Entry Exam – M.Sc.

/ 2015-2016
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 13/8/2015 Time: 3 hrs

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

1. The net positive suction head (NPSH) of a centrifugal pump is defined as the sum of the velocity head
and the pressure head at the
(a) discharge (b) suction (c) suction minus vapor pressure of the liquid at suction temperature
(d) Discharge minus vapor pressure of the liquid at the discharge temperature.
2. Which of the following denotes the effect of compressibility in fluid flow?
(a) Mach number (b) Weber number (c) Euler number (d) Reynolds number
3. Laminar flow of a Newtonion fluid ceases to exist, when the Reynolds number exceeds
(a) 1500 (b) 2100 (c) 4000 (d) 10000
4. The fluid property, due to which, mercury does not wet the glass is
(a) viscosity (b) surface tension (c) adhesion (d) cohesion
5. Power loss in an orifice meter is __________ that in a venture meter.
(a) same as (b) less than (c) more than (d) data insufficient
6. At high Reynolds number
(a) viscous forces predominate (b) inertial forces control and viscous forces are unimportant
(c) inertial forces are unimportant and viscous forces control (d) none of these.
7. The ratio of average fluid velocity to the maximum velocity in case of laminar flow of a Newtonion fluid
in a circular pipe is
(a) 0.66 (b) 0.5 (c) 2 (d) 1
8. For a particle settling in water at its terminal settling velocity, which of the following is true?
(a) Weight = buoyancy + drag (b) Drag = buoyancy + weight
(c) Buoyancy = weight + drag (d) Drag = weight
9. What causes cavitation in centrifugal pump?
(a) High suction pressure (b) Low barometric pressure
(c) High suction velocity (d) Low suction pressure
10. 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
11. In chemical plants, liquids are boiled leading to
(a) first formation of bubbles then a distinct vapor phase above liquid interface.
(b) formation of vapor layer only (c) formation of liquid phase only.
12. Convection heat transfer is referred to
(a) Microscopic motion of material and therefore it is confined in liquids.
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Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 13/8/2015 Time: 3 hrs

(b) Macroscopic motion of fluid and therefore is confined in liquids and gases.
(c) Both macroscopic and microscopic motions.
13. In radiation heat transfer
(a) no medium is required (b) a gas is required (c) either a gas or a liquid is required

14. For the figures below:

400K
400K

350K
350K

325K 325K

280K 280K

(a) (b)

(a) ∆Tlm = 50 for fig. (a), ∆Tlm = 30 for figure (b).

(b) ∆Tlm = 72.5 for fig. (a), ∆Tlm = 60.6 for figure (b).
(c) ∆Tlm = 75 for fig. (a), ∆Tlm = 60 for figure (b).
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. The gas constant (R) is equal to the __________ of two specific heats.
(a) sum (b) product (c) difference (d) ratio
18. In an isothermal process
(a) there is no change in temperature (b) there is no change in internal energy
(c) there is no change in enthalpy (d) all of these
19. Which of the following is correct?
(a) Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure - Atmospheric pressure
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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2015-2016
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 13/8/2015 Time: 3 hrs

(b) Atmospheric pressure = Absolute pressure + Gauge pressure

(c) Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure + Atmospheric pressure
(d) Gauge pressure = Absolute pressure + Atmospheric pressure
20. The absolute zero temperature is taken as
(a) -237°C (b) 237°C (c) -273°C (d) 273°C
21. The entropy of water at 0°C is assumed to be
(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) 1
22. 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
23. The unit of the reaction rate constant for nth order reaction is:
(a) (time)-n (b) (conc.)1-n (time)-1 (c) (conc.)-n(time)-1 (d) Dimensionless
24. For the equilibrium reaction:
(a) K= 0 (b) K= certain positive value (c) XAe= 0 (d) CAo= maximum
25. When activation energy of a certain reaction is very high, the conversion of limiting reactant material is:
(a) Highly changing with temperature. (b) Decreasing with temperature.
(c) Approximately un-changing with temperature. (d) Reaching maximum at 298 K.
26. The activation energies of two reactions (1 and 2) are E1=10E2. 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. Milk I pasteurized if it is heated to 63 °C for 30 minutes, but if it is heated to 74 °C it only needs 15
seconds for the same results. Then the activation energy of the sterilization process is:
(a) 422 kJ/mole (b) 138 kJ/mole (c) 73 kJ/mole (d) 18 kJ/mole
28. The performance of infinite number of equal size mixed flow reactors in series is the same as for:
(a) Single mixed flow reactor. (b) Single plug flow reactor.
(c) Single mixed flow reactor with recycle ratio R=1. (d) Infinite number of plug flow reactors.
29. In absorption of solute gas from a mixture containing inert in a solvent, it has both found that the overall
gas transfer coefficient is nearly equal to the individual gas film coefficient. It may therefore be
concluded that
(a) The process is liquid film controlled.
(b) The gas is sparingly soluble in the solvent.
(c) The transfer rate can be increased by reducing the thickness of the liquid film.
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University of Baghdad
Date 13/8/2015 Time: 3 hrs

(d) The transfer rate can be increased by reducing the thickness of the gas film.
30. Minimum number of ideal stages is required in a fractionating column when the reflux ratio is equal to
(a) Minimum reflux ratio (b) 1 – 1.5 (c) Zero (d) Infinity
31. Solvent extraction is preferred for the separation of the components of liquids, when
(a) Extracting solvent is cheaply and available
(b) One of the liquid components is heat sensitive.
(c) Viscosity of liquid components is very high.
(d) One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent.
32. Drying of a solid involves …………. Transfer.
(a) Only heat (b) Only mass.
(c) Both heat and mass. (d) None of these.
33. In a binary system, separation is very efficient, when the relative volatility is
(a) 1 (b) ˃ 1 (c) ˂ 1 (d) 0.5
34. Drying of a wet solid under constant drying conditions means the exposure of the wet solid to the air of
constant
(a) Humidity (b) Velocity (c) Temperature (d) All above a, b and c.

35. Recycling in a chemical process facilitates

(a) increased yield (b) enrichment of product (c) all of three (d) heat conservation
36. A vapor whose partial pressure is less than its equilibrium vapor pressure is called the __________
vapor.
(a) Saturated (b) superheated (c) unsaturated (d) dry gaseous
37. Number of gm moles of solute dissolved in 1 kg of solvent is called its
(a) Molality (b) molarity (c) formality (d) normality
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38. A gas occupies a volume of 283 cm at 10 °C. If it is heated to 20 °C at constant pressure, the new
volume of the gas will be __________ cm3.
(a) 566 (b) 283 (c) 141.5 (d) 293
39. NaOH (MW: 40) contains __________ percent oxygen (MW: 32).
(a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 1
40. For the gaseous phase reaction, N2 + O2 2NO, ΔH = + 80 kJ/kg. mole; the decomposition of NO is
favored by
(a) increasing the concentration of N2 (b) increase in pressure
(c) decrease in pressure (d) decrease in temperature.

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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2015-2016
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 13/8/2015 Time: 3 hrs

Q.2 Answer the following questions (40 marks)

a. Define: (a) Absorptivity and reflectivity (b) Biot number (c) Thermal diffusivity
b. A liquid decomposes by first order kinetics, in a batch reactor 50% of A is converted in a 5 minutes run.
How much longer would it take to reach 75% conversion?
c. A sphere of naphthalene having a radius of 2 mm is suspended in a large volume of still air at 318 K
and 101.3 kPa. The surface temperature of naphthalene can be assumed to be 318 K and its vapor
pressure at this temperature is 0.555 mm Hg. The diffusivity of naphthalene in air at 318 K is 6.92 × 10 -
6
m2/s. Calculate the rate of evaporation from the surface.
d. Apply the test of exactness to determine whether the differential equation 2xy dx + x2 dy + cosy dy = 0
is exact or not and find its general solution.
e. A glass tube of cross-sectional (S) is filled with a volatile liquid to a certain level. The level is kept
constant. Its open end is subjected to a stream air. Find the equation describing the rate of diffusion of
the vapor of volatile liquid.
f. A feed of a mixture of benzene (Bz) and toluene (Tol) is separated as shown in the figure below.
Calculate the values of the distillate (D), the bottoms (B), the heat duty (heat removed by the water) in
the condenser (QC), and the heat duty (input) to the reboiler (QR). The recycle ratio R/D is 4.

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