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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2160503 Date: 08/11/2017
Subject Name:Process Equipment Design -I
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Define schedule number, Equivalent length of pipe and NPSH. 03
(b) Name the various types of baffles and its functions in shell and tube heat 04
exchanger.
(c) Discuss the Process Design of Fans and compressor. 07
Q.2 (a) Why expansion joint is provided in fixed tube sheet heat exchanger? 03
(b) Briefly explain Tinker’s flow model. 04
(c) Give the stepwise design procedure for shell and tube heat exchanger without any 07
phase change.
OR
(c) Discuss in detail about the various criteria of selection between horizontal and 07
vertical condenser.
Q.3 Lube oil is to be cooled from 65 oC to 45 oC by using cooling water in fixed tube 14
sheet type shell and tube heat exchanger where lube oil is circulated on shell side
and water is on tube side. The design data are as follows.
Lube oil flow rate - 450 L/min, Density of lube oil - 869 kg/m3, Specific heat of
lube oil - 2.1413 kJ/kgoC, Thermal conductivity of lube oil - 0.13 W/moC,
Viscosity of lube oil - 15 cP, Cooling water inlet temp. – 35 oC, Cooling water
outlet temp. – 39 oC, Specific heat of water - 4.1868 kJ/kgoC, Viscosity of water -
0.73 cP. Thermal conductivity of water - 0.628 W/moC, Density of Water - 993.32
kg/m3
Specification of fixed tube sheet heat exchanger:
Shell inside diameter - 418 mm , Tube O.D. - 15.875 mm, Type of baffle - 25%
segmental, Tube I.D. - 13.3858 mm, Baffle spacing - 83.6 mm, Tube length - 3.048
m, Tube pitch - 1.25dO, Type of tube arrangement – Triangular, Nos. of tube side
passes – 4, LMTD correction factor - 0.95, Assume Overall heat transfer
Coefficient - 400 W/m2 oC. Calculate (i) Number of tubes (ii) tube side heat
transfer coefficient and (iii) shell side heat transfer coefficient. Use following
correlation:
Shell side heat transfer coefficient. , where 10X
X = 0.48856log10Re – 2.82393,
Tube Side Heat Transfer coefficient:
OR
Q.3 (a) Define partition coefficient, extract phase and raffinate phase for liquid-liquid 03
extraction.
(b) Briefly explain the desired solvent properties required for choice of solvent in 04
liquid-liquid extraction.
(c) State the merits and demerits of mixer-settler. Discuss the design steps for the 07
process design of horizontal and vertical gravity settler.
Q.4 (a) How to select operating pressure for distillation? 03
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 (b) Discuss the various factors considered for the selection of different types of trays 04
for distillation column.
(c) What is jet flooding and downcomer flooding? Explain the design steps for the 07
determination of total pressure drop in sieve tray distillation column.
OR
Q.4 (a) State the advantages and disadvantages of vacuum distillation. 03
(b) What is the function of downcomer? Discuss the different types of downcomer 04
used in distillation column.
(c) Determine the inside diameter of sieve tray distillation column required at top for 07
the separation of acetic acid-water binary mixture with the following available
data.
Maximum feed flow rate – 12000 kg/h, Minimum feed flow rate – 8400 kg/h (70
% of the maximum), Feed composition – 80 % acetic acid and 20 % water (by
mass) or 54.55 % acetic acid and 45.45 % water (by mole), Mole fraction of water
in distillate – 0.9302, Mole fraction of water in residue – 1.666 × 10-4, q – 1.272,
Reflux ratio (R) – 4.2, No. of theoretical stages (N) – 25, Density of vapour at top
– 0.6823 kg/m3, Density of liquid at top – 967.97 kg/m3, Tray spacing – 0.3,
Flooding constant – 0.0635, Surface tension of liquid – 55.5 × 10-3 N/m,
Downcomer area – 0.12 Ac
Q.5 (a) State and explain the various types of random packings used with packed towers. 03
(b) With neat sketch explain the countercurrent type and gas injection type of packing 04
support used in packed column.
(c) Discuss in details the selection criteria for different absorption equipment. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) State the merits and demerits of falling film absorber. 03
(b) With neat sketch explain the different types of liquid distributors used with packed 04
tower type absorber.
(c) Determine the fractional of solute removal in a venturi scrubber based on the 07
following data.
Volumetric flow rate of boiler flue gas - 24,000 Nm3/h, Discharge pressure of gas
from venture - Atmospheric, Temperature of gas - 80 to 90 oC, SO2 concentration
in boiler flue gas - 4000 ppm (or mg/kg), Solvent - 1 % lime solution, Solvent to
gas ratio - 1.4 L/m3, Throat velocity of gas phase - 100 m/s, Average molar mass
of flue gas - 29.48 kg/kmol, Density of 1 % lime solution - 1012.5 kg/m3,
Equilibrium mass of SO2 per 100 mass of H2O - 0.035

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