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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.

Thickness of thermal boundary layer is more compared to that of hydrodynamic boundary layer, when the value of Prandtl number is_________________?
A 1
B < 1
C > 1
D > 5
Correct Answer: 1
Double pipe heat exchangers are preferably useful, when____________________?
A High viscosity liquid is to be cooled
B Requirement of heat transfer area is low
C Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high
D A corrosive liquid is to be heated
Correct Answer: Requirement of heat transfer area is low
With increase in the distance between the heat source and the object receiving the heat, the radiation heat transfer ?
A Decreases
B Increases
C Increases exponentially
D Remain unaffected
Correct Answer: Decreases
For gases, the thermal conductivity increases with temperature rise. For liquids, with increase in concentration, its thermal conductivity generally ?
A Decreases
B Increases
C Remains unchanged
D Increases exponentially
Correct Answer: Decreases
For a counter current heat exchanger with Ti h = 80°C, T°c = 60°C, T°h = 50°C and Ti c = 30°C, and the temperature difference between the two streams being the same everywhere along Z, the direction of flow of hot fluid. The temperature profile should satisfy___________________?
A d2T/dZ2 > 0
B d2T/dZ2 = 0
C d2T/dZ2 < 0
D dT/dZ = 0
Correct Answer: d2T/dZ2 = 0
Heat flux through several resistances in series in analogous to the current flowing through several_____________________?
A Resistances in parallel
B Capacitors in series
C Resistances in series
D None of these
Correct Answer: Resistances in series
At what value of Prandtl number, the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers of a fluid flowing over a heated plate will be identical ?
A 1
B 1
C
D None of these
Correct Answer: 1
Heat transfer by natural convection is enhanced in system with__________________?
A High viscosity
B High co-efficient of thermal expansion
C Low temperature gradients
D Low density change with temperature
Correct Answer: High co-efficient of thermal expansion
Reynold’s analogy states that (where, St = Stanton number f = friction factor) ?
A St = f/2
B St = f/4
C St = 4f
D St = f1/2
Correct Answer: St = f/2
A dephlegmator is a_____________________?
A Total condenser
B Vacuum evaporator
C Partial condenser
D Double pipe heat exchanger
Correct Answer: Partial condenser