Category: Mass Transfer

Pick out the correct statement ?

A. For identical gas flow rates, less pressure drop occurs through a plate tower than through a
packed tower
B. Plate column can handle greater liquid loads without flooding than packed column, but the
liquid hold up is more in the case of plate column
C. For the same duty, plate columns weigh less than packed columns
D. All A., B. and C.

Pick out the wrong statement?

A. The operating line always lies above the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a single
component absorber
B. The operating line always lies below the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a single
component stripper
C. The operating pressure in solvent extraction system should be below vapor pressures of all
components

D. The solubility of a particular gas in ideal solution in any solvent is always the same