Chemical Engineering - Process Equipment and Plant Design

11.
For storing hazardous chemicals in large storage tanks, the minimum safe distance between the two tanks should range between __________ times the tank diameter.
1 to 1.5
2.5 to 3.5
4 to 5
6 to 8
Answer: Option
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12.
Which of the following factors determine the amount of entrainment in a distillation column ?
Plate spacing.
Depth of liquid above the bubble cap slots.
Vapour velocity in the volume between the plates.
All (a), (b) and (c).
Answer: Option
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13.
The absorption factor is defined as (where, S1 = slope of the equilibrium curve, S2 = slope of the operating line)
S1/S2
S1.S2
S2/S1
1/S1.S2
Answer: Option
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14.
In shell and tube heat exchangers, straight tie rods are used to
hold baffle in space.
fix the tubes in position.
account for thermal strain.
none of these.
Answer: Option
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15.
In a rotary drier, the average retention time of solid is(where Z = length of the drier, metres ρ = apparent solid density, kg/m3 L = flow rate of dry solids, kg/see. m2 drier cross-section H = hold up of solid.)
Answer: Option
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