logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion


Home Chemical Engineering Process Equipment and Plant Design Comments

  • Question
  • The safe distance of habitation from a hazardous chemical plant (TLV of its product < 1000 ppm) should be about __________ kms.


  • Options
  • A. 1
  • B. 5
  • C. 15
  • D. 25

  • Correct Answer
  • 25 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


    Search Results


    • 1. The minimum tray spacing in distillation column of diameter less than 3 ft is normally __________ inches.

    • Options
    • A. 6
    • B. 18
    • C. 24
    • D. 34
    • Discuss
    • 2. Joint efficiency (J) for a seamless pipe is

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 0.85
    • C. 1.2
    • D. < 0.5
    • Discuss
    • 3. Lap joints are preferred for plates having thickness __________ mm.

    • Options
    • A. < 12.5
    • B. > 3
    • C. > 5
    • D. 5-10
    • Discuss
    • 4. A cylindrical storage tank can have a self supported conical roof,

    • Options
    • A. if its diameter is less than 15-20metres.
    • B. if its diameter is more than 50 meters.
    • C. if the thickness of the roof is more than that of the cylindrical shell.
    • D. irrespective of its diameter.
    • Discuss
    • 5. In inclined long tube vertical evaporators, the tubes are inclined at an angle of

    • Options
    • A. 15°
    • B. 90°
    • C. 45°
    • D. 60°
    • Discuss
    • 6. Maximum allowable vapour velocity in a bubble cap tower is determined by the

    • Options
    • A. entrainment considerations.
    • B. vapour density.
    • C. diameter of the column.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Generally, as the length of the liquid path on a tray is increased beyond 5 ft, the overall column efficiency

    • Options
    • A. increases
    • B. decreases
    • C. remains same
    • D. may increase or decrease depending upon the plate spacing
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to a shell and tube heat exchanger.

    • Options
    • A. The minimum value of baffle spacing is 50 mm.
    • B. The maximum value of baffle spacing is equal to the I.D. of the shell.
    • C. The maximum unsupported tube span is generally about 75 times tube diameter, but is reduced to about 60 times for aluminium, copper & alloys of these.
    • D. Disk and doughnut baffle is the most commonly used baffle.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Normally, the ratio of the total riser area to the tower cross sectional area (for bubble cap towers of diameter more than 3 ft) is around

    • Options
    • A. 0.4-0.6
    • B. 0.35-0.75
    • C. 0.1-0.2
    • D. 0.55-0.85
    • Discuss
    • 10. The type of stress developed in a metallic bar on subjecting it to a change in temperature without allowing it to be deformed is __________ stress.

    • Options
    • A. shear
    • B. tensile
    • C. compressive
    • D. thermal
    • Discuss


    Comments

    There are no comments.

Enter a new Comment