Practice Test: Question Set - 24
1. Penetration model (theory) for mass transfer was enunciated by
- (A) Danckwerts
- (B) Toor
and Marcello
- (C) Higbie
- (D) Kissinevskii
2. Pick out the correct statement.
- (A) Bound moisture is
removed during constant rate drying period
- (B) Free moisture is
removed during falling rate drying period
- (C) The sum of free
moisture and equilibrium moisture in a solid is called the critical moisture
- (D) The driving force for
mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content
3. Milk is dried usually in a __________ dryer.
- (A) Freeze
- (B) Spray
- (C) Tray
- (D) Rotary
4. Extraction of coffee from its seed is done by
- (A) Liquid-liquid
extraction
- (B) Leaching
- (C) Extractive
distillation
- (D) Steam
distillation
5. Unit of molal diffusivity is
- (A) cm2/sec gm
. mole
- (B) gm moles/cm2 .
sec
- (C) gm moles/cm. sec
- (D) gm moles/cm2.
sec
6. When the liquid phase and vapor phase of a binary system obeys Raoult's and Dalton's law respectively, the relative volatility is the ratio of
- (A) Vapor pressure of
component A to that of component B
- (B) Vapor pressure of
component A to the total pressure
- (C) Vapor pressure of
component A to the partial pressure of A
- (D) Partial pressure of
component A to the total pressure
7. In case of non-ideal gases and liquids, the molal diffusivity
- (A) Varies
inversely as the pressure
- (B) Varies directly as
the pressure
- (C) Is
independent of pressure
- (D) Is
equal to the volumetric diffusivity
8. Flooding in a column results due to
- (A) High pressure drop
- (B) Low pressure drop
- (C) Low velocity of the
liquid
- (D) High
temperature
9. Which of the following is a suitable absorbent for removal of H2S from natural gas?
- (A) Vetrocoke solution
- (B) Monoethanolamine (MEA)
- (C) Dilute
- (D) Hot water
10. Raoult's law is applicable to the
- (A) Ideal
solutions
- (B) Real
solutions
- (C) Mixture
of water and alcohol
- (D) Non-ideal
gases
11. Humid volume is the total volume in m3 of 1 kg of
- (A) Vapor laden gas at 1
atm. and room temperature
- (B) Gas plus its
accompanying vapor at 1 atm. and room temperature
- (C) Gas
plus its accompanying vapor at 1 atm. and gas temperature
- (D) Vapor laden gas at 1
atm. and gas temperature
12. Calcium ammonium nitrate (a fertiliser) is dried in a __________ dryer.
- (A) Rotary
- (B) Vacuum
- (C) Tunnel
- (D) Tray
13. Components, having widely different boiling point in a binary mixture, can be separated using __________ distillation.
- (A) Molecular
- (B) Extractive
- (C) Steam
- (D) Simple
14. Pick out the system with minimum boiling azeotrope at 1 atm.
- (A) Benzene-toluene
- (B) Ethyl alcohol-water
- (C) Hydrochloric
acid-water
- (D) All (a), (b) and (c)
15. Unsaturated air (with dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures being 45°C and 25°C respectively) is passed through a water spray chamber maintained at 23°C. The air will be cooled and
- (A) Humidified with wet
bulb temperature decreasing
- (B) Humidified at
constant wet bulb temperature
- (C) Dehumidified
- (D) None of these
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