Mass Transfer Part 4 Flashcards
Which of the following is a suitable absorbent for removal of H2S from natural gas?
Vetrocoke solution
Monoethanol amine (MEA)
Dilute
Hot water
Monoethanol amine (MEA)
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
Y-out = 0.05 - (0.05 * 0.98) = 0.001
N = 6 * log(0.05/0.001)-2
N = 9
Schimdt number and Lewis number for pure air at atmospheric conditions are respectively
< 1 and = 1
1 and 0
>1 and = 1
0 and = 1
< 1 and = 1
Below is given an equilibrium moisture curve of a substance. State which regions represent free moisture and unbound moisture respectively.
image of curve
II, III
II, IV
IV, III
IV, II
II, III
Molecular diffusion is caused by the
transfer of molecules from low concentration to high concentration region.
thermal energy of the molecules.
activation energy of the molecules.
potential energy of the molecules.
thermal energy of the molecules.
molecular difusion thermal energy
At __________ reflux, theoretical number of plates in a distillation coloumn is calculated using Fenske-Underwood equation.
operating
total
minimum
maximum permissible
total
Separation of a mixture of two gases by absorption in the liquid solvent depends upon the difference in their
viscosity
density
solubility
relative volatility
solubility
Components, having widely different boiling point in a binary mixture, can be separated using __________ distillation.
molecular
extractive
steam
simple
simple
Which of the following equipments is not used in liquid-liquid extraction?
Pachuka tank
Agitated vessels
Centrifugal extractors
Packed towers
Pachuka tank
Pick out the wrong statement.
Packed towers are preferred for vacuum operation, because the pressure drop through the packing is less and they (packings) also lessen the possibility of tower wall collapse.
Packed towers are preferred over plate towers for handling corrosive and foamy liquids.
Diameter of randomly packed tower is normally more than 1.2 metres.
Due to uneven supply and improper distribution of liquid, problem of channeling, loading & flooding is generally encountered in packed towers.
Diameter of randomly packed tower is normally more than 1.2 metres.
Equilibrium-moisture curves of different solids
are different
are same
depend on the humidity of the gas
none of these
are different
Azeotropism for ethyl alcohol-water system disappears by
increasing temperature
decreasing pressure
increasing pressure
no means
decreasing pressure
Degree of freedom for leaching and solvent extraction process is
1
3
0
2
3
Diffusion co-efficient generally depends upon the temperature, pressure & the nature of the components of the system. Its dimension is not the same as that of the
mass transfer co-efficient.
thermal diffusivity.
kinematic viscosity.
volumetric diffusivity.
mass transfer co-efficient.
Equilibrium moisture of a solid is equal to the total moisture minus free moisture. Which of the following substances will have maxi-mum equilibrium moisture?
Anthracite coal
Rag paper
Bamboo
Inorganic solids
Bamboo
BMEM bamboo maximum equilibrium moisture
In the absorption of ammonia in water, the main resistance to absorption is by the __________ phase.
liquid
gas
both (a) & (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
gas
Drying of refractory is normally carried out in a __________ dryer.
open pan
tray
rotary vacuum
truck/tunnel.
truck/tunnel.
RTT refractory truck/tunnel
The expression, ln(F/W) = https://www.indiabix.com/_files/images/chemical-engineering/mass-transfer/314-454-1.png is
differential distillation equation
for NtoG in absorption for dilute mixture
slope of q-line in McCabe-Thiele method
for relative volatility
differential distillation equation
Heat sensitive materials with very high latent heat of vaporisation may be economically separated using
liquid extraction
distillation
evaporation
absorption
liquid extraction
When the solvent dissolves very little of solute, then
solvent of low latent heat of vaporisation should be used.
solvent of low freezing point should be used.
large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute.
very small quantity of solvent is required.
large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute.
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
HETP is numerically equal to HTU, only when the operating line
lies below the equilibrium line.
lies above the equilibrium line.
and equilibrium lines are parallel.
is far from the equilibrium line.
and equilibrium lines are parallel.
In a distillation operation, what is the effect of the temperature of the reflux stream (given below) on the condenser and reboiler loads ?
Reflux conditions:
(i) Reflux stream is completely liquid and is at its bubble point.
(ii) Reflux stream is below its bubble point.
Condenser and reboiler loads are the same in both the cases.
Reboiler load is the same in both the cases but condenser load is higher in case (ii).
Condenser load is the same in both the cases but reboiler load is higher in case (ii).
Both condensor and reboiler loads are higher in case (ii) as compared to case (i).
Both condensor and reboiler loads are higher in case (ii) as compared to case (i).
Steady state equimolal counter diffusion occurs in case of
leaching
absorption
binary phase distillation
liquid-liquid extraction
binary phase distillation
JD factor for mass transfer is a function of Reynolds number. Mass transfer by molecular diffusion from a single drop to surrounding still air is given by
Nsh = 2
Nst = 2
Nsc = 2
none of these
Nsh = 2
JD Nsh = 2
The relative saturation of an unsaturated mixture of gas and vapor is independent of the
nature of the vapor.
temperature of the mixture.
composition of the mixture.
none of these.
none of these.
The adiabatic saturation curve for a vapour-gas mixture is
straight line.
slightly concave upward.
slightly concave downward.
none of these.
slightly concave upward.
Pick out the wrong statement.
Cellulose acetate membranes are used in dialysis process.
Elutriation process refers to when the soluble material is largely concentrated on the surface of an insoluble solid and is simply washed off by the solvent.
Cascade’ means a group of stages interconnected so that various streams flow from one to another.
Zirconia probe is used for the humidity measurement.
Zirconia probe is used for the humidity measurement.
Zirconia wrong
The value of NA/(NA + NB), for steady state equimolal counter diffusion of two gases ‘A’ and ‘B’ is
1
∞
0.5
2
∞
Drift in a cooling tower is
the water entrained by the circulating air.
dependent on the water lost by evaporation.
desirable.
all (a), (b) & (c).
the water entrained by the circulating air.
With increase in the concentration of the adsorbate, the integral heat of adsorption
increases.
decreases.
remains unchanged.
may increase or decrease ; depends on the type of adsorbate.
decreases.
Small dia distillation column can be a
packed column
sieve tray
bubble cap
any of these
packed column
If mass diffusivity in a mixture is equal to the thermal diffusivity, then the Lewis number is
0
1
< 1
> 1
1
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
__________ column is used in gas absorption process.
Wetted wall
Seive/perforated tray
Bubble cap
Packed
Packed
Nitrobenzene (boiling point = 210.6 C) is steam distilled at 1 atm pressure.Nitrobenzene will distill off __________ C.
at < 100
at > 210.6
between 100 and 210
none of these
at < 100
Pick out the wrong statement.
With decrease in feed temperature, the number of plates required for binary distillation decreases for a given L/V ratio.
The extraction per unit of total height for a short packed column is more effective than for a tall column, in case of liquid-liquid extraction.
Natural draft cooling towers are made of ferro-concrete and its cross-section is wider at the bottom.
Vanderwall adsorption is also called chemisorption.
Vanderwall adsorption is also called chemisorption.
wrong vanderwall chemisorption
At what value of reflux ratio, number of theoretical plates in a distillation column is minimum?
0
1
infinite
< 1
infinite
Batch tray dryers suffers from the disadvantage of
high maintenance cost.
non-uniform & low production rate.
high labour cost & low heat economy.
all ‘a’, ‘b’ & ‘c’.
high labour cost & low heat economy.
In a moderately sized packed absorption tower, channeling (which is most severe with stacked packings) can be minimised by taking the ratio of tower diameter to packing diameter
> 4 :1
< 8 : 1
> 8:1
< 6:1
> 8:1
__________ column is preferred to be used, when a high liquid hold up is required in a reactor for gas-liquid reaction.
Packed
Bubble
Spray
Tray
Bubble
The ‘shanks system’ of leaching (i.e., counter-current multiple contact leaching) is used for
recovery of tannis from the tree barks and woods.
leaching sodium nitrate from Chilean nitrate bearing rock.
both (a) and (b).
neither (a) nor (b).
both (a) and (b).
Penetration model (theory) for mass transfer was enunciated by
Danckwerts
Toor and Marchello
Higbie
Kissinevskii
Higbie
HP Higbie Penetration
Surface renewal model of mass transfer was enunciated by
Toor and Marchello
Fick
Danckwerts
Stefan
Danckwerts
When the __________ the relative humidity of air decreases, despite an increase in the absolute humidity.
temperature rises
pressure rises
temperature falls
pressure falls
temperature rises
For turbulent mass transfer in pipes, the Sherwood number depends on the Reynolds number as
Re^0.33
Re^0.53
Re^0.83
Re
Re^0.83
The relative humidity of air decreases in-spite of an increase in the absolute humidity, when the
temperature rises.
pressure rises.
temperature falls.
pressure falls.
temperature rises.