1.

  Mass transfer rate between two fluid phases does not necessarily depend on the
__________ of the two phases.

A. chemical properties

B. physical properties

C. degree of turbulence

D. interfacial area

Answer: Option A

The difference of wet bulb temperature and adiabatic saturation temperature of unsaturated
mixture of any system is

A. +ve

B. -ve

C. zero

D. none of these

Answer: Option A

12.  __________ columns are used for liquid dispersion in a continuous gas phase.

A. Packed

B. Pulse

C. Bubble cap

D. Sieve plate

Answer: Option A

13.  Overall efficiency of the distillation column is

A. the ratio of number of ideal plates to actual plates.

B. the ratio of number of actual plates to ideal plates.

C. same as the Murphree efficiency.

D. always more than the point efficiency.

Answer: Option A
14.  On addition of solute in the solvent, the __________ of the solution decreases.

A. boiling point

B. freezing point

C. vapour pressure

D. both (b) and (c

Answer: Option D

15.  Which is the controlling factor for a drum drier?

A. Diffusion

B. Heat transfer

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: Option B

18.  Separation of two or more components of a liquid solution can not be achieved by

A. fractional crystallisation

B. liquid extraction

C. absorption

D. evaporation

Answer: Option C

19.  Stefan's law describes the mass transfer by

A. diffusion

B. bulk flow

C. both 'a' & 'b'

D. neither 'a' nor 'b'

Answer: Option C
20.  At minimum reflux ratio for a given separation

A. number of plates is zero.

B. number of plates is infinity.

C. minimum number of the theoretical plates is required.

D. separation is most efficient.

Answer: Option B

5.  To increase the absorption factor, (where, G = gas flow rate, S = solvent flow rate)

A. increase both 'G' and 'S'.

B. decrease both 'G' and 'S'.

C. increase 'S' and decrease 'G'.

D. increase 'G' and decrease 'S'

Answer: Option C

6.  The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are same
for, NPr = NSc = __________

A. 1 B. 0.5

C. 10 D. 0

Answer: Option A

27.  Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture

A. increases with temperature rise.

B. decreases with temperature rise.

C. decreases with decrease in pressure.

D. increases with increase in pressure.

Answer: Option C
28.  In a packed absorption tower, if the equilibrium and operating lines are both straight lines,
then the ratio, HETP/HTUOG __________ the absorption factor.

A. increases with increase in

B. is one at unity value of

C. both (a) and (b)

D. neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: Option C

9.  Which of the following plays an important role in problems of simultaneous heat and mass
transfer ?

A. Lewis number

B. Schmidt number

C. Prandtl number

D. Sherwood numbe

Answer: Option A

30.  In case of an absorber, the operating

A. line always lies above the equilibrium curve.

B. line always lies below the equilibrium curve.

C. line can be either above or below the equilibrium curve.

D. velocity is more than the loading velocity.

Answer: Option A

31.  As the reflux ratio in a distillation coloumn is increased from the minimum, the

A. slope of the operating line in stripping section decreases.

B. number of plates decreases very slowly first and then more and more rapidly.

C. total cost first decreases and then increases.

D. liquid flow increases while the vapor flow decreases for a system.

Answer: Option C
2.  Absorption factor is defined as (where, S1 = slope of the operating line S2 = slope of
 the equilibrium curve)

A. S2/S1

B. S1/S2

C. S1 - S2

D. S1 x S2

Answer: Option B
37.  Which of the following quantities need not be fixed before starting the design of a co-
current absorber ?

A. Heat gain or loss

B. Flow rate of entering liquid

C. Flow rate of gas

D. None of these

Answer: Option B
38.  Mass transfer co-efficient of liquid is

A. affected more by temperature than that for gases.

B. affected much less by temperature than that for gases.

C. not affected by the temperature.

D. none of these.

Answer: Option A
41.  Which of the following liquid-vapor contacting devices provides maximum contact
surface area for a particular duty ?

A. Sieve plate column

B. Bubble cap column

C. Randomly packed column

D. Wetted wall column

Answer: Option D

Raoult's law applies to the

 A. all liquid solutions

B. non-ideal solution only.

C. non-volatile solute.

D. solvents.

Answer: Option D

46.  In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the

A. allowable liquid velocity.

B. allowable gas velocity.

C. allowable gas and liquid velocities.

D. feed composition.

Answer: Option C

47.  In distillation, overhead product contains

A. only one component

B. two components

C. any number of components

D. only saturated liquid

Answer: Option C

49.  Low viscosity absorbent is preferred for reasons of

A. rapid absorption rates and good heat transfer characteristics.

 B. improved flooding characteristics.

C. low pressure drop on pumping.

D. all (a), (b) and (c).

Answer: Option D

50.  Mass transfer co-efficient (K) and diffusivity (D) are related according to film theory as

A. K ∝ D

B. K ∝ √D
C. K ∝ D1.5

D. K ∝ D2

Answer: Option A

.  The relation, Sc = Pr = 1, is valid, when the mechanism of __________ ansfer is same.

A. heat and mass

B. mass and momentum

C. heat and momentum

D. heat, momentum and mass

Answer: Option A

5.  For the same feed, feed quality and separation (in a distillation column), with the increase
of total pressure, the number of ideal plates will
 A. increase

B. decrease

C. remain same

D. data insufficient, can't be predicted

Answer: Option A

13.  Ordinary diffusion process is also called __________ diffusion.

A. pressure B. thermal

C. concentration D. forced.

Answer: Option C

6.  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.

Answer: Option C

17.  If the path of liquid across the plate is very long as in case of large diameter tower,
Murphree efficiency can be __________ percent.

A. 100

B. > 100

C. < 100

D. none of these

Answer: Option B

19.  Raoult's law is applicable to the

A. ideal solutions
 B. real solutions

C. mixture of water and alcohol

D. non-ideal gases

Weeping in a distillation column

A. Increases tray efficiency.

B. provides large interfacial surface for mass transfer.

C. results due to very high gas velocity.

D. results due to very low gas velocity.

Answer: Option D

24.  With decrease in the throughput (compared with the design capacity) for a bubble cap
distillation column, its efficiency

A. increases

B. decreases

C. remains same

D. may increase or decrease ; depends on individual design

Answer: Option A

25.  Plate towers are preferred to packed towers, when large temperature changes are
involved, because of the reason that the
packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the
A. components of the equipments.

B. pressure drop in the equipment will be . very high.

C. viscosity variation of the fluids may cause channeling/flooding.

D. none of these.

Answer: Option A

27.  Out of the following gas-liquid contacting devices, for a given set of operating conditions,
gas pressure drop is the least in __________ tower.

A. wetted wall
 B. bubble cap

C. perforated tray

D. packed

Answer: Option A

30.  In case of an ideal solution, the total vapor pressure varies __________ with the
composition expressed as mole fraction,

A. inversely

linearl
B.
y

C. exponentially

D. none of these

-Corresponding to Nusselt number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass

transfer is the __________ number.
Sherwoo
A. B. Schmidt
d

C. Peclet D. Stanton

-Liquid diffusivity is of the order of __________ cm2 /second.

A. 0.01

B. 0.1

C. 10-5 to 10-6

D. >1

34.  The solvent used in liquid extraction should not have high latent heat of vaporisation,
because

A. the pressure drop and hence the pumping cost will be very high.
 B. it cannot be recovered by distillation.

C. its recovery cost by distillation may be prohibitatively high.

D. it will decompose while recovering by distillation.

Answer: Option C

35.  At the same gas flow rate, the pressure drop in a packed tower being irrigated with liquid
__________ that in dry packed tower.
is greater
A. than

B. is lower than

C. is same as

D. cannot be predicted as data are insufficient

The value of Lewis number (Le = Sc/Pr) for air-water vapour system is around

A. 1 B. 0.24

C. 3.97 D. 600

An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is

available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two
options are being explored; (i) a reboiler is used and (ii) no reboiler is used but steam is
fed directly to the bottom of the column. As compared to option (i), in option (ii)
less number of trays are
A.
required.

B. composition of the residue remains unchanged.

more number of trays are required but the residue composition remains
C.
unchanged.

more number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in
D.
methanol.

The partial pressure distribution of an ideal gas diffusing through another stagnant ideal
gas at steady state follows a/an __________ law.

A. exponential B. parabolic
 C. linear D. cubic

(NRe . NSc) is termed in mass transfer operation as the __________ number.

A. Stanton

B. Sherwood

C. Peclet

D. none of these

The binary diffusivity in gases and liquids vary respectively as

A. T3/2 and T

B. T and T3/2

C. √ T and T 3/2

D. T3/2 and  √T
Pick out the correct statement.

A. The slope of the stripping line is always less than unity.

For a given separation in a binary distillation column, with increase in reflux ratio
B. (above the minimum reflux ratio), the fixed cost of the distillation column first
increases and then decreases.

In Ponchon-Savarit method of no. of theoretical plate determination, the

C. stripping and rectifying operating lines are vertical at total reflux.

Kremsor-Brown-Souder's equation is used to calculate the efficiency of a plate

D.
tower.

Very tall packed towers are divided into series of beds to

A. reduce the overall pressure drop

avoid
B. channelling
 C. reduce liquid hold-up

D. avoid flooding

With increase in temperature, the solubility of gases in liquids, at fixed pressure

A. increases

decrease
B. s

C. remains same

D. either (a) or (b), depends on the system

On moving the feed line (q-line) from saturated liquid feed (vertical position) to saturated
vapor feed (horizontal feed), if the slope of both the operating lines are to be increased,
then it will result in

A. greater degree of separation with a fixed number of trays

B. increased reboiler load

increased reflux
C. ratio

D. None of these.

2.  __________ column is the most suitable for achieving the best performance for mass
transfer operations involving liquid with dispersed solids.

A. Watted wall

B. Packed

Plate
C.

D. Spray

Use of raschig rings in place of crushed stones as packing in packed beds (other things
being same)

A. increases pressure drop, increases surface area.

 B. increases pressure drop, decreases surface area.

decreases pressure drop, increases surface

C. area.

D. decreases pressure drop, decreases surface area.

As complete saturation of an adsorbent is approached, the differential heat of adsrop-tion

approaches

that of normal
A. condensation.

B. integral heat of adsorption.

C. zero.

D. none of these.

The most common packing used in industrial operations is __________ rings.

raschi
A. g

B. lessing

C. cross-partition

D. single spiral

When the feed to a distillation column is a saturated liquid, slope of the feed line is

A. zero

B. unity

infinit
C. y

D. none of these

21.  Absorption factor method is used to calculate the number of ideal stages, when

A. operating line lies above the equilibrium line.

 B. operating line lies below the equilibrium line.

both operating and equilibrium lines are

C. parallel.

D. pressure drop in the column is very high.

The rate of mass transfer is not dependent upon the

A. degree of dispersion of one fluid in the other.

B. interfacial surface exposed between the phases.

C. both (a) & (b).

none of these.
D.

The binary diffusivity in gases at atmospheric conditions is about

A. 10-9 cm/sec

10-1 cm2/sec
B.

C. 10-3 sec/cm

D. 10-4 cm2/sec2

In case of a desorber (stripper), the

A. operating line always lies above the equilibrium curve.

operating line always lies below the equilibrium curve.

B.

C. temperature remains unaffected.

D. temperature always increases.

35.  Under conditions of flooding in packed tower, the gas pressure drop

A. decreases rapidly
 B. increases rapidly

C. remains constant

is maximum
D.

For absorbing a sparingly soluble gas in a liquid

A. gas side mass transfer co-efficient should be increased.

liquid side mass transfer co-efficient should be

B. increased.

C. liquid side mass transfer co-efficient should be decreased.

D. mass transfer co-efficient must be kept constant.

38.  Channeling in a packed tower results from the

A. high pressure drop

B. maldistribution of liquid

C. non-uniformity of packing

both (b) and (c)

D.

0.  The minimum number of theoretical plates is required for achieving a given separation in
distillation column with

A. no reflux

total reflux
B.

C. zero reflux ratio

D. minimum reflux ratio

41.  A good solvent used for absorption should not have very high
 A. viscosity

B. vapor pressure

C. freezing point

all (a), (b) &

D. (c)

Which of the following is an undesirable property for an absorbing solvent ?

A. Low vapour pressure

B. Low velocity

C. Low freezing point

None of these
D.

Positive deviation from Raoult's law means a mixture whose total pressure is

greater than that computed for

A. ideality.

B. less than that computed for ideality.

C. less than the sum of the vapour pressure of the components.

D. none of these.

With increase in gas rate, the number of transfer units, NtoG, for a fixed degree of
absorption by a fixed amount of solvent

increases
A.

B. decreases

C. decreases linearly

D. remains unaffected

48.  Schmidt number is given by

 A.

B. Re.Pe

C. Sh x Pe

D. Re/Pe

The diffusivity (D) in a binary gas mixture is related to the pressure (P) as

A. D ∝ P0.5

B.

C.

D.

The value of NA/(NA + NB) for steady state molecular diffusion of gas 'A' through non-
diffusing gas 'B' is

1
A. B. ∞

C. 0.5 D. 2

Pressure drop through plate tower as compared to that through packed tower, for the
same duty will be

A. less

more
B.

C. equal

D. either (a) or (b); depends on the packing height

22.  Dimension of mass diffusivity is the same as that of

 kinematic
A. viscosity

B. dynamic viscosity

C. surface tension

D. pressure

Which of the following is an undesirable property in a tower packing ?

A. Large surface per unit volume.

B. Large free cross-section.

C. Low weight per unit volume.

Large weight of liquid

D. retained.

In an absorption coloumn, the flooding velocity for random packing is __________ that for
stacked/regular packing.

A. greater than

smaller
B. than

C. equal to

D. either (a), or (b) ; depends on the type of packing

The relation among various mass transfer co-efficients (M.T.C) for ideal gases is given by
(where, Kc & Km are M.T.C. for equimolar counter diffusion with concentration & mole
fraction respectively as the driving force. and, Kp = M.T.C. for diffusion of a gas through a
stagnant inert gas with pressure as driving force.)

A. Kc = Kp = Km

B. Kc = Kp/RT = Km . RT/P

Kc = Kp . RT = Km . RT/p
C.

D. none of these
7.  Blowdown in a cooling tower

means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit

A. the concentration of salt and impurities.

B. increases the scale forming tendencies of water.

C. is undesirable.

D. all (a), (b) & (c).

43.  Pick out the wrong statement.

Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial

A. tension.

B. Seive tray towers are generally used for systems having low interfacial tension.

When Henry's law constant is very small, then the mass transfer rate is
C.
controlled by the gas film resistance.

Taylor-Prandtl analogy for heat and mass transfer considers the transfer through
D.
both laminar and turbulent layers.

46.  To get high tray efficiency

interfacial surface between liquid and gas phase should be

A. large.

B. time of contact between the two phases should be less.

C. gas velocity should be very low.

D. liquid entrainment should be severe.

47.  The mass transfer co-efficient for a solid sphere of radius 'a' dissolving in a large volume
of quiescent liquid, in which D is the diffusivity of solute, is

A. D/a

B. D/2a

C. proportional to D

dependent on the Reynolds number

D.

In a vapor-liquid contacting equipment, the overall gas phase mass transfer co-efficient
(M.T.C), KG is related to individual co-efficients (KG and KL) as

A.

B.

C.

D.

Inside the distillation column, the

driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure

A. drop.

B. liquids are not always at their bubble points.

C. pressure increases gradually from bottom to the top of the column.

D. none of these
C. is less costly when built in large sizes/diameters.

D. is more suitable, if suspended solids are present in fluid streams.

25.  For the same system, if the same liquid used in an absorber is decreased, the tower
height will
increase
A.

B. decrease

C. remain unaffected

D. decrease or increase ; depends on the type of liquid

In an interphase mass transfer process, the lesser the solubility of a given solute in a
liquid, the higher are the chances that the transfer process will be

A. liquid phase resistance-controlled.

gas phase resistance

B. controlled.

C. impossible.

D. driven by a non-linear driving force.

Which of the following equipments is not used for gas dispersion ?

A. Agitated vessels

B. Bubble cap tray towers

C. Perforated sieve tray towers

Spray
D. towers

The equation,   is for

steady state equimolar counter

A. diffusion

B. Fick's first law of diffusion

C. steady state diffusion for stagnant case

 D. liquid M.T.C. by penetration theory.

With increase in the liquid flow rate at a fixed gas velocity in a randomly packed counter
current gas-liquid absorption column, the gas pressure drop

A. decreases

B. remains unchanged

increases
C.

D. decreases exponentially

The equation,   is for

A. Fick's second law of diffusion.

stready state diffusion for stagnant

B. case.

C. liquid M.T.C. by Higbie penetration theory.

D. none of these.

36.  Which of these columns incurs the lowest pressure drop ?

Packed column (with stacked

A. packing)

B. Packed column (with dumped packing)

C. Bubble plate column

D. Pulse column

In the desorption of highly soluble gas from the liquid, the main resistance will be in the
__________ phase.

A. gas

liqui
B. d

C. both (a) & (b)

 D. neither (a) nor (b)

0.  For stripping of a gas in a counter current stripper, the operating line

A. lies above the equilibrium curve.

B. lies below the equilibrium curve.

can lie above or below the equilibrium curve.

C.

D. is always parallel to the equilibrium curve.

Which of the following same diameter columns gives lowest pressure drop per unit
height ?

A. Bubble-cap column

B. Sieve-plate column

Packed column (stacked)

C.

D. Randomly packed column

Diffusion in concentrated solutins differs from that in dilute solutions, because of the
change in the __________ with the concentration of the solution.

A. degree of ideality

B. viscosity

both 'a '&

C. 'b'

D. neither 'a' nor 'b'

Operating velocity in a packed tower is usually __________ the flooding velocity.

hal
A. f

B. twice

C. equal to
 D. more than

45.  The Knudsen diffusivity is dependent on the

A. molecular velocity only.

B. pore radius of the catalyst only.

C. molecular mean free path only.

molecular velocity and por radius of the

D. catalyst.

Minimum possible diameter of a packed coloumn is decided mainly by the

floodin
A. g

B. gas viscosity

C. liquid density

D. liquid hold up

When both the fluids flow concurrently in an absorber, the slope of the operating line is

- ve
A.

B. + ve

C. 1

D. -1

Flooding in a vapor-liquid contacting equipment occurs in a tray, when the pressure drop
through a tray is __________ the liquid head available in the downcomer.

A. less than

more
B. than
 C. same as

D. very much less

6.  At a given equilibrium pressure, with increase in temperature, the concentration of

adsorbed gas on solid adsorbant

A. increases

decrease
B. s

C. remains unchanged

D. increases exponentially

Which of the following is not a unit of mass transfer co-efficient ?

A.

B.

C.

None of these
D.

Which of the following is an undesirable characteristic for the solvent used in gas
absorption ?

A. Low vapor pressure

B. Low viscosity

C. High gas solubility

None of these
D.
 __________ number indicates the ratio of the rates of the heat and mass transfer incase
of a cooling tower.

A. Sherwood B. Stanton

Lewi
C. s D. Peclet

19.  In case of non-ideal gases and liquids, the molal diffusivity

A. varies inversely as the pressure.

B. varies directly as the pressure.

is independent of
C. pressure.

D. is equal to the volumetric diffusivity.

In physical terms, Schmidt number means

A. thermal diffusivity/mass diffusivity.

B. thermal diffusivity/momentum diffusivity.

momentum diffusivity/mass diffusivity.

C.

D. mass diffusivity/thermal diffusivity.

In case of liquids, the binary diffusivity is proportional to (where, T = temperature)

T
A.

B. √T
C. T2

D. 1/T
25.  The diffusivity, DAB (for component A diffusing in B) is equal to the diffusivity DBA (for
component B diffusing in A) for a binary mixture of

A. Newtonion liquids

B. non-Newtonion liquids

ideal
C. gases

D. real gases

26.  Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB0.5, according to __________

theory.
penetratio
A. n

B. surface renewal

C. film

D. none of these

Pick out the correct statement.

For identical gas flow rates, less pressure drop occurs through a plate tower than
A.
through a packed tower.

Plate column can handle greater liquid loads without flooding than packed
B.
column, but the liquid hold up is more in the case of plate column.

C. For the same duty, plate columns weigh less than packed columns.

all (a), (b) and

D. (c).
 In a packed bed absorption column, the channelling will be noted by the

A. increase in flow rate.

sharp drop in pressure

B. drop.

C. sharp rise in pressure drop.

D. none of these.

  Gaseous diffusivity at atmospheric pressure is of the order of __________ cm2/second.

1
A.

B. 1 to 5

C. 5 to 10

D. > 10

In case of absorption, both the operating and equilibrium lines will be straight for

A. isothermal operation.

B. dilute solutions.

dilute solutions and isothermal operation.

C.

D. none of these.

For an absorber, both equilibrium and operating line will be straight for

A. concentrated solution and non-isothermal operation.

 B. dilute solution and non-isothermal operation.

dilute solution and isothermal operation.

C.

D. concentrated solution and isothermal operation.

9.  The Schmidt number which is defined as, μ/ρ D, is the ratio of the

momentum diffusivity to the mass dif-fusivity.

A.

B. thermal diffusivity to the mass diffusivity.

C. momentum diffusivity to the thermal diffusivity.

D. none of these.

In case of absorption & stripping, the interface of the liquid & gas phases are present in
equilibrium, when the diffusional resistance of __________ is zero.

interfac
A. e

B. gas phase

C. liquid phase

D. all 'a', 'b' & 'c'

Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the analogy between equations of heat and
mass transfer operations.

Sherwood number in mass transfer is analogous to Nusselt number in heat

A.
transfer.

Prandtl number in heat transfer is analogous to Schmidt number in mass

B.
transfer.

Reynolds number in mass transfer is analogous to Grashoff number in heat

C. transfer.

D. Reynolds number remains the same in both heat and mass transfer.

The slope of the operating line for a single component co-current absorber when plotted in
 terms of mole ratio units is

A. 0 B. ∞

-
C. ve D. +ve

.  The individual mass transfer co-efficients (moles/m2 . s) for absorption of a solute from a
gas mixture into a liquid solvent are, KL = 4.5 and KG = 1.5. The slope of the equilibrium
line is 3. Which of the following resistance (s) is (are) controlling ?

A. liquid side

gas
B. side

C. interfacial

D. both liquid and gas side

Lewis number (Le) is

Sc x
A. Pr

B. Pr x St

C. Sh x Pr

D. St x Sh

Experimental determination of __________ is done by wetted wall column method.

A. diffusion co-efficient

mass transfer co-

B. efficient

C. NTU

D. none of these
6.  Pick out the wrong statement:

Absorption factor is constant, when the equilibrium and operating lines are
A.
straight.

In case of a stripper, the equilibrium curve is always below the operating

B. line.

C. In case of an absorber, the operating line is always above the equilibrium curve.

In the absorption of low solubility gases, the liquid film is the controlling
D.
resistance.

The main reason for dividing a tall packed tower into series of small towers is to

A. minimise the overall pressure drop.

B. avoid flooding.

C. reduce liquid hold up.

avoid channeling.
D.

Co-current absorbers are usually used when the gas to be dissolved in the liquid is

A. sparingly soluble

B. highly soluble

a pure
C. substance

D. a mixture
 Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily & accurately in
case of a __________ coloumn.

A. spray

B. packed

C. bubble cap plate

wetted
D. wall

With the lowering of equiliDrium pressure, at a given temperature, the amount of ad-
sorbate on the adsorbent

A. increases.

decreases
B. .

C. remains same.

D. either (a) or (b), depends on the system.

Mass transfer co-efficient is defined as

A. Flux = Co-efficient/concentration difference.

Co-efficient = Flux/concentration difference.

B.

C. Flux=concentration difference/co-effi-cient.

D. none of these.

The value of L/mG ratio for economical absorption operation ranges from

A. 0.5 to 0.8

B. 0.8 to 1.2

1.25 to
C. 2.0

D. 2.5 to 3.5

Pick out the correct statement.

A. Diffusivity decreases with increase in temperature.

 B. Diffusivity increases with increase in molecular weight.

C. Diffusivity increases with the size of the individual molecule.

none of these.
D.

5.  The operating line for an absorber is curved, when plotted in terms of

A. mole fractions

B. mole ratios

partial
C. pressure

D. mass fractions

In case of liquid-liquid binary diffusion, diffusivity of one constituent into another is not
dependent on the

A. temperature and pressure

B. concentration

C. nature of the constituents

none of
D. these

When adsorption hysteresis is observed, the desorption equilibrium pressure is

__________ that obtained by adsorption.

always lower
A. than

B. always higher than

C. same as

D. dependent on the system; can be either lower or higher than

The efficiency of a plate column will be maximum, when the flow is ideal __________ the
 plate.

A. across

B. above

both (a) & (b)

C.

D. neither (a) nor (b)

7.  In case of absorption with exothermic reaction, for fluids having

Pr = Sc; percentage change in heat and mass transfer flux will be the same for a
A.
given change in the degree of turbulence.

B. Pr = Sc = 1; total mass, momentum and thermal diffusivity will be the same.

both (a) and

C. (b)

Pr = Sc ; there won't be any change in heat and mass transfer flux with changes
D.
in degree of turbulence.

Flooding results in

A. high tray efficiency

low tray
B. efficiency

C. high gas velocity

D. good contact between the fluids

Pick out the wrong statement.

The operating line always lies above the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a
A.
single component absorber.

The operating line always lies below the equilibrium solubility curve in case of a
B.
single component stripper.

The operating pressure in solvent extraction system should be below vapor

C. pressures of all components.
 The solubility of a particular gas in ideal solution in any solvent is always the
D.
same.

6.  For contacting a highly soluble gas with a liquid

bubble the gas through

A. liquid.

B. spray the liquid on gas stream.

C. either (a) or (b) would suffice.

D. none of these.

With increase in solvent rate, the number of transfer units, NtoG, for a fixed degree of
absorption from a fixed amount of gas

A. increases

decrease
B. s

C. decreases linearly

D. remains unaffected

The absorption factor is defined as (where, L = liquid flow rate, G = gas flow rate
and, m = slope of the equilibrium line)

A.

B.
 C.

D.

49.  Stacked packing compared to dumped packing

A. provides poorer contact between the fluids.

B. gives lower pressure drop.

both (a) and

C. (b).

D. gives higher pressure drop.

Which is not concerned directly with mass transfer ?

A. Schmidt number

B. Sherwood number

C. Lewis relationship

Froude number
D.

For gas absorption, low viscosity solvents are preferred, because of their

A. better flow characteristics.

B. low pumping pressure drop.

C. rapid absorption rates.

all (a), (b) and

D.
(c).
 Henry's law states that the

partial pressure of a component over a solution is proportional to its mole

A. fraction in the liquid.

partial pressure of a component over a solution is proportional to the mole

B.
fraction in the vapour.

C. vapour pressure is equal to the product of the mole fraction and total pressure.

D. partial pressure is equal to the product of the mole fraction and total pressure.

21.  According to Poiseuille's law, the permeability for gas flow through a capillary is
proportional to (where, μ = gas viscosity)

A. μ

1/
B. μ

C. √μ
D. μ2

24.  Packed column distillation is limited to the column __________ metres.

A. height < 6

B. diameter < 0.6

both (a) & (b)

C.

D. neither (a) nor (b).

Plate efficiency in a distillation column is reduced due to the __________ of liquid.

A. entrainment

B. foaming
 C. weeping & dumping

all (a), (b) &

D. (c)

Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the __________ theory.

film
A.

B. penetration

C. surface-renewal

D. none of these

37.  Tower diameter may be decreased by

A. using higher reflux ratio.

use of increased tray

B. spacing.

C. increasing the liquid flow rate.

D. increasing the vapour flow rate.

Lewis number, which is important in problems involving simultaneous heat and mass
transfer, is the ratio of

A. mass diffusivity to momentum diffusivity.

thermal diffusivity to mass

B. diffusivity.

C. momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity.

D. none of these.

According to the film theory of mass transfer, the mass transfer co-efficient is proportional
to (where, D = molecular diffusivity)

D
A. B. D2
 C. D0.5 D. 1/D

The ratio of Murphree plate efficiency to point efficiency is 1 in a __________ flow model.

A. plug

perfectly
B. mixed

C. both (a) & (b)

D. neither (a) nor (b)

16.  Flooding in a column results due to

high pressure
A. drop

B. low pressure drop

C. low velocity of the liquid

D. high temperature

Which of the following gas-liquid contacting devices incurs the least pressure drop for a
particular duty ?

A. Grid tray tower

B. Perforated tray tower

C. Wetted wall tower

Bubble cap
D. tower

If the overall efficiency and Murphree plate efficiency are equal, then both the equilibrium
and operating lines are
 A. straight

B. parallel

both (a) & (b)

C.

D. neither (a) nor (b)

Component A is diffusing in a medium B. The flux NA relative to a stationary point is equal

to the flux due to molecular difusion, if

A. mass transfer is accompanied by reaction.

B. diffusion of A is in stagnant medium B.

C. molecular mean free path is high.

there is equimolar counter diffusion.

D.

The ratio of Murphree plate efficiency to point efficiency is always > 1 in a __________ flow
model.
plu
A. g

B. perfectly mixed

C. both (a) & (b)

D. neither (a) nor (b)

Absorption factor, for a fixed degree of absorption from a fixed amount of gas should be

A. 1

>
B. 1

C. <1

D. ≤1

41.  NSc/NPr is called the

A. psychrometric ratio
 Lewis number
B.

C. Sherwood number

D. Stantan number

The film penetration model of mass transfer was enunciated by

A. Gilliland

Toor and
B. Marchello

C. Stefan

D. Fick

45.  Channelling is most severe

in towers packed with stacked

A. packing.

B. in towers packed randomly with crushed solids.

C. in dumped packing of regular units.

D. at very high liquid flow rate.

The binary diffusivity in gases does not depend upon the

A. pressure

B. temperature

C. nature of the components

none of
D. these
7.  Priming in a distillation column

A. results from very low gas velocity.

B. is desirable from point efficiency consideration.

is characterised by the presence of foam throughout the space between

C. trays.

D. reduces the overall pressure drop.

When the liquid over a plate is of uniform concentration, then

A. Murphree efficiency > point efficiency.

B. Murphree efficiency < point efficiency.

Murphree efficiency = point

C. efficiency.

D. Murphree efficiency ≠ point efficiency.

1.  As per Gilliland's equation, the diffusivity is

A. directly proportional to 'T1.5'.

B. inversely proportional to 'P'.

C. dependent on the molecular volume & molecular weight of components.

all 'a', 'b' &

D. 'c'.

Pick out the wrong statement.

When the concentration difference for the mass transfer becomes zero at the
A. bottom of the gas absorption tower, then the upper end of the operating line
touches the equilibrium curve.

The average distance between the operating line and equilibrium line is large,
B. when the liquid-gas ratio is also large in case of a counter current gas absorption
tower.
 The operating line lies above the equilibrium curve in case of a gas desorber.
C.

With decrease in the liquid flow rate for a fixed gas flow rate, the slope of the
D.
operating line decreases, in case of gas absorption process.

Which of the following is not fixed by the process requirements, in the design of absorbers
?

A. Flow rate of the entering gas.

B. Composition of the entering liquid.

C. Terminal concentrations of gas stream.

None of these.
D.

According to Chilton-Colburn analogy for mass transfer, NSt.NSc2/3 is equal to

f/2
A. f B.

C. 2f D. 1/f

19.  Desirable value of absorption factor in an absorber is

A. 1

B. <1

>
C. 1

D. 0.5

What is the degree of freedom of an absorption process in which only one component is
transferred between phases ?
 3
A. B. 2

C. 4 D. 1

Flash distillation is

A. same as differential distillation.

used for multicomponent systems like crude refining.

B.

C. same as simple distillation.

D. most useful for handling binary systems.

__________ developed the film theory.

Higbi
A. e B. Fick

C. Ergun D. Levenspeil

For absorbers, high pressure drop results in

A. increased efficiency.

B. decreased efficiency.

high operating cost.

C.

D. better gas liquid contact.

33.  Gaseous diffusion co-efficient increases with increase in the

A. pressure

temperatur
B. e

C. both (a) & (b)

D. neither (a) nor (b)

Pick out the wrong statement. Raoult's law does not apply, when the
 A. size of component molecules are not equal.

attractive forces between like and unlike molecules in the solution are
B.
approximately equal.

component molecules are nonpolar.

C.

chemical combination or molecular association between unlike molecules takes

D.
place in the formation of solution.

L/mG is the expression for

absorption
A. factor

B. Brinkman number

C. slope of operating line in absorber

D. slope of operating line in stripper.

In case of gases, the binary diffusivity is proportional to (where, P = pressure)

A. P

1/
B. P

C. 1/ √P

D. √P

2.  Corresponding to Prandtl number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass
transfer is the __________ number.
Schmidt
A. B. Sherwood

C. Peclet D. Stanton

(NSh/NRe.NSc) is termed in mass transfer operation as the

Stanton
A. number
 B. Peclet number

C. thermal diffusivity

D. momentum diffusivity

An ideal tower packing should not

A. have low weight per unit volume.

B. have large surface area per unit volume.

C. have large free cross-section.

hold up large amount of liquid in the

D. packing.

Molecular diffusion is caused by the

A. transfer of molecules from low concentration to high concentration region.

thermal energy of the molecules.

B.

C. activation energy of the molecules.

D. potential energy of the molecules.

.  Separation of a mixture of two gases by absorption in the liquid solvent depends upon the
difference in their

A. viscosity

B. density

solubility
C.

D. relative volatility

Pick out the wrong statement.

 Packed towers are preferred for vacuum operation, because the pressure drop
A. through the packing is less and they (packings) also lessen the possibility of
tower wall collapse.

Packed towers are preferred over plate towers for handling corrosive and foamy
B.
liquids.

Diameter of randomly packed tower is normally more than 1.2 metres.

C.

Due to uneven supply and improper distribution of liquid, problem of channeling,

D.
loading & flooding is generally encountered in packed towers.

Diffusion co-efficient generally depends upon the temperature, pressure & the nature of
the components of the system. Its dimension is not the same as that of the

mass transfer co-

A. efficient.

B. thermal diffusivity.

C. kinematic viscosity.

D. volumetric diffusivity.

The value of NA/(NA + NB), for steady state equimolal counter diffusion of two gases 'A'
and 'B' is

∞
A. 1 B.

C. 0.5 D. 2

16.  In the absorption of ammonia in water, the main resistance to absorption is by the
__________ phase.

A. liquid

gas
B.

C. both (a) & (b)

 D. neither (a) nor (b)

When the solvent dissolves very little of solute, then

A. solvent of low latent heat of vaporisation should be used.

B. solvent of low freezing point should be used.

large quantity of solvent is required to extract the

C. solute.

D. very small quantity of solvent is required.

JD factor for mass transfer is a function of Reynolds number. Mass transfer by molecular
diffusion from a single drop to surrounding still air is given by

Nsh = 2
A.

B. Nst = 2

C. Nsc = 2

D. none of these

Small diameter distillation column can be a

packed
A. column

B. sieve tray

C. bubble cap

D. any of these

33.  If mass diffusivity in a mixture is equal to the thermal diffusivity, then the Lewis number is

A. 0

1
B.

C. <1
 D. >1

__________ column is used in gas absorption process.

A. Wetted wall

B. Seive/perforated tray

C. Bubble cap

Packe
D. d

__________ column is preferred to be used, when a high liquid hold up is required in a

reactor for gas-liquid reaction.

Bubble
A. Packed B.

C. Spray D. Tray

Penetration model (theory) for mass transfer was enunciated by

A. Danckwerts

B. Toor and Marchello

Higbi
C. e

D. Kissinevskii

For turbulent mass transfer in pipes, the Sherwood number depends on the Reynolds
number as

A. Re0.33 B. Re0.53

Re0.83
C. D. Re

.  Unit of molal diffusivity is

A. cm2/sec gm . mole

B. gm moles/cm2 . sec
 gm moles/cm.
C. sec

D. gm moles/cm2. sec

In a gas-liquid absorption coloumn, for obtaining the maximum absorption efficiency

A. liquid stream should be distributed uniformly.

B. gas stream should be distributed uniformly.

both gas as well as liquid streams should be distributed

C. uniformly.

D. by passing should be completely avoided.

Mass transfer co-efficient 'K' according to penetration theory varies with mass dif-fusivity
as

D0.5
A. B. D

C. 1/D D. D1.5

Most important factor to be considered in the selection of packings for absorbers is the
__________ of packing.

A. size B. durability

porosity
C. D. cost

Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid-vapour system?

Packed tower
A.

B. Bubble-cap plate column

C. Seive-plate column

D. Wetted wall column

4.  For experimental determination of mass transfer co-efficient by wetted wall tower, the
mass transfer area is

A. calculated
 B. unknown

know
C. n

D. not required

Molality is defined as the number of gm moles of solute per __________ of solvent.

A. litre B. gm

K
C. g D. m3

__________ is concerned with the adsorption equilibria.

A. Fick's law

B. Gibb's equation

Freundlich equation
C.

D. none of these

Pick out the wrong statement.

Mass transfer co-efficient does not account for gase-liquid

A. diffusion.

Diffusion co-efficient and mass transfer co-efficient are not same in any mass
B.
transfer operation.

Contacting cold vapor-gas mixture with hot liquid exemplifies humidification

C.
process.

Contacting cold liquid with warm vapor-gas mixture exemplifies dehumidification

D.
process.

For a fixed number of ideal stages in a distillation column, as the reflux ratio is increased, the
difference in composition between the top and bottom product streams
 increases
A.

B. decreases

C. remains unaffected

D. passes through a maximum

  Flooding in a distillation column is detected by a sharp

A. increase in Murphree plate efficiency.

B. decrease in pressure drop.

C. decrease in liquid hold up in the coloumn.

increase in pressure drop.

D.

At constant pressure, with increase of temperature, the dew point will

increase
A.

B. decrease

C. remain unchanged

D. increase/decrease ; depends on the temperature

.  For a single component absorber, the operating line is straight only when plotted in term
of __________ units.

A. partial pressure

mole
B. ratio

C. mole fraction

D. none of these

Plate efficiency

is a function of the mass transfer between liquid and

A. vapor.
 B. increases due to foaming.

C. increases due to liquid entrainment.

D. increases due to weeping and dumping of liquid.

Flash distillation is suitable for the separation of components

A. having very close boiling points.

B. which form maximum boiling azeotrope.

having very wide boiling

C. points.

D. which form minimum boiling azeotrope.

Use of packed towers for distillation is generally limited to the

small sizes.
A.

B. multicomponent distillation.

C. high pressure operation.

D. vacuum distillation.

Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The binary diffusivity in liquids is of the order of 10-5 cm2 /sec.

Molecular diffusion in solid is much faster than that in

B. liquids.

Particles movement from higher concentration to lower concentration takes place in

C.
diffusion process.

According to Poiseuille's law, the permeability decreases with increase in

D.
temperature for flow of a gas through a given capillary.

  The minimum liquid rate to be used in an absorber corresponds to an operating line

A. of slope = 1
B. of slope = 0.1

tangential to the equilibrium curve

C.

D. none of these