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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER–V (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2150502 Date: 03/11/2017
Subject Name: Mechanical Operation
Time: 10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Define (i) spherecity (ii) ideal screen (iii) differential analysis. 03
(b) Calculate the power required to crush 150 tonnes per hour of limestone if 04
80% of the feed passes 50mm screen and 80% of the product passes a
3.125mm screen? Work index of limestone = 12.74.
(c) Classify the size reduction equipment’s according to their usage and give 07
examples in each category.

Q.2 (a) Derive the expression for critical speed of a ball mill. 07
What rotational speed in RPM would you recommend for a ball mill
1200mm in diameter charged with 75mm balls?

(b) Explain open circuit and closed circuit operation with a neat sketch. Write 07
the advantages and disadvantages.
OR
(b) Define screen capacity and screen effectiveness. 07
A screen with an aperture of 6 mesh BSS is treating a feed with 66% of +6
mesh and producing an oversize fraction containing 89% of +6 mesh
particles. If the undersize fraction contains 2% of +6 mesh particles,
calculate the effectiveness of the screen.

Q.3 (a) Differentiate between solid and liquid mixing. 03

(b) Explain the various criteria for conveyer selection. 04
(c) Explain the fluidization process and its applications in chemical industry. 07

OR
Q.3 (a) Explain the construction and working principle of belt conveyer and 07
bucket elevator with a sketch.
(b) Catalyst pellets 5mm diameter are to be fluidized with 45000 kg/hr of air 07
at 1 atm. and 800C in a vertical cylindrical vessel. The density of the
catalyst particle is 960 kg/m3 and their spherecity is 0.86. If the given
quantity of air is just sufficient to fluidize the solids, what is the vessel
diameter? Assume εM = 0.45. Viscosity of air = 0.02cP.

Q.4 (a) What is the use of filter aid and filter media? 03
(b) Write short note on batch centrifuge. 04
(c) With the help of a neat sketch explain the construction and working of a 07
cyclone separator.
OR

Q.4 (a) Describe the different mixing equipments used for solid mixing in brief. 07
(b) In a filter press, at a constant pressure difference of 2.8 kg/cm2, a 10cm 07

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 cake is formed in one hour with a filtrate volume of 6000 lits. Washing
proceeds exactly as filtration using 1500 liter. All other operation takes 10
mins time. Assume the filtrate has same properties of wash water. The rate
of washing is 0.25 times the final filtration rate. Calculate the volume of
filtrate produced in one day of operation.

Q.5 (a) What is power number and its significance? 03

(b) Write short note on batch sedimentation. 04
(c) Explain different types of impellers for agitation of liquids with diagram 07
along with application.
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain in brief static mixers. 03
(b) What is swirling and how to prevent swirling? 04
(c) Explain the construction and working of a plate and frame filter press. 07

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