ChE 520L: PRELIM EXAM

CALCULATIONS 1 c. zinc and aluminum

d. copper and aluminum
1. Used to separate gas mixtures, remove impurities, or
recover valuable chemicals. CALCULATIONS 2
a) Extraction c) Absorption 13. A
b) Leaching d) Crystallization 14. A particular coal is said to be free burning when it
2. The ratio of the partial pressure of a vapor to the vapor (a) burns completely
pressure in equilibrium with the liquid is called (b) gives smokeless burning
a) Relative humidity c) Relative saturation (c) shows little or no fusing action
b) Percent humidity d) Absolute saturation (d) none of these
3. The fraction of the limiting reactant that is converted to 15. As time passes, the calorific value of stored coal
product a) decreases
a) Completion c) Yield b) increases
b) Selectivity d) Conversion c) remains unaltered
d) may increase or decrease (depends on the method of
storage)
16. Emission of dense white smoke out of chimney of a thermal
EQUIPMENT power plant is an indication of the use of
1. The highest ordinate on the stress – strain curve (a) less air for combustion
a) rupture point c) ultimate strength (b) correct amount of air for combustion
b) yield strength d) property limit (c) too much air for combustion
2. Known as the refinery-specific sour service NACE material (d) pulverized coal in boilers
standard 17. During combustion of gaseous fuel deficiency of air
a) NACE MR0175/ ISO15156 c) NACE MR0175 a) lengthens the flame
b) NACE MR0103/ ISO15156 d) NACE MR0103 b) tends to shorten the flame
3. Chlorination of benzene is done to produce benzene c) does not affect the flame length
hexachloride (a pesticide) in a photochemical reactor lined d) increases the flame temperature
with 18. Which of the following is called “blue gas”?
a. karbate c. lead or glass a) coke oven gas
b. fire clay bricks d. PVC b) water gas
4. Polymerization reactor used for the production of c) natural gas
styrenebutadiene rubber (SBR) is made of d) producer gas (produced using Kopper Totzek gasifier)
a) vessel c) stainless steel or glass lined vessel 19. Low temperature oxidation of coal resulting from bad
b) karbate d) wrought iron storage conditions does not decrease its
5. Presence of cobalt in steel improve its a) caking power c) calorific value
a. cutting ability c. corrosion resistance b) hydrogen content d) oxygen content
b. tensile strength d. none of these 20. A boiler is fired with a gas (MW = 16.36) that has the
6. The impure iron (Pig iron) that is taped out from blast following composition by volume: methane = 97% and
furnace contains about nitrogen = 3%. The boiler is designed for a volumetric fuel
a. 0.2% carbon c. 2% carbon rate of 60,000 scfh (600F and 1 atm). Methane has a gross
b. 4% carbon d. 8% carbon heat of combustion of 1013 BTU/scf and a net heat of
7. Carbon content in steel is combustion of 913 BTU/scf. What is the firing rate
a. 0.1 – 2% c. 4 – 6% (BTU/h) to the boiler, with water as a vapor in the flue gas
b. 5- 10% d. 0 and 0% excess air.
8. An ideal material of construction for the storage of 50% a) 60.8 x 106 c) 54.8 x 106
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caustic soda solution would be b) 59.0 x 10 d) 53.1 x 106
a. Karbate c. high silica cast iron 21. 20% Oleum means that in 100 lb., there are 20 lb. of
b. monel d. none of these a) SO3 & 80lb of H2SO4 c) H2SO4 & 80lb SO3
9. For storing water and acid free benzol, use b) SO3 for 100lb H2SO4 d) H2SO4 for 100 lb SO3
a. steel vessel c. karbate vessel
b. stainless steel vessel d. none of these
10. Brine (15% concentration) can be stored in a vessel made of FLUID
a. monel c. karbate 1. A
b. cast iron d. none of these
11. Most suitable material of construction for the storage of
concentrated nitric acid is
a. cast iron
b. monel
c. karbate
d. aluminum or chromium alloys (Cr > 18% for cold acid)
12. Babbit metal (used for making bearings) comprises
a. mainly tin (85%) and lead
b. saw dust and iron dust mixture
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1. A power plant operates on an ideal Rankine steam cycle
between pressures of 1 MPa (boiler) and 350C (condenser).
The temperature of the steam at the turbine inlet is 5000C.
The power generated by the turbines is 300MW. What is
the enthalpy of the steam as it enters the condenser?
a) 2383 kJ/kg c) 2563 kJ/kg
b) 2423 kJ/kg d) 2603 kJ/kg

22. Glauber's salt is

a) calcium sulfate c) potassium sulfate
b) potassium chlorate d) sodium sulfate decahydrate
23. It is a distinct legal entity separate from the individual who
own it and which can engage in practically any business
transaction which a real person can do.
a) sole proprietorship c) partnership
b) corporation d) all of the above

24. The part at which an appreciable elongation occurs on a

material under stress without further increasing the load
a) critical point c) ultimate strength
b) elastic limit d) yield point

25. Catalysts used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid by

chamber and contact processes are respectively
a) V2O5 and Cr2O3
b) Oxides of nitrogen and Cr2O3
c) V2O5 on a porous carrier and oxides of nitrogen
d) Oxides of nitrogen and V2O5 on a porous carrier
26. A place where buyer and seller come together
2. Two tubes are mounted to the roof of a car. One tube
a. market c. shop
points to the front of the car while the other points to the
b. department store d. parlor
rear. The tubes are connected to a manometer filled with a
27. In a test specimen under stress the magnitude of the
fluid of specific gravity 0.62. When the height difference
stress when the specimen breaks is the
is 3 inches, what is the car’s speed?
a) ultimate strength c) yield strength
a) 10.9 mph c) 43.8 mph
b) rapture strength d) elastic strength
b) 60.0 mph d) 239.8 mph
28. Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of
3. The pressure drop in a pipeline changes by a factor of
calcium and magnesium
when the velocity of the flowing fluid is doubled.
a) bi-carbonates c) sulfates and chlorides
a) 1/2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
b) carbonate d) chlorides
4. Nitrogen gas is flowing through a 3” schedule 40 steel pipe.
A pitot tube in the pipe shows a 3” Hg differential. If the
29. Ratio of annual net profit and the capital invested
pitot tube is located at the center of the pipe, what is the
a. proportion c. rate of return
mass flow rate of the water?
b. load factor d. use factor
a) 188.5 kPa b) 175 kPa c) 200 kPa d) 101.325 kPa
5. Air at atmospheric pressure at sea level with a temperature
of 22°C, what is the specific weight of air in kN/m3?
a) 0.157 b) 0.265 c) 0.557 d) no answer
30. Machines which convert electrical energy to mechanical
6. The required NPSH of a pump is specified to be 8 ft.
energy
Determine the vertical distance above or below the pump
a) engine b) generator c) alternator d) motor
axis from a vented surface of water (250C) in a supply tank
31. The method for measuring the specific heat of liquids and
if suction side friction losses are equivalent to 3.8 ft.
solids
a) 16 ft b) 8 ft c) 30 ft d) 10.8 ft
a) entropy c) enthalpy
7. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 25.4 cm at a
b) thermometry d) calorimetry
velocity of 5m/s. Density of water is 997.9 kg/m3 and the
32. Represent ownership and enjoys certain preferences than
viscosity is 1.131x10-3 cp. What is the Reynolds number
ordinary stock
(dimensionless) for this situation?
a. authorized capital stock c. incorporator’s stock
a) 236541 b) 56988 c) 2241 d) no answer
b. preferred stock d. common stock

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a) annuity b) sinking fund c) interest d) investment
33. Machines that convert mechanical energy to electrical 46. Which of the following sugars is the sweetest?
energy a) Glucose b) Sucrose c) Fructose d) Lactose
a) conductors b) motors c) generators d) engines c)

34. Which of the following is the most important deterrents to 47. An association of two or more persons for a purpose of
an extended use of pulverized coal in boiler firing? engaging in a profitable business
a) ash disposal problem a. sole proprietorship c. enterprise
b) excessive fly-ash discharge from the stack b. partnership d. corporation
c) high power consumption in its transportation 48. Paper pulp produced by kraft/sulphate process is
d) erosion of induced draft fan blades a) bleached easily c) dull white in color
35. The difference between sales revenue and the cost of b) dark colored d) strong fibrous
goods sold
a) net income c) gross profit
b) rate of return d) gross national product 49. A term describing wealth which is placed in a business and
36. Raw materials for 'Solvay Process' for manufacture of the could include cash equipment, raw materials and finished
soda ash are products
a) salt, limestone ,ammonia and coke oven gas a. capital b. investment c. collateral d. assets
b) ammonia, salt and limestone 50. Claude process of gas liquefaction employs
c) ammonia, limestone and coke a) merely compression of gas beyond its critical pressure.
d) ammonia and coke oven gas b) Joule-Thomson expansion cooling.
37. An amount which has been spent and for some reasons c) heat exchange with colder stream.
cannot be recovered. d) adiabatic expansion against a piston or in a turbine
a) sunk cost b) increment c) first cost d) fixed cost
51. A document that shows proof of legal ownership of a
financial security
a) a. bond b. bank note c. coupon d. check
38. Hydrazine is largely used 52. All enzymes are made of
a) as starting material for 'hypo' c) as rocket fuel a) fats c) carbohydrates
b) in photographic industry d) in printing industry b) proteins d) amino acids

53. Presence of free moisture in coal during its high

temperature carbonization
39. The price of which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller a) reduces the coking time
for a commodity b) protects the volatile products from pyrolysis
a) resale value c) scrap value (cracking) in the presence of hot coke and hot oven
b) book value d) market value walls
40. Wax is c) increases the loss of fine coal dust from the ovens
a) a mixture of glycerides when charging
b) a mixture of esters of polyhydric alcohols except d) none of these
glycerin
c) liquid at room temperature 54. In Haber process to manufacture NH3, a mixture of
d) a mixture of glycerides of fatty acids nitrogen (24.6%) and hydrogen (75.1%), which contains some
argon impurity (0.27%) is passed through a catalyst at 800
to 1000 atm and at a temperature from 500 to 6000C. NH3
41. The quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a produced in the reactor is separated from the reaction
certain price at a given place and time. gases in a separator. NH3 free gases after a small purge to
a) supply b) discount c) demand d) investment prevent accumulation of argon are returned to the reactor
42. Catalyst used in hydrogenation of oil is along with the feed. 80% of H2 from the separator goes to
a) nickel b) platinum c) iron d) alumina the purge and recycle stream. A total of 79.5% H2 enters
the reactor from the fresh feed and recycle streams.
Product NH3 does not contain any dissolved gases. The
43. The reduction in the money value of a capital asset is called percent conversion of hydrogen per pass is
a. capital expenditure c. loss a) 12.23 b) 9.2 c) 11.4 d) 10.8
b. capital loss d. deficit 55. The softest material in Mho’s scale (for measuring
44. Gun powder, which is an explosive comprises of charcoal, hardness) is
sulphur and a) talc b) gypsum c) rubber d) no ans
a) glycerene c) nitro glycerene 56. Karbate is
b) salt petre d) dynamite a. a mixture of iron dust and saw dust
b. carbon impregnated with resin (usually bakelite)
c. acid resistant material
45. An interest earning fund in which equal deposits are made d. both (b) and (c)
at equal intervals of time
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(b) supply of excess air
(c) burning carbon monoxide and other incombustible in
upper zone of furnace by supplying more air
57. A tank farm occupies a square site, 100 ft on each side. (d) none of these
The farm contains four tanks, each 30 ft in diameter and
30 ft in height. The minimu height (ft) of a vertical
containment dike around the site is
a) 2.12 b) 2.69 c) 2.96 d) 8.48

58. Bog iron is used for adsorption of H2S from coke oven gas is
a) an intimate mixture of saw dust and iron dust (i.e.
moist ferric hydroxide)
b) iron impregnated with resin (usually bakelite)
c) carbon free iron
d) none of these
59. Iron alloyed with carbon up to 2% is called
a. pig iron c. wrought iron
b. high carbon steel d. none of these

60. Duralumin is an alloy of

a) aluminum, copper & manganese c) aluminum & nickel
b) aluminum, nickel and silicon d) no answer
61. Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by the addition of
a. phosphorus and tungsten
b. nickel and chromium
c. lead and vanadium
d. molybdenum and tungsten

62. In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, carbon monoxide

is absorbed by
(a) cuprous chloride (c) potassium hydroxide
(b) alkaline pyrogallol solution (d) none of these
63. Calorific value as determined by bomb calorimeter is
(a) higher calorific value at constant volume
(b) gross calorific value at constant pressure
(c) lower calorific value at constant pressure
(d) net calorific value at constant volume
64. Incomplete combustion of a fuel is characterized by
(a) smoke formation
(b) high gas temperature
(c) high percentage of oxygen in flue gas
(d) high carbon monoxide content in flue gas
65. For maximum discharge through a chimney, its height
should be
(a) 200 meters
(b) infinitely long
(c) more than 105.7 meters
(d) equal to the height of the hot gas column producing
draught
66. Oxygen percentage (by weight) in atmospheric air is
(a) 19 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 29
67. Stack (chimney) height in a big thermal power plant is
dictated by
(a) pollution control aspect
(b) draught to be created
(c) limitation of constructional facilities
(d) none of these

68. “Over-fire burning” in a furnace is a phenomenon

characterized by
(a) supply of excess fuel