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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.

Plate efficiency_______________________?
A Is a function of the mass transfer between liquid and vapour
B Increases due to foaming
C Increases due to liquid entrainment
D Increases due to weeping and dumping of liquid
Correct Answer: Is a function of the mass transfer between liquid and vapour
Diameter of raschig rings used in packed tower in industry is normally around _____________________ inches?
A 2
B 8
C 12
D 18
Correct Answer: 2
In rectifying section of a continuous distillation column, the____________________?
A Vapour is enriched with low boilers
B Vapour is enriched with high boilers
C Liquid is stripped of high boilers
D None of these
Correct Answer: Vapour is enriched with high boilers
The reason for preferring packed towers over plate towers in distillation practice is that the packed tower operation gives___________________?
A Low pressure drop and high hold up
B High pressure drop and low hold up
C Low pressure drop and low hold up
D High pressure drop and high hold up
Correct Answer: Low pressure drop and low hold up
In Azeotropic mixture, the equilibrium vapour composition is____________________?
A More than liquid composition
B Less than liquid composition
C Same as liquid composition
D Independent of pressure
Correct Answer: Same as liquid composition
Which of the following has the same dimension as mass diffusivity ?
A Momentum flux
B Kinematic viscosity
C Thermal diffusivity
D Both B. and C.
Correct Answer: Both B. and C.
Which of the following decreases during evaporative cooling process with recirculated water supply ?
A Wet bulb temperature
B Relative humidity
C Partial pressure of vapour
D None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
At what percentage (by volume) of alcohol composition, it forms an azeotrope with water ?
A 90
B 91.5
C 95
D 99
Correct Answer: 95
It takes 6 hours to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much longer it will take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content, under the same drying conditions? (The equilibrium moisture content of the solid is 5%) ?
A 15 min
B 51 min
C 71 min
D 94 min
Correct Answer: 71 min
Steam distillation is not recommended to be used, if the _____________________?
A Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water
B Liquids decompose, if distilled directly at atmospheric pressure
C Material cannot be distilled by indirect heating even under low pressure, because of the high
D Material to be distilled is thermally unstable or has the tendency to react with other
Correct Answer: Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water