Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Distillation Design MCQ’s – Theoretical Stages
1 - Question
An ideal distillation stage is the one that
a) Operates at steady state
b) Operates at High temperature
c) Operates at Low pressure
d) Operates at high pressure
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Answer: a
Explanation: An ideal distillation stage operates at steady state has liquid product and vapor product, i.e. Liquid rate equals the gas flow rate.
2 - Question
When heat is supplied to bottom of liquid stage to vaporize a portion it is called
a) Condensing
b) Boil up
c) Cooling
d) Desalting
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Answer: b
Explanation: Such operations used in stripping section called as Boil up, the boiler is used as a heat exchanger to reheat the condensed liquid.
3 - Question
When Cooling is applied to condense a part of overhead product it is called
a) Reflux
b) Dew point
c) Boil Up
d) Relative BP
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Answer: a
Explanation: Such operations is called as Rectifying stages and called Reflux, It is also called the ratio of distillate and liquid flow rate.
4 - Question
When rectifying and stripping both are combined in single stage process this is
a) Differentiation
b) Fractionation
c) Recycle
d) Purging
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Answer: b
Explanation: Such is an operation is also called Fractional Distillation, The moles of the components reduce with respect to time in this operation.
5 - Question
Minimum number of trays can be calculated using
a) Bernoulli’s Eon
b) Henry’s Law
c) Fenske’s Equation
d) Homotomy Equation
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Answer: c
Explanation: Minimum number of trays can be easily calculated using Fenske’s equation with use of relative volatility.
6 - Question
The external reflux ratio can be defined as
a) L0/D
b) D/L
c) D0/L
d) V/L
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Answer: d
Explanation: The reflux ratio is defined as the ratio of liquid flow rate and distilled flow rate, also this is called as the slope of rectifying line.
7 - Question
The boil up ratio can be defined as ratio of
a) V/L
b) D/V
c) V/W
d) L/W
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Answer: c
Explanation: Boil up ratio is the ratio of vapor leaving the rebuilder to liquid at bottom product, also it is defined as the slope of stripping line.
8 - Question
Optimum reflux ratio ranges between
a) 2 to 5
b) 2 to 3
c) 1.0 to 1 .5
d) 1.0 to 2.5
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Answer: c
Explanation: Best optimum reflux is between ranges. 1.0<R<1.5, as it is very close to unity the optimum conditions are best condition to operate.
9 - Question
If stages are fixed, then Reflux ratio
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Equates to 0
d) Approaches infinity.
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Answer: b
Explanation: The stages and the reflux ratio are directly proportional, while when it approaches to 0 the distillate is not withdrawn and if infinite all feed is withdrawn.
10 - Question
If reflux increases, then the cost of operation
a) First increases then decreases
b) Goes on increasing
c) Approaches infinity
d) First decreases then increases
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Answer: a
Explanation: The reflux ratio follows an exponential relation with cost, cost grows exponentially as the reflux increases and can cause increase in cost.