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Chemical Engineering Principles

1. Which of the following statements is false?

a. Potential flow is the flow of incompressible fluids with no shear.
b. For calculations involving fans, incompressible-flow theory is adequate.
c. In pumps and fans, the density of the fluid does change appreciably.
d. In blowers and compressors, the density increase of the fluid is very high and
compressible-flow theory is required.
2. The equivalent of 45 deg Tw in the Baume scale is
a. 26.63
b. 28.32
c. 32.48
d. 42.56
3. The enrichment of the vapor steam as it passes through the column in contact
with the reflux during distillation is called
a. Evaporation
b. Stripping
c. rectification
d. fractionation
4. Which of the following is not a step in a typical vapor-compression cycle?
a. Isobaric evaporation
b. Isentropic compression
c. Isochoric condensation
d. Isenthalpic expansion
5. Which among the following is the raw material for the Ostwald process?
a. Nitrogen
b. Nitric oxide
c. Hydrogen
d. Ammonia
6. It is a membrane separation process where a component from a heated liquid phase
permeates through the membrane and is removed under low pressure.
a. Reverse osmosis
b. Ion exchange
c. Pervaporation
d. Electrodialysis
7. In agitation, which among the following will not prevent swirling or the
formation of a vortex?
a. Installing baffles in the tank
b. Increasing the distance of the impeller from the base of the tank
c. Mounting the mixer in an angular off-center position
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d. Offsetting the mixer horizontally on the x-axis

8. The maximum number of plates for a given distillation system is obtained at
a. variable reflux
b. maximum reflux
c. minimum reflux
d. optimum reflux
9. The correct unit for the specific rate constant for the reaction A--->B
determined to be first order is
a. square liter/square mol/min
b. square liter/square mol/square min
c. mol/liter/min
d. 1/min
10. On one side of a heat exchanger where either a condensing vapor or a boiling
liquid is present, the temperature may be assumed to be constant. In determining
the logarithmic mean temperature difference the direction of flow will have
a. large effect
b. little effect
c. no effect
d. significant effect
11. Which among the following is used to absorb SO3 to produce oleum?
a. Ammonia
b. Sodium hydroxide
c. Sulfuric acid
d. Water
12. A cyclone separator, 0.3 m in diameter and 1.2 m long, has a circular inlet 75
mm in diameter and an outlet of the same size. If the gas enters at a velocity of
1.5 m/s, at what particle size will the theoretical cut occur? The viscosity of
air is 0.018 mN s/m2, the density of air is 1.3 kg/m3 and the density of the
particles is 2700 kg/m3. (Hint: Use this equation: u0 = 0.2(Ai^2)*d0*ρg/(πZdtG))
a. 3.83 × 10^−4 m
b. 2.17 × 10^-6 m
c. 2.07 × 10^-6 m
d. 4.34 × 10^-6 m
13. Seeds, containing 20 per cent by mass of oil, are extracted in a countercurrent
plant, and 90 percent of the oil is recovered in a solution containing 50 per
cent by mass of oil. If the seeds are extracted with fresh solvent and 1 kg of
solution is removed in the underflow in association with every 2 kg of insoluble
matter, how many ideal stages are required?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 8
14. An increase in temperature causes leaching rate to _______.
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Increase linearly
d. Insufficient data
15. Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by
a. Sherwood, Nusselt and Reynold's No
b. Peclet, Reynold's and Schimdt No
c. Sherwood, Reynold's and Schimdt No
d. Prandtl, Schimdt and Reynold's No

For numbers 16-18:

In order to extract acetic acid from dilute aqueous solution with isopropyl ether,
the two immiscible phases are passed countercurrently through a packed column 3 m in
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length and 75 mm in diameter. It is found that, if 0.5 kg/m^2s of the pure ether is
used to extract 0.25 kg/m^2s of 4.0 per cent acid by mass, then the ether phase leaves
the column with a concentration of 1.0 per cent acid by mass. (Hint: Heightunit =
L’R/KRa) The equilibrium relationship is given by: (kg acid/kg isopropyl ether) = 0.3
(kg acid/kg water)

16. What is the volume of the packing in meters?

a. 0.04178
b. 13.2536
c. 1.32536
d. 0.01325
17. What is the number of overall transfer units based on the raffinate phase?
a. 4.43
b. 5.53
c. 6.64
d. 7.78
18. What is the overall extraction coefficient based on the raffinate phase?
a. 0.461 kg/m3s(kg/kg)
b. 0.922 kg/m3s(kg/kg)
c. 1.234 kg/m3s(kg/kg)
d. 3.178 kg/m3s(kg/kg)
19. Which of the following solutions is used to absorb CO in an Orsat Apparatus?
a. Sulfuric acid
b. Cuprous chloride
c. KOH
d. Benzene-1,2,3-triol
20. Which of the following coal has the lowest calorific value?
a. Lignite
b. Anthracite
c. Sub-bituminous
d. Bituminous

For items 21-22:

A granular material containing 40 per cent moisture is fed to a countercurrent rotary

dryer at a temperature of 295 K and is withdrawn at 305 K, containing 5 per cent
moisture. The air supplied, which contains 0.006 kg water vapor/kg dry air, enters
at 385 K and leaves at 310 K. The dryer handles 0.125 kg/s wet stock. Assuming that
radiation losses amount to 20 kJ/kg dry air used and that the latent heat of water
vapor at 295 K is 2449 kJ/kg, specific heat capacity of dried material is 0.88 kJ/kg
K, the specific heat capacity of dry air is 1.00 kJ/kg K, and the specific heat
capacity of water vapor = 2.01 kJ/kg K, determine:

21. The mass flowrate of dry air supplied to the dryer

a. 2.07 kg/s
b. 4.14 kg/s
c. 8.28 kg/s
d. 16.56 kg/s
22. the humidity of the exit air.
a. 0.0145 kg/kg dry air
b. 1.3453 kg/kg dry air
c. 0.0558 kg/kg dry air
d. 0.0284 kg/kg dry air
23. The function of a transducer is to:
a. Modify the input signal
b. Convert the primary signal into a more useful quantity
c. Amplify the input signal
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d. Codify or decodify the input signal

For problems 24-26:

600 ml/s of water at 320 K is pumped in a 40 mm inside diameter pipe through a total
length of 150 m in a horizontal direction and up through a vertical height of 10m.
In the pipe there is a control valve which may be taken as equivalent to 200 pipe
diameters and there are other fittings equivalent to 60 pipe diameters. Also, in the
line there is a heat exchanger across which there is a loss in head of 1.5 m of water.
If the main pipe has a roughness of 0.0002 m and the overall pump efficiency is 60%,

24. How much is the head loss due to the valve and fittings?
a. 1.1 J/kg
b. 1.1 x 10^3 J/kg
c. 9.1 x 10^6 J/kg
d. 9.1 x 10^7 J/kg
25. What is the total dynamic head?
a. 2.3 x 10^7 J/kg
b. 2.2 x 10^6 J/kg
c. 130 J/kg
d. None of the choices
26. What is the power requirement of the pump?
a. 128 W
b. 1.3 x10^2 J/kg
c. 1.3 x10^3 kW
d. 1.3 x10^2 kW
27. 10 metric tons (10 Mg) of a solution containing 0.3 kg Na2CO3/kg solution is
cooled slowly to 293 K to form crystals of Na2CO3.10H2O. What is the yield of
crystals if the solubility of Na2CO3 at 293 K is 21.5 kg/100 kg water and during
cooling 3 percent of the original solution is lost by evaporation?
a. 3288 kg
b. 9338 kg
c. 4669 kg
d. 6536 kg
28. Allows the engineer to explore the kinetics of a photophysical intermolecular
deactivation process.
a. Equilibrium constant
b. Pre-exponential factor
c. Stern-Volmer relationship
d. Damkohler number
29. This phenomenon occurs in a fluid flow system when the local static pressure
drops below the vapor pressure of the liquid at the existing temperature, resulting
to damage to pumps and control valves from the formation of “bubbles” or voids.
a. Cavitation
b. Choked flow
c. Flashing
d. Water hammering
30. The stoichiometric air-fuel ratio of pure lauric acid methyl ester (MW = 200.32)
is:
a. 10
b. 14.5
c. 8.4
d. 11.7

For problems 31-32:

Hydrogen is pumped from a reservoir at 2 MN/m2 pressure through a clean horizontal
mild steel pipe 50 mm diameter and 500 m long. The downstream pressure is also 2
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MN/m2 and the pressure of this gas is raised to 2.6 MN/m2 by a pump at the upstream
end of the pipe. The conditions of flow are isothermal and the temperature of the gas
is 293 K. Viscosity of hydrogen = 0.009 mN-s/m^2 at 293 K.

31. What is the flowrate of the pump?

a. 0.213 kg/s
b. 0.453 kg/s
c. 0.333 kg/s
d. None of the choices
32. What is the effective rate of working of the pump?
a. 98 kW
b. 113 kW
c. 133 kW
d. 131 kW

For problems 33-34:

Tests on a small scale tank 0.3 m diameter (Rushton impeller, diameter 0.1 m) have
shown that a blending process between two miscible liquids (aqueous solutions,
properties approximately the same as water, i.e. viscosity 1 mN s/m2, density 1000
kg/m3) is satisfactorily completed after 1 minute using an impeller speed of 250
rev/min. It is decided to scale up the process to a tank of 2.5 m diameter using the
criterion of constant tip-speed.

33. What speed should be chosen for the larger impeller?

a. 0.178 Hz
b. 0.346 Hz
c. 0.666 Hz
d. 1.200 Hz
34. What power will be required?
a. 4.4 W
b. 6.8 W
c. 8.8 W
d. 9.8 W
35. The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis. What is the moisture
content, dry basis?
a. 0.5
b. 1
c. 2
d. 50
36. The pressure exerted on a plane parallel to the direction of flow of a moving
fluid is called
a. gauge pressure
b. velocity pressure
c. tangential pressure
d. static pressure
37. Ethane (C2H6) is burnt with just twice the stoichiometric amount of air. How
much (kg) air is used to oxidize 6 kg of fuel?
a. 189 kg
b. 169 kg
c. 139 kg
d. 193 kg
38. A plate holding a pool of liquid from which rises a vapor whose average
composition is in equilibrium with a liquid whose composition is the average of
that of the liquid leaving the plate is called
a. separation plate
b. theoretical plate
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c. transition plate
d. bubble plate
39. In the extraction of acetic acid from an aqueous solution with benzene a
packed column of height 1.4 m and cross-sectional area 0.0045 m2, the
concentrations measured at the inlet and the outlet of the column are:
acid concentration in the inlet water phase, CW2 = 0.69 kmol/m3.
acid concentration in the outlet water phase, CW1 = 0.684 kmol/m3.
flowrate of benzene phase = 5.6 × 10^−6 m3/s = 1.24 × 10^−3 m3/m2s.
inlet benzene phase concentration, CB1 = 0.0040 kmol/m3.
outlet benzene phase concentration, CB2 = 0.0115 kmol/m3.
Determine the overall transfer coefficient in kmol/m^3
a. 3.33 x 10^-5
b. 7.66 × 10^−4
c. 13.54 x 10^-4
d. 7.99 x 10^-4
40. A liquid with no appreciable elevation of boiling-point is concentrated in a
triple-effect evaporator. If the temperature of the steam to the first effect is
395 K and vacuum is applied to the third effect so that the boiling-point is 325
K, what are the approximate boiling-points in the three effects (T1, T2, and
T3)? The overall transfer coefficients may be taken as 3.1, 2.3, and 1.1 kW/m2 K
in the three effects respectively.
a. 381.5 K, 325 K, 363.2 K
b. 325 K, 363.2 K, 381.5 K
c. 363.2 K, 381.5 K, 325 K
d. 381. 5K, 363.2 K, 325 K
41. 0.126 kg/s of a solid product containing 4 percent water is produced in a dryer
from a wet feed containing 42 percent water on a wet basis. Ambient air at 294 K
and of 40 percent relative humidity is heated to 366 K in a preheater before
entering the dryer from which it leaves at 60 percent relative humidity. Assuming
that the dryer operates 224 adiabatically, what must be the flowrate (m^3/s) of
air to the preheater?
a. 3.76
b. 0.84
c. 0.12
d. 3.16
42. A device for increasing the velocity of a fluid in steady flow is a
a. nozzle
b. vent
c. orifice
d. venture
43. Which one among the following materials has the best insulating property?
a. window glass
b. wood
c. air
d. dry concrete

For numbers 44-47:

A pump draws a solution having a relative density of 1.84 from a tank through a 3
inch/75 mm SCH 40 steel pipe. Pump efficiency is 60%. Suction line velocity is at 3
ft/s (0.914 m/s). The pump discharges through a 2-in (50 mm) SCH 40 pipe to an
overhead tank 50 ft (15.2 m) above the feed tank. Friction losses in the entire piping
system are 10 ft-lbf/lbm (29.9 J/kg).

44. What pressure must the pump develop in lbf/in^2?

a. 47.9
b. 85.2
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c. 120.3
d. 330.2
45. What pressure must the pump develop in kN/m^2?
a. 330
b. 660
c. 1320
d. 2437
46. What is the power of the pump?
a. 2.34 hp
b. 3.25 hp
c. 3.30 hp
d. 3.20 hp

For problems 47 to 48:

A venturi meter is to be installed in a 100-mm line to measure the flow of water. The
maximum flow rate is expected to be 75 mm^3/h at 15°C. The manometer used to measure
the differential pressure is to be filled with mercury, and water is to fill the
leads above the surfaces of the mercury. The water temperature will be 15°C throughout.
If the maximum manometer reading is to be 1.25 m and the venturi coefficient is 0.98…

47. What throat diameter, to the nearest millimeter, should be specified for the
venturi?
a. 36 mm
b. 32 mm
c. 39 mm
d. 29 mm
48. What will be the power to operate the meter at full load if the pressure recovery
is 90 percent of the differential pressure?
a. 3.209 kW
b. 2.888 kW
c. 0.321 kW
d. 0.289 kW
49. A filtration operation in which the pressure drop is held constant and the flow
rate is allowed to fall with time.
a. constant rate filtration
b. bconstant pressure filtration
c. constant rate filtration followed by constant pressure filtration
d. centrifugal filtration
50. Also known as Oslo Crystallizer
a. Classified-Suspension Crystallizer
b. Mixed-Suspension, Classified-Product Removal Crystallizer
c. Forced-Circulation Evaporator-Crystallizer
d. Reaction Crystallizer
51. Determine the molar volume (in m3/kmol) of n-butane at 510K and 25bar by using
the ideal gas equation.
a. 1.691
b. 169.61
c. 0.1691
d. 16.961
52. Determine the molar volume (in m3/kmol) of n-butane at 510K and 25bar by using
the generalized compressibility factor equation. Use Zo=0.865, ω=0.2, and Zi
=0.038.
a. 14.807
b. 1.4807
c. 0.14807
d. None of the choices
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For questions 53-55:

A 40 kg steel casting (Cp = 0.5 kJ/kg-K) at a temperature of 723.15K is quenched in

150 kg of oil (Cp = 2.5 kJ/kg-K) at 298.15 K. There are no heat losses. What is the
change in entropy of…

53. the casting

a. -23.33 kJ/K
b. -16.33 kJ/K
c. +16.33 kJ/K
d. +23.33 kJ/K
54. the oil
a. 8.07 kJ/K
b. 26.13 kJ/K
c. -26.13 kJ/K
d. -23.33 kJ/K
55. both considered together
a. 9.89 kJ/K
b. 42.46 kJ/K
c. -42.26 kJ/K
d. 9.80 kJ/K
56. Water at 318.15K and 10 kPa enters an adiabatic pump and is dischared at a
pressure of 8600 kPa. Assume a pump efficiency of 0.75. What is the work of the
pump?
a. 11.34 kJ/kg
b. 11.42 kJ/kg
c. 11.46 kJ/kg
d. 11.57 kJ/kg

Refer to the problem below for items 57 – 58:

A solution of HNO3 in water has a specific gravity of 1.10 at 25°C. The concentration
of the HNO3 is 15 g/L of solution.

57. What is the weight fraction of HNO3 (g/g) in the solution?

a. 0.01364
b. 0.00390
c. 0.13640
d. None of the choices
58. What is the mole fraction of HNO3 in the solution?
a. 0.01364
b. 0.00390
c. 0.13640
d. None of the choices
59. In distillation, what section is above the feed plate?
a. Stripping
b. Rectifying
c. Insufficient data
d. Pinching
Refer to the problem below for items 60 – 61:

A limestone analyses (weight %): CaCO3: 92.89%, MgCO3: 5.41%, Inerts: 1.70%
By heating the limestone you recover oxides known as lime.

60. How many pounds of CaO can be made from 1 short ton of this limestone?
a. 534 lb
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b. 1033 lb
c. 1039 lb
d. 1041 lb
61. How many pounds of CO2 can be recovered per pound of limestone?
a. 0.437 lb CO2/lb limestone
b. 0.563 lb CO2/lb limestone
c. 1.234 lb CO2/lb limestone
d. None of the choices
62. How many pounds of limestone are needed to make 1 ton of lime?
a. 2330 lb
b. 5444 lb
c. 3350 lb
d. 3550 lb
63. Weeping in distillation or absorption column
a. increases tray efficiency
b. provides larger surface for mass transfer
c. results due to low gas velocity
d. is due to bubble cups

Refer to the problem below for items 64 – 65*:

A gaseous mixture has the following composition (in mole percent):

Methane, CH4 20
Ethylene, C2H4 30
Nitrogen, N2 50
at 90 atm pressure and 100°C. Compare the volume per mole as computed by the
methods of:

64. the ideal gas law (cm^3/g)

a. 34
b. 340
c. 3.4
d. 3400
65. pseudoreduced technique (Kay's method. Use: Tc = 186K, zT’r = 1.91)
a. 32
b. 323
c. 3.23
d. 3230
66. An equimolar mixture of benzene (MW=78 g/mol) and toluene (MW=92 g/mol) is
subjected to a single batch distillation. Distillation is discontinued when 60%
of the benzene in the feed is distilled. At this instance the bottom product when
analyzed shows benzene to be 36.4 mole%. In the distillate, the mole% of benzene
is
a. 66.6
b. 58.1
c. 33.4
d. 54.4
67. Champagne pops when opened due to
a. sudden volume expansion of the gas due to change in temperature
b. results due to low gas velocity of the opening
c. water vapor that evaporated while storage is released
d. carbon dioxide, initially in equilibrium, is released
68. If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following plots
will give a straight line?
a. Ca^2 vs time
b. 1/Ca vs time
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c. log Ca vs time
d. Ca vs time
69. A fluid flows through 2 CSTR in series. Each reactor has a capacity of 400,000
L and the fluid enters at 100 L per hr. The fluid undergoes a first order decay
with a half life of 24 hours. Find the approximate conversion of the fluid.
a. 66.8
b. 74.7
c. 85.3
d. 99.1
70. Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when
a. the discharge pressure becomes too high
b. the discharge valve is closed
c. the suction pressure is too high
d. suction is lost
71. An ultracentrifuge is used to separate high-molecular weight fractions in
polymeric or biological systems. What is the gradient for mass transfer in the
separation using this mass transfer device?
a. temperature
b. pressure
c. concentration
d. electric field
72. Which is a part of a spray drying system?
a. Plenum
b. Atomizer
c. Knife
d. Steam heater

For items 73 to 74:

A slurry containing 100 kg of whiting per m3 of water is filtered in a plate and frame
press, which takes 900 s to dismantle, clean, and reassemble. The density of the
whiting is 3000 kg/m3. The resistance of the filter medium may be neglected and the
viscosity of water is 1 mN·s/m2. In an experiment, a pressure difference of 165 kN/m 2
produced a flow of water of 0.02 cm3/s through a centimeter cube of filter cake.

73. If the cake is incompressible and has a voidage of 0.4, what is the optimum
thickness of cake for a filtration pressure (−ΔP) of 1000 kN/m2?
a. 40 mm
b. 50 mm
c. 60 mm
d. 70 mm
74. If the cake is washed at 500 kN/m2 and the total volume of wash water
employed is 25 percent of that of the filtrate, what is the optimum thickness of
the cake?
a. 40 mm
b. 50 mm
c. 60 mm
d. 70 mm

Refer to the problem below for items 75-76:

The synthesis of ammonia proceeds according to the following reaction

N2 + 3 H2 -----> 2 NH3
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In a given plant, 4202 lb of nitrogen and 1046 lb of hydrogen are fed to the
synthesis reactor per hour. Production of pure ammonia from this reactor is 3060 lb
per hour.

75. What is the limiting reactant.

a. N2
b. H2
c. Both are limiting
d. Data insufficient eh
76. What is the percent excess reactant.
a. 16.2
b. 15.3
c. 23.2
d. 66.6
77. What is the percent conversion obtained (based on the limiting reactant).
a. 50%
b. 55%
c. 60%
d. 80%
78. Electronic noise inside an electric conductor which is independent of applied
voltage
a. shot noise
b. white noise
c. Johnson–Nyquist noise
d. Pink noise
79. It is the undesirable material that is separated from an ore during the
concentration process.
a. gangue
b. leachate
c. slag
d. flocculent
80. During roasting, the metal reacts with
a. oxygen
b. carbon monoxide
c. sulfur
d. the furnace atmosphere
81. High speed vibrating sieves are commonly used for particle sizes ranging from
____ mesh to ____ mesh.
a. 325 to 4
b. 10 to 4
c. 100 to 4
d. 28 to 4
82. The net rate of reaction of an intermediate is
a. 0
b. 2
c. >0
d. <0

For items 83 to 87:

A room, under normal atmospheric conditions, has a dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures
of 150 deg F and 90 deg F, respectively. Using the Grosvenor chart, answer the
following:
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83. What is the absolute humidity? (lb H2O/lb dry air)

a. 0.0142
b. 0.0171
c. 0.0200
d. Insufficient data
84. What is the saturation humidity?
a. 0.0322
b. 0.0321
c. 0.0312
d. 0.3120
85. What is the relative humidity?
a. 20%
b. 50%
c. 32%
d. 10%
86. What is the humid volume?
a. 15.33 ft^3 wet air/lb dry air
b. 22.52 ft^3 wet air/lb dry air
c. 16.21 ft^3 wet air/lb dry air
d. 15.78 ft^3 wet air/lb dry air
87. What is the dew point?
a. 56 deg F
b. 69 deg F
c. 72 deg F
d. Irrelevant to solve
88. A small cylindrical vessel costs $7,000 in 2002. Cost index for 2002 is 1104.2,
cost index for 2007 is 1543.7. It is desired to double the diameter and triple
the height of the vessel. What will be the new cost of the vessel?
a. $7000
b. $24,200
c. $31,100
d. $84,000
89. In process automation, what is another name of Yamatake system (DCS)?
a. android
b. windows
c. azbil
d. UNIVAC

Refer to the problem below for items 90-92:

A contact sulfuric acid plant produces 98.0 % sulfuric acid, by absorbing SO3 into a
97.3% sulfuric acid solution. A gas containing 8.00 % SO3 (remainder inerts) enters
the SO3 absorption tower at the rate of 28 lb mol per hour. 98.5 % of the SO3 is
absorbed in this tower. 97.3 % sulfuric acid is introduced into the top of the tower
and 95.9 % sulfuric acid from another part of the process is used as make - up acid.

90. Calculate the amount of 95.9%H2SO4 used in tons/day (in lb-mass):

a. 2260
b. 2660
c. 2060
d. 2460
91. Calculate the 97.3%H2SO4 used in tons/day (in lb-mass):
a. 6740
b. 6470
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c. 6070
d. 6670
92. Calculate in tons/day the amount of 98 % H2SO4 solution produced:
a. 2120
b. 2040
c. 2240
d. 2420
93. TiCl4 can be formed by reacting titanium dioxide (TiO2) with hydrochloric acid.
TiO2 is available as an ore containing 78 % TiO2 and 22 % inerts. The HCl is
available as 45 wt% solution (the balance is water). The per pass conversion of
TiO2 is 75 %. The HCl is fed into the reactor in 20 % excess based on the reaction.
Pure unreacted TiO2 is recycled back from a separator to mix with the TiO2 feed.
What kg of 45 wt % HCl solution is fed? (MW: TiO2 79.9; HCl 36.47; TiCl4 189.7)
a. 0.54 kg
b. 2.50 kg
c. 2.05 kg
d. 0.26 kg
94. The heat absorbed by an object inside a closed car which is exposed under the
intense heat of the sun can be considered as heat transfer by
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation
d. oxidation
95. Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500 degC at a rate of 3 kg/s
and leaves at 0.1 MPa. If the power output of the turbine is 2 MW, determine the
turbine efficiency.
a. 0.2348
b. 0.3216
c. 0.6784
d. 0.7652
96. A 30 MW geothermal electric power plant uses hot steam from the earth at 157
deg C to heat and vaporize isobutane, which turns a turbine that is connected to
a generator. The isobutane is subsequently cooled to 27 degC using fans and
condensed back to a liquid. The overall efficiency of the plant is 40% of the
ideal (Carnot) efficiency. How many joules of heat must be released to the
atmosphere per second?
a. 2.5 x10^8
b. 2.2 x10^8
c. 3 x10^7
d. 5.2 x10^8
97. What unit operation originated in the mining of Trona (Na2CO3•NaHCO3•2H2O)
ore (Trona process)?
a. Fractional Distillation
b. Crystallization
c. Evaporation
d. Leaching
98. A feed of pure A equivalent to a concentration CAo = 1 M is treated in two
reactors of 2-L volume each and reacts with a rate of rA = 0.05 CA2 (in M/s).
Find the liquid feed rate in L/min that will give a final outlet concentration
of CA = 0.10 M if two MFRs in series are used.
a. 0.44
b. 1.8
c. 0.25
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d. 4.2
99. For binary unicomponent diffusion, the concentration profile of the diffusing
component along the diffusion path is:
a. Linear
b. Quadratic
c. Exponential
d. Logarithmic
100. In a gas absorption operation, when the operating line crosses the
equilibrium curve
a. the NTU is zero
b. the liquid flow rate is maximum
c. the gas flow rate is maximum
d. the number of stages is infinite

Set A*

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1. C 34. D 68. B
2. A 35. B 69. D
3. C 36. B 70. C
4. C 37. D 71. _
5. D 38. D 72. B
6. A? 39. B 73. D
7. B? 40. D 74. C
8. C 41. D 75. A
9. D 42. A 76. A
10. B 43. B 77. C
11. C 44. [see MSH 5th/6th Ed Example 4.6] 78. C
12. B 45. [see MSH 5th/6th Ed Example 4.6] 79. A
13. A 46. [see MSH 5th/6th Ed Example 4.6] 80. D
14. A 47. [see MSH 5th/6th Ed Example 8.4] 81. _
48. [see MSH 5th/6th Ed Example 8.4]
15. C 82. A
49. B
16. D 83. B?
50. A
17. B 84. _
51. A [see SvNA Example 3.10]
18. A 85. _
52. D [see SvNA Example 3.10]
19. B 86. _
53. B
20. A 87. _
54. B
21. A 88. C?
55. D
22. D 89. C
56. D
23. C 90. C [see SUP* Example 3.6B]
57. A
24. A 91. B
58. B
25. D 92. C
59. B
26. A 93. A
60. D
27. D 94. C
61. A
28. C 95. C
62. _?
29. A 96. A/B [disputed]
63. C
30. D 97. C?
64. _?
31. A 98. A?
65. _?
32. B 99. D
66. A
33. B 100. D
67. D

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