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  • Question
  • For storing hazardous chemicals in large storage tanks, the minimum safe distance between the two tanks should range between __________ times the tank diameter.


  • Options
  • A. 1 to 1.5
  • B. 2.5 to 3.5
  • C. 4 to 5
  • D. 6 to 8

  • Correct Answer
  • 1 to 1.5 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


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    • 1. In common bubble cap distillation column design practice, riser area is approximately equal to (where, Aa = Annular passage area, and Sa = Slot area)

    • Options
    • A. Aa = Sa
    • B. 1.2 Aa = 1.2 Sa
    • C. Sa = 1.5 Aa
    • D. Aa = 1.5 Sa
    • Discuss
    • 2. Vertical condenser is advantageous to the horizontal condenser from operation point of view, when

    • Options
    • A. hydrostatic head is required for refluxing the condensate.
    • B. only the function of condensation is to be carried out.
    • C. sub cooling of condensate is desired.
    • D. both the functions of condensation & sub cooling are carried out in a single unit.
    • Discuss
    • 3. A binary liquid azeotropic mixture has boiling point higher than either of the components, when it shows __________ deviation from Raoult's Law.

    • Options
    • A. positive
    • B. negative
    • C. no
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. Commercial packed scrubbers are normally designed for a pressure drop range of __________ mm water coloumn per metre of packed height.

    • Options
    • A. 4-8
    • B. 17-34
    • C. 52-68
    • D. 88-105
    • Discuss
    • 5. In case of design of a shell and tube heat exchanger,

    • Options
    • A. minimum cleaning lane of 6.5 mm is provided, when tubes are on a square pitch.
    • B. minimum tube sheet thickness (in which tubes are fixed) is equal to the O.D. of the tube upto 15 mm tube diameter; and for > 15 mm tube diameter, tube sheet thickness is smaller than tube diameter.
    • C. O.D. of the tube is 6 to 40 mm while the tube lengths used are 0.5, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6 metres.
    • D. all (a), (b) & (c).
    • Discuss
    • 6. Theoretically calculated diameter of the stripping section of the continuous rectification column is __________ that of the enriching section.

    • Options
    • A. less than
    • B. more than
    • C. same as
    • D. either more or less (depending upon relative volatility)
    • Discuss
    • 7. A pressure vessel is said to be made of 'thick' shell, if the ratio of its diameter to wall thickness is

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 10
    • C. 20
    • D. 20
    • Discuss
    • 8. Rate of filtrate delivery is inversely proportional to the

    • Options
    • A. filtering area & the pressure difference driving force.
    • B. viscosity of filtrate.
    • C. cake & filter medium resistance.
    • D. both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a thin cylindrical shell, the hoop stress is __________ stress.

    • Options
    • A. radial
    • B. circumferential tensile
    • C. compressive
    • D. longitudinal
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following factors determine the amount of entrainment in a distillation column?

    • Options
    • A. Plate spacing.
    • B. Depth of liquid above the bubble cap slots.
    • C. Vapour velocity in the volume between the plates.
    • D. All (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss


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