Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Distillation Design MCQ’s – Mccabe Thiele Diagram-Fundamentals
1 - Question
Separation of a volatile mixture of relatively pure products, is done in a
a) Steam distillation
b) Fractionating Column
c) Flash Distillation
d) Depending of product required
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Answer: d
Explanation: The separation always depends on the quality of product required independent of operation required.
2 - Question
McCabe Thiele is based on the assumption?
a) Constant molar overflow
b) Constant reflux ratio
c) Volatile products are used for better separation
d) Boil up ratio is infinity
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Answer: a
Explanation: The best assumption of the McCabe Method is it is based on Constant molar overflow, while heat duties are neglected in the method.
3 - Question
The vapor rich section in the distillation column is called as
a) Rectifying Section
b) Boiling section
c) Stripping Section
d) Leaching section
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Answer: a
Explanation: The part above the feed tray is rich in vapor which is called as rectifying or enriching section and contains only vapor in equilibrium with liquid.
4 - Question
The liquid rich section in a distillation column is called as
a) Boil up section
b) Reflux section
c) Stripping Section
d) Enriching Section
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Answer: c
Explanation: The part below the feed tray is enriched with liquid feed which is called as Stripping Section and contains only liquid at the column temperature.
5 - Question
The feed of a distillation column is related to be a
a) Binary mixture
b) Urinary mixture
c) Mixture of phases
d) Tertiary Mixture
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Answer: d
Explanation: Mixture of phases i.e. two phase mixture is necessary for distillation, either it can be a multicomponent mixture as per required conditions.
6 - Question
The equilibrium curve of the column is given as
a) yn=x
b) y*=x
c) yn+1=xn
d) xn+1=y
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Answer: c
Explanation: The equilibrium curve is the locus of all equilibrium point given as yn+1=xn, while y*=x represents the equilibrium relation of gas and liquid.
7 - Question
The feed line equation is given by
a) F – L = q
b) L’ – L = qF
c) V – V’ =F
d) F = L – V
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Answer: b
Explanation: The feed line equation is L’ – L = QF where q is the product of quantity of liquid contained in feed.
8 - Question
The overall Energy balance of a column is given by
a) V1HV1 = L0HL0 + DHD + QC
b) QC = V1HV1
c) V1HV1 = DHD + H0
d) Can change with models
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Answer: a
Explanation: The energy balance equation is given as V1HV1 = L0HL0 + DHD + QC, where Qc is the heat provided through reboiler.
9 - Question
If the liquid flow rate is 212 and vapor flow rate is 284, then the slope of rectifying section is?
a) 0.55
b) 0.89
c) 1.33
d) 0.75
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Answer: d
Explanation: As slope is given by L/V = 212/284 = 0.75.
10 - Question
If 0.75 is the fraction of liquid in the feed, Estimate the feed line slope?
a) -2.0
b) -1.5
c) -3.0
d) Cannot be calculated
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Answer: c
Explanation: As given q=0.75 then feed slope is given by q/q-1 = 0.75/-0.25= -3.0.