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Question Bank: Unit:5 Process Design of Extractor

The document contains 19 questions from a question bank about process equipment design for a chemical engineering course. The questions cover topics like how distribution coefficient affects liquid-liquid extraction, classifying extractors, explaining the process design of settlers, determining optimal solvent amounts, discussing liquid distributors, absorbers, scrubbers, selecting solvent flow rates, industrial applications of extraction, and the design of falling film absorbers and mixers-settlers. The questions range from 3 to 7 marks and cover both theoretical and applied aspects of extraction equipment design.

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Question Bank: Unit:5 Process Design of Extractor

The document contains 19 questions from a question bank about process equipment design for a chemical engineering course. The questions cover topics like how distribution coefficient affects liquid-liquid extraction, classifying extractors, explaining the process design of settlers, determining optimal solvent amounts, discussing liquid distributors, absorbers, scrubbers, selecting solvent flow rates, industrial applications of extraction, and the design of falling film absorbers and mixers-settlers. The questions range from 3 to 7 marks and cover both theoretical and applied aspects of extraction equipment design.

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PRIME INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING

&TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: PROCESS EQUPMENT DESIGN-I


(2160503)
CHEMICAL –BE_6TH SEM
Unit:5 Process design of Extractor
Que. Question Bank Marks

1. How distribution coefficient affects liquid liquid extraction. 03


2. Classify industrially important extractors. 04
3. Explain process design of settler. 07
4. How to decide optimum solvent amount based on number of theoretical stages for 03
liquid liquid extraction.
5. Discuss about various liquid distributors in detail. 04
6. Discuss about process design of venturi scrubber 07
7. List out various equipments used as an absorber/ scrubber. 03
8. Discuss advantages of Falling film absorber over Packed tower type absorber. 04
9. Discuss about how to select the solvent flow rate for absorption operation. 04
10. How distribution coefficient affects liquid liquid extraction 04
11. Explain process design of settler. 07
12. List important industrial application of liquid-liquid extraction. 03
13. State the merits and demerits of falling film absorber. 03
14. Discuss about the Liquid distributors, Liquid redistributors, Packing support and 07
Hold-down plate for packed tower type absorber.
15. Discuss the criteria of selection among the different types of the equipment used as 07
absorbers or scrubbers.
16. Draw falling film type absorber and explain its advantages and disadvantages over 03
the adiabatic type packed tower.
17. List important industrial applications of liquid-liquid extraction 04

18. Define partition coefficient, extract phase and raffinate phase for liquid-liquid 03
extraction
19. Briefly explain the desired solvent properties required for choice of solvent in liquid- 04
liquid extraction.
20. State the merits and demerits of mixer-settler. Discuss the design steps for the 07
process design of horizontal and vertical gravity settler.

Prof: Hitesh Variya (chemical dept.) Page 1

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