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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER–VI (NEW) - EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2018
Subject Code:2160507 Date:05/05/2018
Subject Name:Advance Separation Techniques
Time:10:30 AM to 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

MARKS
Q.1 (a) Define SCE with it’s advantages and disadvantages. 03
(b) Explain concept of Pressure Swing Distillation (PSD). 04
(c) Explain ROSE process for deasphalting with a neat sketch. 07

Q.2 (a) Compare short path distillation with molecular distillation. 03

(b) Write a short note on packing elements used for catalytic distillation 04
(c) Discuss the Advance separation techniques applied in chemical 07
industry and their benefits with example.
OR
(c) Explain flow sheet of Decaffeination of coffee? 07

Q.3 (a) What are the essential properties of a good supercritical solvent? 03
(b) List the advantages & disadvantages of PSA over cryogenic 04
distillation.
(c) Discuss principal of pressure swing Adsorption with one industrial 07
application in details.
OR
Q.3 (a) List the major applications of short path distillation process. 03
(b) What are the advantages of reactive distillation? 04
(c) Describe the manufacturing process of ETBE by reactive distillation 07
with a neat process flow sheet.

Q.4 (a) Discuss the concept of SPDU. What is the use of roller wiper system 03
in a SPDU?
(b) List down the applications of pervaporization. 04
(c) Discuss about the different techniques used for Melt crystallization? 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Name some commonly used membrane materials. 03
(b) Write a short note on ultrafiltration. 04
(c) Explain working of pressure swing distillation? What is difference 07
between Melt crystallization and distillation?

Q.5 (a) Classify the membrane process based on driving force 03

(b) List the membrane modules and explain any one in detail. 04
(c) Write working principle and applications of Osmotic Distillation 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Draw a neat sketch of a cross-flow membrane process. 03
(b) What is driving force for RO process? Also discuss working principle 04
of Reverse Osmosis.
(c) Write a short note on pervaporization. 07

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