Chemical Engineering MCQs

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Filter aid is used to____________________?
A. Increase the rate of filtration
B. Decrease the pressure drop
C. Increase the porosity of the cake
D. Act as a support base for the septum
Sedimentation on commercial scale occurs in____________________?
A. Classifiers
B. Thickeners
C. Rotary drum filters
D. Cyclones
Diatomaceous earth is a/an_________________?
A. Explosive
B. Filter aid
C. Filter medium
D. Catalyst
A compressible cake has the_________________?
A. Maximum porosity at the upstream side
B. Maximum porosity at the filter medium
C. Same porosity throughout the cake thickness
D. None of these
Filter medium resistance is that offered by the__________________?
A. Filter cloth
B. Embedded particles in the septum
C. Filter cloth and the embedded particle collectively
D. None of these
Energy consumption in a crusher decreases with increase in the________________________?
A. Size of the product (at constant feed size)
B. Capacity of the crushing machine
C. Size of feed (at constant reduction ratio)
D. All a., b. & c.