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Solute $A$ is absorbed from a gas into water in a packed bed operating at steady state. The absorber operating pressure and temperature are $1 \: \mathrm{atm}$ and $300 \...

Components $A$ and $B$ form an azeotrope. The saturation vapour pressures of $A$ and $B$ at the boiling temperature of the azeotrope are $87 \: \mathrm{kPa}$ and $72.7 \:...

The reaction $A \: \rightarrow$ products with reaction rate, $\left(-r_{A}\right)=k C_{A}^{3}$, occurs in an isothermal PFR operating at steady state. The conversion $(X)...

The catalytic gas phase reaction $A \rightarrow$ products is carried out in an isothermal batch reactor of $10 \: \mathrm{L}$ volume using $0.1 \: \mathrm{kg}$ of a soli...

Methanol is produced by the reversible, gas-phase hydrogenation of carbon monoxide as$$ \mathrm{CO}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \leftrightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{OH}$$$\mathrm...

It is proposed to install thermal insulation in a residence to save on the summer-monsoon season air-conditioning costs. The estimated yearly saving is $20$ thousand rupe...

Consider the flowsheet in the figure for manufacturing $C$ via the reaction $A+B \rightarrow C$ in an isothermal CSTR. The split in the separator is perfect so that the r...

A wet solid of $100 \:\textsf{kg}$ containing $30 \: \mathrm{wt} \%$ moisture is to be dried to $2 \: \mathrm{wt} \%$ moisture in a tray dryer. The critical moisture cont...

An infinitely long cylindrical water filament of radius 𝑅 is surrounded by air.Assume water and air to be static. The pressure outside the filament is 𝑃out and thepressur...

​​​​​If ' $\rightarrow$ ' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simmer $\rightarrow$ seethe $\rightarrow$ smolder] is analogous to [break ...

​​On a given day, how many times will the second-hand and the minute-hand of a clock cross each other during the clock time $12:05:00$ hours to $12: 55: 00$ hours?$51$$49...

​​​​​​In the given text, the blanks are numbered $\text{(i)-(iv)}$. Select the best match for all the blanks.From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic stadium...

The first non-zero term in the Taylor series expansion of $(1-x)-e^{-x}$ about $x=0$ is$1$$-1$$\frac{x^{2}}{2}$$-\frac{x^{2}}{2}$

If $z_{1}=-1+i$ and $z_{2}=2 i$, where $i=\sqrt{-1}$, then $\operatorname{Arg}\left(z_{1} / z_{2}\right)$ is$\frac{3 \pi}{4}$$\frac{\pi}{4}$$\frac{\pi}{2}$$\frac{\pi}{3}$

​​​​​A homogeneous azeotropic distillation process separates an azeotropic $AB$ binary feed using a heavy entrainer, $E$, as shown in the figure. The loss of $E$ in the t...

An infinitely long cylindrical water filament of radius $R$ is surrounded by air. Assume water and air to be static. The pressure outside the filament is $P_{\text {out }...

​​​​​The velocity field in an incompressible flow is $\boldsymbol{v}=\alpha x y \hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}+v_{y} \hat{\boldsymbol{\jmath}}+\beta \widehat{\boldsymbol{k}}$,...

​​​​​Consider the steady, uni-directional diffusion of a binary mixture of $A$ and $B$ across a vertical slab of dimensions $0.2 \mathrm{~m} \times 0.1 \mathrm{~m} \times...

Consider a vapour-liquid mixture of components $A$ and $B$ that obeys Raoult's law. The vapour pressure of $A$ is half that of $B$. The vapour phase concentrations of $A$...

The ratio of the activation energy of a chemical reaction to the universal gas constant is $1000 \mathrm{~K}$. The temperature-dependence of the reaction rate constant fo...

​​​​​​The rate of a reaction $A \rightarrow B$ is $0.2 \mathrm{~mol} \mathrm{~m}^{-3} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}$ at a particular concentration $C_{A 1}$. The rate constant of the ...

​​​​​Two parallel first-order liquid phase reactions $A \xrightarrow{k_{1}} B$ and $A \xrightarrow{k_{2}} C$ are carried out in a well-mixed isothermal batch reactor. The...

Consider the block diagram in the figure with control input $u$, disturbance $d$ and output $y$. For the feedforward controller, the ordered pair $(K, \alpha / \beta)$ is...

​​​​​Consider the control structure for the overhead section of a distillation column shown in the figure. The composition controller (CC) controls the heavy key impurity...

Which one of the given statements is correct with reference to gas-liquid contactors for mass transfer applications?A tray tower is more suitable for foaming systems than...

​​​​​In an ammonia manufacturing facility, the necessary hydrogen is generated from methane. The facility consists of the following process units -$\text{P}$: Methanator,...

​​​​​​Consider a linear homogeneous system of equations $\text{Ax}=0$, where $\text{A}$ is an $n \times n$ matrix, $\text{x}$ is an $n \times 1$ vector and $0$ is an $n \...

If the Prandtl number $\operatorname{Pr}=0.01$, which of the following statements is/are correct?The momentum diffusivity is much larger than the thermal diffusivity.The ...