Chemical Engineering MCQs

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Which of these columns incurs the lowest pressure drop ?
A. Packed column (with stacked packing)
B. Packed column (with dumped packing)
C. Bubble plate column
D. Pulse column
‘Absorption with chemical reaction’ is involved in the removal of__________________?
A. Carbon dioxide from gaseous stream using alkaline solution
B. Benzol from coke oven gas using solar oil/wash oil
C. Ammonia from coke oven gas using refrigerated water
D. Tar from coke oven gas in primary gas coolers using chilled water
Which of the following mixtures does not form an azeotrope at atmospheric pressure ?
A. Water-alcohol
B. Methyl alcohol-acetone
C. Butyl acetate-water
D. None of these
McCabe-Thiele method of binary distillation does not assume that the__________________?
A. Sensible heat changes are negligible compared with latent heat changes
B. Molar latent heats of all components are equal
C. Heat of mixing is negligible
D. None of these
Which of the following same diameter columns gives lowest pressure drop per unit height ?
A. Bubble-cap column
B. Sieve-plate column
C. Packed column (stacked)
D. Randomly packed column
Absorption factor method is used to calculate the number of ideal stages, when_______________________?
A. Operating line lies above the equilibrium line
B. Operating line lies below the equilibrium line
C. Both operating and equilibrium lines are parallel
D. Pressure drop in the column is very high
Entrainer used in Azeotropic distillation should____________________?
A. Form a low boiling azeotrope with one of the constituents of the mixture
B. Form a new azeotrope of low relative volatility with one of the constituents of the mixture
C. Have high latent heat of vaporisation
D. Have high viscosity to provide high tray efficiency