ChE 1 Flashcards
conditions ideal for gas absorption
low T, high P
packed columns are best used for?
corrosive liquids, foaming materials
high flowrates, cost efficiency
effect of higher P in a gas absorber
higher P = more stages required
effect of lower T in the number of stages
lower T = more stages needed
describe the reaction of the inversion of cane sugar
pseudo-first order, second order reaction
what kind of reaction is cracking of crude oil
heterogenous catalytic
Who introduced the first standard screw thread
Joseph Whitworth
What is the most widely used screw thread standard
ISO
Impure product obtained by partial purification of potash from wood ashes
Pearl ash/potassium carbonate
Residue from wine vats, also called potassium tartrate
Argol
Byproduct of the sugar/ethanol industry
Vinasse
nucleation upon contact with a cold/freezing object
contact nucleation
nucleation due to presence of foreign substance
heteregeneous nucleation
nucleation due to existing crystals
secondary nucleation
what are the 4 stages of selection process for choosing the best design
Possible designs (credible): within the external constraints.
Plausible designs (feasible): within the internal constraints.
Probable designs: likely candidates.
Best design (optimum): judged the best solution to the problem.
method of water softening that uses zeolites
Permutit
who suggested the use of permutit for water softening
Robert Gans
equation for schedule number?
1000 Pw / Ps
Refers to waste or scrap glass, usually ground (CPI)
Cullet
A gas turbine cycle consisting of two adiabatic steps and two isobaric steps
Brayton
For any closed system formed initially from given masses of prescribed chemical species, by any two properties of the system, provided that these two properties are independently variable at the equilibrium state.
Duhem’s Theory
A device substantially without movingp arts, in which a fuel, such as H2, natgas, mathanol, propane, can be converted firectly into twice the quantity of electrical energy that would result from the usual boiler-turbine power generation
Fuel Cell
1 ton of refrigeration capacity =
200 BTU/min
At the exit of nozzle
A: P is high, v is low
B: both P and v are high
C: P is low, v is high
D: both P and v are low
C
At the exit of nozzle
A: P is high, v is low
B: both P and v are high
C: P is low, v is high
D: both P and v are low
C
The Buckingham Pi-theorem is applied to
Dimensional analysis
The temperature at which the moisture in humid air exerts a partial pressure equal to its vapor pressure is the
Dew point
The achievement of a temperature below that of the intermediate surroundings is
refrigeration
Throttling process is
isenthalpic or constant enthalpy process
The union of the nonvolatile inorganic oxides resulting from the decomposition and fusion of alkali and alkaline eart compounds, sand, and otehr constituents, ending in a product with random atomic structure. It is a rigid, undercooled
glass
Industrial process for production of H2SO4. Based on ocidation of S to SO3 on a vanadium oxide catlyst followed by rection with water in fuming H2SO4
Contact process
Principal type of gas-solids separator employing centrifugal force
cyclone