Separation Systems Design

1. What is dewpoint?
2. What is bubblepoint?
3. Because of what factors sieve trays and valve trays have replaced once highly thought bubble cap trays?
4. What is active tray area?
5. What is azeotrope?
6. What is the difference between azeotropic and extractive distillation?
7. What abnormalities can adverse vapor flow conditions cause in distillation process?
8. What is entrainment?
9. What is vapor pressure of a liquid?
10. How can be flooding detected?
11. What determines minimum and maximum vapor flow through column?
12. If desired product purities are not obtained due to too few stages, what other than increasing stages can be
tried for limited effects?
13. State advantages of trays of over packing?
14. What is ideal vapor velocity range for column operation?
15. Give two advantages of “Reactive Distillation”.
16. Give two factors that determine settling effectiveness.
17. Which physical state changes are involved in distillation?
18. State factors that affect separator type and size.
19. What three type of separators are generally available from manufacturers?
20. What is crystallization?
21. State the two types of continuous distillation columns with respect to nature of the feed that they are
processing.
22. Simple distillation is unable to separate liquids having boiling point difference ____________.
a. less than 20oc
b. more than 20oc
c. less than 30oc
d. less than 10oc
23. To avoid foaming well streams, which separator is used?
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. spherical
d. a & b
24. Fractional distillation is used for separation of liquids that are miscible and having ________ boiling points.
a. same
b. less than 20oc
c. more than 20oc
d. different
25. Vertical separators are used to treat low to intermediate _____________ streams.
a. water containing
b. particle size
c. gas/oil ratio
d. liquid slug

26. In random packing absorption and stripping columns, the recommended differential pressure is ____________.
a. 400-600 Pa/m
b. 200-400 Pa/m
c. 4-50 Pa/m
d. 100-300 Pa/m
27. Temperature swing adsorption cycle capacity is ____________.
a. 1-2 kg per 100 kg adsorbent.
b. 1 kg per 100 kg adsorbent.
c. 2kg per 100 kg adsorbent.
d. 2-3 kg per 100 kg adsorbent.
28. Weeping is caused by _____________.
a. high vapor flow
b. low vapor flow
c. vapor pressure
d. low liquid flow
29. _______________ separates components of mixture based on ability of one component to be drawn across
surface of another material.
a. crystallization
b. decantation
c. sieving
 d. chromatography
30. __________ rotate containers of liquid to separate suspended materials with different densities.
a. evaporators
b. flotation units
c. centrifuges
d. spherical separators
31. ____________ produces light and heavy gas oil and asphalt.
a. Vacuum distillation
b. Atmospheric distillation
c. Azeotropic distillation
d. Extractive distillation
32. ____________ produces a range of products from LPG to heavy crude.
a. Vacuum distillation
b. Atmospheric distillation
c. Azeotropic distillation
d. Extractive distillation
33. Maximum limit of liquid velocity in downcomers is ____________.
a. 0,5 m/s
b. 1 m/s
c. 0,1 m/s
d. 5 m/s
34. Extra feed appears at top product stream in ________________ distillation.
a. multicomponent
b. azeotropic
c. extractive
d. binary
35. A __________ to hold condensed vapor from top of the column, so that the liquid can be recycled back.
a. reboiler
b. shell
c. reflux drum
d. condenser
36. Column section above the feed tray is called ______________ section.
a. enriching
b. stripping
c. rectification
d. Both a & c.
37. Column section below the feed tray is called ______________ section.
e. enriching
f. stripping
g. rectification
h. Both a & c.
38. Feed flows down the column where it is collected at bottom in the __________.
a. rectification section
b. stripping section
c. reboiler
d. feed tray
39. The vapor raised in reboiler is _____________ into the unit at bottom of column.
a. reintroduced
b. removed
c. collected
d. heated
40. Vapors ________ through the chimney and are directed __________ by the cap in bubble cap tray.
a. rise , upward
b. rise , downward
c. fall , downward
d. fall , upward
41. ___________ provides necessary vaporization for distillation process.
a. trays/plates
b. reflux drum
c. shell
d. reboiler
42. In ___________ perforations are covered by little caps.
a. packings
b. bubble cap trays
c. valve trays
d. sieve trays
43. In valve trays, lifting cap directs vapor flow _________ into the liquid.
a. rising
 b. horizontally
c. vertically
d. downward

44. In sieve trays, vapor passes straight upward through the _________ in the plate.
a. riser
b. cap
c. liquid
d. downcomer
45. Each tray has two conduits on each side, called _________.
a. weirs
b. downcomers
c. active tray area
d. risers

46. Packed columns are called ______________ contact columns.

a. staged
b. continuous
c. batch
d. counter
47. Trayed columns are called ______________ contact columns.
a. staged
b. continuous
c. batch
d. counter
48. Volatile liquids have ______________ vapor pressure.
a. high
b. low
c. zero
d. zero to low
49. Liquids with high vapor pressure boil at __________ temperature.
a. higher
b. lower
c. absolute
d. 100oc
50. The upper curve in boiling point curve is called _______________.
a. bubble point curve
b. rectification curve
c. stripping curve
d. dew point curve