CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES DAY 2 LONG QUIZ 1

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark 16. Coke oven gas compared to blast furnace gas is
only one answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your a. more explosive and inflammable c. lighter
choice on the answer sheets provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use b. less poisonous d. all (a), (b) and (c)
pencil no. 2 only 17. Which of the following gases will require maximum amount of air for combustion
of 1 Nm3 gas?
1. An irreversible process a. blast furnace gas c. natural gas
a. is the analog of linear frictionless motion in machines b. producer gas d. water gas
b. is an idealized visualization of behavior of a system 18. Stage efficiency in a leaching process depends on the
c. yields the maximum amount of work a. time of contact between the solid and the solution
d. yields the amount of work less than that of a reversible process. b. rate of diffusion of the solute through the solid and into the liquid
2. As the time is passing, entropy of the universe c. both a and b
a. is increasing c. remains constant d. vapor pressure of the solution
b. is decreasing d. data insufficient, can’t be predicted 19. Extraction of coffee from its seed is done by
3. Fischer-Tropsch method aims at a. liquid-liquid extraction c. extractive distillation
a. gasification of coal b. leaching d. steam distillation
b. synthesis of gasoline (from water gas) 20. The absolute entropy for all crystalline substances at absolute zero temperature
c. hydrogenation of coal to produce gasoline a. is zero c. is more than zero
d. none of these b. is negative d. can’t be determined
4. In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, carbon monoxide is absorbed by 21. Number of components (C) phase (P) and degrees of freedom (F) are related by
a. cuprous chloride c. alkaline pyrogallol solution Gibbs phase rule as
b. potassium hydroxide d. none of these a. P + F – C = 2 c. C =P – F +2
5. Catalyst used in Fisher-Tropsch process is b. F = C –P – 2 d. P = F – C –2
a. Nickel c. Alumina 22. Leaching of sugar from sugar beets is done by
b. Zinc oxide d. Thorium oxide a. hot water c. dilute H 2SO4
6. In the flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, oxygen is absorbed by b. hexane d. lime water
a. potassium hydroxide c. alkaline pyrogallol solution 23. With increase in temperature, the leaching rate increases due to
b. cuprous chloride d. none of these a. decreased liquid viscosity c. both a and b
7. Fractional extraction is also known as ________ b. increased diffusivity d. neither a nor b
a. Solvent c. Triple solvent 24. Compressibility factor of a gas is
b.Double solvent d. None of the mentioned a. not a function of pressure c. not a function of its temperature
8. In a countercurrent extractor as the axial mixing increases, the extraction b. not a function of its nature d. unity, if it follows PV = nRT
efficiency 25. Critical compressibility factor for all substances
a. increases c. decreases a. are more less constant(vary from 0.2 to 0.3)
b. remains unchanged d. depends on the pressure of the system b. vary as square of the absolute temperature
9. Which of the following is the most suitable for extraction in a system having very c. vary as square of the absolute pressure
low density difference? d. none of these
a. mixer-settler extractor c. centrifugal extractor 26. Leaching rate is independent of the
b. pulsed extractor d. packed extraction tower a. agitation c. temperature
10. Choose the best combination or properties for a good solvent for extraction out b. particle size d. none of these
of the following 27. In liquid extraction, if selectivity is unity, then
(i) high selectivity a. separation of the constituent is most effective
(ii) low selectivity b. no separation will occur
(iii) high viscosity c. amount of solvent required will be minimum
(iv) low viscosity d. solvent flow rate should be very low
(v) large distribution coefficient 28. When the solvent dissolves very little of solute then
(vi) small distribution coefficient a. solvent of low latent heat of vaporization should be used
(vii) high interfacial tension b. solvent of low freezing point should be used
(viii) low interfacial tension c. large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute
a. ( i ), ( iv ), ( v ), ( vii ) c. ( i ), ( iii ), ( v ), ( vii ) d. very small quantity of solute is required
b. ( i ), ( iii ), ( v ), ( vi ) d. ( i ), ( ii ), ( iv ), ( vii ) 29. Selectivity of solvent used in extraction should be
11. Proximate analysis of determines a. 1 c. > 1
a. moisture, ash, sulfur, volatile matter b. < 1 d. 0
b. moisture, volatile matter, ash, fixed carbon 30. Which of the following constituents of coal is most important in the production of
c. sulfur, nitrogen, fixed carbon coke
d. none of these a. moisture c. ash
12. The solvent used in liquid extraction should not have high latent heat of b. volatiles d. carbon
vaporization because 31. Throttling process is a constant
a. the pressure drops and hence the pumping cost will be very high a. enthalpy process c. entropy process
b. it cannot be recovered by distillation b. pressure process d. none of these
c. its recovery cost by distillation may be prohibitively high 32. Efficiency of heat engine working on Carnot cycle between two temperature levels
d. it will decompose while recovering by distillation depends upon
13. Which of the following operations does not involve leaching? a. the two temperatures only c. the pressure of working fluid
a. dissolving gold from ores b. the mass of the working fluid d. both mass and pressure of the working fluid
b. dissolving pharmaceutical products from bark or roots 33. Heats sensitive materials with very high latent heat of vaporization may be
c. dissolving sugar from the cells of the best economically separated using
d. removing nicotine from its water solution by kerosene a. liquid extraction c. evaporation
14. Tea percolation employs b. distillation d. absorption
a. liquid-liquid extraction c. absorption 34. Wood ash leaching for alkali is known as ________
b. leaching d. adsorption a. Lixivation c. Lixation
15. Which of the following has the highest calorific value? b. Lixartion d. None of the mentioned
a. lignite c. anthracite 35. The boiling point of the solvent is ______
b. sub-bituminous coal d. peat a. Boiling solvent c. Leaching
16. Rate of leaching increases with increasing b. Decoction d. None of the mentioned
a. temperature c. pressure
b. viscosity of solvent d. size of the solid

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36. The removal of soluble materials from the solid is known as ________ before throttling?
a. Elution c. Extraction a. 2450C c. 2300C
b. Decoction d. None of the mentioned b. 2160C d. 2510C
37. Which of the following process can accelerate leaching?
a. Heating c. Crushing For numbers 54-56:
b. Drying d. Crushing or grinding A 40-kg steel casting (Cp=0.5 kJ/kg-K) at a temperature of 4500C is quenched
38. A coal that softens and fuses on heating in in 150 kg of oil (Cp=2.5 kJ/kg-K) at 250C. If there are no heat losses, what is the
a. classified c. carbonized change in entropy of
b. caking d. non-caking 54. The casting
39. What is the degree of freedom for a system comprising liquid water equilibrium a. -16.33 kJ/K c. -26.13 kJ/k
with its vapor? b. +16.33 kJ/K d. +26.13 kJ/k
a. 0 c. 1 55. The oil
b. 2 d. 3 a. -16.33 kJ/K c. -26.13 kJ/k
40. For an isothermal process the internal energy of a gas b. +16.33 kJ/K d. +26.13 kJ/k
a. increases c. decreases 56. Both considered together
b. remains unchanged d. data insufficient can’t be predicted a. 9.8 kJ/K c. 0 kJ/K
41. Boyle’s law for gases states that b. -9.8 kJ/K d. 43 kJ/K
a. P  1/V when temperature is constant
b. P 1/V when temperature and mass of the gas remains constant For numbers 57-59:
c. P  V at a constant temperature and mass of the gas A compressed air tank has a volume of 0.167 m3 and contains air at 250C and
d. P/V = constant, for any gas 650 bar when it explodes. For air: Cp = 29.3 J/mol-K and Cp/Cv= 1.396
42. The sequence of absorption in flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus is 57. Estimate the amount of work done on the surroundings when the tank explodes.
respectively a. 23020 J c. 45800 J
a. CO2, O2, CO c. CO, O2, CO2 b. 39870 J d. 57690 J
b. CO2, CO, O2 d. O2, CO2, CO 58. Compute the TNT equivalent of the compressed air tank blast.
43. Critical compressibility factor for all substances a. 3 kg of TNT c. 6 kg of TNT
a. are more less constant(vary from 0.2 to 0.3) b. 5 kg of TNT d. 8 kg of TNT
b. vary as square of the absolute temperature 59. A tank of volume 0.1 m3 that contains steam at 6000C and 1 MPa bursts. Estimate
c. vary as square of the absolute pressure the energy of the blast in g of TNT. The blast energy of trinitrotoluene (TNT) is
d. none of these 4600 kJ/kg.
44. Reduced pressure of a gas is the ratio of its a. 46.2 g c. 30.7 g
a. pressure to critical pressure c. critical pressure to pressure b. 28.8 g d. 71.4 g
b. pressure to pseudocritical pressure d. pseudocritical pressure to pressure
45. Efficient burning of anthracite coal requires 60. During the obtainment of soluble coffee, the soluble solids are extracted with
a. low preheat of air c. fine grinding water in a solid liquid extraction. This extraction is performed in a multistage system that
b. high excess air d. all (a), (b) and (c) operates counter currently, where 3000 kg/h of roasted and ground coffee contains 24%
46. Heat of reaction is in weight of soluble solids, while the moisture content is negligible. Five percent of the
a. dependent on pressure only soluble solids contained in the food appear in the final underflow stream, while the
b. dependent on temperature only overflow stream contains 35% in weight of such solids. From the previous laboratory
c. dependent on both pressure and temperature experiments, it was obtained that the amount of solution retained by inert solids is 1.6
d. independent of temperature changes kg solution per kg inert solids. Calculate the number of stages needed if the global
47. Second law of thermodynamics is concerned with efficiency of the system is 75%.
a. amount of energy transferred a. 9 c. 11
b. direction of energy transfer b. 10 d. 12
c. irreversible process only
d. non-cyclic process only 61. Seeds, containing 20% by mass of oil, are extracted in a counter current plant,
48. Near their critical temperature all gases, occupy volumes __________ and 90% of the oil is recovered in a solution containing 50 % by mass of oil. If the
that of the ideal gas seeds are extracted with fresh solvent and 1 kg of solution is removed in the underflow
a. less than c. same as in association with every 2 kg of insoluble matter, how many ideal stages are required?
b. more than d. half a. 5 c. 7
49. Degrees of freedom at triple point will be b. 3 d. 2
a. 0 c. 1
b. 2 d. 3 For numbers 62-63 :
50. Ultimate analysis of coal determines In a salt recovery plant, rock salt is being leached to produce industrial salt in a
a. carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur continuous counter current system consisting of two ideal stages using water as
b. carbon, ash, sulfur, nitrogen leaching medium. The average composition of the rock salt is : inerts=70%, soluble
c. carbon, sulfur, volatile matter, ash salts = 25%, moisture = 5%, all percentage by weight. The underflow from each stage
d. carbon, volatile matter, ash, moisture contains 0.3kg of solution per kg of inerts. The plant leaches 50MT of rock salt per day
using 50MT of water.
For numbers 51-53: 62. The quantity of soluble salts recovered in MT/day is
A liquid under pressure containing 50 mole percent benzene and 50 mole a. 12.1 c. 13.1
percent toluene is continuously throttled to a pressure of 1 atm. The temperature b. 14.1 d. 11.1
after throttling is found to be 96.5 0F. The average molal heat capacity of the 63. The composition of salt in weight percent in the final inderflow is
liquid is 36 g-cal/mmol-0C and the latent heat of vaporization of the liquid at 96.6 a. 0.89% c. 0.98%
0C may be taken as 7100 g-cal/mmol. Assume adiabatic operation of the b. 0.76% d. 0.63%
throttling valve, and that no heat is conducted across the valve. Neglect kinetic
energy changes. 64. A slurry of flaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert solids and 25 kg
51. Calculate the mole fraction of toluene in vapor phase. of solution with 10 wt% oil and 90 wt% solvent hexane. The slurry is contacted with
a. 0.267 c. 0.415 100 kg pure hexane in a single stage so that the value of retention for the outlet
b. 0.335 d. 0.506 underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg solvent in the adhering solution. The
52. What percent of the mixture is vapor after the throttle valve? composition of underflow leaving the extraction stage in percent by weight oil is
a. 53% c. 61% a. 1.5 c. 2.3
b. 72% d. 58% b. 0.3 d. 0.8
53. If the pressure before throttling was sufficiently high so that no
vapour was present, what was the temperature of this liquid

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For numbers 65-67 :
A contact sulfuric acid plant produces 98.0 % sulfuric acid, by absorbing SO3 into a
97.3% sulfuric acid solution. A gas containing 8.00 % SO3 (remainder inerts) enters the
SO3 absorption tower at the rate of 28 lb mol per hour. 98.5 % of the SO3 is absorbed
in this tower. 97.3 % sulfuric acid is introduced into the top of the tower and 95.9 %
sulfuric acid from another part of the process is used as make - up acid. The flow sheet
is given in the figure with all of the known data on it.
Calculate the
65. lbs/hr of 95.9 % H2SO4 make-up acid solution required.
a. 2240 c. 2060
b. 6180 d. 3200
66. lbs/hr of 97.3 % H2SO4 solution introduced into the top of the tower.
a. 2240 c. 2060
b. 6180 d. 3200
67. lbs/hr of 98 % H2SO4 solution produced.
a. 2240 c. 2060
b. 6180 d. 3200

For numbers 68-70:

TiCl4 can be formed by reacting titanium dioxide (TiO2) with hydrochloric acid. TiO2 is
available as an ore containing 78 % TiO2 and 22 % inerts. The HCl is available as 45
wt% solution (the balance is water). The per pass conversion of TiO2 is 75 %. The HCl
is fed into the reactor in 20 % excess based on the reaction. Pure unreacted TiO2is
recycled back to mix with the TiO2 feed.

TiO2+ 4 HCl -→ TiCl4+ 2H2O

For 1 kg of TiCl4produced, determine:
68. the kg of TiO2ore fed.
a. 0.54 c. 0.45
b. 0.35 d. 0.74
69. the kg of 45 wt % HCl solution fed.
a. 1.55 c. 2.05
b. 0.50 d. 3.20
70. the ratio of recycle stream to fresh TiO2 ore (in kg).
a. 0.26 c. 0.38
b. 0.65 d. 0.52

For numbers 71-72

Raw sulphur analyzing 88% S and 12% inerts when burned produces a gas with an
orsat analysis of 9.79% SO2, 9.16% O2 and 81.05% N2. Dry air is supplied at 25 0C and
745 mmHg. The burner gases leave at 2500C and 760 mmHg.
71. Calculate the % excess air, S to So2.
a. 87% c. 78%
b. 25% d. 75%
72. Calculate the % excess air, S to SO3.
a. 87% c. 78%
b. 25% d. 75%

For numbers 73-75:

Pure ethane is burned completely in 20% excess air. Air is supplied at 250C, 740 toors
and is substantially dry. Calculate:
73. kg dry air supplied / kg of fuel gas
a. 19.3 c. 29.5
b. 3.5 d. 1.95
74. Cubic meters of air / kg ethane
a. 9.5 c. 24.5
b. 12.4 d. 16.7
75. Cubic meters of the products of combustion measured at 4000C, 100 kPa / kg
ethane
a. 40 c. 50
b. 30 d. 20