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    3 : CHEMICAL, i Duration: Three Hours Maximuem Marks: 109 Please read the following instructions carefull General Instructions: 1. Tot! duration of examination is 180 minutes (3 hours). ‘The clock will be set at the server. The countdown timer in the top right corer of sercen will display the remaining time available for you to complete the examination. When the timer reaches zero, the etamination will end by itself. You will not be required to end or submit your examination. 3. The Question Palette displayed on the right side of screen will show the status of cach question usinz ‘one of the following symbols ‘Yo have not visited the question yet ‘You have not answered the question. ‘You have answered the question. You have NOT answered the question, but have marked the ‘question for review. ‘You have answered the question, but marked it for review. ‘The Marked for Review status for a question andicates that you would like to look at that question again. Jf question ts answered and ‘for Review, sue answer for tut question veil be conxidered in the evaluation. iting toa Quest 4, Toanswer a question, do the followin: 1. Click on the question number in the Question Palette ta go to that question directly. 1b. Select.an answer for a multiple choice type question. Use the virtual numeric keypad to enter a'mumber as answer for a numerical type question. «Click on Save and Next to save your answer for the current question and then go to-the next question, Click on Mark for Review and Next to save your answer for the current question mark it for review, and then go to the next question. © Cantion: Note that your amwer for the current question will not be saved, if you navigate to another question directly by clicking on its question number. You can view all the questions hy clicking on tle Question Paper bution. Note that the options for multiple choive type questions will not be shown, na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tr 3 oueMic aL enc ————— 6. Procedure for answering a multiple choige type question: b er Tovsclect your answer. click on the button of onc of the options To deselect your chasen answer, click on the button af the chosen aption again or click on the Clear Response button ‘To change your chasen answer, click on the button of another aption To save your answer, you MUST click on the Save and Next button To mark the question for review, click on the Mark for Review and Next button. ff amower és sefected for a question that (s Marked for Review, teat answer will be considered in the evaluation. 7. Procedure for answering » mmerical answer type question: 2 b ‘To-enter a:number as your answer, use the virtual numerical keypad A fraction (cg.,-0.3 of -3} canbe enicred as an answer with or without *0" before the decimal ein “Tove oe ae I rr Nes to ‘To save your ariswer, you MUST click on the Save and Next button ‘To matk the question farreview, click on the Mark for Review and Next button, £7 en answer ih eittered! for # question that is Marked for Review. thal answer will be considered! tn the evaluation, 8, To change your answer to a question that hus already becn unswered. first select that question for answering and then follow the procedure for nnswering that type of question 9. Note that ONLY Questions for which answers are saved or marked for review after answering will be considered far evaluation. na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tr 2013 - CHEMICAL ENGR — CHL 1. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. Questions are of multiple choice type or numerical answer type. A multiple choice type question. will have four choices for the answer with only ome correct choice, For numerical answer type questions, the answer is a number and no choices will be given, A number as the answer should he entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor Questions Q.1 — 0.25 carry Imark each, Questions Q:26 — Q.55 carry 2marks each. The 2marks questions include two pairs of commen dain questions and two pairs of linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the linked answer questions depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is not attempted, then the answer te the second question in the pair will not be evaluated. 3. Questions @.54 — 0.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA) section and carry: a total of 15 marks ‘Questions Q.56 ~ Q.00 sarry Lmark each, and questions Q.61 — Q.03 carry 2marks cach, 4. Questions not attempted will result in zero mark. Wrong answers for multiple choice type questions will result in NEGATIVE marks. For all 1 mark questions, Yemnark will be dédueted for each wrong answer. For all 2 marks questions, % mark will be deducted for such wrong answer. However, in the casc of the linked answer question pair, there will be negative marks only for wrong answer to the first question and no negative marks for wrong answer to the second question, There is no negative marking for questions of numerical answer type. 5. Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets or tables arc NO'T allowed in the examination hall ©, Do'the rough werk in the Scribble Pad provided. na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tir 2013 CHEMICAL ENGR — CHL QL The number of emmils received on six consecutive days is 11.9, 18, 18, 4 und 15, respectively. ‘What are the median and the mode for these data? (A) 18 and 11, respeeti (2) 13 and 18. respectively (C) 13 and 12.5, respectively (D) 125 and 18, respectively Q2 Fortwo rolls of a fair dic, the probability of getting a 4 im the first roll and a mumber less than 4 the second roll, up to 3 digits after the decimal point. s Q3 Which of the following statements are TRUE? P. The cigenvalues of a symmetric matrix are real Q The vahic of the determinant of an erthogonal matrix can only be +1 R. The transpose of a squarc matrix A has the same cigenvalues as those)of A, S, The inverse of ani“ ¥ mY imairix exists if'and only if the rankiis less than ‘n? (A) P.and Q only (8) P and R only (C) Qand R only (Dy P and S.only Q4 Evaluate [ de (Note: Cis # constant of integration ) ) +€ ite at © wl QS A gaseous system contains H,,1,.and TIL, which participate in the gas-phase teaction 2HI=H, +1, ‘Ata state of reaction equilibrium, the number of thermodynamic degrecs of freedom is Q4 The thermodynamic state of a closed system containing a pure fluid changes from (T,, p,) to (Te. po). where T and p denote the temperature and pressure, respectively. Let Q denote the heat absorbed (> 0 if absorbed by the system) and W the work done (> 0 if done by the system). Neglect changes in kinetic and potential energies. Which one of the following is CORRECT? (A) Qs path-independent and W is path-dependent (B) Q ix path-dlependent and W is path-independent (CQ — W) is path-independent (D)(Q + W) is path-independent na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tr Qs Quo &e cy (r= The units of the isothermal compressibility are (Ay? (BpPa! (Cyn pa! (Dar Pa ‘An open tank contains two immiscible liquids of densities (800 ke’m’ and 1000 ke/m") as shown in the figure. If g ~ 1 m/s*, under stalic conditions, the gauge pressure at the bottom of the tank in Pa is ‘The apparent viscosity of a fluid is given by maa 0.007 a where (4) isthe velocity gradient. The uid is | i (A) Bingham plastic (8) dilatani (C) preudoplastic (1) thixotropic ‘The mass balance fora fluid with density (p) and velocity vector (? } is op. . ay Baw pe (aye {e ep og aly na OTE: information provided Nereis only Tor reterance, Way vary with Ene OraMnay, oir radii R\ and Rs as shown in the figure, is flowing under steady state conditions. The outcr cylinder is rotating ‘with un angular velocity of © while the inner cylinder is stationary. Given tht {R= R)-=R,, the profile af the H-componcat of the velocity Vs cam be approximated by, ve AS SR; ra oy Alen ~ (r+®) ¥ (R.-R)* A) RO Bi ae a (ma) ( (&,-R) Q.13 Fora Newtonian fluid flowing in a cireular pipe under steady siatc conditions in fally developed laminar flow, the Fanning friction factor is 0.125 (A) 0.046Re Ce) ROO ear 16 af Oa Ohne Q.14 Inthe Tyler standard screen. scale series, when the mesh number increases from 3 mesh to (0 mesh, then (A) the clear opening decreases (B) the clear opening ineressics (C) the clear opening is unchanged (D) the wire diameter increases QUIS Toking the acceleration due to gravity to be 10 mis", the separation factor of a cyclone 0.5 m in diameter and having a tangential velocity of 20 ms near the wall is na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal an 7 Quis Qu Q20 actual exit temperature attained by the cold uid ‘maximum exit temperature attainable by the cold fluid ct) actual exit temperature attained by the hot fluid oSa———_—_—_—_—_—_—_——_ ‘minimum exit temperature attainable by the hot fluid actual heat transfer rate OO — ee el ‘maximum possible heat transfer rate from bot fluid to cold fluid ‘In pool boiling: experiment, the following phenomena were observed, P. Natural ccimvection Q. Film boiling R. Transition boiling S. Nocleate boiling ‘What was the CORRECT sequence of their occurrence? (A)P.O.RS (B) 5, ROP (ORFS (D)P.S.R. A hole of area | en is opened om the surface of a large spherical cavity whose inside temperature is maintained at 727 °C. The value of Stefan-oltymann-constunt is 5.0710" Wim'-K* ‘Assuming black body radiation, the rate at which the energy is emitted (in W) by the cavity through the hole, up to 3 digits after the decimal point, i ‘The packinz of an existing abserption tower ix replaced with a new type of packing. ‘The height of the packing and the inlet conditions ure maintained the same as before. Tests reveal that the umber of transfer units is lower than before. This indicates that the tower with the new: packing, when compared to that with the old packing, wil (A) have a higher rate of absorption of the solute from the gus stream (B) havea lower rate of absorption of the solute from the gas stream (Cy have the same rate of absorption of the solute from the gas stream (D) have a lower height of transfer unit A wet solid is dried over a lone period of time by unsaturated air af nonzere constant relative humidity. The moisture content cventually attained by the solid is termed as the (A) unbound moisture content (B) bound moisture content (C) free moisture content (D) equilibrium moisture content na OTE: information provided Nereis only Tor reterance, Way vary with Ene OraMnay, Tie 2013 - CHEMICAL ENGR — CHL Q.21 The exit age distribution for a reactors given by E(t) ~ A(t - 4}, where t's im seconds. A first order liquid phase resetion (ik ~ 0.25 5") is carned out in this reactor under steady state and isothermal conditions. The mean conversion of the reactant at the exit of the reactor, up to 2 decimal poi. is ts after the 2 id phase zero order reaction A > 8 (k~ 0.5 mol/m'-s) is carried out in a batch reactor. The initial concentration of A is 2 molim’. At 3 sccands from the start of the reaction, the concentration of A in mol/m’ is Q23 The overall rates of an isothermal catalytic reaction using spherical catalyst particles of diameters Imm and 2 mm are tas and ts (in mol (kg-catalysi)" hi'}, respectively. The other physical propertics af the cutalyst particles are identical. If pore diffusion resistance is very high, the ratio Q.24 Inthe manufacture of sulphuric aci cout in multiple stages mainly to by the contact process, the catalytic oxidation of SO. is curried (A) increase the reaction rate by providing inter-stage heating (BY increase the overall conversion by providing inter-stare heating: (C) increase the everall conversion by providing inter-staze cooling, (D) decrease the overall conversion by removing sulphut trinxide Between stages Q.25 Match the following. Group t Group 2 (P) Viscosity (1) Pyrometer (Q) Pressure (2) Hot wire anemometer (R) Velocity (3) Rheometce (S) Temperature (4) Pieroetectrie element (APA, 3, RLS? (B)P-3, 04, R22, S41 (C)P3, 4, RI, S-2 (D) P43, R-2, $1 Q. 26 to Q. 55 carry two marks each. Q.26 For the function na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal un wy Ca) - i-s (ay a Q.28 The solution of the different equation dy 8 .0.25y=0. given y=Oatx=0 and aty-0i ak de (A) xe pe SE (B) O5xe"—0.5re"* (cy rel Q.29 The value of the imegral 03 loa © dx evaluated by Simpson's rule using 4 subintervals (up to 3 digits after the decimal point) is __ Q30. Ina process ocourting in a closed system F, the heat fransfefred from F tothe stwrroundings E is 6005. If the temperature'of F is 300 K sind that of F is in the munge 380-400 K, the entropy changes of the surrounslings (Sp) and system ( AS»), in 4/K: are ifven by (A) AS,-2, AS, --2 (8) as, --2, as,-2 (C)AS.=2, AS,<-> (D) AS. = 2, AS, >-2 Q31 A binary liquid mixture is in equilibrium with its vapor at a temperature T ~ 300 K. The mole fraction x, of species | is 0.4 and the molar excess Gibbs free energy is 200 J/mol. The value oF the wniversal gas constant is 8.314 Nmol-K. and y, denotes the liquid-phase activity cocfficient of species i. If Iniy,) ~ 0.99, then the value of Inty.), up to 2 digits after the decimal point, is na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal vn atmosphere. The relationship between the diameters of the nozzle at locations | and 2 is D, ~ 4D; ‘The average velocity of the stream at location 2 is 16 m/s and the frictional loss between location 1 and location 2 is 10000 Pa. Assuming steady state and turbulent flow. the gauge pressure in Pa, at location 1 is Exiting tothe atmosphere Q.33. In the elutriation leg of a commercial crystallizer containing a mixture of coarse and very fine crystals of the same material, a liquid és pumped vertically upward_Thesliquid velocity is adjusied such that itis slightly: ower than the terminal velocity of the course erystals aniys:Hence (A) the very: fine-and coarse etystals will both be carried upward by the liquid (B) the very fine and coarse erystals will both settle af the bottom of the tube (C) the very fine erystals will be carried upward and the coarse crystals will sctile (D) the coarse crystals will be carried upward and the very fine crystals will settle Q34 100 ton'h of a rack feed, of which 80% passed through a mesh size of 2.54 mm, were reduced in size such that 89% of the crushed product passed through & mesh sizeof 1.27 mm. The power consumption was 100 KW, 1f 100 toiv/h of the same material is similarly crushed from a mesh size of 5.08 mm toa mesh size of 234 mm, the power gonsumption(im kW, 19 the neurest integer} using Bond's law, is Q35 Calculate the heat required (in kJ, up to 1 digit after the decimal point) to raise the temperature of Imole of a solid material from 100 °C to 1000 °C. The specific heat (C,) of the material (in Jémol-K) is expressed as C, = 20+ 0.0057, where T is inK. Assume no phase change, Q.36 Ina double pipe counter-current heat exchanger. the tempensture profiles shown in the figure were observed. During operation, due to fouling inside the pipe, the heat transfer rate reduces to half of the original value. Assuming that the flow rates and the physical properties of the fluids do not change, the LMTD (in °C) in the new situatian is fot Auld 90% inlet Hot fluid Cold Gold "80°C 60°C outier vurlet To old aut wore wo (B) 20 (ec) 40 (D) indeterminate na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tor 2013 - CHEMICAL ENGR — CHL Q37 The vaporliquid equilibrium curve of a binary mixture A-, may be approximated by a linear cquation over a narrow range of liquid mole fractions { 0.2 < x.) 0.3). follows 3252, + 0.1 Here y' isthe mole fraction of A in the vapor. 100 moles of a feed (x, ¢ ~ 0.28) is batch distilled to n final residue (x,y ~0.2). Using the Rayleigh equation, the number of moles of the residue {eft behind in the distillation unit, up 102 digits after the decimal poi, is Q.38 A crosscurrent cascade of N ideal stages is tised to treat-a feed stream of molar flow rate E. The feed stream contains 3 solute which is to be recovered by a pure solyenthaving # molar flow-rate S. The solvent is divided eqiially: between these N stages, Thellihear equilibrhutm eurve relating the mole fractions x and y* of the Solute in the raffinate and the extract respectively. is given by y"~ mx. Assume dilute conditions. The ratio of the solute mole fraction in the original feed to that in the exit raffinate stream i.e. (X,./X,) is given by ae ale le a al, alk ale 3 z Q39 A study was conducted in which water was pumped through cylindrical pipes made of a sparingly soluble solid, For a given pipe and certain flow conditions, the mass transfer coefficient k. has been calculated as | mm's using the correlation 5h = 0.025 Re™ Se" A the velocity of the fluid and the diameter of the pipe are both doubled, what is the new value of k, in mum's, up to2 digits after the decimal point? na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tar 4! Qa O43 44 ky +(CH)N, + (CHON, + (CH)N ky ie Ca +N HCH), CH.) Using the pacudo-steady-state-approximation for [(CH:}:N:]*, thé order with respect to azomethane in the rate expression for the formation of ethane, in the limit of high concentrations of azomethane, AA first order liquid phase reaction is curried out isathermally at a steady state in a CSTR and 90% conversion is attained. With the same inlet conditions and for the same overall conversion, if the CSTR is replaced by two smaller and identical isothermal CSTRs'in series, the % reduction in total volume, to the earest integer, i= ‘Match the reactant-product combination in Group 1 with the unit process in Group 2 Group 1 Group 2 (PY propylene - butanat (Q) Pyrolysis (Q) cumene- phenol (2) Dehydrogenution (R) butane - butadicne (3) Hydroformylation (S) ethylene dichloride - vinyl chloride (4) Peroxidation (A)P3.02, R454 (B)P-2, 04, 8-3, S-1 (COPA.O3, RAS (D) P34, R-2, $1 Identify which of the following statements are FALSE. (P) Oils with an oleic radical (1 double bond) are more suitable than oils with a linolenic radical G double bonds) as film forming vehicles for paints (Q) Production of synthesis yas from coal and steam is an endothermic process (R) Use of chlorine for bleaching of wood pulp results in the release of dioxins (S) In the manufacture of urea from ammonia, the main intermediate product formed is ammonium bicarbonate (A) Pand Q only (B)Rand Sonly, (C)QandR only (D) and s only ‘A unit gnin 2"! onder underdamped process has a period of escillation 1 sccond and decay: ratio 0.25, The transfer function of the process is a @ ——— 0.067541 0.0075 +0,0245 +1 1 1 oo (D) OMI HIPs +1 O76 400215 +1 ) orn ts na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tr 2013 - CHEMICAL ENGR — CHL Q.45A.contral valve, with a tumdown ratioof 50 follows cqual percentage characteristics. The flow rate of'a liquid through the valve at 40% stem position is 1 m'/h, Whut will be the low rate in m'/h at 30% stem position, if the pressure drop across the valve remains unchanged? (Lip to 2 digits after the decimal point.) Q.46. ‘The purchase cost of beat exchanger of 20 mi* area was Rs, 500000 in 2006, What will be the estimated cast (in Rs. 1o the nearest imeger) of a similar heat exchanger of $0 m’ area in the year 20137 Assume the six-tenths factor rule for scaling and the cost index for 2006 as 430.2. The projected cost index for the year 2013 is 512.6. N unitsiday. The daily fixed changes are Rs. 20000 and the variable cast per compressor is Rs, 500 + 0.2 N!“. The selling price per compressor is Rs. 1000. The numberof compressors to be manufactured, to-qhe! nearest. intezer, in order to maximize the daily profit is Q47 A plant manufactures. compressors at the rate of Common Dat Questions ‘Common Data for Questions 48 and 49: A reverse osmosis unit treats feed water (F) containing fluoride and its ouput consists of a permeate stream (0) and a reject stream (R). Let Ce. Cr, and Cx denote the fluoride concentrations in the feed, permeate, and reject streams, respectively. Under steady state conditions, the volumetric flow rate of the reject is 00 % of the volumetric flow-rate of'the inlet stream, and'C;-~ 2 mg/l. and Cp— 0.1. mgiL, Q48 The valuc of ein mg/L. up to one digit-after the decimal point is 49. A ffaction f of the feed is bypassed and mixed with the permente to obtain treated water having a fucride concentration of 1 mg/L. Here also the flow rate of the reject stream is 00% of the flow rate entering the reverse osmosis unit {after the bypass). The valuc of f. up to 2 digits after the decimal point. is ‘Common Data far Questions 50 and 5: Liguid reactant A decomposes as follows AQR mah Ads nehe, An aqueous feed of composition C,,~ 30 mol’m’, C,,~ 2 mol'm’, and C,,- | mol'm’ enters a CSTR in which the above reactions eccur. Assume isothermal and steady stale conditions, Q.50 If the conversion of A is 30 %, the concentration of R in the exit stream in mol/m’, to the nearest integer. is na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal Tr 3 - CHEMICAL, i Q.51 What is the % conversion of A. to the nearest integer, so that the concentration of $ in the exit stream is 11.8 mol/m'? Linked Answer Questions Statement for Linked Answer Questions $2 and 53: ‘The vapor liquid equilibrium relation for an ical binary xystem is given by 4 Mann Y~ TF ae Dia Here x, and yj are the mole fractions of species A in the liquid and vapor, respectively. The relative volatility (a) i greater than unity. Q.52 The liquid mole fraction x, at which the maximum difference between the equilibrium vapor mole fraction and liquid mole fra jet wot UF Jena) (Jean) ott ee os, _ Vann aD Q.53 A liquid having the composition found in the first part of the linked answer question, is fash distilled at w steady state to a final liquid mole fraction of 0.25, If Gay is 2.5, the fraction of the food vaporized is (A) ane (By0.20 (cy 0.67 (D074 Statement for Linked Answer Questions $4 and 55: Consider the following transfer function G,(sb= ee (2s4ayt (Note: The unit of the process time constant is in seconds.) Q.54 The crossover frequency (in rad/s) of the process is (Ay20 (By0.1 (hos (p) 0.05 Q.55 For the computation of Ziegler-Nichols settings, the ultimate period (in s/cycle} and the ultimate (A) mand 0.8, respectively (B) 4z and 0.8, respectively (C) 4x and 1.25, respectively (D) rand 1.25, respective na HOVED information proviged Nereis omy Tor reverence, Wray vary with te Graal THF CHEMICAL E i ES Q. 56—Q, 00 carry one mark each, Qse 1f3 <4

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