Process Equipment and Plant Design Mcqs
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32. Wind load consideration in the design of a support can be neglected, when the vessel is___________________?
Tall (say 30 metres), but is full of liquid
Tall but empty
Short (< 2 m) and housed indoor
None of these
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33. Heat transfer co-efficient for a horizontal condenser as compared to a vertical condenser operating under similar conditions is_______________?
Same
Less
About 3 times
About 0.33 times
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34. For identical operating conditions, the pressure drop over _______________ tray is the highest out of the following?
Sieve
Valve
Counter flow
Bubble cap
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35. In a shell and tube heat exchanger having square pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by (where, P = pitch, d = outside diameter of the tube) ?
4(P2 – πd2/4)/πd
(P2 – rd2/4)/rd
4P2/πd
πd/4P2
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36. In the allocated cap area, bubble caps are generally arranged on equilateral triangular pitch. Number of caps fixed on a plate is with a __________________?
Clearance of 25-75 mm
Cap pitch of 1.3-2 times the cap diameter
Either A. or B.
Neither A. nor B.
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37. Baffle spacing is generally _________________ the I.D. of the shell ?
More than
Not greater than
Not less than one fifth of
Both B. and C.
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38. The dust collection efficiency of a cyclone separator_________________?
Decreases with increase in gas flow rate
Is inversely proportional to the mass of the dust particle
Is directly proportional to the radius of the dust particle path
None of these
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39. Log mean temperature difference in case of multi-pass shell and tube heat exchanger is always_________________?
Less than arithmetic mean value
More than arithmetic mean value
More than geometric mean value
Both B. & C.
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40. In distillation columns, bubble caps are held in place over trays by ________________?
Rivets
A hold down bar
Bolts
Both B. and C.
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41. The necessary wall thickness for a metallic storage vessel is a function of the ___________________?
Ultimate tensile strength (or yield point) of the material and operating temperature
Operating pressure and welding/joint efficiency
Diameter of the vessel
All A., B. and C.
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42. Cylindrical shell thickness of rotary drier is generally _______________ mm?
2-3
18-22
6-8
12-15
43. The length of straight rectangular weir used on cross-flow trays is generally ________________ the column diameter ?
0.6-0.8 times
Equal to
Twice
2 ft irrespective of (for column > 3 ft diameter)
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44. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the clearance of the tube is generally___________________?
Not less than one-fourth of the tube diameter or 3/16″
More than the tube diameter
Equal to the tube diameter
More in case of triangular pitch as compared to the square pitch tube layout
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45. Frame thickness in the plate and frame filter press is normally in the range of ______________ inches?
0.25 to 4
0.25 to 8
1 to 5
1 to 12
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