QUIZ

VAPOR LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM

Que. 1 Percentage error in reading of the thermocouple used to measure vapor temperature is 3.5% and that in
the reading of the thermocouple used to measure liquid temperature is 2.5%. If the second thermocouple shows
an approximate constant reading of 94.5 0C, what should ideally be the temperature shown by the first
thermocouple for sample collection (if both show values higher than actual)?
(7 m)

Que. 2. Following graphs from literature shows variation of refractive index of ethanol-water mixture with
weight fraction of ethanol and T-xy diagram for ethanol-water.
1.37
1.36
1.36
1.35
1.35
Refractive index of mixture 1.34
1.34
1.33
1.33
1.32

Weight fraction of alcohol

Refractive index of feed ethanol-water mixture sample is 1.3505. What is mole fraction of ethanol in the
mixture? The temperature noted at VLE is 850C. What is the mole fraction of ethanol in the liquid residue and
vapor?
(8 m)

QUIZ
ADSORPTION IN PACKED BED
Que. 1 What is a breakthrough curve? With a neat diagram explain the nature of a typical breakthrough curve
and define and show breakthrough point.
[4 m]

Que. 2. A) What are the indicators of saturation of packed bed with the solute? What differences did you observe in
adsorption of KMnO4 in the columns of different CSA?

[3 m]

B) How do you find unknown concentration of KMnO4 solution using a calibration curve? Draw a diagram to show the
nature of curve of colorimetric absorbance versus concentration of KMnO 4 at high concentrations.

[4 m]

Que. 3 Despite flowing water/hot water at very high flow rate for regeneration; in a similar experiment with
industrial grade KMnO4, the activity of the bed keeps falling with each run. What may be the reason? How do
we regenerate the catalyst then?

[4 m]

QUIZ
MASS TRANSFER WITH AND WITHOUT CHEMICAL REACTION
Que.1. In the adjacent diagrams, show the concentration profile (trend of mass transfer) for following
conditions. Provide accurate explanation of each trend in details:
(6 m)
Case 1: Mass transfer without Case 2: Mass transfer
reaction
moderate rate of reaction

with Case 3: Mass Transfer

instantaneous reaction

with

Que. 2 (A)What is enhancement factor? What are different approaches involved in finding enhancement factor?
Can you justify the difference between values of enhancement factor found out by different approaches?

[6]

(B) What are the sources of errors that are expected to affect mass transfer? Was the experiment started at steady state
conditions? Explain.

[3 m]

QUIZ
WETTED WALL COLUMN
Que. 1.Given below is a set of readings for a wetted wall column. Find out theoretical and experimental values of mass
transfer coefficient with proper units and compare the values.
Qair

Qwater

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

(Lit/min)
25

(Lit/hr)
40

18.3

19.2

34.1

27.6

19.8

19.2

The Antonie equation for calculating vapor pressure of water at any temperature is
B
ln Pv = A
T +C
Pv (KPa) and T (degree C)
A=16.382,
B=3885.7,

C=230.17