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A liquid phase irreversible reaction$A{\rightarrow}B$ is carried out in an adiabatic $CSTR$ operating under steady state conditions. The reaction is elementary and follow...
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Consider the drying operation shown in the figure below for a solid loading (dry basis) of $50 \text{ kg/m}^{2}$ with a constant drying rate of $5\: \text{kg/m$^{2}$.h.}$...
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The block diagram for a process with feedback control for output deviation $h$ is shown in the figure below. All transfer functions are given with pre-factor of $s$ in mi...
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A proposed chemical plant is estimated to have a fixed capital $(FC)$ of $Rs$. $24$ crores. Assuming other costs to be small, the total investment may be taken to be same...
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Select the $\text{WRONG}$ statement regarding water gas shift converters from the list below.Inter-stage cooling is provided between the two stages of shift converters Us...
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A bond has a maturity value of $20,000$ Rupees at the end of $4$ years. The interest is compounded at the rate of $5\%$ per year.The initial investment to be made, rounde...
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The partial molar enthalpy (in $kJ$/mol) of species $1$ in a binary mixture is given by $\bar{h}_{1}=2 -60x_{2}^{2}+100x^{1}x_{2}^{2},$ where $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$ are the ...
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Match the industrial processes in $Group–I$ with the catalyst materials in $Group–2$.$\begin{array}{cc}\\ \\&\text{Group-1} & \text{Group-2} \\ &\text{P. Ethylene po...
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An ideal gas is initially at a pressure of $0.1\:MPa$ and a total volume of $2\:m^{3}$. It is first compressed to $1\:MPa$ by a reversible adiabatic process and then cool...
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A brick wall of $20\:cm$ thickness has thermal conductivity of $0.7\:W\:m^{-1}\:K^{-1}$. An insulation of thermal conductivity $0.2\:W\:m^{-1}\:K^{-1}$ is to be applied o...
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The Sherwood number $(Sh_{L})$ correlation for laminar flow over a flat plate of length $L$ is given by$$Sh_{L}=0.664\:Re_{L}^{-0.5}\:Sc^{1/3}$$where $Re_{L}$ and $Sc$ re...
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What is the order of response exhibited by a $U$-tube manometer? Zero orderFirst orderSecond orderThird order
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Two paper pulp plants $P$ and $Q$ use the same quality of bamboo as a raw material. The chemicals used in their digester are as follows:$$\begin{array}{clcIcI|cI|cI|c}\hl...
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In a $1-1$ pass shell and tube exchanger, steam is condensing in the shell at a temperature $(T_{s})$ of $135^{\circ}C$ and the cold fluid is heated from a temperature $(...
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A liquid flows through an “equal percentage” valve at a rate of $2\:m^{3}/h$ when the valve is $10\%$ open. When the valve opens to $20\%$ the flowrate increases to $...
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The pressure of a liquid is increased isothermally. The molar volume of the liquid decreases from $50.45\times 10^{-6}$ $m^{3}$/mol to $48\times 10^{-6}$ $m^{3}$/mol duri...
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Match the dimensionless numbers in $Group–I$ with the ratios in $Group–2$.$\begin{array}{cc}\\&\text{Group-1} & \text{Group-2} \\ &\text{P. Biot number} & \text{ I. ...
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The variations of the concentration $\left ( C_{A} ,C_{R}\:and\:C_{S}\right )$ for three species $\left ( A,R\:and\:S \right )$ with time, in an isothermal homogeneous ba...
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An agitated cylinder vessel is fitted with baffles and flat blade impellers. The power number for this system is given by $N_{p}=\frac{P}{\rho n^{3}D^{5}}$ where $P$ is t...
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A catalytic reforming plant produces hydrogen and benzene from cyclohexane by de-hydro aromatisation. In order to increase the production of hydrogen, the owner plans to ...
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A binary mixture of components $(1)$ and $(2)$ forms an azeotrope at $130^{\circ}C$ and $X_{1}=0.3$. The liquid phase non-ideality is described by In $\gamma _{1}=Ax{_{2}...
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A centrifugal pump delivers water at the rate of $0.22 m^{3}/s$ from a reservoir at ground level to another reservoir at a height $H$,through a vertical pipe ot $0.2\:m$ ...
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A binary feed consisting of $25$ mol$\%$ liquid and $75$ mol$\%$ vapour is separated in a staged distillation column. The mole fraction of the more volatile component in ...
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Oil is being delivered at a steady flowrate through a circular pipe of radius $1.25\times10^{-2}\:m$ and $10\:m$. The pressure drop across the pipe is $500\:Pa$.The shear...
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A liquid mixture of ethanol and water is flowing as inlet stream $P$ into a stream splitter. It is split into two streams, $Q$ and $R$, as shown in the figure below.The f...
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Consider a rigid solid sphere falling with a constant velocity in a fluid. The following data are known at the conditions of interest: viscosity of the fluid = $0.1\:Pa\;...
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For a unit step input, the response of a second order system is$$y\left ( t \right )=K_{p} \left [ 1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\zeta ^{2}}} e^{\frac{\zeta t}{\tau }}\sin\left ( \f...
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Three identical closed systems of a pure gas are taken from an initial temperature and pressure $(T_{1},P_{1})$ to a final state $(T_{2},P_{2})$, each by a different path...
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For a gas phase cracking reaction $A{\rightarrow}B+C$ at $300^{\circ}$, the Gibbs free energy of the reaction at this temperature is $\Delta G^{\circ}=-2750$ $J$/mol. The...
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Adsorption on activated carbon is to be used for reducing phenol concentration in wastewater from $0.04$ mol/$1$ to $0.008$ mol/$1$. The adsorption isotherm at the operat...
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An oil with a flow rate of $1000\:kg/h$ is to be cooled using water in a double-pipe counter-flow heat exchanger from a temperature of $70^{\circ}C$ to $40^{\circ}C$. Wat...
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The characteristics curve (Head-Capacity relationship) of a centrifugal pimp is represented by the equation $\Delta H_{pump}=43.8-0.19Q$, where $\Delta H_{pump}$ is the h...
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Solute $C$ is extracted in a batch process from its homogenous solution of $A$ and $C$, using solvent $B$. The combined composition of the feed and the extracting solvent...
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At $30^{\circ}C$, the amounts of acetone adsorbed at partial pressures of $10$ and $100\:mmHg$ are $0.1$ and $0.4\:kg$ acetone/$kg$ activated carbon, respectively. Assume...
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Two different liquids are flowing through different pipes of the same diameter. In the first pipe, the flow is laminar with centerline velocity, $V_{max,1}$, whereas in t...
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A catalyst slab of half-thickness $L$ (the width and length of the slab $>>\:L$) is used to conduct thefirst order reaction $A{\rightarrow} B$. At $450\: K$, the Thiele m...
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In a cyclone separator used for separation of solid particles from a dust laden gas, the separation factor is defined as the ratio of the centrifugal force to the gravita...
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For what value of Lewis number, the wet-bulb temperature and adiabatic saturation temperature are nearly equal?$0.33$$0.5$$1$$2$
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For Fanning friction factor $f$ (for flow in pipes) and drag coefficient $C_{D}$ (for flow over immersed bodies), which of the following statements are true?$P.$ $f$ acco...
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Consider two steady isothermal flow configurations shown schematically as Case $I$ and Case $II$ below. In Case $I$, a $CSTR$ of volume $V_{1}$ is followed by a $PFR$ of ...