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Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


  • 1. __________ head is the most economical for cylindrical vessels designed for operating at high pressure (> 15 atm.).

  • Options
  • A. Hemispherical
  • B. Dished
  • C. Ellipsoidal
  • D. Conical
  • Discuss
  • 2. The distance between the top of the slots and the liquid surface when the static liquid is just ready to flow over the overflow weir is called

  • Options
  • A. downcomer liquid seal
  • B. static submergence
  • C. skirt clearance
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. The approximate liquid depth in an agitation tank is equal to (where, d = tank diameter)

  • Options
  • A. 0.5 d
  • B. 0.75 d
  • C. d
  • D. 2 d
  • Discuss
  • 4. For given number of passes, pitch & tube diameter, the maximum number of tubes that can be accommodated in a shell of tripled inside diameter will be __________ times.

  • Options
  • A. about 9
  • B. considerably more than 9
  • C. considerably less than 9
  • D. about 3
  • Discuss
  • 5. A binary liquid azeotropic mixture has boiling point lower than either of the components, when it shows __________ deviation from Raoult's Law.

  • Options
  • A. positive
  • B. negative
  • C. no
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. Baffle width is normally taken as __________ times the tank diameter.

  • Options
  • A. 0.1-0.12
  • B. 0.4-0.5
  • C. 0.45-0.6
  • D. 0.2-0.45
  • Discuss
  • 7. The equivalent diameter for fluid flow through a channel of constant non-circular cross section of area 'A' is given by (where, P = perimeter of the channel in contact with the fluid)

  • Options
  • A. 4 A/P
  • B. A/P
  • C. 4 P/A
  • D. A
  • Discuss
  • 8. Larger depth of liquid on the trays of a distillation column

  • Options
  • A. leads to high tray efficiency.
  • B. results in higher pressure drop per tray.
  • C. both (a) & (b).
  • D. neither (a) or (b).
  • Discuss
  • 9. Pressure drop per tray in the atmospheric distillation column is about __________ psi.

  • Options
  • A. 0.01 - 0.5
  • B. 0.07 - 0.12
  • C. 0.5 - 1.0
  • D. 1 - 3
  • Discuss
  • 10. The centre to centre distance between two consecutive baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is called the baffle pitch or baffle spacing, which is more than 1/5th the I.D. of the shell. Which of the following is not a function of the baffles?

  • Options
  • A. To increase the residence time of shell side fluid.
  • B. To provide support to the tube bundle.
  • C. To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes.
  • D. To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence.
  • Discuss

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