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Category: Mass Transfer
Can a cooling tower cool water below the wet bulb temperature of inlet air ?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Yes; but height of cooling tower will be prohibitively high
D. Yes; but the air flow rate should be excessively high
In a counter-current liquid extractor___________________?
A. Both liquids flow at fixed rate
B. Both liquids can have any desired flow rate
C. Only one of the liquids may be pumped at any desired rate
D. Liquid’s flow rate depends upon the temperature and pressure
JD factor for mass transfer is a function of Reynolds number. Mass transfer by molecular diffusion from a single drop to surrounding still air is given by___________________?
A. Nsh = 2
B. Nst = 2
C. Nsc = 2
D. None of these
With lapse of time, the overhead composition of light component in case of batch distillation with constant reflux__________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. May increase or decrease; depends on system
Rate of leaching increases with increasing______________________?
A. Temperature
B. Viscosity of solvent
C. Pressure
D. Size of the solid
A liquid mixture contains 30% o-xylene, 60% p-xylene and 10%. m-xylene (all percentages in w/w). Which of the following statements would be true in respect of this mixture ?
A. The mixture exhibits an azeotrope at 101.3 kPa
B. The composition of the mixture, in percent by volume is: o-xylene 30, p-xylene 60. and mxylene
10
C. The composition of the mixture in mole percent is: o-xylene 30, p-xylene 60 and m-xyoene 10
D. The mixture contain optical isomers
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
With increase in temperature, the rate of leaching increases, because the___________________?
A. Diffusivity of solute increases
B. Viscosity of solvent decreases
C. Thermal conductivity of solute increases
D. None of these
The temperature of water cooled in cooling tower is always _________________ temperature of entering air?
A. More than the wet bulb
B. Less than the wet bulb
C. Equal to the wet bulb
D. Equal to the dry bulb
Penetration theory relates the average mass transfer co-efficient (K) with diffusivity D. as____________________?
A. K ∝D
B. K ∝√D
C. K ∝D1.5
D. K ∝D2
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