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  • Question
  • The length of straight rectangular weir used on cross-flow trays is generally __________ the column diameter.


  • Options
  • A. 0.6-0.8 times
  • B. equal to
  • C. twice
  • D. 2 ft irrespective of (for column > 3 ft diameter)

  • Correct Answer
  • 0.6-0.8 times 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


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    • 1. What is the slope of the operating line in the rectifying section of a distillation coloumn?

    • Options
    • A. 0
    • B. ?
    • C. > 1
    • D. <1
    • Discuss
    • 2. When one of the fluids is highly corrosive and has fouling tendency, it should

    • Options
    • A. preferably flow inside the tube for its easier internal cleaning.
    • B. perferably flow outside the tube.
    • C. flow at a very slow velocity.
    • D. flow outside the tube, when the flow is counter-current and inside the tube when the flow is co-current.
    • Discuss
    • 3. In case of saddle packing (e.g., berl and intralox saddles), the maximum size of the packing should not exceed __________ of the column diameter.

    • Options
    • A. l/5th
    • B. l/15th
    • C. l/30th
    • D. l/50th
    • Discuss
    • 4. The longitudinal stress induced in a thin walled cylinderical vessel under internal pressure is

    • Options
    • A. pd/2t
    • B. pd/4t
    • C. pd/t
    • D. pd/8t
    • Discuss
    • 5. Baffles are provided in a shell and tube heat exchanger to increase the turbulence and velocity of the shell side fluid. Which of the following shaped baffles does not fall in the category of transverse baffle?

    • Options
    • A. Segmental baffle
    • B. Flat plate extending across the wall
    • C. Disk type baffle
    • D. Helical type baffle
    • Discuss
    • 6. In a __________ rivetted joint, the number of rivets decreases from the innermost row to the outermost row.

    • Options
    • A. chain
    • B. diamond
    • C. zig-zag
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Any shell opening greater than 5 cms for a storage tank must be reinforced for reason of

    • Options
    • A. preventing the local overstressing of the shell around the opening.
    • B. reduction of discontinuity in shape at the junction.
    • C. making the joint leak proof.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. At equal mass velocities, the values of film co-efficients for gases as compared to that for liquids are generally.

    • Options
    • A. higher
    • B. lower
    • C. same
    • D. unpredictable
    • Discuss
    • 9. Seamless pipe is made

    • Options
    • A. from rolled strips formed into cylinders and seam-welded.
    • B. by extrusion & casting into static and centrifugal molds.
    • C. by forging a solid round, piercing it by simultaneously rotating & forcing it over a piercer point and further reducing it by rolling gas drawing.
    • D. both (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 10. The minimum baffle height should be

    • Options
    • A. equal to the impeller diameter.
    • B. twice the impeller diameter.
    • C. twice the tank diameter.
    • D. 3/4 of the tank height.
    • Discuss


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