PLACEMENT TEST 2009 PROCESS

Total Marks 100 Total Duration 1 Hour

1. Write the molecular structures for Methanol: (1 Point) a. b. c. d. CH3-OH CH3-CH2-OH CH4 CH3-CH3

2. Write the molecular structures for Propane: (1 Point) a. b. c. d. CH4 CH3-CH3 CH3-CH2-CH3 CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3

3. Write the molecular structures for Iso Propanol: (1 Point) a. b. c. CH3-CH2-OH CH3-CH2-CH2-OH CH3-CH-CH3 | OH CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3 | OH

d.

4. Gas Law is defined as follows: PV = nZRT. In this expression, Z is known as (2 points) a. b. c. d. Gas Constant Compressibility Factor Viscosity Zaccharia Factor

5. Viscosity of a gas is a. b. c. d.

(5 points)

Inversely proportional to temperature Directly proportional to temperature Not dependant on temperature Proportional to the square root of temperature

6. Pressure drop in a pipe is a function of: (where d is pipe diameter). (5 points) a. b. c. d. d2 d3 d4 d5

7. Would you expect a mixture of oil with a density of 800 kg/m3 and water to: (5 points) a. b. Be easier to separate than a mixture of oil with a density of 600 kg/m3 and water or Be more difficult to separate than a mixture of oil with a density of 600 kg/m3 and water

8. What are the products of combustion when a hydrocarbon such as methane is totally combusted ? (5 points) a. b. c. d. CO, CO2, and H2O CO and CO2 CO and H2O CO2 and H2O

9. If the flow through a pipe is reduced by one half would you expect the pressure drop through the pipe to go up be a factor of: (5 points) a. b. c. d. 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5

10. Pump A is pumping oil with a density of 750 kg/m3 to a height of 50 meters. Pump B is pumping water with a density of 1000 kg/m3 to the same height. The suction pressures for both pumps are the same. Which pump will have a higher discharge pressure? (5 points) a. b. Pump A Pump B

11. If one mole of propane is burned using air (no excess air required), approximately how many moles of air will be required? (10 points) a. b. c. d. 15 20 25 30

12. Five thousand kg/hr of steam with an enthalpy of 160 kcal/kg is to be dsuperheated to steam with an enthalpy of 120 kcal/kg using water with an enthalpy of 20 kcal/kg. Approximately how much water is required? (10 points) a. b. c. d. 1000 kg/hr 2000 kg/hr 3000 kg/hr 4000 kg/hr

13. A centrifugal pump is raising a fluid with a density of 600 kg/ m3 to a height of 30 meters. The pump is then used for the same volumetric flow of a new fluid with a density of 900 kg/ m3. Will the pump be able to raise the new fluid to the same height as the original fluid? (5 points) a. b. yes no

14. If a heat exchanger with counter current flow is cooling one fluid from 200 OC to 150 OC while heating another fluid from 75 OC to 150 OC, the log mean temperature difference will be approximately: (5 points) a. b. c. d. 50 OC 60 OC 70 OC 80 OC

15. The vapour pressure of component A in a solution is 4 bar(a). The total pressure above the solution is 20 bar(a). The partial pressure of the component A in the vapour is: (10 points) a. b. c. d. 0.02 bara 0.2 bara 2.0 bara 20.0 bara

16. One mole of a gas contains 80%mole of ethane and 20%mole carbon dioxide. How many moles of oxygen are required to combust this gas? (10 points) a. b. c. d. 2.0 2.4 2.8 3.2

17. Five thousand kg/hr of a fluid with a heat capacity of 1 kcal/kgOC is being heated from 50 OC to 100 OC using steam condensing at 150 OC with a latent heat of 125 kcal/kg. How much steam is required? (10 points) a. b. c. d. 2000 kg/hr 2200 kg/hr 2400 kg/hr 2500 kg/hr

18. The pressure drop of gas flowing in a packed bed is determined by a. b. c. d. Boyles Law Ergun Equation Van der Waals Equation Enthalpy Correlation

(5 points)