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Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


  • 1. Holes of a sieve tray are arranged in triangular pitch of __________ times the hole diameter.

  • Options
  • A. 1.5 to 2
  • B. 2.5 to 5
  • C. 5 to 10
  • D. 10 to 15
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is not a valid assumption in continuous binary distillation for calculating the number of equilibrium stages by Mc-Cabe-Thiele's method?

  • Options
  • A. Sensible heat changes for vapour & liquid are negligibly small.
  • B. Reflux is not a saturated liquid.
  • C. Molar latent heat of the two components are equal.
  • D. Heat of mixing of normal liquid is assumed to be zero.
  • Discuss
  • 3. In a heat exchanger, shell side fluid velocity can be changed by changing the tube

  • Options
  • A. layout
  • B. pitch
  • C. both (a) & (b)
  • D. neither (a) nor (b)
  • Discuss
  • 4. For laminar flow (NRe < 2100) in steel pipe, the optimum inside pipe diameter is given by

  • Options
  • A. Di, opt = 3 Q0.36 ?0.18
  • B. Di, opt = 3.9 Q0.45 . ?0.23
  • C. Di, opt = 7.6 Q0.36 . ?0.9
  • D. Di, opt = 3 Q0.36 . ?1.86 ?0.08
  • Discuss
  • 5. Lessing ring is formed by the addition of a partition across the centre of a raschig ring, which results in an area increase of about __________ percent.

  • Options
  • A. 5
  • B. 20
  • C. 35
  • D. 55
  • Discuss
  • 6. In perforated plate towers, the

  • Options
  • A. hole sizes may be around 1/8" or 3/16".
  • B. total hole area may be around 6 to 15% of tower cross-sectional area.
  • C. pressure drop is less compared is similar bubble cap towers.
  • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
  • Discuss
  • 7. A rivetted joint does not fail by __________ of rivets.

  • Options
  • A. tearing
  • B. shearing
  • C. tearing of the plate across a row
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 8. Chemical Engineering Process Equipment and Plant Design: for fully open globe v for fully open globe value may be around

  • Options
  • A. 10
  • B. 25
  • C. 75
  • D. 300
  • Discuss
  • 9. The ends of a cylinderical vessel can be closed by a head, which can be one of the four shapes. For the same thickness, choose the one which can withstand the highest pressure.

  • Options
  • A. Flat plate
  • B. Hemispherical
  • C. Torispherical
  • D. Ellipsoidal
  • Discuss
  • 10. In case of bubble cap distillation column of diameter greater than 1.2 metres, the cap diameter is roughly about __________ cms.

  • Options
  • A. 10
  • B. 20
  • C. 30
  • D. 35
  • Discuss

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