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  • Question
  • __________ 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

  • Correct Answer
  • Ellipsoidal 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. The approximate liquid depth in an agitation tank is equal to (where, d = tank diameter)

    • Options
    • A. 0.5 d
    • B. 0.75 d
    • C. d
    • D. 2 d
    • Discuss
    • 8. For given number of passes, pitch & tube diameter, the maximum number of tubes that can be accommodated in a shell of tripled inside diameter will be __________ times.

    • Options
    • A. about 9
    • B. considerably more than 9
    • C. considerably less than 9
    • D. about 3
    • Discuss
    • 9. A binary liquid azeotropic mixture has boiling point lower 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
    • 10. Baffle width is normally taken as __________ times the tank diameter.

    • Options
    • A. 0.1-0.12
    • B. 0.4-0.5
    • C. 0.45-0.6
    • D. 0.2-0.45
    • Discuss


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