Reviewer Semi-finals
18. Absorption Factor – parameter in the
1. Absolute Humidity – refers to the ratio of
the mass of the vapour per unit mass of
vapour-free gas
2. Saturation Humidity – maximum amount
of vapour that a gas can contain which is
in equilibrium with the liquid
3. Relative Humidity – ratio of partial
pressure to vapour pressure at specific
gas-vapor mixture
4. Humid Volume – volume occupied by one
pound of dry gas
5. Saturated Volume – specific volume if the
gas is saturated with the vapour
6. Humid Heat – this is the heat needed to
raise the temperature
7. Adiabatic Saturation Temperature –
refers to the steady state temperature
attained by a gas vapour mixture when
saturated with vapour by spraying under
adiabatic conditions
8. Wet bulb Temperature – steady state
temperature attained by a small mass of
liquid immersed in a large body of gas
9. Dew Point – steady state temperature when
vapour-gas is saturated
10. Enthalpy of mixture – total enthalpy
content of 1 lb of dry gas
11. Water cooling – air undergoes a non-
adiabatic humidification process
12. Enthalpy Driving Force (Merkel’s
Equation) –if the system is limited to air-
water system
13. Dehumidification or Airconditioning –
limits are reversed and the operating line is
above the equilibrium line
14. Gas absorption – unit operation where a
soluble vapour is absorbed from its
mixture with an inert gas by means of a
liquid, SOLUTE IS MORE SOLUBLE
15. Distillation – where solute is subsequently
recovered
16. Desorption or Stripping – process of
removing gas dissolved in a liquid
GAS ABSORPTION EQUIPMENT
 Plate Column
 Packed Tower
17. Absorption Column – a plate column
where gas is absorbed while a gas mixture
bubbles through the liquid
Kremser equation of absorption column
and towers; the product of the total pressure
and the liquid flow rate in moles per second
divided by the product of Henry’s Law
constant and the gas flow rate in moles per
second.
19. Absorption Tower – a tower where liquid
flows down over a packing material in
counter-current or co-current flow with a
gaseous mixture while one or more of the
gaseous components are absorbed in the
liquid.
20. Absorbent – liquid which takes up one or
more components from a gaseous mixture
21. Channeling – packing surface is not wetted
due to LOW LIQUID RATES. REASON
FOR THE POOR PERFORMANCE.
22. Downcomer – a tube or duct leading liquid
from one plate in column to the next plate
23. Downflow Flooding – excessive build up
of liquid on the plates caused by
insufficient drainage through the
downcomers
24. Entrainment Flooding – in distillation and
absorption, excessive carry-over of
suspended droplets following the vapour or
gas upwards through the column
25. Flooding Velocity – upper limit to the rate
of gas flow. GAS VELOCITY IS WELL
BELOW FLOODING. OPTIMUM IS
ONE HALF OF THE FLOODING
VELOCITY
26. Lean Gas – outgoing gas mixture in air or
gas absorption column/ tower
27. Loading Point – point in logarithmic
pressure drop, INCREASE IN VELOCITY
ENDS IN FLOODING
28. Packed Column Tower – a column for
distillation ,absorption or extraction
 consisting of a cylindrical shell to bring 39. Colburn Factor – EQUILIBRIUM LINE
about intimate contact between rising IS STRAIGHT LINE WHILE
fluid and descending fluid OPERATING LINE IS NOT STRAIGHT

29. Packing – small objects used to provide a 40. McCabe-Thiele Method – used if one of
large contact area between rising and the lines is not straight
descending fluid

30. Packing Diameter – the outer diameter of

proprietary rings such as Raschig rings
and pall rings.

31. Random Packing/ Dumped Packing –

packing units lying randomly as they
happened to fall when dumped down.

32. Rich Gas – gas mixture entering the gas

absorption column/ tower

33. Scrubbing – the process in which a liquid is

employed to achieve or assist in the
removal of dispersed particles from the
gas

34. Stacked Packing – a packing consisting of

symmetric materials stacked on each other

35. Strong liquor – the outlet liquid, which is

enriched in solute

36. Weak Liquor – the inlet liquid, pure

solvent or dilute solution

SOURCE OF EQUILIBRIUM CURVE

 Henry’s Law – for dilute solution
 Raoult’s law – for ideal solution
 Vaporization Constant

37. Kremser-Brown Absorption Factor – used

to rapidly determine the number of
theoretical stages for gas absorption.
OPERATING AND EQUILIBRIUM
LINES ARE STRAIGHT LINE

38. Tiller-Tour Equation – simplified Kremser

Brown Absorption equation MCQ’s
12. __________ columns are used for liquid dispersion in a B. bulk flow
continuous gas phase.
C. both 'a' & 'b'
A. Packed
D. neither 'a' nor 'b'
B. Pulse

C. Bubble cap
20. At minimum reflux ratio for a given separation
D. Sieve plate
A. number of plates is zero.

B. number of plates is infinity.

13. Overall efficiency of the distillation column is
C. minimum number of the theoretical plates is
A. the ratio of number of ideal plates to actual required.
plates.
D. separation is most efficient.
B. the ratio of number of actual plates to ideal
plates.

C. same as the Murphree efficiency. 21. Relative humidity is the ratio of the

D. always more than the point efficiency. A. partial pressure of the vapour to the vapour
pressure of the liquid at room temperature.

B. partial pressure of the vapour to the vapour

14. On addition of solute in the solvent, the __________ of pressure of the liquid at gas temperature.
the solution decreases.
C. actual humidity to saturation humidity.
A. boiling point
D. none of these
B. freezing point
23. Psychrometry deals with the properties of gas-vapor
C. vapour pressure mixture. Humidity can be determined by the measurement of
the __________ of a fibre.
D. both (b) and (c)
A. electrical resistance
17. Air initially at 101. 3 kPa and 40°C and with a relative
humidity of 50%, is cooled at constant pressure to 30°C. The B. thermal conductivity
cooled air has a
C. strength
A. higher dew point.
D. none of these.
B. higher absolute (specific) humidity.

C. higher relative humidity

25. To increase the absorption factor, (where, G = gas flow
D. higher wet bulb temperature. rate, S = solvent flow rate)

A. increase both 'G' and 'S'.

18. Separation of two or more components of a liquid B. decrease both 'G' and 'S'.
solution can not be achieved by
C. increase 'S' and decrease 'G'.
A. fractional crystallisation
D. increase 'G' and decrease 'S'
B. liquid extraction
27. Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture
C. absorption
A. increases with temperature rise.
D. evaporation
B. decreases with temperature rise.
19. Stefan's law describes the mass transfer by
C. decreases with decrease in pressure.
A. diffusion
D. increases with increase in pressure.
28. In a packed absorption tower, if the equilibrium and B. drift
operating lines are both straight lines, then the ratio,
HETP/HTUOG __________ the absorption factor. C. blowdown and leakage

A. increases with increase in D. all (a), (b) and (c)

B. is one at unity value of 37. Which of the following quantities need not be fixed
before starting the design of a co-current absorber ?
C. both (a) and (b)
A. Heat gain or loss
D. neither (a) nor (b)
B. Flow rate of entering liquid
30. In case of an absorber, the operating
C. Flow rate of gas
A. line always lies above the equilibrium curve.
D. None of these
B. line always lies below the equilibrium curve.

C. line can be either above or below the equilibrium

curve.
D. velocity is more than the loading velocity.
32. Absorption factor is defined as (where, S1 = slope of the
operating line S2 = slope of the equilibrium curve)
39. Absorption accompanied with chemical reaction is
exemplified by the absorption of
A. ammonia in water.
B. benzol present in coke oven gas by wash oil.

A. S2/S1 C. SO2 in alkaline solution.

B. S1/S2 D. all (a), (b) and (c).

C. S1 - S2

D. S1 x S2 40. Which of the following unit operations makes use of

Thiele-Geddes equation ?

A. Liquid-liquid extraction

B. Solid-liquid extraction
34. Which of the following remains constant during sensible
cooling process ? C. Multicomponent absorption with chemical
reaction
A. Specific humidity
D. Multicomponent distillation
B. Partial pressure of vapour
41. Which of the following liquid-vapor contacting devices
C. Both (a) and (b) provides maximum contact surface area for a particular duty?

D. Neither (a) nor (b) A. Sieve plate column

B. Bubble cap column

35. Physical absorption is C. Randomly packed column

A. an irreversible phenomenon. D. Wetted wall column

B. a reversible phenomenon.

C. accompanied by evolution of heat. 43. Chemisorption (chemical adsorption) is

D. both (b) and (c) A. same as "Van der Waals" adsorption.

B. characterised by adsorption of heat.

36. Make up water is required in a cooling tower to replace C. an irreversible phenomenon.

the water lost by
D. a reversible phenomenon.
A. evaporation
 B. helps in increasing the bubble size entering the
settler.
44. The rate of solid-liquid extraction is limited by the
C. helps in increasing the settling rate of the bubbles.
A. phase change of the solute as it dissolves in the
solvent. D. all 'a', 'b', & 'c'.

B. diffusion of the solute through the solvent in the
pores to the outside of the particle.
C. diffusion of the solute from the solution in contact
with the particle to the main bulk of the solution.
D. all 'a', 'b' & 'c'.
6. Pick out the correct statement.
A. Ponchan-Savarit method is more accurate than
McCabe-Thiele method to determine the number of
theoretical stages required for the separation of non-ideal
binary system by distillation.
B. A sharp decrease in pressure drop is an indication
of flooding in a distillation coloumn.

45. Raoult's law applies to the C. Solvent used in extractive distillation should be of
high volatility.
A. all liquid solutions
D. Flash distillation is suitable for separating
B. non-ideal solution only. components which have very close boiling temperature.

C. non-volatile solute. 27. Out of the following gas-liquid contacting devices, for a
given set of operating conditions, gas pressure drop is the
D. solvents. least in __________ tower.

46. In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per A. wetted wall
tray primarily depends upon the
B. bubble cap
A. allowable liquid velocity.
C. perforated tray
B. allowable gas velocity.
D. packed
C. allowable gas and liquid velocities.
38. Which of the following T-H diagram is valid for
D. feed composition. dehumidification operation ?

48. With increase in pressure, the relative volatility for a

binary system

A. increases.

B. decreases. A.

C. remains same.

D. either (a) or (b), depends on the system.

49. Low viscosity absorbent is preferred for reasons of

B.
A. rapid absorption rates and good heat transfer
characteristics.

B. improved flooding characteristics.

C. low pressure drop on pumping.

D. all (a), (b) and (c).

4. A coalescer in a mixer-settler liquid-liquid extraction C.

coloumn

A. comprises of thin bed of substances of extended

surface having high porosity.
 C. both 'a' & 'b'

D. neither 'a' nor 'b'

D. 29. The reciprocal of stripping factor is termed as

A. selectivity index

47. Very tall packed towers are divided into series of beds to B. relative volatility

A. reduce the overall pressure drop C. absorption factor

B. avoid channelling D. Murphree efficiency

C. reduce liquid hold-up 32. Percentage saturation is __________ the relative

saturation.
D. avoid flooding
A. always smaller than
2 __________ column is the most suitable for achieving the
best performance for mass transfer operations involving B. always greater than
liquid with dispersed solids.
C. not related to
A. Watted wall
D. none of these
B. Packed

C. Plate
33. In case of a desorber (stripper), the
D. Spray
A. operating line always lies above the equilibrium
12. Absorption with chemical reaction' is involved in the curve.
removal of
B. operating line always lies below the equilibrium
A. carbon dioxide from gaseous stream using alkaline curve.
solution.
C. temperature remains unaffected.
B. benzol from coke oven gas using solar oil/wash oil.
D. temperature always increases.
C. ammonia from coke oven gas using refrigerated
water. 38. Channelling in a packed tower results from the

D. tar from coke oven gas in primary gas coolers A. high pressure drop
using chilled water.
B. maldistribution of liquid

C. non-uniformity of packing
21. Absorption factor method is used to calculate the number
of ideal stages, when D. both (b) and (c)

A. operating line lies above the equilibrium line. 3. Which of the following is an undesirable property for an
absorbing solvent ?
B. operating line lies below the equilibrium line.
A. Low vapour pressure
C. both operating and equilibrium lines are parallel.
B. Low velocity
D. pressure drop in the column is very high.
C. Low freezing point

D. None of these
27. Dry bulb temperature of unsaturated air is more than its
__________ temperature. 44. The wetted wall tower is used to determine

A. dew point A. individual mass transfer co-efficient (M.T.C.) in

gaseous system.
B. wet bulb
 B. M.T.C. of individual components in a liquid-liquid
system.
C. M.T.C. of liquid in liquid-gas system.
D. the overall M.T.C. of the system.
45. Weight of 1 m3 of humid air as compared to 1 m3 of dry
air, under the same conditions, is
A. less B. more
C. same D. unpredictable
46. Positive deviation from Raoult's law means a mixture
whose total pressure is
A. greater than that computed for ideality.
B. less than that computed for ideality.
C. less than the sum of the vapour pressure of the
components.
D. none of these.
47. With increase in gas rate, the number of transfer units,
NtoG, for a fixed degree of absorption by a fixed amount of
solvent
A. increases
B. decreases
C. decreases linearly
D. remains unaffected
9. Which of the following psychrometric processes is followed
by water vapour laden unsaturated air, when it is passed
through solid or liquid adsorbent ?
A. Cooling and dehumidification.
B. Heating and dehumidification at almost constant
wet bulb temperature.
C. Dehumidification with dry bulb temperature
remaining constant.
D. None of these.
11. The cooling effect in a cooling tower cannot be increased
by
A. increasing the air velocity over the wet surfaces.
B. reducing the humidity of entering air.
C. lowering the barometric pressure.
D. none of these.
13. The humid volume may be increased by increasing the
A. temperature at constant humidity.
B. humidity at constant temperature.
C. both (a) and (b).
D. neither (a) nor (b).
14. Pick out the wrong statement
A. Co-current absorbers are usually used, when the
gas to be dissolved in the liquid is a pure substance.
B. In case of gas absorption, HETP is equal to HTU,
when both the operating line & the equilibrium lines are
parallel.
C. Hatta number is important in case of gas
absorption with chemical reaction.
D. In actual practice, absorption is an en-dothermic
process, while stripping is an exothermic process.
27. Water entrained by circulating air in cooling towers is
termed as
A. drift
B. blow down
C. vapor load
D. none of these.
30. Humidity chart is useful for the solution of problems
concerning condensation, vaporisation and air conditioning.
At a given dry bulb temperature, value of humidity obtained
from the humidity chart directly, is in terms of __________
humidity.
A. molal
B. relative
C. percentage
D. none of these
33. In an absorption coloumn, the flooding velocity for
random packing is __________ that for stacked/regular
packing.
A. greater than
B. smaller than
C. equal to
D. either (a), or (b) ; depends on the type of packing
18. __________ temperature is the steady state temperature 41. Which of the following same diameter columns gives
attained by a small amount of liquid evaporating into a large lowest pressure drop per unit height ?
quantity of unsaturated gas-vapor mixture.
A. Bubble-cap column
A. Dry bulb
B. Sieve-plate column
B. Wet bulb
C. Packed column (stacked)
C. Dew point
D. Randomly packed column
D. none of these

44. Operating velocity in a packed tower is usually

21. A packed tower compared to a plate tower for a particular __________ the flooding velocity.
mass transfer operation
A. half
A. incurs smaller pressure drop.
B. twice
B. allows installation of cooling coils.
C. equal to
C. is less costly when built in large sizes/diameters.
D. more than
D. is more suitable, if suspended solids are present in
fluid streams. 46. Minimum possible diameter of a packed coloumn is
decided mainly by the

A. flooding
23. In an absorber, HETP does not vary with the
B. gas viscosity
A. flow rate of liquid
C. liquid density
B. flow rate of gas
D. liquid hold up
C. type and size of packing
49. The cooling effect in a cooling tower can be speeded up
D. none of these by

A. increasing the air velocity and area of exposed

wet surface.
39. Which of the following remains constant during
evaporative cooling process with recirculated water supply ? B. reducing the barometric pressure.

A. Relative humidity C. reducing the humidity of the air.

B. Partial pressure of vapour D. all (a), (b) and (c).

C. Wet bulb temperature 50. The following plot gives the saturated humidity (He)
versus temperature (T).Line joining (H1, T1) and (H2, T2) is
D. None of these the constant enthalpy line. Choose the correct one from
among the alternatives A, B, C and D.

40. For stripping of a gas in a counter current stripper, the

operating line

A. lies above the equilibrium curve.

B. lies below the equilibrium curve.

C. can lie above or below the equilibrium curve.

D. is always parallel to the equilibrium curve.

A. T1-Dew point temp; T2-Dry bulb temp; T3-Wet

bulb temp.
 B. T1-Dew point temp; T2-Wet bulb temp; T3-Dry
bulb temp.

C. T1-Wet bulb temp; T2-Dry bulb temp; T3-Dew

point temp.
a.
D. T1-Dry bulb temp; T2-Wet bulb temp; T3-Dew
point temp.

1. When both the fluids flow concurrently in an absorber, the

slope of the operating line is

a. – ve

b. + ve

c. 1

d. -1

b.
2. The percentage humidity is less than the relative humidity
only at __________ percent humidity.

a. zero

b. hundred

c. both zero and hundred

d. none of these

3. Back-trapping in a distillation column c.

a. increases tray efficiency.

b. decreases tray efficiency.

c. reduces pressure drop.

d. is desirable, as it provides improved vapour-liquid

contact.
d. none of these.

4. Flooding in a vapor-liquid contacting equipment occurs in a

tray, when the pressure drop through a tray is __________
the liquid head available in the downcomer.

a. less than
14. Which of the following is an undesirable characteristic for
b. more than the solvent used in gas absorption ?

c. same as a. Low vapor pressure

d. very much less b. Low vapor pressure

8. Which of the following liquid temperature (T) Vs. vapor-gas c. High gas solubility
mixture enthalpy (H) diagram is valid for humidification
operation? d. None of these

36. In a packed bed absorption column, the channelling will

be noted by the
 a. increase in flow rate. is known as adsorption hysterisis. In such cases, the
desorption equilibrium pressure is __________ that obtained
b. sharp drop in pressure drop. for adsorption.

c. sharp rise in pressure drop. a. lower than

d. sharp rise in pressure drop. b. higher than

42. During dehumidification of unsaturated air wet bulb c. same as

temperature & partial pressure of vapor are not constant.
However, during evaporative cooling process with d. either same or higher than
recirculated water supply, the __________ remains constant.
26. Pick out the wrong statement:
a. wet bulb temperature
a. Absorption factor is constant, when the
b. partial pressure of water vapor equilibrium and operating lines are straight.

c. relative humidity b. In case of a stripper, the equilibrium curve is

always below the operating line.
d. none of these
c. In case of an absorber, the operating line is always
above the equilibrium curve.

43. In case of absorption, both the operating and equilibrium d. In the absorption of low solubility gases, the liquid
lines will be straight for film is the controlling resistance.

a. isothermal operation. 33. The main reason for dividing a tall packed tower into
series of small towers is to
b. dilute solutions.
a. minimise the overall pressure drop.
c. dilute solutions and isothermal operation.
b. avoid flooding.
d. none of these.
c. reduce liquid hold up.
48. Humid volume, at a given temperature is a/an
__________ function of humidity. d. avoid channeling.

a. inverse 34. Co-current absorbers are usually used when the gas to be
dissolved in the liquid is
b. exponential
a. sparingly soluble
c. linear
b. highly soluble
d. logarithmic
c. a pure substance

d. a mixture

36. Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is

2. In case of absorption & stripping, the interface of the liquid achieved easily & accurately in case of a __________
& gas phases are present in equilibrium, when the diffusional coloumn.
resistance of __________ is zero.
a. spray
a. interface
b. packed
b. gas phase
c. bubble cap plate
c. liquid phase
d. wetted wall
d. all 'a', 'b' & 'c'
40. During sensible cooling process

24. Though, theoretically the adsorption & desorption a. relative humidity decreases
isotherms is expected to coincide but sometimes at least a
part of the isotherms does not coincide and this phenomenon b. relative humidity increases
 c. wet bulb temperature decreases
d. both (b) and (c)
2. In case of physical adsorption, the difference between heat
of adsorption and heat of normal condensation is
44. In a packed tower, the value of HETP equals HTU OG, when
the equilibrium and the operating lines are (where, HETP =
height equivalant to a theoretical plate HTU OG = overall gas
phase height of a transfer unit)
a. straight

a. equal to the heat of formation of surface b. parallel

compound.
c. both (a) & (b)
b. equal to the heat of wetting.
d. neither (a) nor (b)
c. zero.
49. Stacked packing compared to dumped packing
d. called integral heat of adsorption.
a. provides poorer contact between the fluids.

b. gives lower pressure drop.

9. Which of the following increases during evaporative
cooling process with recirculated water supply ? c. both (a) and (b).

a. Wet bulb temperature d. gives higher pressure drop.

b. Relative humidity 1. Which of the following parameters remains constant

during chemical dehumidifica-tion?
c. Partial pressure of vapour
a. Dry bulb temperature
d. Both (b) and (c)
b. Partial pressure of vapour

c. Wet bulb temperature

8. The dew point of a saturated gas phase equals the
__________ temperature. d. None of these

a. gas 4. The dew point of an unsaturated gas-vapor mixture does

not depend upon the __________ of the mixture.
b. room
a. composition
c. wet bulb
b. temperature
d. none of these
c. total pressure

d. all (a), (b) and (c)

13. Moisture in a substance exerting an equilibrium vapour
pressure less than that of pure liquid at the same 9. For gas absorption, low viscosity solvents are preferred,
temperature is called the __________ moisture. because of their

a. bound a. better flow characteristics.

b. unbound b. low pumping pressure drop.

c. critical c. rapid absorption rates.

d. none of these d. all (a), (b) and (c).

31. The temperature to which a vapour gas mixture must be 32. Which one of the following devices is not used for both
cooled (at varying humidity) to become saturated is called the the absorption as well as the liquid-liquid extraction
__________ temperature. processes ?

a. dew point a. Packed towers

b. wet bulb b. Plate towers

c. dry bulb c. Spray towers

d. none of these d. Wetted wall columns

33. The temperature of water cooled in cooling tower is a. in towers packed with stacked packing.
always __________ temperature of entering air.
b. in towers packed randomly with crushed solids.
a. more than the wet bulb
c. in dumped packing of regular units.
b. less than the wet bulb
d. at very high liquid flow rate.
c. equal to the wet bulb

d. equal to the dry bulb

34. Which of the following processes is followed by

unsaturated air (with dry bulb temperature 12°C and relative
humidity 47%) passing through water spray washer
(temperature of water being constant at 40°C?

a. Humidification only

b. Heating only

c. Both heating and humidification

d. Evaporative cooling

50. Which of the following can be calculated theoretically

using steam table and Dalton's law of partial pressure; if the
relative humidity and dry bulb temperature of moist air is
known ?

a. Dew point

b. Humidity ratio Priming in a distillation column

A
results from very low gas velocity.
c. Wet bulb temperature .
B. is desirable from point efficiency consideration.
d. None of these C. is characterised by the presence of foam throughout the space bet
D
reduces the overall pressure drop.
19. Unsaturated air (with dry bulb temperature and dew .
point being 35°C and 18°C respectively) is passed through a Pick out the wrong statement.
water spray chamber maintained at 15°C. The air will be A When the concentration difference for the mass transfer becomes
cooled . tower, then the upper end of the operating line touches the equilib
The average distance between the operating line and equilibrium l
B.
a. and humidified. also large in case of a counter current gas absorption tower.
C. The operating line lies above the equilibrium curve in case of a gas
b. and dehumidified with increase in wet bulb D With decrease in the liquid flow rate for a fixed gas flow rate, the s
temperature. . case of gas absorption process.
19. Desirable value of absorption factor in an absorber is
c. at the same relative humidity. A
1
.
d. and dehumidified with decrease in wet bulb B.< 1
temperature. C. > 1
D
0.5
30. Dew point of an air-water vapor mixture .

a. decreases with decrease in pressure.

For absorbers, high pressure drop results in
b. at constant humidity & total pressure is fixed. A
increased efficiency.
.
c. corresponding to any point on the humidity chart B.decreased efficiency.
is obtained by projecting a line through this point C. high operating cost.
parallel to the temperature axis and to the D
better gas liquid contact.
saturation curve. .
Which of the following parameters remains almost constant during ad
d. all 'a', 'b' & 'c'.

45. Channelling is most severe

A Dry bulb temperature
 . For a single component absorber, the operating line is straight in.
B.Dew point
C. Wet bulb temperature
D
None of these
. A
partial pressure
With increase in absolute humidity, the dew point of an unsaturated mixture
. of air and water vapor (at constant
pressure and temperature) B.mole ratio
C. mole fraction
D
none of these
A .
Increases
. At constant pressure, with increase of temperature, the dew point
B.remains unchanged
C. Decreases
D
decreases linearly A
. increase
When the gas to be dissolved in liquid is a/an __________ then normally. co-current adsorber are used.
B.decrease
C. remain unchanged
D
increase/decrease ; depends on the temperature
A .
mixture of two gases
.
B.pure gas
C. ideal gas
D
sparingly soluble gas
.
CO2 can be absorbed by

A
hot cupric oxide
.
B.heated charcoal
C. cold Ca(OH)2
D
alumina
.
Chemisorption compared to physical absorption has

A
lower adsorption rate.
.
B. lower capacity of the solvent for the solute gas.
C. increased utilisation of stagnant zones of the liquid phase.
D
none of these.
.
Even though bubble cap towers are very effective for humidification

A
high evaporation losses of water.
.
B.high pressure drop of the gas.
C. difficulty in its fabrication.
D
none of these.
.
Absorption accompanied by heat evolution results in

A
increased capacity of the absorber.
.
B.increase in equilibrium solubility.
C. decrease in equilibrium solubility.
D
none of these.
.