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Chemical Engineering Mcqs 9594 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Chemical Engineering MCQs designed for job test and interview preparation, particularly for fresh graduates, students, and candidates appearing in competitive exams. These multiple-choice questions cover important topics such as the fundamentals of chemical engineering, chemical processes, chemical reactions, process control, and instrumentation, along with other key concepts in the field.

A measure of the extent to which viscous heating is important relative to the heat flow resulting from the impressed temperature difference is represented by the _______________ number?
A Condensation
B Grashoff
C Stanton
D Brinkman
Correct Answer: Brinkman
Heat transfer efficiency leading of energy conservation in a heat exchanger can be achieved by____________________?
A Keeping the heat transfer surface clean
B Enhancing the fluid pumping rate
C Increasing the tube length
D None of these
Correct Answer: Keeping the heat transfer surface clean
Which is the most suitable for the concert-ration of highly concentrated solution ?
A Open pan evaporation
B Long tube vertical evaporator
C Agitated film evaporator
D None of these
Correct Answer: Open pan evaporation
A hot liquid is kept in a big room. The logarithm of the numerical value of the temperature difference between the liquid and the room is plotted against time. The plot will be very nearly a/an___________________?
A Ellipse
B Straight line
C Parabola
D Circular arc
Correct Answer: Straight line
Maximum heat transfer rate can be expected in case of_________?
A Laminar flow
B Co-current flow
C Turbulent flow
D Heat flow rate is independent of nature of flow
Correct Answer: Turbulent flow
Baffles are provided in heat exchangers to____________?
A Remove dirt
B Increase heat transfer rate
C Reduce vibrations
D Reduce heat transfer rate
Correct Answer: Increase heat transfer rate
Pick out the correct statement ?
A 1 kcal/hr.m.°C is equal to 1 BTU/hr. ft.°F
B In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the temperature distribution, is the thermal conductivity
C In unsteady state heat conduction, heat flows in the direction of temperature rise
D In heat transfer by forced convection, Grashoff number is very important
Correct Answer: In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the temperature distribution, is the thermal conductivity
Pick out the wrong statement ?
A Heat transfer from a hot body to cold body by the emission of heat waves is called radiation
B Filmwise condensation takes place on non-wettable surfaces
C The boiling point of a solution is affected by liquid head as well as boiling point elevation
D None of these
Correct Answer: Filmwise condensation takes place on non-wettable surfaces
Pick out the wrong statement?
A Fluid movement under the influence of buoyant forces resulting from change in density takes place in case of natural convection
B The ratio NNu/NRe . Npr is called the Stanton number
C The Peclet number is a measure of the ratio of energy transport by convection to that by conduction
D The Colburn jH factor for heat transfer is given by Nst Npr
Correct Answer: The Colburn jH factor for heat transfer is given by Nst Npr
Pick out the wrong statement?
A Bubble size increases with the dynamic viscosity of the liquid in case of nucleate pool boiling
B Thermal conductivity of a dry material is more than that of the damp material
C Ratio of its capacity to economy equals the steam consumption in kg/hr in an evaporator
D Vaporisation of organic substances in evaporator mostly causes foam formation
Correct Answer: Thermal conductivity of a dry material is more than that of the damp material