Mass Transfer

561.Which is the controlling factor for a drum drier?

  1. Diffusion
  2. Heat transfer
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct answer: (B)
Heat transfer

562.Which of the following adsorbent is used in the refining of sugar?

  1. Bone charcoal
  2. Wood charcoal
  3. Silica gel
  4. Activated clay

Correct answer: (A)
Bone charcoal

563.Which of the following adsorbent is used to decolourise yellow glycerine?

  1. Silica gel
  2. Alumina
  3. Fuller's earth
  4. Activated carbon

Correct answer: (D)
Activated carbon

564.Which of the following assumes constant molal vaporisation and overflow?

  1. McCabe-Thiele method
  2. Ponchan-Savarit method
  3. Enthalpy concentration method
  4. Plate absorption column

Correct answer: (A)
McCabe-Thiele method

565.Which of the following binary systems is an example of a maximum boiling azeotrope?

  1. Water-hydrochloric acid
  2. Acetone-carbon disulphide
  3. Water-ethyl alcohol
  4. n-heptane-n-octane

Correct answer: (A)
Water-hydrochloric acid

566.Which of the following can be calculated theoretically using steam table and Dalton's law of partial pressure; if the relative humidity and dry bulb temperature of moist air is known?

  1. Dew point
  2. Humidity ratio
  3. Wet bulb temperature
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (C)
Wet bulb temperature

567.Which of the following decreases during evaporative cooling process with recirculated water supply?

  1. Wet bulb temperature
  2. Relative humidity
  3. Partial pressure of vapour
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (D)
None of these

568.Which of the following employs an accessory known as 'drift eliminator'?

  1. Multiple effect evaporator
  2. Mechanical draft cooling tower
  3. Rotary dryer
  4. Rotating disc contactor

Correct answer: (B)
Mechanical draft cooling tower

569.Which of the following equipments is not used for gas dispersion?

  1. Agitated vessels
  2. Bubble cap tray towers
  3. Perforated sieve tray towers
  4. Spray towers

Correct answer: (D)
Spray towers

570.Which of the following equipments is not used for liquid dispersion?

  1. Wetted wall towers
  2. Packed towers
  3. Venturi scrubbers
  4. Agitated vessels

Correct answer: (D)
Agitated vessels

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