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Benzene is removed from air by absorbing it n a non-volatile wash-oil at $100$ $kPa$ in a counter- current gas absorber. Gas flow rate is $100$ mol/min , which includes $...
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Air is flowing at a velocity of $3\:m/s$ perpendicular to a long pipe as shown in the figure below. The outer diameter of the pipe is $d=6\:cm$ and temperature at the out...
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An incompressible fluid is flowing through a contraction section of length $L$ and has a $1-D$ ($x$- direction steady state velocity distribution, $u=u_{0}\left ( 1+\frac...
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The purchase cost of a heat exchanger of 20 m$^{2}$ area was Rs 500000 in 2006. What will be the estimated cost (in Rs to the nearest integer) of a similar heat exchanger...
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A control value, with a turndown ratio of 50, follows equal percentage characteristics. The flow rate of a liquid through the value at 40% stem positions is 1 m$^{3}$/h. ...
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The first order liquid phase reaction $A \rightarrow P$ is conducted isothermally in a plug flow reactor of $5$ liter volume. The inlet volumetric flow rate is $1$ liter/...
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Match the items in Column $A$ with the items in Column $B$$\begin{array}{|cl|cI|}\hline&\text{$Column\:A$} & \text{$Column\:A$} \\ \hline &\text{P. Pure dead-time} & \te...
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Pitot tube is used to measureliquid level in a tankflow velocity at a pointangular deformationvorticity
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Two packed towers are designed for the same mass velocity of the gas. The first has liquid and gas flow rates of $30\:kg/s$ and $1.2\:kg/s$, respectively, while the corre...
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The fourth order Runge-Kutta ($RK4$) method to solve an ordinary differential equation $\frac{dy}{dx}=f\left ( x,y \right )$ is given as $$y\left ( x+h \right )=y\left ( ...
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An elementary irreversible liquid-phase reaction, $2P \overset{k}{\rightarrow}Q$, where the rate constant $k = 2\:L\:\text{mol}^{-1}\:\text{min} ^{-1}$, takes place in an...
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$SO_2$ from air is absorbed by pure water in a counter current packed column operating at constant pressure. The compositions and the flow rates of the streams are shown ...
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In a heat exchanger, the inner diameter of a tube is $25\:mm$ and its outer diameter is $30\:mm$. The overall heat transfer coefficient based on the inner area is $360\:W...
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For the initial value problem$$\frac{dx}{dt}=\sin\left ( t \right ),\:\:\:\:x\left ( 0 \right )=0$$the value of $x$ at $t=\pi /3$ , is _____________.
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A propeller (diameter $D=15\:m$) rotates at $N=1$ revolution per second $(rps)$. To understand the flow around the propeller, a lab-scale model is made. Important paramet...
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Let $I_{b\lambda }$ be the spectral blackbody radiation intensity per unit wavelength about the wavelength $\lambda$ . The blackbody radiation intensity emitted by a blac...
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Which one of the following is an iterative technique for solving a system of simultaneous linear algebraic equations?Gauss eliminationGauss-JordanGauss-Seidel$LU$ decompo...
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Terms used in engineering economics have standard definitions and interpretations. Which one of the following statements is $INCORRECT$?The profitability measure 'return ...
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A gas obeying the Clausius equation of state is isothermally compressed from $5\:Mpa$ to $15\:MPa$ in a closed system at $400\:K$. The Clausius equation of state is $P=\f...
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A $CSTR$ has a long inlet pipe. A tracer is injected at the entrance of the pipe. The $E$-curve obtained at the exit of the $CSTR$ is shown in the figure below.Assuming p...
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Consider a control system with the open loop transfer function given by :$G_{OL}\left ( s \right )=\frac{K_{c}e^{-0.3z}}{1.5s+1}$In the above function, pre-factor of $s$ ...
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If $|-2x+9| = 3$ then the possible value of $|-X|-X^2$ would be:$30$$-30$$-42$$42$
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A gaseous system contains H${_2}$,I${_2}$ and HI, which participate in the gas-phase reaction 2H...
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​​​​​Hot oil at $110{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ heats water from $30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $70{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ in a counter-current double-pipe heat exchang...
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​​​​​​For the block diagram shown in the figure, the correct expression for the transfer function $G_{d}=\frac{y_{1}(s)}{d(s)}$ is$\frac{-G_{p 1} G_{c 2}}{\le...
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A hollow cylinder of equal length and inner diameter (i.e., $L=D$) is sealed at both ends with flat plate, as shown in the figure. Its inner surfaces, $A_1$, $A_2$, and $...
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Consider a batch distillation process for an equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene at atmospheric pressure. The mole fraction of benzene in the distillate collected af...
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Choose the option that correctly matches the step response curve on the left with the appropriate transfer functions on the right. The step input change occurs at time $t...
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Match the variable in Group-$1$ with the instruments in Group-$2$.$\begin{array}{cc}\&\text{Group-$1$} & \text{Group-$2$} \\ &\text{P. Temperature} & \text{ I. Capacitanc...
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Two machines $M1$ and $M2$ are able to execute any of four jobs $P,Q,R$ and $S$. The machines can perform one job on one object at a time. Jobs $P,Q,R$ and $S$ take $30$ ...
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A window is made up of a square portion and an equilateral triangle portion above it. The base of the triangular portion coincides with the upper side of the square. If t...
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What are the modulus $\left ( r \right )$ and argument $\left ( \theta \right )$ of the complex number $3+4i$ ?$r=\sqrt{7}, \theta =tan^{-1}\left ( \frac{4}{3} \right )$$...
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Steam at $100^{\circ}C$ is condensing on a vertical steel plate. The condensate flow is laminar. The average Nusselt numbers are $Nu_{1}$ and $Nu_{2}$, When the plate tem...
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A $PI$ controller with integral time constant of $0.1$ min is to be designed to control a process with transfer function$$G_{P}\left ( s \right )=\frac{10}{s^{2}+2s+100}$...
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The following question presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Following the requiremen...
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Match the output signals as obtained from four measuring devices in response to a unit step change in the input signal.$\begin{array}{cc}\&\text{P. Gas chromatograph, wit...
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A typical batch filtration cycle consists of filtration followed by washing. One such filtration unit operating at constant pressure difference first filters a slurry dur...
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If $y=5x^{2}+3,$ then the tangent at $x=0,y=3$passes through $x=0,y=0$has a slope of $+1$is parallel to the $x$-axishas a slope of $-1$
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Given below is a simplified block diagram of a feedforward control system.The transfer function of the process is $G_{p}=\frac{5}{s+1}$ and the disturbance transfer funct...
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A polymer plant with a production capacity of $10,000$ tons per year has an overall yield of $70\%$, on mass basis ($kg$ of product per $kg$ of raw material), The raw mat...