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Chemical Engineering Mcqs 9594 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Chemical Engineering MCQs designed for job test and interview preparation, particularly for fresh graduates, students, and candidates appearing in competitive exams. These multiple-choice questions cover important topics such as the fundamentals of chemical engineering, chemical processes, chemical reactions, process control, and instrumentation, along with other key concepts in the field.

Finned tube heat exchangers__________________?
A Give larger area per tube
B Use metal fins of low thermal conductivity
C Facilitate very large temperature drop through tube wall
D Are used for smaller heat load
Correct Answer: Give larger area per tube
Fruit juice (a heat sensitive material) can be concentrated in a ____________ evaporator?
A Long tube
B Falling film
C High pressure
D None of these
Correct Answer: Falling film
The Sieder-Tate correlation for heat transfer in turbulent flow in pipe gives Nu α Re0.8, where, Nu is the Nusselt number and Re is the Reynolds number for the flow. Assuming that this relation is valid, the heat transfer co-efficient varies with the pipe diameter D. as _________________?
A D-1.8
B D-0.2
C D0.2
D D1.8
Correct Answer: D-0.2
For heat flow through very thick walled cylinder, use ___________mean radius?
A Arithmetic
B Logarithmic
C Geometric
D Either A. or C.
Correct Answer: Logarithmic
In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the shell side fluid velocity can‟t be changed by changing the_________________?
A Tube layout
B Tube diameter
C Tube pitch
D Number of baffles
Correct Answer: Tube diameter
LMTD for evaporators & condensers for a given terminal parameters & set of conditions for counter-flow is equal to that for parallel flow. In such heat exchangers, with one of the fluids condensing or evaporating, the surface area required is the least in the ______________ flow?
A Parallel
B Mixed
C Counter flow
D Same in either A , B. or C.
Correct Answer: Same in either A , B. or C.
The maximum heat transfer co-efficient from steam heating will be attained when the steam is_________________?
A Supersaturated
B Saturated
C Wet
D None of these
Correct Answer: Saturated
The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is___________________?
A More
B Less
C Some
D Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor
Correct Answer: Some
Which of the following has maximum thermal conductivity ?
A Iron
B Coal
C Nitrogen
D Tar
Correct Answer: Iron
Thermal diffusivity of a material __________________?
A Has the unit m2 /sec
B Is defined as K/ρ . Cp
C Is the ratio of thermal conductivity to thermal capacity
D All A., B. and C.
Correct Answer: All A., B. and C.