Total reflux in a distillation operation requires minimum
Options
A. reboiler load
B. number of plates
C. condenser load
D. all (a), (b) and (c)
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Correct Answer: number of plates
2. As the reflux ratio in a distillation coloumn is increased from the minimum, the
Options
A. slope of the operating line in stripping section decreases.
B. number of plates decreases very slowly first and then more and more rapidly.
C. total cost first decreases and then increases.
D. liquid flow increases while the vapor flow decreases for a system.
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Correct Answer: total cost first decreases and then increases.
3. The equipment frequently used for adiabatic humidification-cooling operation with recirculating liquid is
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A. natural draft cooling tower
B. induced draft cooling tower
C. spray chamber
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: spray chamber
4. Which of the following unit operations makes use of Thiele-Geddes equation?
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A. Liquid-liquid extraction
B. Solid-liquid extraction
C. Multicomponent absorption with chemical reaction
D. Multicomponent distillation.
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Correct Answer: Multicomponent distillation.
5. Overall efficiency of the distillation column is
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A. the ratio of number of ideal plates to actual plates.
B. the ratio of number of actual plates to ideal plates.
C. same as the Murphree efficiency.
D. always more than the point efficiency.
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Correct Answer: the ratio of number of ideal plates to actual plates.
6. Air initially at 101. 3 kPa and 40°C and with a relative humidity of 50%, is cooled at constant pressure to 30°C. The cooled air has a
Options
A. higher dew point.
B. higher absolute (specific) humidity.
C. higher relative humidity
D. higher wet bulb temperature.
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Correct Answer: higher relative humidity
7. Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture
Options
A. increases with temperature rise.
B. decreases with temperature rise.
C. decreases with decrease in pressure.
D. increases with increase in pressure.
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Correct Answer: decreases with decrease in pressure.
8. To increase the absorption factor, (where,
G
= gas flow rate,
S
= solvent flow rate)
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A. increase both '
G
' and '
S
'.
B. decrease both '
G
' and '
S
'.
C. increase '
S
' and decrease '
G
'.
D. increase '
G
' and decrease '
S
'
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Correct Answer: increase '
S
' and decrease '
G
'.
9. The term "cooling range" in a cooling tower refers to the difference in the temperature of
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A. cold water leaving the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air.
B. hot water entering the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air.
C. hot water entering the tower and the cooled water leaving the tower.
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: hot water entering the tower and the cooled water leaving the tower.
10. In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the
Options
A. allowable liquid velocity.
B. allowable gas velocity.
C. allowable gas and liquid velocities.
D. feed composition.
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Correct Answer: allowable gas and liquid velocities.
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