QUESTION BANK

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I

1. Calibration of Venturimeter, Orifice Meter and Rotameter
i. Derive equation for Venturimeneter and Orifice Meter. What is the nature of
the calibration curve, if manometer is used for pressure difference
measurement?
ii. Compare applications of Venturimeter and Orificemeter
iii. What is the power requirement of venturimeter and orificemeter?
iv. Describe constructin of venturimeter and orificemeter.Whatare different types
of tappings of orificemeter?
v. Can you use venturimeter for gas flow measurement?
vi. A venturimeter having a throat diameter of 38.9 mm is installed in a line
having an inside diameter of 102.3 mm. It meters water having a density
999kg/m3. the measured pressured drop is 156. kPa. The venturi coefficient is
0.98. Calculate flow rate.
vii. An orifice meter with flange taps is to be installed in a 100 mm line to
measure the flow of water. The maximum flow rate is expected to be 50m3/hr
at 15oC.
a) If maximum manometer reading is to be 1.25m. What will be the diameter of
the orifice
b) What will be the power to operate the meter at full load?

viii. Describe constrction of Rotameter. What is by pass rotameter?

ix. Prove that calibration curve of a rotameter is a straight line.
x. What is the advantage of using variable area rotameter?
xi. Identify the plane of reading of following Rotameter floats.

2. Flow over notches

i. Derive expressions for rectangular and Triangular notches.

ii. State empirical equations for Notches
iii. Mention the application of open notches in industry.

3. Friction in pipes and studies on pipe fittings

i. Define Fanning Friction Factor.
ii. Derive expression for friction factor for flow through a pipe
iii. What is the relationship between friction factor and Reynolds number in
laminar flow.
iv. Sketch Friction factor chart. How is it used for determination of pressure drop.
v. Define roughness parameter and relative roughness.
vi. How do you determine friction loss from sudden expansion, sudden
contraction, pipe fittings and valves?
vii. What is meant by nominal diameter and schedule no. of pipes and tubes?
viii. Draw the figures of fully developed flow for laminar and turbulence flow.
4. Centrifugal pump test rig
i. Distinguish between a centrifugal pump and a reciprocating pump
ii. Explain Centrifugal pump theory. Derive an expression for work done per unit
mass of liquid flowing through an ideal centrifugal pump.
iii. Name few positive displacement pumps
iv. Define: Suction head or suction lift, Delivery Head, Static head, Pump
Efficiency, Overall Efficiency, Pump Out put, Shaft Power
v. Sketch and explain typical Characteristic curves for a centrifugal pump.
vi. State the affinity laws for Centrifugal pumps.
vii. Explain why priming is required for centrifugal pumps.
viii. Draw system curve and performance curve of centrifugal pump. How do you
select a centrifugal pump on the basis of these curves?

5. Sedimentation
i. What is flocculation? What are the various zones in the settling of a
flocculated suspension?
ii. Sketch different types of settling tanks.
iii. Define settling flux, and transport flux.
iv. Distinguish between free and hindered settling
v. How is velocity calculated for free and hindered settling
vi. Determine terminal velocity of particles of density 1500kg/m3 size 10 microns
for (a) free settling in wate (b) hindered settling [50% solids in slurry]
vii. What are different designs of settling tank?
viii. Sketch and label a gravity thickener. Distinguish between clarifier and
thickener.
ix. State steps used for design of thickener from batch settling curve using Kynch
method.
6. Studies on Ball Mill
i. Describe, Ball Mill, Pebble Mill, Conical ball Mill, tube mill
ii. Derive equation for critical speed of Ball mill. What is the
operating speed of ball mill?
iii. State Kicks Law, Rittingers Law and discuss their applications
iv. State Bond Law. Define work index.

7. Studies on Cyclone Separator

i. Sketch a conventional cyclone separator with dimensions for
D=0.5m.
ii. What is sepration factor of a cyclone
iii. What are different types of entry to a cyclone
iv. What is hydrocyclone
v. Define cut diameter. Derive expression for cut diameter of a
cyclone.
vi. What is Lapple Correlation? What is its significance?
vii. Describe a multiple cyclone
 8. Studies on Plate and Frame Filter Press,

i. Describe working of a plate and frame filter press. Sketch path for washing
cake.
ii. Distinguish between contant pressure filtration and constant rate filtration.
iii. Define and give expressions for specific cake resistance, filter medium
resistance and compressibility coefficient.
iv. Derive the equation used to determine specific cake resistance and filter
medium resistance.
v. Describe Rotary drum filter and centrifugal filter
vi. What are filter aids?
vii. Define mesh number. What is the relationship between mesh number and
screen opening?
i. Define sphericity. Determine sphericity of a cube.
ii. What is volume shape factor?
iii. Give expressions for different average diameters, population/unit mass.
10.POWER REQUIREMENT IN AGITATION:
i. What are different types of impellors?
ii. What are different types of flow in an agitated vessel? What kind of flows are
generated by propeller and turbine?
iii. What are desirable and undesirable types of flow in an agitated vessel? What
is vortex formation and how it is avoided?
iv. Define Power number, Stirrer number, Froude number, Flow number, mention
their significance and prove that they are dimensionless
v. What is the power required to agitate water by a standard turbine in a 1.2 m
diameter tank at 500 rpm?
vi. State standard turbine design. Give dimension for a 1.5 m diameter tank.
11. Studies on different Unit operation equipment – Floatation cell, Tubular
Centrifuge, and Fluid energy mill.
i. Name various operations for mineral beneficiation.
ii. Explain principal of from Froth Flotation.
i. What are the functionof the following in Froth Floatation: Collector, Promoter,
Depressants, Frothers, pH regulators . Give examples of chemicals used
ii. Sketch and explain difference between Floatation cell and column floatation.
iii. Explain working of : tubular centrifuge, disk centrifuge.
iv. Distinguish between Disk centrifuge and nozzle discharge dis centrifuge.
v. Define and Derive expression for: cut diameter of a centrifuge, Sigmavalue of a
centrifuge.
vi. Derive expression for position of overflow dam for centrifugal liquid liquid
separation
vii. Name various machineries for ultrafine grinding
viii. Explain working of different types of Fluid Energy mill
ix. Define the parameters used characterize particulate solids to assess its flow properties.
x. If bulk and true densitites are 595 and 998 kg/m3 determine porosity.