Mass Transfer

421.Surface renewal model of mass transfer was enunciated by

  1. Toor and Marcello
  2. Fick
  3. Danckwerts
  4. Stefan

Correct answer: (C)
Danckwerts

422.Swenson-Walker crystalliser is a _________ unit.

  1. Continuous
  2. Batch
  3. Semi-batch
  4. Cooling (adiabatic)-cum-evaporation

Correct answer: (A)
Continuous

423.Tea percolation employs

  1. Liquid-liquid extraction
  2. Leaching
  3. Absorption
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
Leaching

424.The 'shanks system' of leaching (i.e., counter-current multiple contact leaching) is used for

  1. Recovery of tannis from the tree barks and woods
  2. Leaching sodium nitrate from Chilean nitrate bearing rock
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct answer: (C)
Both (A) and (B)

425.The absorption factor is defined as (where, L = liquid flow rate, G = gas flow rate and, m = slope of the equilibrium line).

  1. L/mG
  2. G/mL
  3. mL/G
  4. LG/m

Correct answer: (A)
L/mG

426.The adiabatic saturation curve for a vapour-gas mixture is

  1. Straight line
  2. Slightly concave upward
  3. Slightly concave downward
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
Slightly concave upward

427.The amount of steam required per unit quantity of distillate in case of steam distillation will be reduced by

  1. Raising the temperature
  2. Lowering the total pressure
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct answer: (C)
Both (A) and (B)

428.The apex of an equilateral-triangular coordinate (in ternary liquid system) represents a/an

  1. Pure component
  2. Binary mixture
  3. Ternary mixture
  4. Insoluble binary system

Correct answer: (A)
Pure component

429.The assumption made in Elis method in distillation is that enthalpy concentration lines of vapor and liquid are

  1. Parallel
  2. Straight
  3. Both parallel and straight
  4. Neither parallel nor straight

Correct answer: (C)
Both parallel and straight

430.The binary diffusivity in gases and liquids vary respectively as

  1. T3/2 and T
  2. T and T3/2
  3. √T and T3/2
  4. T3/2 and √T

Correct answer: (A)
T3/2 and T

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