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Process Equipment and Plant Design problems


  • 1. Welded joint efficiency in the design of chemical process equipment is taken as

  • Options
  • A. 0.55
  • B. 0.75
  • C. 0.85
  • D. 0.95
  • Discuss
  • 2. Overall mass transfer co-efficient in case of absorption of __________ in water is based on the gas film co-efficient only, as the mass transfer process is gas film (phase) controlling.

  • Options
  • A. CO2
  • B. SO2
  • C. NH3
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. The equivalent diameter for pressure drop is __________ that for heat transfer.

  • Options
  • A. smaller than
  • B. greater than
  • C. equal to
  • D. not related with
  • Discuss
  • 4. Most of the storage vessels/tanks are made cylindrical, because of the fact that a cylinder

  • Options
  • A. has greater structural strength.
  • B. is easy to fabricate.
  • C. both (a) and (b).
  • D. neither (a) nor (b).
  • Discuss
  • 5. Safety valves are provided in chemical equipments to guard against excessive

  • Options
  • A. temperature
  • B. pressure/pressure fluctuation
  • C. turbulence
  • D. noise
  • Discuss
  • 6. Pick out the correct statement

  • Options
  • A. Centre to centre distance between two consecutives rivets in a row is called the pitch.
  • B. A rivetted joint made in overlapping plates is called butt joint.
  • C. Hole size drilled in rivetted plates is less than the actual size of the rivet.
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 7. For identical situation, condensing film coefficient in case of a horizontal condenser is almost __________ the value expected in case of vertical condenser.

  • Options
  • A. half
  • B. twice
  • C. thrice
  • D. five times
  • Discuss
  • 8. A single pass air heater is connected to a two pass unit. For the air flow rate and other conditions remaining the same, the film heat transfer co-efficient for air will vary in the ratio of

  • Options
  • A. 2
  • B. 20.8
  • C. 20.2
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. The thickness of segmental baffles (25 -35% cut truncated plates usually) is generally __________ the tube wall thickness.

  • Options
  • A. equal to
  • B. twice
  • C. four times
  • D. half
  • Discuss
  • 10. In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for

  • Options
  • A. reducing scale deposition.
  • B. increasing pressure drop.
  • C. fixing the tubes.
  • D. creating turbulence.
  • Discuss

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