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Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


  • 1. __________ of water makes it a widely used coolant in heat exchangers.

  • Options
  • A. Low corrosiveness
  • B. Low dirt factor
  • C. High specific heat
  • D. Low viscosity
  • Discuss
  • 2. Pick out the wrong statement.

  • Options
  • A. Plate efficiency increases with increase in superficial vapour velocity till entrainment limit.
  • B. Increase in depth of the liquid about the slots increases the plate efficiency, particularly if the liquid depth is < 1".
  • C. Too small a plate spacing can cause a low efficiency, if the vapour velocity is greater than the allowable value.
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a long tube vertical evaporator.

  • Options
  • A. Tube dia is 3-6 cms, while tube length in 3-6 metres.
  • B. Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube.
  • C. Liquor level is maintained at l/3rd to 1/2 of the height of the tube.
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 4. In seive plate column, holes are drilled or punched in sizes ranging from 2.5 to 12 mm (5 mm being widely used). The hole pitch is normally __________ times the hole diameter to give the required hole area.

  • Options
  • A. 0.5 to 1.5
  • B. 2.5 to 4.0
  • C. 5 to 10
  • D. 10 to 15
  • Discuss
  • 5. Which of the following is the most common type of baffle used in industrial shell and tube heat exchanger?

  • Options
  • A. 75% cut segmental baffle.
  • B. 25% cut segmental baffle.
  • C. Orifice baffle.
  • D. Disk and doughnut baffle.
  • Discuss
  • 6. In which of the following evaporators, steam is fed inside the tube while the liquor is outside the tube?

  • Options
  • A. Long tube vertical evaporator
  • B. Short tube vertical evaporator
  • C. Horizontal tube evaporator
  • D. None of these
  • Discuss
  • 7. What is the minimum recommended ligament for square pitch arrangement in case of heat exchangers?

  • Options
  • A. 6.5 cms
  • B. 6.5 mm
  • C. Equal to tube I.D
  • D. Equal to tube O.D
  • Discuss
  • 8. Liquid gradient over the tray results due to the

  • Options
  • A. resistance offered to flow of liquids by caps & risers and the flow of gas.
  • B. low gas velocity.
  • C. large plate spacing.
  • D. large reflux ratio.
  • Discuss
  • 9. The force due to wind load acting on a tall vessel depends upon its

  • Options
  • A. shape.
  • B. outside diameter.
  • C. height.
  • D. all (a), (b) & (c).
  • Discuss
  • 10. Pick out the wrong statement.

  • Options
  • A. An air cooled finned pipe is diagram-matically represented by
  • B. A heat exchanger is diagrammatically represented by
  • C. A 90° welded elbow is diagrammatically represented by
  • D. A pipe still heater is diagrammatically represented by
  • Discuss

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