Process Equipment and Plant Design Quiz 3

In common bubble cap distillation column design practice, riser area is approximately equal to (where, Aa = Annular passage area, and Sa = Slot area) ?

Height equivalent to a theoretical plate (HETP) is the height of packing that will give the same separation as one theoretical plate in gas-liquid mass transfer operations like distillation, absorption/stripping and humidification/dehumidification. HETP which is experimentally determined, depends upon the________?

In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for_______?

In actual operation of a bubble cap distillation tower, the _______ at the bottom of the tower is more than that at the top of the tower?

In a ______ riveted joint, the number of rivets decreases from the innermost row to the outermost row?

In case of saddle packing (e.g., berl and intralox saddles), the maximum size of the packing should not exceed _______ of the column diameter?

In a bag filter, the pressure drop increases directly as the_____?

In a pressure vessel containing multiple openings of various dimensions at different parts, stress concentration at the edges of the opening is maximum which becomes negligibly small beyond the area covered by _______ times the hole diameter?

In case of plain carbon steel, butt welded joints are used for shell plate thickness ? ______ cms?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the overall heat transfer co-efficient is proportional to the tube side (volumetric flow rate)0.8. This is valid, only when the ratio of the tube side film resistance to the total resistance is almost equal to______?

In a vertical short tube evaporator (Calandria type), the ________?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger having square pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by (where, P = pitch, d = outside diameter of the tube) ?

In case of a ?thin? pressure vessel, the ratio of its diameter to wall thickness is__________?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given heat transfer surface area, smaller diameter tubes are favoured as compared to larger diameter ones; because the smaller diameter tubes _______?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the clearance of the tube is generally_____?

In a distillation column, bubble caps are located on trays with a pitch of _______ times the outside diameter of the caps?

In a heat exchanger, shell side fluid velocity can be changed by changing the tube _________?

In a rotary drier, the average retention time of solid is (where Z = length of the drier, metres ? = apparent solid density, kg/m3 L = flow rate of dry solids, kg/see. m2 drier crosssection H = hold up of solid.) ?

In most of the shell and tube heat exchangers, the tube pitch is generally _______ the tube diameter?

In case of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the effect of L/D on inside film heat transfer coefficient (hi) vanishes after a Reynold number of______?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the shortest centre to centre distance between the adjacent tubes is___________?

In a distillation column, minimum clearance to be maintained between the overflow weir and the last row of the bubble caps is _______ cms?

Hole diameter of the sieve trays in the distillation column ranges from _______ mm?

In a cylindrical vessel subjected to internal pressure, the longitudinal stress ?L and the circumferential stress, ?n are related by_____?

In distillation columns, bubble caps are held in place over trays by _________?

If ?D? is the inside diameter of the shell of a shell and tube heat exchanger, then the baffle spacing is usually in the range of___________?

In a double pipe (concentric) heat exchanger, the hydraulic radius for heat transfer (for a fluid flowing through the annulus) would be__________?

In a multiple effect evaporator system having ?n? effects, the amount of water evaporated per unit surface area in approximately equal to ______ times that in a single effect?

In a thin cylindrical shell, the hoop stress is _________ stress?

In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the shell side cross flow area does not depend upon________?

High pressure fluid in a shell and tube heat exchanger should preferably be routed through the_________?

In a _______ riveted joint, the rivets in the various rows are opposite to each other?

In case of design of a shell and tube heat exchanger_____?

Holes of a sieve tray are arranged in triangular pitch of __________ times the hole diameter?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the ?tube pitch? is defined as the _______?

In a continuous distillation column, the optimum reflux ratio ranges from ________ times the minimum reflux ratio?

Hoop (circumferential) stress induced in a thin walled ?Horton Sphere? used for the storage of liquid ammonia under pressure is______?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, tube side ________ of the mass velocity?

If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two passes; for the same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will ______ times?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger having triangular pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by_________?

In actual operation of distillation column, the vapour is not distributed uniformly among the bubble caps, primarily because of the________?

In case of a continuous distillation column, increase in reflux ratio may result in the_______?

In a distillation column, the minimum residence time for liquid in the downspout is about _______ seconds?

Height of the flights in the rotary drier is in the range of_____?

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, triangular pitch arrangement as compared to square pitch arrangement ?

In case of 1.5? heat exchanger tubes, the inside flow area ______ with decrease in BWG?

In condenser, the cooling water is passed in the tube side in a pass arrangement, because_________?

In case of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the minimum shell thickness for carbon steel (inclusive of corrosion allowance) depends on shell diameter and is in the range of _________ mm?

Hold up of material in a operating rotary drier is in the range of_____?

In case of bubble cap distillation column of diameter greater than 1.2 metres, the cap diameter is roughly about ________ cms?