Chemical Engineering Mcqs

In a forward feed multiple effect evaporator unit__________________?

• (A)  Viscosity of liquid is highest in first effect
• (B)  Transfer from effect to effect is done by pumps
• (C)  No pump is required to withdraw the product from the last effect
• (D)  None of these

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Dropwise condensation is promoted on a/an ______________ surface?

• (A)  Glazed
• (B)  Oily
• (C)  Coated
• (D)  Smooth

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Which of the following parameters of the fluid is not very important, while deciding its route in a shell and tube heat exchanger ?

• (A)  Corrosiveness & fouling characteristics
• (B)  Pressure
• (C)  Viscosity
• (D)  Density

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It is desired to concentrate a 20% salt solution (20 kg of salt in 100 kg of solution) to a 30% salt solution in an evaporator. Consider a feed of 300 kg/min at 30°C. The boiling point of the solution is 110°C, the latent heat of vaporisation is 2100 kJ/kg and the specific heat of the solution is 4 kJ/kg.K. The rate at which the heat has to be supplied in (kJ/min) to the evaporator is____________________?

• (A)  3.06 × 105
• (B)  6.12 × 105
• (C)  7.24 × 105
• (D)  9.08 × 105

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Fqra cold viscous feed, backward feed gives _____________ than forward feed?

• (A)  A higher capacity
• (B)  A lower capacity
• (C)  Lower economy
• (D)  None of these

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The Graetz number is concerned with the___________________

• (A)  Mass transfer between a gas and a liquid
• (B)  Absorption with chemical reaction
• (C)  Heat transfer in turbulent flow
• (D)  Heat transfer in laminar flow

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The unit of conductance in SI unit is_______________?

• (A)  W/m
• (B)  W/m2
• (C)  W/°K
• (D)  W/m°K

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Which of the following has the lowest Prandtl number ?

• (A)  Molten sodium (a coolant used in fast breeder reactor)
• (B)  Water
• (C)  Transformer oil
• (D)  Dilute H2SO4

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Peclet number (Pe) is given by____________________?

• (A)  Pe = Re.Pr
• (B)  Pe = Re/Pr
• (C)  Pe = Pr/Re
• (D)  Pe = Nu.Re

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In Fourier’s law, the proportionality constant is called the______________________?

• (A)  Heat transfer co-efficient
• (B)  Thermal diffusivity
• (C)  Thermal conductivity
• (D)  Stefan-Boltzmann constant

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