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  • Question
  • Addition of filter aid to the slurry before filtration is done to ...... of the cake.


  • Options
  • A. increase the porosity
  • B. increase the compressibility co-efficient
  • C. decrease the porosity
  • D. decrease the compressibility co-efficient

  • Correct Answer
  • increase the porosity 


  • Mechanical Operations problems


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    • 1. Driving force in case of filtration by a centrifuge is the

    • Options
    • A. speed of the centrifuge.
    • B. centrifugal pressure exerted by the liquid.
    • C. narrow diameter of the vessel.
    • D. formation of highly porous cake.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Traces of solids are removed from, liquid in a

    • Options
    • A. classifier
    • B. clarifier
    • C. sparkler filter
    • D. rotary vacuum filter
    • Discuss
    • 3. Bucket elevators are not suitable for the vertical lifting of __________ materials.

    • Options
    • A. fine (e.g. - 200 mesh size coal)
    • B. sticky (e.g. clay paste)
    • C. small lumpy (e.g. grains and sand)
    • D. free flowing
    • Discuss
    • 4. A tube mill as compared to a ball mill

    • Options
    • A. employs smaller balls.
    • B. gives finer size reduction but consumes more power.
    • C. has larger length/diameter ratio (>2 as compared to 1 for ball mill).
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 5. Length/diameter ratio of a ball mill is

    • Options
    • A. 1.5
    • B. 1
    • C. < 1
    • D. > 1
    • Discuss
    • 6. A. __________ mill is a revolving mill divided into two or more sections by perforated partitions in which preliminary grinding takes place at one end and the finishing grinding at the discharge end.

    • Options
    • A. compartment
    • B. tube
    • C. rod
    • D. pebble.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The study on washability of coal is done by using the __________ technique.

    • Options
    • A. tabling
    • B. elutriation
    • C. heavy media separation
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Kick's law assumes that the energy required for size reduction is proportional to the logarithm of the ratio between the initial and the final diameters. The unit of Kick's constant is

    • Options
    • A. kW. sec/kg
    • B. kWh/kg
    • C. kWh/sec. kg
    • D. kg/sec.
    • Discuss
    • 9. For separation of sugar solution from settled out mud, we use a __________ filter.

    • Options
    • A. sparkler
    • B. plate and frame
    • C. centrifugal
    • D. rotary drum vaccum
    • Discuss
    • 10. Specific surface area is the surface area of a unit __________ of materials.

    • Options
    • A. weight
    • B. volume
    • C. either (a) or (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss


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