Category: Mass Transfer

Pick out the wrong statement ?

A. Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension
B. Sieve tray towers are generally used for systems having low interfacial tension
C. When Henry’s law constant is very small, then the mass transfer rate is controlled by the gas
film resistance
D. Taylor-Prandtl analogy for heat and mass transfer considers the transfer through both laminar
and turbulent layers

In an operating distillation column, the______________________?

A. Vapors and liquids are at their dew point and bubble point respectively
B. Driving force for the liquid flow is its specific weight
C. Driving force for the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure decreases gradually from
the bottom to the top of the column

D. Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column