RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES

Department of Chemical Engineering, Nuzvid campus

Subject : Chemical Reaction Engineering -1 Test Name : E2S1AT5

Date : 21– 09– 2019 Time : 20 Min Max Marks : 10 Marks

Answer all the questions. Each question carries one mark. (10 X 1 = 10 Marks)

1) Which of the following is one of the advantages of batch reactor?

a) It is simple in construction
b) It has flexibility of operation
c) It requires small instrumentation and less supporting equipment
d) All of the above
2) Which of the following is one of the disadvantages of batch reactor?
a) High labor cost per unit volume of production
b) It has no flexibility of operation
c) Not useful for low production
d) None of the above
3) Which of the following is one of the advantages of mixed flow reactor?
a) It is relatively easy to maintain good temperature control
b) It is possible to operate under isothermal conditions
c) It is useful for isothermal nature with long residence time reactions
d) All of the above
4) Which of the following is one of the disadvantages of mixed flow reactor?
a) It is not possible to operate under isothermal conditions
b) High labor cost per unit volume of production
c) Not Suited for high heat effect reactions
d) None of the above
5) Which of the following term is not equal to zero in the material balance of
reactant A of a rection for a batch reactor?
a) Input
b) Output
c) Accumulation
d) None of the above
6) Which of the following term is equal to zero in the material balance of reactant
A of a reaction for a steady state plug flow reactor?
a) Input
b) Output
c) Disappearance
d) Accumulation
7) The performance measure ‘space time’ for flow reactors is depends on
a) Initial concentrations of reactants
b) Nature of reaction
c) Shape of the reactor
d) None of the above
8) The ‘Mean residence time’ for flow reactors is depends on
a) Initial concentrations of reactants
b) Nature of reaction
c) Shape of the reactor
d) All of the above
9) Suppose 1 lit/sec of gaseous reactant A is fed to a mixed flow reactor of 2 liters
with reaction stoichiometry is A 3R and the conversion is 50%, then space
velocity (in sec-1) and space time (in sec) are
a) 2, 0.5
b) 0.5, 2
c) 1, 0.5
d) 1, 1
10) Suppose 1 lit/sec of gaseous reactant A is fed to a mixed flow reactor of 2
liters with reaction stoichiometry is A 3R and the conversion is 50%, then
space velocity (in sec-1) and holding time (in sec) are
a) 0.5, 1
b) 2, 1
c) 2, 0.25
d) 0.5, 0.25
Key:

Q. No A/B/C/D
Q01 D
Q02 A
Q03 D
Q04 C
Q05 C
Q06 D
Q07 D
Q08 D
Q09 A
Q10 B