Entry Exam – M.Sc.

/ 2015-2016
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 2/9/2015 (2nd Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

Q.1 Choose the right answer of the followings: (60 marks)

1. Shear stress in a fluid flowing in a round pipe
(a) In laminar flow, Newton's law of viscosity does not apply
(b) Is zero at the wall and increases linearly to the centre
(c) Is zero at the centre and varies linearly with the radius
(d) Remains constant over the cross-section.
2. Which of the following is not concerned with the fluid-particle interaction?
(a) Weber number (b) Froude number (c) Drag coefficient (d) Galileo number
3. Maximum theoretical suction head for water at 15°C by a centrifugal pump is 10.2 m. The same for
water at 90°C will be __________ m.
(a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 2.4 (d) 10
4. Which of the following is not a dimensionless parameter?
(a) Fanning friction factor (b) Specific gravity (c) Euler number (d) None of these
5. Priming is needed in a __________ pump.
(a) Reciprocating (b) Centrifugal (c) Diaphragm (d) Gear
6. If more than two branches of pipes are to be connected at the same point, then use a/an
(a) Elbow (b) Union (c) Tee (d) None of these.
7. In an incompressible fluid, the density is
(a) Greatly affected only by moderate changes in temperature.
(b) Not affected with moderate change in temperature & pressure.
(c) Greatly affected by moderate changes in pressure.
(d) Sensible to changes in both temperature & pressure.
8. Very small pressure difference (< 5 mm water coloumn) can be most conveniently measured by a/an
__________ manometer.
(a) U-tube mercury (b) Inclined tube mercury (c) U-tube water (d) Inclined tube water
9. Drag force acting on a body does not depend upon the
(a) Velocity of the body (b) Density of the body
(c) Density of the fluid (d) Projected area of the body
10. Where does the maximum stress occur in case of laminar flow of incompressible fluid in a closed
conduit of diameter „d‟?
(a) At the wall (b) At the centre (c) At d/4 from the wall (d) At d/8 from the wall
11. In forced convection, circulating currents are produced by
(a) Agitation only. (b) Turbulent flow only (c) Agitation in the vessel or turbulent flow in a pipe.
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Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 2/9/2015 (2nd Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

12. Dittus and Boelter equation uses an exponent for Prandtl number as
(a) 0.4 for heating and 0.3 for cooling a fluid.
(b) 0.4 for both heating and cooling the fluid.
(c) 0.3 for both heating and cooling the fluid.

13. Sieder and Tate used a correction for the viscosity ( ) for

(a) Very viscous liquids where there is no difference between the two viscosities
(b) Very viscous liquids where there is a noticed difference between the two viscosities
(c) Water
14. Emissivity of a body is defined as
(a) Ratio of emitting power of a black body to that of the body itself.
(b) 1.
(c) Ratio of its emitting power to that of a black body.
15. Considering Biot number:
(a) Very large Biot numbers (b) Very low Biot numbers
(c) Neither of the above is true.
16. In chemical or nuclear reactors,
(a) heat is generated internally (b) heat is not generated at all
(c) heat is generated at the outer surface of reactor.
17. One kg of carbon produces __________ kg of carbon dioxide.
(a) 3/7 (b) 11/3 (c) 11/7 (d) 4/11
18. The specific heat at constant volume is
(a) the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at
constant pressure
(b) the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at
constant volume
(c) the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one degree
(d) any one of the above
19. During which of the following process does heat rejection takes place in Carnot cycle?
(a) Isothermal expansion (b) Isentropic expansion
(c) Isentropic compression (d) Isothermal compression
20. One Joule (J) is equal to
(a) 1 N-m (b) 1 kN-m (c) 10 N-m/s (d) 10 kN-m/s
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Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 2/9/2015 (2nd Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

21. A process, in which the temperature of the working substance remains constant during its expansion or
compression, is called
(a) isothermal process (b) hyperbolic process
(c) polytropic process (c) adiabatic process
22. The thermodynamic law that deals with the state at zero kelvin is:
(a) Zeroth law of thermodynamics (b) First law of thermodynamics
(c) Second law of thermodynamics (d) Third law of thermodynamics
23. The fractional volume change of the system for the isothermal gas phase reaction A  3B between no
conversion and complete conversion is
(a) -0.5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. For a homogeneous reaction of nth order, the dimension of the reaction rate constant is given by
(a) (time)-n (b) (conc.)n-1 (c) (conc.)1- (d) Dimensionless
n
(time) (time)-1
25. A first order reaction requires two equal sized CSTR. The conversion is
(a) Less when they are connected in series. (b) More when they are connected in series.
(c) More when they are connected in parallel. (d) Same whether they are in series or in parallel
26. The activation energies of two reactions (1 and 2) are 10E1=E2. This means that:
(a) Rate 1 is more affected by temperature. (b) Rate 2 is more affected by temperature.
(c) Rate 1 is larger ten times than rate 2. (d) None of the above!
27. In an exothermic chemical reaction, the reactants compared to the products have
(a) Higher temperature (b) More energy (c) Less energy (d) None of the above!
28. The half life time of zero order reaction equals to
(a) CAo/2k. (b) CAo/k.
(c) 1/k. (d) Ln2/k.
29. Fenske equation determines the
(a) Maximum number of ideal plates. (b) Height of the distillation column.
(c) Minimum number of theoretical plates. (d) Optimum reflux ratio.
30. Separation of two or more components of a liquid solution cannot be achieved by
(a) Fractional crystallization (b) liquid extraction (c) abdorption (d) evaporation
31. At minimum reflux ratio for a given separarion
(a) Number of plates is zero (b) Number of plates is infinity.
(c) Minimum number of theoretical plates is rquired. (d) Separation is more efficient.
32. In batch distillation with constant reflux, overhead product composition ------------- with time.
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University of Baghdad
Date 2/9/2015 (2nd Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

(a) increases (b) decreases.

(c) does not vary. (d) may increase or decrease, depending on the system.
33. To increase the absorption factor, (where G = gas flow rate and S = solvent flow rate)
(a) Increase both G and S (b) decrease both G and S
(c) increase S and decrease G (d) Increase G and decrease S
34. The rate of solid-liquid extraction in limited by the
(a) Phase change of the solute as it dissolves in the solvent
(b) Diffusion of the solute through the solvent in the pores to the outside of the particle.
(c) Diffusion of the solute from the solution in contact with the particle to the main bulk of solution
(d) All (a), (b), and (c).

35. How many ppm are there in 1 ppb?

(a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 0.01 (d) 0.001
36. Which of the following ratios defines the recycle ratio in a chemical process?.
(a) Gross feed stream/recycle feed stream (b) Recycle stream/gross feed stream
(c) Recycle stream/fresh feed stream (d) None of these
37. The density of a gas 'X' is twice that of another gas 'Y'. If the molecular weight of gas 'Y' is 'M'; then the
molecular weight of the gas 'X' will be
(a) 2M (b) M/2 (c) M (d) M/4
38. A chemical process is said to occur under unsteady state, if the.
(a) inventory changes do not take place (b) ratio of streams entering/leaving are independent of time
(c) flow rates & composition both are time dependent (d) none of these
39. In a chemical process, the recycle stream is purged for
(a) increasing the product yield (b) enriching the product
(c) limiting the inerts (d) heat conservation
40. For an ideal solution, the total vapor pressure varies __________ with the composition (expressed as
mole fraction)
(a) Inversely (b) exponentially (c) decrease in pressure (d) linearly (d) negligibly.
Q.2 Answer the following questions (40 marks)
a. In order to heat 0.5 kg/s of a heavy oil from 311K to 372K, it is passed through tubes of inside diameter
19 mm and length 1.5 m forming a bank, on the outside of which sream is condensing at 373K. How
many tubes will be needed approximately? Given that the heat transfer coefficient on the oil side is 250
W/m2K and that for condensing steam is 10,000 W/m2K.

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Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 2/9/2015 (2nd Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

b. Experimental studies of a specific decomposition of A in a batch reactor using pressure units show
exactly the same rate at two different temperatures

 rA  
mol 
 rA 2.3 p A2 
where   m3  s 
at 400 K
at 400 K  rA 2.3 p A2  p A  atm 

a. Evaluate the activation energy using these units

b. Transform the rate expressions into concentration units and then evaluate the activation energy.
Note: The pressure is not excessive, so the ideal law can be used.
c. Derive the relation between “overall mass transfer coefficient” based on gas phase and the individual
mass transfer coefficients of gas and liquid phases.
d 2 y dy
d. Find the general solution of the differential equation x   4x
dx 2 dx
e. For the mixed tank shown in the figure, write the dynamic equation of the flow in the tank.

f. In a tissue paper machine, stream N contains 85% fiber. Find the unknown fiber values (all values in the
figure are in kg) in kg for each stream.

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