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  • Question
  • Which of the following packing materials provides for maximum mass transfer?


  • Options
  • A. Lessig rings.
  • B. Raschig rings.
  • C. Cross-partition rings.
  • D. All give the same value.

  • Correct Answer
  • Cross-partition rings. 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


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    • 1. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. In practical operation, distillation towers having diameter 3-6 metres equipped with bubble cap (round) size of 15 cms are used.
    • B. Height of packing in a packed tower is about 3 times the column diameter for raschig rings and about 5 to 10 times the column diameter for saddle packing.
    • C. In a seive tray, the minimum hole diameter is equal to the tray thickness.
    • D. In a stainless steel seive tray, the minimum hole diameter is equal to 10 times the plate thickness.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Fouling factor must be included in the calculation of over all design heat transfer coefficient, when the liquid

    • Options
    • A. containing suspended solids flows at low velocity.
    • B. containing suspended solids flows at high velocity.
    • C. is highly viscous.
    • D. is of high specific gravity.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Lug support is meant for supporting __________ vessels.

    • Options
    • A. large horizontal cylindrical
    • B. tall but empty
    • C. small
    • D. thick walled tall
    • Discuss
    • 4. Cylindrical storage tanks used for the storage of volatile liquids (e.g., naphtha) have __________ roofs.

    • Options
    • A. conical
    • B. flat
    • C. floating
    • D. fixed
    • Discuss
    • 5. A cylinderical pressure vessel of volume 6 ?m3 has to be designed to withstand a maximum internal pressure of 10 atm. The allowable design stress of the material is 125N/mm2 and corrosion allowance is 2 mm. The thickness of the vessel for a length/diameter ratio of 3 will be close to

    • Options
    • A. 5 mm
    • B. 6 mm
    • C. 8 mm
    • D. 10 mm
    • Discuss
    • 6. Diameter of rivet hole (d, mm) and the plate thickness (t, mm) are related by Unwin's formula as

    • Options
    • A. d = 1.1 t
    • B. d = 1.6 t
    • C. d = 1.5 t
    • D. 3t
    • Discuss
    • 7. The ratio of linear stress to linear strain is termed as the

    • Options
    • A. modulus of elasticity
    • B. modulus of rigidity
    • C. bulk modulus
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Bubble cap diameter used for the distillation column having diameter ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 metres is about __________ mm.

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 50
    • C. 100
    • D. 150
    • Discuss
    • 9. __________ head is the most economical for cylindrical vessels designed for operating at high pressure (> 15 atm.).

    • Options
    • A. Hemispherical
    • B. Dished
    • C. Ellipsoidal
    • D. Conical
    • Discuss
    • 10. The distance between the top of the slots and the liquid surface when the static liquid is just ready to flow over the overflow weir is called

    • Options
    • A. downcomer liquid seal
    • B. static submergence
    • C. skirt clearance
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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