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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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Consider a binary liquid mixture at equilibrium with its vapour at $25^{\circ}C$.Antoine equation for this system is given as $log_{10}\:p_{t}^{sat}=A-\frac{B}{t+C}$ wher...
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The bottom face of a horizontal slab of thickness $6 \:mm$ is maintained at $300^{\circ}C$. The top face is exposed to a flowing gas at $30^{\circ}C$. The thermal conduct...
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A plant manufactures compressors at the rate of N units/day. The daily fixed charges are Rs. 20000 and the variable cost per compressor is Rs. 500 + 0.2 N$^{1.3}$. The se...
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A wet is dried over a long period of time by unsaturated air of nonzero constant relative humidity. The moisture content eventually attained by the solid is termed as the...
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In a pool boiling experiment, the following phenomena were observed.P.Natural convectionQ.Film boilingR.Transition boilingS.Nucleate boilingWhat was the CORRECT sequence ...
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A solid sphere with an initial temperature $T{_1}$ is immersed in a large thermal reservoir of temperature $T{_0}$. The sphere reaches a steady temperature after a certai...
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A company invests in a recovery unit to separate valuable metals from effluent streams. The total initial capital investment of this unit is Rs. $10$ lakhs. The recovered...
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A double-effect evaporator is used to concentrate a solution. Steam is sent to the first effect at $110\:^{\circ} C$ and the boiling point of the solution in the second e...
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As shown in the figure below, air flows in parallel to a freshly painted solid surface of width $10 \: m$, along the $z$-direction.The equilibrium vapor concentration of ...
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A person has a transfer function $G(s)= \dfrac{Y(s)}{X(s)} = \dfrac{20}{90000s^2+240s+1}$. Initially the process is at steady state with $x(t=0)=0.4$ and $y(t=0)=100$. If...
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Operating labor requirements $L$ in the chemical process industry is described in terms of the plant capacity $C ( \text{kg day}^{-1})$ over a wide range $(10^3-10^6)$ by...
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The operating temperature range for the Haber process is $350-500^{\circ}C$. It is used for the production of ammonia at$20 \:MPa$ using $Fe$ catalyst in an exothermic re...
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The following reaction rate curve is shown for a reaction $A{\rightarrow}P$. Here, $(-r_{A})$ and $X_{A}$ represent reaction rate and conversion, respectively. The feed i...
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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$$y\left ( t \right )=K_{p} \left [ 1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\zeta ^{2}}} e^{\frac{\zeta t}{\tau }}\sin\left ( \f...
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Three identical closed systems of a pure gas are taken from an initial temperature and pressure $(T_{1},P_{1})$ to a final state $(T_{2},P_{2})$, each by a different path...
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For a gas phase cracking reaction $A{\rightarrow}B+C$ at $300^{\circ}$, the Gibbs free energy of the reaction at this temperature is $\Delta G^{\circ}=-2750$ $J$/mol. The...
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Adsorption on activated carbon is to be used for reducing phenol concentration in wastewater from $0.04$ mol/$1$ to $0.008$ mol/$1$. The adsorption isotherm at the operat...
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Assume that an ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer follows first order dynamics with a time constant of $10\:s$. It is at a steady state temperature of $0^{\circ}C$. At...
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From the following list, identify the properties which are equal in both vapour and liquid phases at equilibriumDensityTemperatureChemical potentialEnthalpy$P$ and $Q$ on...
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Liquid reactant A decomposes as follows A $\rightarrow$ R r${_R} $= k${_1}$C$^{2}$${_A}$ k${_1}$ = 0.5m$^{3}$/mol-s...
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A reverse osmosis unit treats feed water (F) containing fluoride and its output consists of a permeate stream (P) and a reject stream (R). Let C${_F}$, C${_p}$, and C${_R...
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Water (density 1000 kg/m$^{3}$) is flowing through a nozzle, as shown below and exiting to the atmosphere. The relationship the diameters of the nozzle at location 1 and ...
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In a process occurring in a closed system F, the heat transferred from F to the surroundings E is 600 J. If the temperature of E is 300 K and that of F is in the range 38...
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An isothermal liquid phase zero order reaction A $\rightarrow$ B (k = 0.5 mol/m$^{3}$ -s) is carried out in a batch reactor. The initial concentration of A is 2 mol/m$^{3...
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The rate-controlling step for the solid-catalyzed irreversible reaction $ A + B \longrightarrow C$is known ...
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Segmental baffles in a $2-4$ shell and tube heat exchangerchange the flow pattern of the tube side fluid and increase the overall heat transfer co-efficientincrease the h...
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Consider the reaction $\mathrm{N}_{2}(\mathrm{~g})+3 \mathrm{H}_{2}(g) \rightleftharpoons 2 \mathrm{NH}_{3}(g)$ in a continuous flow reactor under steady-state conditions...
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A first-order heterogenous reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is carried out using a porous spherical catalyst. Assume isothermal conditions, and that intraphase diffusion contro...
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Saturated steam condenses on a vertical plate maintained at a constant wall temperature. If $x$ is the vertical distance from the top edge of the plate, then the local he...
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Which of the following is $\text{NOT}$ a necessary condition for a process under closed-loop control to be stable?Dead-time term(s) must be absent in the open-loop transf...
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Pure gas $\textbf{P}$ is being absorbed into a liquid. The dissolved $\textbf{P}$ undergoes an irreversible reaction in the liquid film. The reaction is first order with ...
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For a solid-catalyzed gas phase reversible reaction, which of the following statements is ALWAYS TRUE?Adsorption is rate-limitingDesorption is rate-limitingsolid catalyst...
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The following table provides four sets of Fanning friction factor data, for different values of Reynolds number $(Re)$ and roughness factor $\left ( \frac{k}{D} \right )....
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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...