Chemical Engineering Mcqs

For an ideal gas mixture undergoing a reversible gaseous phase chemical reaction, the equilibrium constant ?

(A) Is independent of pressure
(B) Increases with pressure
(C) Decreases with pressure
(D) Increases /decreases with pressure depending on the stoichiometric co-efficients of the reaction

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Maximum equilibrium conversion for endothermic reaction is obtained at the ______________ temperature?

(A) Highest possible
(B) Lowest possible
(C) Intermediate
(D) Room

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A space velocity of 5 hr-1 means that ___________________?

(A) Five reactor volumes of feed (at specified conditions) are being fed into the reactor per hour
(B) After every 5 hours, reactor is being filled with the feed
(C) Cent per cent conversion can be achieved in at least 5 hours
(D) A fixed conversion of a given batch of feed takes 5 hours

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The reaction A → B is conducted in an adiabatic plug flow reactor (PFR). Pure A at a concentration of 2 kmol/m3is fed to the reactor at the rate of 0.01 m3 /s and at a temperature of 500 K. If the exit conversion is 20%, then the exit temperature (in k) is (Data: Heat of reaction at 298 K = – 50000 kJ/ kmole of A reacted Heat capacities CPA = CPB = 100kJ/kmole. K (may be assumed to be independent of temperature)) ?

(A) 400
(B) 500
(C) 600
(D) 1000

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For the non catalytic reaction of particles with surrounding fluid, the same needed to achieve the same fractional conversion for particles of different unchanging sizes is proportional to the particle diameter, when the ________________ is the controlling resistance?

(A) Film diffusion
(B) Diffusion through ash layer
(C) Chemical reaction
(D) Either

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For every 10°C rise in temperature, the rate of chemical reaction doubles. When the temperature is increased from 30 to 70°C, the rate of reaction increases ______________ times?

(A) 8
(B) 12
(C) 16
(D) 32

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Which of the following resistances is not involved in a gas phase catalytic (gas-solid) reaction ?

(A) Ash resistance
(B) Gas film and pore surface diffusion resistances for reactants
(C) Surface phenomenon resistance
(D) Gas film and pore surface diffusion resistances for products

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The minimum energy required to allow a chemical reaction to proceed is termed as the ‘threshold energy ‘. Chemical reactions with low activation energy are ________________?

(A) Always irreversible
(B) Insensitive to temperature changes
(C) Mostly irreversible
(D) Highly temperature sensitive

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The rate at which a chemical substance reacts is proportional to its____________________?

(A) Active mass
(B) Equivalent weight
(C) Molecular weight
(D) None of these

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For any reaction, we may write conversion as a function of______________________?

(A) Time
(B) Temperature
(C) Concentration
(D) All

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