1.Cylindrical storage tanks used for the storage of volatile liquids (e.g., 5.

5.In the downcomer of a distillation column, the minimum recommended

naphtha) have __________ roofs. residence time is about __________ seconds.
A. conical A. 2.5
B. flat B. 5
C. floating C. 12.5
D. fixed D. 17.5

2.Larger depth of liquid on the trays of a distillation column 6.For identical situation, condensing film coefficient in case of a horizontal
A. leads to high tray efficiency. condenser is almost __________ the value expected in case of vertical
B. results in higher pressure drop per tray. condenser.
C. both (a) & (b). A. half
D. neither (a) or (b). B. twice
C. thrice
D. five times
3.Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Plate efficiency increases with increase in superficial vapour velocity
till entrainment limit. 7.Diameter of rivet hole (d, mm) and the plate thickness (t, mm) are related
B. Increase in depth of the liquid about the slots increases the plate by Unwin's formula as
efficiency, particularly if the liquid depth is < 1". A. d = 1.1 t
C. Too small a plate spacing can cause a low efficiency, if the vapour B. d = 1.6 t
velocity is greater than the allowable value. C. d = 1.5 t
D. none of these. D. 3t

4.Pick out the wrong statement. 8.A binary liquid azeotropic mixture has boiling point lower than either of
A. In practical operation, distillation towers having diameter 3-6 metres the components, when it shows __________ deviation from Raoult's Law.
equipped with bubble cap (round) size of 15 cms are used. A. positive
B. Height of packing in a packed tower is about 3 times the column B. negative
diameter for raschig rings and about 5 to 10 times the column C. no
diameter for saddle packing. D. none of these
C. In a seive tray, the minimum hole diameter is equal to the tray
thickness.
D. In a stainless steel seive tray, the minimum hole diameter is equal to 9.In which of the following evaporators, steam is fed inside the tube while
10 times the plate thickness. the liquor is outside the tube ?
A. Long tube vertical evaporator
B. Short tube vertical evaporator
C. Horizontal tube evaporator
D. None of these
 14.If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two passes; for the
same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will
10.A single pass air heater is connected to a two pass unit. For the air flow __________ times.
rate and other conditions remaining the same, the film heat transfer co- A. increase by 1.8
efficient for air will vary in the ratio of B. decrease by 22
A. 2 C. increase by 21.6
B. 20.8 D. none of these
C. 20.2
D. none of these
15.Pick out the wrong statement.
A. An air cooled finned pipe is diagram-matically represented by
11.In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is
primarily provided for
A. reducing scale deposition. B. A heat exchanger is diagrammatically represented by
B. increasing pressure drop.
C. fixing the tubes.
D. creating turbulence.

12.For turbine agitator, the impeller diameter is about

A. 0.3 to 0.5 d C. A 90° welded elbow is diagrammatically represented by
0.1 to 0.2 d
B. 0.65 to 0.85 d
C. 0.95 d

13.In a shell and tube heat exchanger having triangular pitch, the shell side
equivalent diameter is given by D. A pipe still heater is diagrammatically represented by

A.

B.

C.

D.
16.Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a long tube 21.The equivalent diameter for pressure drop is __________ that for heat
vertical evaporator. transfer.
A. Tube dia is 3-6 cms, while tube length in 3-6 metres. A. smaller than
B. Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube. B. greater than
C. Liquor level is maintained at l/3rd to 1/2 of the height of the tube. C. equal to
D. none of these. D. not related with

17.Which of the following is the most common type of baffle used in 22.Most of the storage vessels/tanks are made cylindrical, because of the fact
industrial shell and tube heat exchanger ? that a cylinder
A. 75% cut segmental baffle. A. has greater structural strength.
B. 25% cut segmental baffle. B. is easy to fabricate.
C. Orifice baffle. C. both (a) and (b).
D. Disk and doughnut baffle. D. neither (a) nor (b).

18.What is the minimum recommended ligament for square pitch 23.The distance between the top of the slots and the liquid surface when the
arrangement in case of heat exchangers ? static liquid is just ready to flow over the overflow weir is called
A. 6.5 cms A. downcomer liquid seal
B. 6.5 mm B. static submergence
C. Equal to tube I.D C. skirt clearance
D. Equal to tube O.D D. none of these

19.Pick out the correct statement 24.Liquid gradient over the tray results due to the
A. Centre to centre distance between two consecutives rivets in a row is A. resistance offered to flow of liquids by caps & risers and the flow of
called the pitch. gas.
B. A rivetted joint made in overlapping plates is called butt joint. B. low gas velocity.
C. Hole size drilled in rivetted plates is less than the actual size of the C. large plate spacing.
rivet. D. large reflux ratio.
D. none of these.
25.The centre to centre distance between two consecutive baffles in a shell
20.Safety valves are provided in chemical equipments to guard against and tube heat exchanger is called the baffle pitch or baffle spacing, which is
excessive more than 1/5th the I.D. of the shell. Which of the following is not a function
A. temperature of the baffles ?
B. pressure/pressure fluctuation A. To increase the residence time of shell side fluid.
C. turbulence B. To provide support to the tube bundle.
D. noise C. To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes.
 D. To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing 30.Which of the following packing materials provides for maximum mass
turbulence. transfer ?
A. Lessig rings.
B. Raschig rings.
26.A high vapour velocity is required for high plate efficiency in a seive plate C. Cross-partition rings.
coloumn. The satisfactory value of operating vapor velocity for design D. All give the same value.
purpose in seive plate column is about __________ percent of the flooding
velocity.
A. 45 31.__________ of water makes it a widely used coolant in heat exchangers.
B. 60 A. Low corrosiveness
C. 80 B. Low dirt factor
D. 95 C. High specific heat
D. Low viscosity
27.The approximate liquid depth in an agitation tank is equal to (where, d =
tank diameter) 32.The equivalent diameter for fluid flow through a channel of constant non-
A. 0.5 d circular cross section of area 'A' is given by (where, P = perimeter of the
B. 0.75 d channel in contact with the fluid)
C. d A. 4 A/P
D. 2 d B. A/P
C. 4 P/A
D. A
28.Baffle width is normally taken as __________ times the tank diameter.
A. 0.1-0.12
B. 0.4-0.5 33.Fouling factor must be included in the calculation of over all design heat
C. 0.45-0.6 transfer coefficient, when the liquid
D. 0.2-0.45 A. containing suspended solids flows at low velocity.
B. containing suspended solids flows at high velocity.
C. is highly viscous.
29.A cylinderical pressure vessel of volume 6 πm3 has to be designed to D. is of high specific gravity.
withstand a maximum internal pressure of 10 atm. The allowable design
stress of the material is 125N/mm2 and corrosion allowance is 2 mm. The
thickness of the vessel for a length/diameter ratio of 3 will be close to 34.Lug support is meant for supporting __________ vessels.
A. 5 mm A. large horizontal cylindrical
B. 6 mm B. tall but empty
C. 8 mm C. small
D. 10 mm D. thick walled tall
35.Overall mass transfer co-efficient in case of absorption of __________ in
water is based on the gas film co-efficient only, as the mass transfer process
is gas film (phase) controlling. 40.Welded joint efficiency in the design of chemical process equipment is
A. CO2 taken as
B. SO2 A. 0.55
C. NH3 B. 0.75
D. none of these C. 0.85
D. 0.95

36.Which tube arrangement in a heat exchanger would facilitate highest heat

transfer rate ? 41.The thickness of segmental baffles (25 -35% cut truncated plates usually)
A. Triangular pitch. is generally __________ the tube wall thickness.
B. Square pitch. A. equal to
C. Diagonal square pitch. B. twice
D. Heat transfer rate is independent of tube arrangement. C. four times
D. half

37.In case of 1.5" heat exchanger tubes, the inside flow area __________
with decrease in BWG. 42.The safe height (h) to diameter (d) ratio (i.e., h/d) for liquid/petro fuel
A. increases storage tank of capacity more than 45 kilolitres is less than
B. decreases A. 1
C. remains same B. 2
D. none of these C. 3
D. 3.5

38.Cylindrical pressure vessels in horizontal condition is generally supported

on a __________ support. 43.For given number of passes, pitch & tube diameter, the maximum number
A. lug of tubes that can be accommodated in a shell of tripled inside diameter will
B. skirt be __________ times.
C. saddle A. about 9
D. guy wire B. considerably more than 9
C. considerably less than 9
D. about 3
39.Pressure drop per tray in the atmospheric distillation column is about
__________ psi.
0.01 - 0.5 44.The ratio of linear stress to linear strain is termed as the
A. 0.07 - 0.12 A. modulus of elasticity
B. 0.5 - 1.0 B. modulus of rigidity
1 -3 C. bulk modulus
D. none of these
 C. height.
D. all (a), (b) & (c).
45.__________ head is the most economical for cylindrical vessels designed
for operating at high pressure (> 15 atm.).
A. Hemispherical 50.Bubble cap diameter used for the distillation column having diameter
B. Dished ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 metres is about __________ mm.
C. Ellipsoidal A. 10
D. Conical B. 50
C. 100
D. 150
46.Bubble cap plate column is
A. a finite stage contactor.
B. used only for distillation, not for absorption.
C. a differential stage contactor.
D. a continuous contactor.

47.In seive plate column, holes are drilled or punched in sizes ranging from
2.5 to 12 mm (5 mm being widely used). The hole pitch is normally
__________ times the hole diameter to give the required hole area.
A. 0.5 to 1.5
B. 2.5 to 4.0
C. 5 to 10
D. 10 to 15

48.Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Rivetting provides a permanent fastening method.
B. The joint made by overlapping of one plate over the other, and then
rivetting the two plates together with two rows of rivets is called
'double rivetted butt joint'.
C. Shank diameter of the rivets should be less than the size of the hole
drilled in the plate for rivetting.
D. The efficiency of a rivetted joint is the ratio of the strength of the
rivetted joint to the strength of the solid plate.

49.The force due to wind load acting on a tall vessel depends upon its
A. shape.
B. outside diameter.