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Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


  • 1. In a double pipe concentric heat exchanger, the equivalent diameter of annulus for heat transfer would be (where, D1 and D2 are I.D. of inner and outer pipes)

  • Options
  • A.
  • B. D2 - D1
  • C.
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. Excessive liquid gradient on a tray may result in the

  • Options
  • A. maldistribution of gas.
  • B. back trapping.
  • C. gas blowing beneath cap skit.
  • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
  • Discuss
  • 3. In a cylinderical vessel subjected to internal pressure, the longitudinal stress ?L and the circumferential stress, ?n are related by

  • Options
  • A. ?h = 2 ?L
  • B. ?h = ?L
  • C. ?h = ?L/2
  • D. no relation exists
  • Discuss
  • 4. Rotary driers are most economically designed for the number of heat transfer units (HTU) from

  • Options
  • A. 0.01 to 1
  • B. 1.5 to 2.5
  • C. 5 to 10
  • D. 10 to 20
  • Discuss
  • 5. Heat transfer co-efficient, hG(Kcal/hr.m2 .°C) and mass velocity of air, G (kg/hr.m2 ) for air flow parallel to the surface in case of constant drying rate in batch drying is related as hG = 0.0176G0.8. But when the flow of air perpendicular to the surface is encountered, this equation changes to

  • Options
  • A. hG = 1.004G0.37
  • B. 1.004G0.8
  • C. hG = 0.0176G0.37
  • D. 0.0176G1.37
  • Discuss
  • 6. __________ liquor is best handled in a long tube vertical evaporator.

  • Options
  • A. Foamy
  • B. Scaling
  • C. Viscous
  • D. Salting
  • Discuss
  • 7. The testing pressure of storage tanks and pressure vessels designed as per Indian standard codes should be about __________ times.the design pressure.

  • Options
  • A. 1.5 to 2
  • B. 3 to 4
  • C. 4 to 5
  • D. >5
  • Discuss
  • 8. Minimum baffle spacing recommended in a shell and tube heat exchanger is equal to

  • Options
  • A. 5 cms
  • B. 40% of the I.D. of the shell
  • C. 25 cms
  • D. I.D. of the shell
  • Discuss
  • 9. The units of Young's modulus of elasticity and __________ are the same.

  • Options
  • A. strain
  • B. stress
  • C. modular ratio
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. The ratio of tube length to shell diameter in case of liquid shell and tube heat exchanger ranges from

  • Options
  • A. 2 to 3
  • B. 3 to 5
  • C. 4 to 8
  • D. 6 to 12
  • Discuss

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