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  1. Flights in a rotary dryer are provided to

  2. A.
    lift and shower the solids thus exposing it thoroughly to the drying action of the gas.
    B.
    reduce the residence time of solid.
    C.
    increase the residence time of the solid.
    D.
    none of these.

  3. If f = moles of vapour present per mole of feed, then the slope of feed line is (Mcabe-Thiele method)


  4. If the solubilities of different components (in a liquid-liquid extraction system) increase with rise in temperature, then the temperature above which they dissolve completely is known as the critical solution temperature (CST or consolute temperature). If solubilities increase with decrease in temperature, then CST is the temperature below which they dissolve completely. If a binary system has no critical solution temperature, it implies that

  5. A.
    the system comprises of partially mis-cible liquids.
    B.
    the system comprises of miscible liquids.
    C.
    the system comprises of an azeotrope.
    D.
    on heating, a vapor phase will appear ; while on cooling, a solid phase will appear.

  6. The rate of mass transfer is not dependent upon the

  7. A.
    degree of dispersion of one fluid in the other.
    B.
    interfacial surface exposed between the phases.
    C.
    both (a) & (b).
    D.
    none of these.

  8. At equilibrium the concentration of water in vapour phase (C*)in kg/m3 of air space and the amount of water (m) adsorbed per kg of dry silica gel are related by, C* = 0.0667m. To maintain dry conditions in a room of air space 100m3 containing 2.2 kg of water vapour initially, 10 kg of dry silica gel is kept in the room. The fraction of initial water remaining in the air space after a long time (during which the temperature is maintained constant) is

  9. A.
    0.0
    B.
    0.2
    C.
    0.4
    D.
    1.0

  10. Dry bulb temperature of unsaturated air is more than its __________ temperature.

  11. A.
    dew point
    B.
    wet bulb
    C.
    both 'a' & 'b'
    D.
    neither 'a' nor 'b'

  12. For the case of flow of air past a wet bulb thermometer (air water vapour system), the approximate value of h2/ky.Cz is around

  13. A.
    0.60
    B.
    0.24
    C.
    1
    D.
    0.72

  14. The reciprocal of stripping factor is termed as

  15. A.
    selectivity index
    B.
    relative volatility
    C.
    absorption factor
    D.
    Murphree efficiency

  16. Ponchan-Savarit method analyses the fractional equipment based on

  17. A.
    enthalpy balance only.
    B.
    material balance only.
    C.
    both enthalpy and material balances.
    D.
    the assumption of constant molaloverflow.

  18. The binary diffusivity in gases at atmospheric conditions is about

  19. A.
    10-9 cm/sec
    B.
    10-1 cm2/sec
    C.
    10-3 sec/cm
    D.
    10-4 cm2/sec2