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Consider a matrix $\text{A}=\left[\begin{array}{cc}-5 & a \\ -2 & -2\end{array}\right]$, where $a$ is a constant. If the eigenvalues of $\text{A}$ are $-1$ and $-6$, then...
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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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Consider a binary mixture of components $A$ and $B$ at temperature $T$ and pressure $P$. Let $\bar{V}_{A}$ and $\bar{V}_{B}$ be the partial molar volumes of $A$ and $B$, ...
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Consider the steady, uni-directional, fully-developed, pressure-driven laminar flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid through a circular pipe of inner radius $5.0 \mat...
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The opposite faces of a metal slab of thickness $5 \mathrm{~cm}$ and thermal conductivity $400 \mathrm{~W} \mathrm{~m}^{-1}{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}^{-1}$ are maintained at ...
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The capital cost of a distillation column is Rs. $90$ lakhs. The cost is to be fully depreciated (salvage value is zero) using the double-declining balance method over $1...
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The Newton-Raphson method is used to solve $f(x)=0$, where $f(x)=e^{x}-5 x$.If the initial guess $x^{(0)}=1.0$, the value of the next iterate, $x^{(1)}$, rounded off to $...
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Consider the line integral $\int_{C} \boldsymbol{F}(\boldsymbol{r}) \cdot d \boldsymbol{r}$, with $\boldsymbol{F}(\boldsymbol{r})=x \hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}+y \hat{\bold...
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Consider the ordinary differential equation $x^{2} \frac{d^{2} y}{d x^{2}}-x \frac{d y}{d x}-3 y=0$, with the boundary conditions $y(x=1)=2$ and $y(x=2)=17 / 2$. The solu...
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Consider the function $f(x, y, z)=x^{4}+2 y^{3}+z^{2}$. The directional derivative of the function at the point $P(-1,1,-1)$ along $(\hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}+\hat{\bolds...
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Consider the process in the figure for manufacturing $B$. The feed to the process is $90 \mathrm{~mol} \% A$ and a close-boiling inert component $I$. At a particular stea...
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Methane combusts with air in a furnace as $\mathrm{CH}_{4}+2 \mathrm{O}_{2} \rightarrow \mathrm{CO}_{2}+2 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$. The heat of reaction $\Delta H_{r x ...
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An isolated system consists of two perfectly sealed cuboidal compartments $A$ and $B$ separated by a movable rigid wall of cross-sectional area $0.1 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$ as s...
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Ethylene obeys the truncated virial equation-of-state\[\frac{P V}{R T}=1+\frac{B P}{R T}\]where $P$ is the pressure, $V$ is the molar volume, $T$ is the absolute temperat...
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A metallic spherical particle of density $7001 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ and diameter $1 \mathrm{~mm}$ is settling steadily due to gravity in a stagnant gas of densi...
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Water of density $1000 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ is pumped at a volumetric flow rate of $3.14 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{~m}^{3} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}$, through a pipe of inn...
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A Venturi meter with a throat diameter $d=2 \mathrm{~cm}$ measures the flow rate in a pipe of diameter $D=6 \mathrm{~cm}$, as shown in the figure. A U-tube manometer is c...
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Heat is available at a rate of $2 \mathrm{~kW}$ from a thermal reservoir at $400 \mathrm{~K}$. A two-stage process harnesses this heat to produce power. Stages $1$ and $2...
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A chemostat with cell recycle is shown in the figure. The feed flow rate and culture volume are $F=75 \mathrm{~L} \mathrm{~h}^{-1}$ and $V=200 \mathrm{~L}$, respectively....
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Consider the surge drum in the figure. Initially the system is at steady-state with a hold-up $\bar{V}=5 \mathrm{~m}^{3}$, which is $50 \%$ of full tank capacity, $V_{f u...
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A $\text{PD}$ controller with transfer function $G_{c}$ is used to stabilize an open-loop unstable process with transfer function $G_{p}$, where\[G_{c}=K_{c} \frac{\tau_{...
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Consider a tray-column of diameter $120 \mathrm{~cm}$. Each downcomer has a cross-sectional area of $575 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$. For a tray, the percentage column cross-sectio...
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The area of a circular field is $25\: m^{2}$. The radius, $r$, is to be determined using the Newton-Raphson iterative method. For an initial guess of $r = 2.500\: m$, the...
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$5$ moles of liquid benzene, $8$ moles of liquid toluene and $7$ moles of liquid xylene are mixed at $25^{\circ}C$ and $1$ bar. Assuming the formation of an ideal solutio...
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A perfectly insulated double pipe heat exchanger is operating at steady state. Saturated steam enters the inner pipe at $100^{\circ}C$ and leaves as saturated water at $1...
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Consider steady-state diffusion in a binary $\text{A-B}$ liquid at constant temperature and pressure. The mole-fraction of $A$ at two different locations is $0.8$ and $0....
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Consider interphase mass transfer of a species $S$ between two immiscible liquids $A$ and $B$. The interfacial mass transfer coefficient ot $S$ in liquid $A$ is twice of ...
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A wet solid containing $20\%$ $\text{(w/w)}$ moisture (based on mass of bone-dry solid) is dried in a tray-dryer. The critical moisture content of the solid is $10\%$ $\t...
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A process described by the transfer function $$G_{P}\left ( s \right ) = \frac{\left ( 10s +1 \right )}{5s + 1}$$ is forced by a unit step input at time $t = 0$. The outp...
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A compressor with a lite of $10$ years costs Rs $10$ lakhs. Its yearly operating cost is Rs $0.5$ lakh. If the annual compound interest rate is $8\%$, the amount needed a...
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The directional derivative of $f\left ( x, y, z \right ) = 4x^{2}+2y^{2}+z^{2}$ at the point $(1, 1, 1)$ in the direction of the vector $\vec{v} = \hat{i} - \hat{k}$ is _...
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Consider a sphere of radius $4$, centered at the origin, with outward unit normal $\hat{n}$ on its surface $S$. The value of the surface integral $\iint _{s} \left ( \dfr...
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The equation $\dfrac{dy}{dx} = xy^{2}+ 2y+ x- 4.5$ with the initial condition $y(x= 0) = 1$ is to be solved using a predictor-corrector approach. Use a predictor based on...
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A substance at $4^{\circ}C$ has a thermal expansion coefficient $\beta = \dfrac{1}{v}\left ( \dfrac{\partial v}{\partial T} \right )_P =0 \:K^{-1}$, an isothermal compres...
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The molar excess Gibbs free energy $(g^{E})$ of a liquid mixture of $A$ and $B$ is given by $$\frac{g^{E}}{RT} = x_{A}x_{B}\left [ C_{1} + C_{2} \left ( x_{A} - x_{B} \ri...
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For a pure substance, the following data at saturated conditions are given:$$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{ln}\:{P^{\text{sat}} (\text{bar})} & \text{T (K)} \\ 0.693 & 350 \\ ...
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Consider the process flowsheet in the figure. An irreversible liquid-phase reaction $A \rightarrow B$ (reaction rate $-r_{A} = 164 \:x_{A}\text{ kmol }m^{-3}\:h^{-1}$) oc...
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Two reservoirs located at the same altitude are connected by a straight horizontal pipe of length $120\:m$ and inner diameter $0.5\:m$, as shown in the figure. A pump tra...
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A venturi meter (venturi coefficient, $C_{v} = 0.98$) is connected to a pipe of inner diameter $50$ $\text{mm}$. Water (density $1000\:kg\:m^{-3}$) is flowing through the...
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In a constant-rate cake filtration operation, the collected filtrate volumes are $120\:m^{3}$ and $240\:m^{3}$ at $1$ min and $2$ min, respectively. Assume the cake resis...