A manometer is used to measure the pressure of gas in a container.
One side is connected to the Assume that the moisture in the refuse is due to the ‘wetting down’ go prevent dusting and not
container and the other side is open to the atmosphere. The manometer contains oil of density of
density = 750 kg/m3 and the head is 50mm. Calculate the gauge pressure of the gas in the container.
Cold air at 10 degF is forced to flow over a fluid plate maintained at 40 deg C. the mean heat
transfer coefficient is 30 W/m2-K. Find the heat flow rate from the plate to the air through a plate
area of 2m2. Assume radiation is negligible.
The weight rate of flow of fluid stream per unit of cross section perpendicular to the direction of
flow is the
In a reciprocating pump, the ratio of the quantity of liquid actually pumped to that which
corresponds to the piston displacement is called
Dry gas containing 75% air and 25% ammonia vapor enters the bottom of a cylindrical packed
absorption tower that is 2 ft in diameter. Nozzles in the top of the tower distribute water over the
packing. A solution of ammonia in water is drawn from the bottom of the column, and the scrubbed
gas leaves the top. The gas enters at 80 deg F and 760 mmHg pressure. It leaves at 60 deg F and
730mm. The leaving gas contains, on a dry basis, 1.0 percent ammonia.
If the entering gas flows through the empty bottom of the column at an average velocity (upward) of
1.5 ft/s, how many cubic feet of entering gas are treated per hour?
How many pounds of ammonia are absorbed per hour?
Solve for the diffusivity of the following material using diffusivity formula: Argon in N2 at 1 atm
and 20 oC.
A furnace wall is constructed of firebrick 6 in thick. The temperature of the inside of the wall is
977K, and the temperature of the outside wall is 175 oF. If the mean thermal conductivity under
these conditions is 0.17 BTU/h-ft-oF. What is the rate of heat loss through 1m 2 of wall surface?
Express your answer in BTU/hr.
The lowest cost plastic commercially available
The ratio of moles of a reactant converted into the desired product to that converted into unwanted
product is called
Scaling can be best handled by
All of the following biogeochemical cycles involve the atmosphere as either sink or reservoir except
At 378.5oC the half-life for the first-order decomposition of ethylene oxide is 363 minutes, and E =
52,000 cal/mole. If the temperature is increased to 450oC, find the time for ethylene oxide to be 75%
decomposed.
A certain substance A is mixed with equal amount of B and C. After 10 minutes, half of A has
reacted. What will be the conversion after 20 minutes if the reaction is second-order with respect to
A?
The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis. What is the moisture content, dry basis?
A furnace is fired with coal containing 6% moisture, 18% VCM, 67% FC and 9% ash. The refuse
analysis shows 5% VCM, 23% FC and 62% ash. The higher heating value of the coal as fired is
14,300 Btu/lb. Calculate the percentage of the heating value of the coal that is lost in the refuse.
moisture from the original coal.
What is the theoretical oxygen demand of 100 grams of glucose?
For. Nos. 18-19. A solution composed 50% ethanol, 10% methanol and 40% water is fed at the rate
of 100 kg/hr into a separator that produces one stream at the rate of 60 kg/hr with the composition of
80% ethanol, 15% methanol & 5% water, and a second stream of unknown composition.
18. The mass flow rate of the second unknown stream in kg/hr is
19. The mass fraction of ethanol in the unknown stream is
You are asked what size of containers to use 1,000 lbs of cottonseed oil (SG = 0.926). What would
be the minimum size of drum expressed in gallons?
A pure formic acid at 30oC flowing at 0.015 m3/s is pumped through a 75 mm horizontal pipe 38 m
long. The roughness of the pipe is 6x10-5m. What will be the pressure drop in pipe?
The venture meter is to be installed in a schedule 40-4in (ID=4.026 in) line to measure the flowrate
of water. The maximum flowrate is expected to be 325gpm at 60oF. The 50-in manometer is used to
measure the differential pressure is to be filled with mercury and water is to fill the leads above the
mercury surfaces. The water temperature is to be 60oF throughout. What throat diameter should be
specified for the venture meter?
A rectangular duct 4’ x 5’ in cross section carries conditioned air in determining the pressure drop
through duct, the equivalent diameter in ft. which may be used in this case is _________.
The function of manholes provided in the shell of a distillation column is to
25. Of the pressure vessels, with same thickness but different diameters, which one withstands
higher pressure?
26. In a laminar fluid flow, the average velocity is _____ of the maximum velocity.
With the following characteristics: Length L = 30.48 m; inside diameter d = 0.0526 m; pipe
roughness e = 0.000045 m; frictional pressure drop ΔP = 15720 N/m2; liquid dynamic viscosity μ =
0.01 Pa-s; liquid density = 1200 kg/m3. Calculate:
27. The Reynolds’ number.
28. The fanning friction factor f.
1000 cfm of air at 95oF dry bulb and 70oF wet bulb is mixed with 2000 cfm of air at 65oF dry bulb
and 50oF wet bulb. What is the dry bulb temperature of the mixed stream?
30. A first order reaction with respect to a takes place in a PFR. If equal moles of B & C are mixed
with A and allowed to react for 1.5hr after which time half of A had been consumed, how much of A
is left unreacted after 3hrs?
31. 1 lbm nitrogen is compressed at a constant temperature of 70oF from 10 ft3 to 5 ft3. If the
process is non-flow and if no work is done on the gas except by a moving piston, how much heat is
added to or removed from the gas during the process?
Solubility of a substance which dissolves with an increase in volume and liberation of heat will be
favoured by the

For #s 33-34. The analysis of flue gas from a fuel gas containing no nitrogen is 4.62% CO2, 3.08%
CO, 8.91% O2, and 83.39% N2.

33. Moles of water (H2O) formed

34. Moles of air supplied per 100 moles of dry flue gas

35. Which of the following increases the degree of separation process between that of a more
volatile component and less volatile component through distillation?

36. A counter – current extraction column is designed to removed 99% of solute C from a solution of
solvent A and solute C using pure solvent B. The initial concentration of solute in the solution of A +
C is 20 wt%, and the total flow of solution is 1000 kg/hr. If the equilibrium relationship is Y = 2X,
where Y = mass of C/mass of A & X = mass of C/mass of B.

37. Design a multiple-contact extraction system to treat 1.25 tones (2500 lb) per hour of dry black
ash, containing 40% Na2CO3 remains unextracted, calculate the number of ideal stages by the
absorption factor method. Note: The mass ratio of insoluble matter to solvent in the underflow from
the stage is 1:2.

38. Particles of quartz having a diameter of 0.127mm and a sg of 2.65 are setting in water at 293.2
K. At this temp., the viscosity and density of water are 1.005x10^-3 Pa and 998 kg/m3 respectively.
The volume fraction of the particles in the slurry mixture of quartz and water is 0.25 the. hindered
settling velocity is

39. A batch centrifugal filler has a bowl height b = 0.457 m and r2 = 0.381 m and operates a 33.33
rev/s at 25oC.Thefiltrate is essentially water. At a given time in the cycle the slurry and cake formed
have the following properties: Cs =60 kg solids/m3, filtrate, 𝜀 = 0.8, Pp = 2002 kg solid/m3, cake
thickness = 0.152 m, ∝ = 6.38 x 1010 m/kg, Rm = 8.53 x 1014/m, r1 = 0.2032 m. The rate of filtrate
flow is

40. A straight line is obtained if the boiling point of a solution is plotted against the boiling point of
pure water at the same pressure for a given concentration at different pressures. This empirical law is
known as