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  • Question
  • For identical situation, condensing film coefficient in case of a horizontal condenser is almost __________ the value expected in case of vertical condenser.


  • Options
  • A. half
  • B. twice
  • C. thrice
  • D. five times

  • Correct Answer
  • thrice 


  • Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


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    • 1. Pick out the correct statement

    • Options
    • A. Centre to centre distance between two consecutives rivets in a row is called the pitch.
    • B. A rivetted joint made in overlapping plates is called butt joint.
    • C. Hole size drilled in rivetted plates is less than the actual size of the rivet.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Safety valves are provided in chemical equipments to guard against excessive

    • Options
    • A. temperature
    • B. pressure/pressure fluctuation
    • C. turbulence
    • D. noise
    • Discuss
    • 3. Most of the storage vessels/tanks are made cylindrical, because of the fact that a cylinder

    • Options
    • A. has greater structural strength.
    • B. is easy to fabricate.
    • C. both (a) and (b).
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 4. The equivalent diameter for pressure drop is __________ that for heat transfer.

    • Options
    • A. smaller than
    • B. greater than
    • C. equal to
    • D. not related with
    • Discuss
    • 5. Overall mass transfer co-efficient in case of absorption of __________ in water is based on the gas film co-efficient only, as the mass transfer process is gas film (phase) controlling.

    • Options
    • A. CO2
    • B. SO2
    • C. NH3
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. A single pass air heater is connected to a two pass unit. For the air flow rate and other conditions remaining the same, the film heat transfer co-efficient for air will vary in the ratio of

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 20.8
    • C. 20.2
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The thickness of segmental baffles (25 -35% cut truncated plates usually) is generally __________ the tube wall thickness.

    • Options
    • A. equal to
    • B. twice
    • C. four times
    • D. half
    • Discuss
    • 8. In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for

    • Options
    • A. reducing scale deposition.
    • B. increasing pressure drop.
    • C. fixing the tubes.
    • D. creating turbulence.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the

    • Options
    • A. sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small.
    • B. Trouton's rule is applicable.
    • C. liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 10. What is the value of 'q' for saturated vapor feed to a distillation column?(where q = fraction of the feed stream that is liquid.)

    • Options
    • A. 0
    • B. 1
    • C. <0
    • D. > 1
    • Discuss


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