Chemical Engineering MCQs

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One mole feed of a binary mixture of a given composition is flash vaporised at a fixed P and T. If Raoult’s law is obeyed, then changing the feed composition would effect ?
A. The product composition but not the fraction vaporised
B. The product composition as well as the fraction vaporised
C. The fraction vaporised but not the product composition
D. Neither the product composition nor the fraction vaporised
(NSh/NRe.NSc) is termed in mass transfer operation as the __________________________?
A. Stanton number
B. Peclet number
C. Thermal diffusivity
D. Momentum diffusivity
Positive deviation from Raoult’s law means a mixture whose total pressure is___________________?
A. Greater than that computed for ideality
B. Less than that computed for ideality
C. Less than the sum of the vapour pressure of the components
D. None of these
An ideal tower packing should not _______________________?
A. Have low weight per unit volume
B. Have large surface area per unit volume
C. Have large free cross-section
D. Hold up large amount of liquid in the packing
As the reflux ratio in a distillation column is increased from the minimum, the______________________?
A. Slope of the operating line in stripping section decreases
B. Number of plates decreases very slowly first and then more and more rapidly
C. Total cost first decreases and then increases
D. Liquid flow increases while the vapor flow decreases for a system
Solvent used in extractive distillation_________________________?
A. Is of low volatility
B. Forms a low boiling azeotrope
C. Forms a high boiling azeotrope
D. Does not alter the relative volatility of the original components