ChE Indiabix Calculations Flashcards
In Joule’s experiment, an insulated container contains 20 kg of water initially at 25°C. It is stirred by an agitator, which is made to turn by a slowly falling body weighing 40 kg through a height of 4 m. The process is repeated 500 times. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms^-2. Neglecting the heat capacity of agitator, the temperature of water (in °C) is
- 40.5
- 34.4
- 26.8
- 25
- 34.4
The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a refrigerator (COP)R and the co-efficient of performance as a heat pump (COP)HP are
- (COP)R = (COP)HP = 0.6
- (COP)R = 2.5; (COP)HP = 1.5
- (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
- (COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5
- (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
Hot water (0.01 m^3 /min) enters the tube side of a counter current shell and tube heat exchanger at 80°C and leaves at 50°C. Cold oil (0.05 m^3/min) of density 800 kg/m^3 and specific heat of 2 kJ/kg.K enters at 20°C. The log mean temperature difference in °C is approximately
- 32
- 37
- 45
- 50
- 32
The heat flux (from outside to inside) across an insulating wall with thermal conductivity, K= 0.04 W/m.°K and thickness 0.16m is 10 W/m^2. The temperature of the inside wall is - 5°C. The outside wall temperature is
- 25°C
- 30°C
- 35°C
- 40°C
- 35°C
It is desired to concentrate a 20% salt solution (20 kg of salt in 100 kg of solution) to a 30% salt solution in an evaporator. Consider a feed of 300 kg/min at 30°C. The boiling point of the solution is 110°C, the latent heat of vaporisation is 2100 kJ/kg and the specific heat of the solution is 4 kJ/kg.K. The rate at which the heat has to be supplied in (kJ/min) to the evaporator is
- 3.06 x 10^5
- 6.12 x 10^5
- 7.24 x 10^5
- 9.08 x 10^5
- 3.06 x 10^5
200 kg of solids (on dry basis) is subjected to a drying process for a period of 5000 seconds. The drying occurs in the constant rate period with the drying rate as, Nc = 0.5 x 10^-3 kg/m^2.s. The initial moisture content of the solid is 0.2 kg moisture/kg dry solid. The interfacial area available for drying is 4 m^2/1000 kg of dry solid. The moisture content at the end of the drying period is (in kg moisture/kg dry solid)
- 0.5
- 0.05
- 0.1
- 0.15
- 0.1
The thermal radiative flux from a surface of emissivity = 0.4 is 22.68 kW/m^2. The approximate surface temperature (K) is
(Stefan-Boltzman constant = 5.67x10^-8 W/m^2.K^4)
- 1000
- 727
- 800
- 1200
- 1000
A multiple effect evaporator has a capacity to process 4000 kg of solid caustic soda per day, when it is concentrating from 10% to 25% solids. The water evaporated in kg per day is
- 6000
- 24000
- 60000
- 48000
- 24000
A metal wire of 0.01 m dia and thermal conductivity 200 W/m.K is exposed to a fluid stream with a convective heat transfer coefficient of 100 W/m^2.K. The Biot number is
- 5.6
- 0.025
- 3.5
- 0.0035
- 0.025
Out of 100 kcal/second of incident radiant energy on the surface of a thermally transparent body, 300 kcal/second is reflected back. If the transmissivity of the body is 0.25, the emissivity of the surface will be
- 0.35
- 0.45
- 0.55
- 0.85
- 0.45
An evaporator while concentrating an aqueous solution from 10 to 40% solids evaporates 30000 kg of water. The amount of solids handled by the system in kg is
- 4000
- 9000
- 4600
- 3000
4000
Walls of a cubical oven are of thickness l, and they are made of material of thermal conductivity k. The temperature inside the oven is 100°C and the inside heat transfer co-efficient is 3k/l. If the wall temperature on the outside is held at 25°C, what is the inside wall temperature in degree centigrade ?
- 35.5
- 43.75
- 81.25
- 48.25
81.25
1000 kg of wet solids are to be dried from 60% to 20% moisture (by weight). The mass of moisture removed in kg is
- 520
- 200
- 400
- 500
400
A metal ball of radius 0.1 m at a uniform temperature of 90°C is left in air at 30°C. The density and the specific heat of the metal are 3000 kg/m3 and 0.4 kJ/kg.K respectively. The heat transfer co-efficient is 50 W/m2.K Neglecting the temperature gradients inside the ball, the time taken (in hours) for the ball to cool to 60°C is
- 555
- 55.5
- 0.55
- 0.15
0.15
1000 Kg of liquid at 30°C in a well stirred vessel has to be heated to 120°C, using immersed coils carrying condensing steam at 150°C. The area of the steam coils is 1.2 m2 and the overall heat transfer co-efficient to the liquid is 1500 W/m2.°C. Assuming negligible heat loss to the surrounding and specific heat capacity of the liquid to be 4 kJ/kg.°C, the time taken for the liquid to reach desired temperature will be
- 15 min
- 22 min
- 44 min
- 51 min
51 min
A steel sphere of radius 0.1 m at 400°K is immersed in an oil at 300°K. If the centre of the sphere reaches 350°K in 20 minutes, how long will it take for a 0.05 m radius steel sphere to reach the same temperature (at the centre) under identical conditions ? Assume that the conductive heat transfer co-efficient is infinitely large.
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 20 minutes
- 40 minutes
5 minutes
A long iron rod initially at a temperature of 20°C has one end dipped in boiling water (100°C) at time, t = 0. The curved surface of the rod is insulated so that heat conduction is one dimensional in the axial direction. The temperature at a distance 100 mm from the dipped end becomes 40°C at time, t = 200 s. The same temperature is achieved at a distance of 200 mm from the dipped end at time
- t = 283 s
- t = 356 s
- t = 400 s
- t = 800 s
t = 800 s
Three material A, B and C of equal thickness and of thermal conductivity of 20, 40 & 60 kcal/hr. m. °C respectively are joined together. The temperature outside of A and C are 30°C and 100°C respectively. The interface between B and C will be at a temperature of __________ °C.
- 40
- 95
- 70
- 50
70
Sensible heat absorbed by 1 lb of water when it is heated from 32 to 212°F may be around __________ BTU.
- 180
- 970
- 3.97
- data insufficient, can’t be predicted
180
A wall has two layers of materials A and B; each made of a different material. Both the layers have the same thickness. The thermal conductivity of materialA is twice that of B. Under the equilibrium, the temperature difference across the wall is 36°C. The temperature difference across the layer A is __________ °C.
- 6
- 12
- 18
- 24
12
Fresh orange juice contains 12% (by weight) solids and the rest water 90% of the fresh juice is sent to an evaporator to remove water and subsequently mixed with the remaining 10% of fresh juice. The resultant product contains 40% solids. The kg of water removed from 1 kg fresh juice is
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
0.7
The left face of a one dimensional slab of thickness 0.2 m is maintained at 80°C and the right face is exposed to air at 30°C. The thermal conductivity of the slab is 1.2 W/m.K and the heat transfer co-efficient from the right face is 10 W/m2.K. At steady state, the temperature of the right face in °C is
- 77.2
- 71.2
- 63.8
- 48.7
48.7
In a laboratory test run, the rate of drying was found to be 0.5 x 10^-3 kg/m^2.s, when the moisture content reduced from 0.4 to 0.1 on dry basis. The critical moisture content of the material is 0.08 on a dry basis. A tray dryer is used to dry 100 kg (dry basis) of the same material under identical conditions. The surface area of the material is 0.04 m^2/kg of dry solid. The time required (in seconds) to reduce the moisture content of the solids from 0.3 to 0.2 (dry basis) is
- 2000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
5000
A cylinderical pressure vessel of volume 6 πm^3 has to be designed to withstand a maximum internal pressure of 10 atm. The allowable design stress of the material is 125N/mm^2 and corrosion allowance is 2 mm. The thickness of the vessel for a length/diameter ratio of 3 will be close to
- 5 mm
- 6 mm
- 8 mm
- 10 mm
10 mm
In a solution containing 0.30 Kg mole of solute and 600 kg of solvent, the molality is
- 0.50
- 0.60
- 2
- 1
- 0.50
It takes 6 hours to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much longer it will take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content, under the same drying conditions? (The equilibrium moisture content of the solid is 5%).
- 15 min
- 51 min
- 71 min
- 94 min
- 71 min
Compound A is extracted from a solution of A + B into a pure solvent S. A Co-current unit is used for the liquid-liquid extraction. The inlet rate of the solution containing A is 200 moles of B/hr.m2 and the solvent flow, rate is 400 moles of S/m2. hr. The equilibrium data is represented by Y = 3X2 , where Y is in moles of a A/moles of B and X is in moles A/moles of S. The maximum percentage extraction achieved in the unit is
- 25%
- 50%
- 70%
- 90%
- 50%
If the specific heats of a gas and a vapor are 0.2KJ/Kg.°K and 1.5 KJ/Kg.°K respectively, and the humidity is 0.01; the humid heat in KJ/°Kg. is
- 0.31
- 0.107
- 0.017
- 0.215
- 0.215
At equilibrium the concentration of water in vapour phase (C)in kg/m3 of air space and the amount of water (m) adsorbed per kg of dry silica gel are related by, C = 0.0667m. To maintain dry conditions in a room of air space 100m3 containing 2.2 kg of water vapour initially, 10 kg of dry silica gel is kept in the room. The fraction of initial water remaining in the air space after a long time (during which the temperature is maintained constant) is
- 0.0
- 0.2
- 0.4
- 1.0
- 0.4
A 25 cm x 25 cm x 1 cm flat sheet weighing 1.2 kg initially was dried from both sides under constant drying rate conditions. It took 1500 seconds for the weight of the sheet to reduce to 1.05 kg. Another 1m x 1m x 1cm flat sheet of the same material is to be dried from one side only.Under the same constant drying rate conditions, the time required for drying (in seconds) from its initial weight of 19.2 kg to 17.6 kg is
- 1000
- 1500
- 2000
- 2500
- 1000
A distillation column separates 10000 kg/hr of a benzene-toluene mixture as shown in the figure below :
In the figure xF, xD and xW represent the weight fraction of benzene in the feed, distillate and residue respectively. The reflux ratio is
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 1.0
- 2.0
0.6
According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum number of plates required in a distillation column to separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A and a bottom fraction containing 98 mol% B ? Assume that relative volatility (αAB = 2) does not change appreciably in the coloumn.
- 5
- 9
- 12
- 28
- 12
The interfacial area per unit volume of dispersion, in a gas-liquid contactor, for fractional hold up of gas = 0.1 and gas bubble diameter = 0.5 mm is given by (in m^2/m^3)
- 500
- 1200
- 900
- 800
- 500
Experiments were conducted to determine the flux of a species A in a stagnant medium across a gas-liquid interface. The overall mass transfer co-efficient based on the liquid side for dilute systems for the above was estimated to be 4 x 10^-3 kg mole/m2.s. The equilibrium data for the system is given as y = 2x. The flux across the interface (in kg mole/m^2 .s) for bulk concentrations of A in gas phase and liquid phase as y = 0.4 and x = 0.01 respectively is
- 5.6 x 10^-4
- 8.5 x 10^-4
- 5.6 x 10^-3
- 8.5 x 10^-3
- 8.5 x 10^-4
The wet and ‘dry bulb temperature for a vapour-gas mixture are 25°C and 30°C respectively. If the mixture is heated to 45°C at constant pressure, the wet bulb temperature will be __________ °C.
- 25
- > 25
- < 25
- 25
- > 25
H2S is being absorbed in a gas absorber unit. The height of the transfer unit based on the overall mass transfer coefficient on the gas side is 0.4 m. The equilibrium data is given by, y = 1.5 x. The bulk concentration of H2S has to be reduced from 0.05 to 0.001 mole fraction in the gas side. The height of the tower (in metres) corresponding to an operating line given by, y = 5x + 0.001 is
- 2.0
- 1.56
- 1.0
- 0.56
- 2.0
1 kg of a saturated aqueous solution of a highly soluble component A at 60°C is cooled to 25°C. The solubility limits of A are (0.6 kgA/kg water) at 60°C and (0.2 kgA/kg water) at 25°C. The amount in kg of the crystals formed is
- 0.4
- 0.25
- 0.2
- 0.175
- 0.2
A mixture of 10% C6H6 vapour in air at 25°C and 750 mm Hg has a dew point of 20°C. Its dew point at 30°C and 700 mm Hg will be around __________ °C.
- 21.7
- 20
- 27.3
- 18.7
- 18.7
Acetone is to be removed from air in an isothermal dilute absorber using pure water as solvent. The incoming air contains 5 mole% of acetone (yin = 0.05). The design equation to be used for obtaining the number of trays (N) of the absorber is, N+2 = 6 log (yin/yout).For 98% recovery of acetone, the number of trays required is/are
- 1
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 9
An alkaline solution is used to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in a stream from 10% to 0.1% by absorption with irreversible chemical reaction. The overall number of transfer units based on gas phase is
- 9.21
- 4.605
- 100
- 0.001
- 4.605
An air-water vapour mixture has a dry bulb temperature of 60°C and a dew point temperature of 40°C. The total pressure is 101.3 kPa and the vapour pressure of water at 40°C and 60°C are 7.30 kPa and 19.91 kPa respectively.The humidity of air sample expressed as kg of water vapour/kg of dry air is
- 0.048
- 0.079
- 0.122
- 0.152
- 0.152
A pure drug is administered as a sphere and as a cube. The amount of drug is the same in the two tablets. Assuming that the shape and size do not influence the mass transfer, the ratio of rate of dissolution in water at t = 0 for the cubic to spherical tablet is
- 0.54
- 1.04
- 1.24
- 1.94
- 1.24
In a single stage extraction process, 10 kg of pure solvent S (containing no solute A) is mixed with 30 kg of feed F containing A at a mass fraction xf = 0.2. The mixture splits into an extract phase E and a raf-finate phase R containing A at xB = 0.5 and xR = 0.05 respectively. The total mass of the extract phase is (in Kg)
- 6.89
- 8.89
- 10
- 8.25
- 8.89
Keeping the pressure constant, to double the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas at 27°C, the temperature should be raised to __________ °C.
- 270
- 327
- 300
- 540
- 327
If the pressure on 100 c.c. of air is halved, then its volume (at the same temperature) would be __________ c.c.
100
50
205
200
200
Grams of butane (C₄H₁₀) formed by the liquefaction of 448 litres of the gas (measured at (STP) would be
- 580
- 640
- 1160
- data insufficient; can’t be computed
- 1160
A solid metallic block weighing 5 kg has an initial temperature of 500°C. 40 kg of water initially at 25°C is contained in a perfectly insulated tank. The metallic block is brought into contact with water. Both of them come to equilibrium. Specific heat of block material is 0.4 kJ.kg-1. K-1. Ignoring the effect of expansion and contraction and also the heat capacity to tank, the total entropy change in kJ.kg-1 , K-1 is
- -1.87
- 0
- 1.26
- 3.91
- 0
A gas has a volume of 27.3 c.c. at 0°C. Its volume at 10°C (if pressure remains unchanged) will be __________ c.c.
- 2.73
- 28.3
- 273
- 283
- 28.3
A cyclic engine exchanges heat with two reservoirs maintained at 100 and 300°C respectively. The maximum work (in J) that can be obtained from 1000 J of heat extracted from the hot reservoir is
- 349
- 651
- 667
- 1000
- 349
The following heat engine produces power of 100000 kW. The heat engine operates between 800 K and 300 K. It has a thermal efficiency equal to 50% of that of the Carnot engine for the same temperature. The rate at which heat is absorbed from the hot reservoir is
- 100, 000 kW
- 160, 000 kW
- 200, 000 kW
- 320, 000 kW
- 320, 000 kW
For water at 300°C, it has a vapour pressure 8592.7 kPa and fugacity 6738.9 kPa Under these conditions, one mole of water in liquid phase has a volume of 25.28 cm3 and that in vapour phase in 391.1 cm3.Fugacity of water (in kPa) at 9000 kPa will be
- 6738.9
- 6753.5
- 7058.3
- 9000
- 6753.5
In vapour compression refrigeration system, if the evaporator temperature and the condenser temperatures are -13°C and 37°C respetively, the Carnot COP will be
- 5.2
- 6.2
- 0.168
- data insufficient, can’t be found out
- 5.2
COP of a refrigerator drawing 1 kW of power per ton of refrigeration is about
- 0.5
- 3.5
- 4.5
- 8.5
- 3.5
4 kg moles of an ideal gas expands in vacuum spontaneously. The work done is
- 4 J
- ∞
- 0
- 8 J
- 0