NO QUESTION A B

1 A valve that controls flow by means of a disk or wedge-shaped gate valve butterfly valve
dam sliding at right angles to the direction of flow and seating
tightly in the valve body is a
2 The friction factor for flow through a pipe with relative roughness 0.052 0.025
of 0.004 at a Reynold's No. of 80,000 is approximately equal to

3 The equation that relates friction factor and Reynold's No., smooth pipes laminar and
f=64/Reynold's No. holds for turbulent flow
4 Oil flows under laminar conditions inside a steam heated copper equal to the the average
pipe. The overall heat transfer coefficient is approximately heat transfer between the
coefficient of heat transfer
the oil coefficient of the
steam and that
of oil

5 In multi-stage liquid-liquid extraction with partially miscible the extraction the minimum
solvents must be done number of
to form co- stages occur
currently in when the
order to operating lines
minimize the are parallel.
extraction.
6 The enrichment of the vapor steam as it passes through the evaporation stripping
column in contact with the reflux during distillation is called
7 The maximum number of plates for a given distillation system is variable reflux maximum reflux
obtained at
8 The correct unit for the specific rate constant for the reaction A--- square square
>B determined to be first order is liter/square liter/square
mol/min mol/square min
9 On one side of a heat exchanger where either a condensing large effect little effect
vapor or a boiling liquid is present, the temperature may be
assumed to be constant. In determining the logarithmic mean
temperature difference the direction of flow will have
10 For a cylinder where steady-state radial heat transfer takes place the heat flux is maximum heat
constant transfer rate
occurs at the
surface

11 A plate holding a pool of liquid from which rises a vapor whose separation theoretical plate
average composition is in equilibrium with a liquid whose plate
composition is the average of that of the liquid leaving the plate is
called
12 Crystallization occurs in a solution that is concentrated unsaturated
13 Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by Sherwood, Peclet,
Nusselt and Reynold's and
Reynold's No Schimdt No
14 The ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the average settling ratio discharge ratio
diameter of the product is the
15 The rate of formation of C for the reaction 2A + B ---> C is found the rate of the order of
to be rate=k(A)(B) formation of C reactio is zero
is equal to the
rate of
disappearance
of B
16 A device for increasing the velocity of a fluid in steady flow is a nozzle vent

17 In steady-state backmix flow reactor, composition is not constant constant

throughout the throughout the
reactor reactor

18 The amount of money obtainable from the sale of used property net value salvage value
over and above any changers involved in removal and sale is
called
19 In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio increases the decreases the
number of reboiler duty
theoretical
plates
20 In mass transfer where the solute in the gas phase is very the ratio of the gas phase
soluble in the liquid phase liquid phase resistance is
resistance to approximately
the overall equal to the total
resistance is resistance
close to unity

21 Heat transfer in turbulent flow may be described through an Nusselt, Nusselt, Prandtl
empirical equation correlating Stanton and and Reynold's
Reynold's Nos Nos
22 Which of the following fittings exhibits the highest pressure drop90-degree long 90-degree
for the same flow conditions? radius elbow standard elbow
23 A chamber into which steam from a high pressure line can be switching bank vent
bled during periods of low steam demand from the power plant is
called
24 Which one of the following pipes has the highest relative 2" diameter 4" dia Wrought
roughness? Wrought iron iron pipe
pipe
25 In steady-state heat transfer through a series of materials with decreases varies with the
varying resistances, the heat transfer rate towards the thermal
direction of conductivity of
heat transfer each material

26 Reactions whereby reactants proceed along several paths and polymeric reversible
give different products are reactions reactions
27 Which one among the following materials has the best insulating window glass wood
property?
28 An operation where warm vapor mixture is cooled such as by evaporation dehumidification
contact with a liquid resulting in condensation and decreased
humidity is
29 The pressure exerted on a plane parallel to the direction of flow gauge pressure velocity pressure
of a moving fluid is called
30 For mass transfer to take place, there must be a phase change reaction
component
31 Water vapor condenses at 1 atm on a tube whose surface 212 deg F 80 deg F
tmeperature is at 80 deg F. in analyzing the heat transfer through
the condensate film, it is best to evaluate the liquid properties at

32 The diffusity of water in air at 100 deg F in sq.cm./sec is 0.256 0.278

33 A fluid flowing at a rate of 25 cubic meters per hour inside a 60 5.9 2.5
mm I.D. pipe has an average velocity in meter per sec equal to

34 An equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene is subjected to a 66.6 58.1

single batch distillation. Distillation is discontinued when 60% of
the benzene in the feed is distilled. At this instance the bottom
product when analyzed shows benzene to be 36.4 mole%. In the
distillate, the mole% of benzene is
35 When 32 kg of methane is burned completely the theoretical 16 kg 64 kg
oxygen required is
36 The standard heat of reaction for the production of water gas, in 32.2 31.4
kcal/gmole, as given by the equation: C(s) + H2O(g) = CO(g) +
H2(g) is
37 A rectangular duct 4 ft x 1.5 ft in cross section carries conditioned 4 2.18
air. In determining the pressure drop through the duct the
equivalent diameter in ft may be used which in this case is

38 A gas decomposition reaction has an activation energy of 245 over 100,000 over 100 but
kJ/mol. The rate of reaction can be accelerated by using a but less than a less than 200
platinum catalyst where the activation energy for the resulting million
catalyzed reactions is lower at 136 kJ/mol. Using Arrhenius' law
and assuming the frequency factor remains the same the
catalyzed reaction is faster than the original reaction by a factor
of
39 Water at 100 deg F is flowing through a straight 4-in Sch 40 pipe 0.0378 0.0504
at a rate of 1.0 gal/min. The length of the pipe is 10 ft. The
velocity at the center of the pipe in ft per sec is
40 A metallic rod 2 cm in diameter is used as a heating element. 4440000 5130000
The thermal conductivity is 370 J/sec.sq.m.degC. The surface
temperature is maintained at 200 deg C. For the center of the rod
not to exceed 500 deg C, the maximum volumetric heat
generation rate within the metallic rod in J/sec cu.m. must be

41 This is a steady state temperature reached by a small amount of wet-bulb dew point
liquid evaporating into a large amount of unsaturated vapor-gas temperature
mixture.
42 Air, supplied at the rate of 1200 cfm to a refrigerated coil, has a 74.3 75
relative humidity of 20% and dry bulb temperature of 150 deg F.
The mass flow of dry air entering per minute is
43 In adiabatic humidification, it is possible to maintain the according to the system can
temperature of water constant since the phase rule, be well insulated
the degrees of from the
freedom is 3 surroundings

44 An air-carbon tetrachloride vapor mixture at 100 deg F dry bulb 0.1 0.05
and 60 deg F wet bulb is heated until the temperature reaches
180 deg F. the final percent relative humidity is about

45 The portion of water in the wet solid that cannot be removed by free moisture final moisture
the air in its contact is called content

46 This type of drier is used for drying pasty materials such as wet rotary drier flash drier
filter cakes and lumpy solids
47 In the constant-rate period, the rate of drying is established by a balance of the internal
the heat movement of
requirements moisture
for evaporation beneath the
and the rate at surface of the
which heat solid
reaches the
surface
48 Unbound moisture in granular and porous solid moves through desorption surface tension
the intertices of the solid by a mechanism involving
49 Wet solid is to be dried from 40% to 10% in 5 hours under 0.542 hrs 1.846 hrs
constant drying conditions. The critical moisture content is 20%
and the equilibrium moisture content is 7%. All moisture contents
are on dry basis. The time needed to dry from 15% to 5% free
moisture under the same drying conditions is

50 If the rate of drying under constant drying conditions with air at 0.12 0.034
140 deg F and absolute humidity of 0.03 lb water per lb dry air of
unknown mass of solid is given by R=0.5-exp(-60X) [in lb
water/hr-sqft], then the equilibrium moisture content (db) of the
material is
51 In drying at the falling rate period, the rate at which moisture is remains increases with
removed from the solid material constant time
52 The major problem in diffusion is to promote diffusion of the to reduce the to use counter
solute out of the solid and into the liquid. The most effective way solid to the current
of doing this is smallest size operation
feasible
53 A slurry flaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert 0.3 0.8
solids and 25 kg of solution 10 weight % oil and 90% wt solvent
hexane. This slurry is contacted with 100 kg pure hexane in a
single stage so that the value of retention for the outlet underflow
is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg solvent in the adhering solution.
The composition of underflow leaving the extraction stage in %wt
oil is
54 Tung meal containing 55% oil is to be extracted at the rate of 3 4
4000 lb per hour using n-hexane containing 5% oil as solvent. A
countercurrent mulitple stage extraction system is to be used.
The meal retains 2 lb of solvent per pound of oil free meal while
the residual charge contain 0.11 lb oil per lb oil free meal while
the product is conposed of 15% oil. The theoretical number of
ideal stages is
55 The movement of molecules over a substantial distance is convection conduction
associated with the transfer of heat by
56 The mode of heat transfer that can take place in a vacuum is convection conduction
known as
57 The overall conductance for a composite material in series is sum of the sum of the
equal to the individual individual
conductances conductivities
58 Film and drop are terms associated with boiling condensation

59 A 6-in Sch 80 steel pipe is carrying glycerin at an average 99.95 415.7

temperature of 100 deg F. The pipe is uninsulated, and the
outside temperature is 30 deg F. The inside film conductance is
1000 Btu/h-ft-degF while the outside film conductance is 3.0
Btu/h-sq.ft.-degF. Determine the heat lost [Btu] per minute from a
75-ft length of the pipe. Glycerine is flowing at 800 gpm.

60 An oak (k=0.096 Btu/h-ft-degF) door, 30 in wide, 78 in high, and 97 242

2 in thick, has 9 glass (k=0.45 Btu/h-ft-degF) windows, each 6 in
by 8 in by 1/4 in thick. Determine the amount of heat lost [Btu]
each day with a surface-to-surface temperature difference of 80
deg F.
61 Determine the length needed for a simple concentric-tube, 185.5 m 11.02 m
parallel flow heat exchanger to transfer heat from hot water to
cold water at a rate of 900 W. The heat exchanger consists of
two Type K copper (k=386 W/m-degC) tubes. The smaller tube
has an inside diameter of 49.8 mm and an outside diameter of
54.0 mm. Assume that both film coefficients are equal to 100
W/sq.m.-degC. The hot water enters at 90 degC and leaves at
50 degC, and the cold water enters at 10 degC and leaves at 40
degC.
62 A saturated solution containing 1500 kg of potassium chloride at 4301 kg 1500 kg
360 K is cooled in an open tank to 290K. If the specific gravity of
the solution is 1.2, the solubility of potassium chloride per 100
parts of water is 53.55 at 360K and 34.5 at 290K, calculate the
amount of crystals obtained assuming that loss of water by
evaporation is negligible.
63 An evaporator, working at atmospheric pressure, is to 55.8 sq.m. 58.5 sq.m.
concentrate a solution from 5% to 20% solids at the rate of 1.25
kg/s. The solution which has a specific heat of 4.18 kJ/kg-K is fed
to the evpaorator at 295K and boils at 380K. Dry saturated steam
at 240 kPa is fed to the calandria and the condensate leaves at
the temperature of the condensing steam. If the heat transfer
coefficient is 2.3 kW/sq.m-K, what is the required area of heat
transfer surface. The latent heat of vaporization maybe taken as
the same as that of water.
64 2.5 kg/s of a solution at 288K containing 10% dissolved solids is 115 kPa 101.3 kPa
fed to a forward-feed double effect evaporator operating at a
pressure of 14 kPa in the last effect. If the product is to consist of
a liquid containing 50% by weight of dissolved solids and dry
saturated steam is fed to the steam coils, what should be the
pressure of the steam? The surface in each effect is 50 sq.m.
and the coefficients for heat transfer in the first and second
effects are 2.8 and 1.7 kW/sq.m.-K respectively. Assume that the
concentrated solution exhibits a boiling point rise of 5 degK, that
the latent heat has a constant value of 2260 kJ/kg and that the
specific heat of the liquid stream is constant at 3.75 kJ/kgK.

65 An acetone-air mixture containing 0.015 mol fraction of acetone 10.92 9.12

has the mol fraction reduced to 1% of this value by
countercurrent absorption with water in a packed tower. The gas
flow-rate G is 1 kg/sq.m-s of air and the water entering is 1.6
kg/sq.m-s. For this system, Henry's law holds and Ye=1.75x,
where Ye is the mol fraction of acetone in the vapour in
equilibrium with a mol fraction x in the liquid. How many overall
transfer units are required?
66 A still has a liquor composition of ortho-xylen 10%, meta-xylene 37 38
65%, para-xylene 17%, benzene 4%, and ethylbenzene 4%. How
many plates at total reflux are required to give a product of 80%
meta-xylene and 14% para-xylene? The data are given as mole
percent.
67 A mixture of alcohol and water with 0.45 mol fraction of alcohol is 10 9
to be continuously distilled in a column so as to give a top
product of 0.825 mol fraction alcohol and a liquor at the bottom
with 0.05 mol fraction alcohol. How many theoretical plates are
required if the reflux ratio used is 3?
68 Prepared cottonseed meats containing 35% extractable oil are 72.2 28.7
fed to a continuous countercurrent extractor of the intermittent
drainage type using hexane as solvent. The extractor consists of
ten sections, the section efficiency being 50%. The entrainment,
assumed constant, is 1 kg solution/kg solids. What will be the oil
concentration in the outflowing solvent if the extractable oil
content in the meats is to be reduced to 0.5% by weight?

69 0.4 kg/s of dry seashore sand, containing 1% by weight of salt, is 0.492 0.429
to be washed with 0.4 kg/s of fresh water running countercurrent
to the sand through two classifiers in series. Assume that perfect
mixing of the sand and water occurs in each classifier and that
the sand discharged from each classifier contains one part of
water for every two of sand (by weight). If the washed sand is
dried in a kiln drier, what percent of salt will it retain?

70 Forty-five pounds per minute of water is heated from 60 to 180 2173 696
deg F in a 5/8 in., 16 BWG heat exchanger tube. If the steam
condensing at 260 deg F, on the outside of the tube gives an hо
of 1000 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF, calculate the inside heat transfer
coefficient [Btu/hr-cu.ft-degF].
71 How many cu.ft. per minute of entering air is needed to 12.54 12.68
evaporate 10 lb of water per hour from a rayon, if the air enters at
80 deg F and 25% humidity and leaves at 170 deg F and 55%
relative humidity. The operating pressure is 14.3 psia.

72 Nicotine is to be extracted from water using kerosene. If 100 lb of 64.5 54.6

a 2% nicotene solution is extracted once with 200 lb of kerosene,
what percent of the nicotene is extracted? {Equilibrium data: Y[lb
nicotene/lb kerosene] = 0.90X [lb nicotene/lb water]}

73 We must cool 2500 gpm of water from 120 to 80 deg F. A cooling 77.2 150
tower, at 70 deg F and 1 atm, is to be designed to operate with
entering air of 40% relative humidity. How many gpm of makeup
water must be supplied if windage loss is 95% of the amount lost
by evaporation.
74 We wish to build an economical cold room 20 ft square and 10 ft 3537 8457
high. The outside temperature is 80 deg F and te room is to be
maintained at 0 deg F. The boss has suggested parallel wooden
outer and inner walls separated by a 6-in air space. What will be
the heat loss [Btu/hr] through each wall?
75 A colloidal solution is to be concentrated from 15 to 65% solids. 10500 35000
The specific heat of the feed, entering at 50 deg F is 0.93. The
pressure of the saturated steam to the evaporator is 10 psia; the
condenser pressure is 5-in. Hg abs. The steam chest has an
overall heat transfer coefficient of 200 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF. Water
must be evaporated at the rate of 35,000 lb/hr. Neglecting boiling
point elevation, what is the steam consumption [lb/hr]?

76 What is the settling time [sec] for galena particles to settle under 38.1 18.3
free settling conditions through 5 ft of water at 50 deg F. Galena
is spherical in shape, with specific gravity and 0.01 inch in
diameter.
77 A 10-ft diameter tank with a quick-opening value to a sump has a 2951 1644
10-ft depth of liquid. How long [t in sec] does it take to drain the
tank if the valve is assumed to be equivalent to a 4-in diameter
orifice? The liquid density is 60 lb/cu.ft.
78 What size sharp-edged orifice [inches] was in use if a flow of 120 2.21 1.35
gpm produced a 4-in Hg differential in a 4-in Schedule 40 pipe.
The fluid, measured at 60 degF, had a viscosity of 1 cSt and a
specific gravity of 1.
79 Seven hundred gallons per minute of water are being discharged 63 84
by a centrifugal pump 5 ft above the pump inlet. The inlet
pressure is 4-in Hg above atmospheric and the discharge
pressure is 29 psia. If the pump has an 8-inch diameter inlet and
a 4-inch diameter discharge, calculate the pump efficiency.
80 Determine the net positive suction head available to a centrifugal 34.2 27.7
pump when the level of water is just at the suction point. The
pumped fluid is water at 140 deg F and it is pumped from an
atmospheric tank at 250 gpm. The tank suction point is 7 ft
above the pump. The piping is 5-in Schedule 40, 10-ft long with
two short radius 90 deg elbows. [Use density=61.38 lb/cuft,
Pv=2.89 psi, viscosity=0.47 cP]
81 Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch Schedule 40 pipe. A 11.61 14.24
pitot tube in the pipe shows a 3-inch Hg differential. If the pitot
tube is located at the center of the pipe, what is the mass flow
rate of the water [lb/s]?
82 The gas phase irreversible reaction A+B---->C is elementary. 113 227
The entering flow rate of A is 10 mol/min and is equal molar in A
and B. The entering concentration of A is 0.4 mol/L. What CSTR
volume [L] is necessary to achieve 90% conversion?

83 The irreversible zero order gas phase dimerization 2A ----->A2 0.15 0.5
is carried out in a packed bed reactor with 5 kg of catalyst. The
entering pressure is 10 atm and the exit pressure is 1 atm. Pure
A enters at a flow rate of 10 mol/min. The reaction is zero order
in A. What is the exit conversion?
84 The gas phase reaction 2A+B----->C is carried out in a PFR. The [B]=0.4(1-x )/(1- [B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
feed is equal molar in A and B and the entering temperature is 0.5x ) 1.5x )
500K and the entering pressure is 16.4 atm. If the exit conversion
is x, then the exit concentration of B is
85 Heat is generated in a 2.5 cm square copper rod at the rate of 75.2 55.2
35.3e6 W/cu.m. The rod is exposed to a convection environment
at 20 deg C where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 4
kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine the surface temperature [deg C] of
the rod.
86 A 5cm diameter cylinder is maintained at a constant temperature 13 272
of 200 deg C and it is "completely enclosed" by a wind tunnel test
chamber, walls of which are at 10 deg C. Air at 350K is forced
across the cylinder at a velocity of 50 m/s (h=180 W/m-degC). If
the surface emissivity of the cylinder is 0.7, determine the total
(i.e., convective and radiative) heat transfer from the cylinder [W
per meter length].

87 A building wall consists of a 6-in of concrete (kc= 0.7 Btu/hr-ft- 0.028 0.119
degF), 2 in of fiber insulating board, and 3/8 in of gypsum board
(kg=0.03 Btu/hr-ft-degF). The inside and outside heat transfer
coefficients are 2 and 7 Btu/hr-sqft-degF, respectively. The inside
temperature is 72 degF and the outside temperature is 20 degF.
Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient for this wall [Btu/hr-
sqft-degF].
88 Current is passed through a cylindrical laboratory heater, which 325 300
has a 3 cm diameter, generating heat at the rate of 20 MW/cu.m.
The heater is exposed to a convection environment at 25 degC
where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 0.5 kW/sq.m.-
degC. Determine its surface temperature [degC].
89 A straight rectangular fin has a length of 3.5 cm, a thickness of 1500 W 4392 W
1.5 mm, and is made of a material characterized by thermal
conductivity of 255 W/m-degC. The fin is exposed to a
convection environment at 20 degC and h=1.5 kW/sq.m.-degC.
Determine the maximum possible heat transfer from this fin for
the base temperature of 150 degC.
90 A gaseous fuel is composed of 20% methane( CH4), 40% 1 18
ethane (C2H6) and 40% propane (C3H8), where all percentages
are by volume. The volumetric analysis of the dry products of
combustion (ie. everything except the water) for this fuel gives
10.6% carbon dioxide (CO2), 3% oxygen (O2), 1% carbon
monoxide (CO) and 85.4% nitrogen (N2). Determine the air fuel
ratio on a mass basis for this reaction.
91 Dodecane (C12H26) gas at 25 degC is burned in a steady flow 170 100
combustion chamber with 20% excess air that enters at -23.15
degC. The products leave the combustion chamber at 500K.
Assuming steady operating conditions and complete combustion,
determine the required mass flow rate of the dodecane to supply
heat at a rate of 1.5 kW [kg/s].
92 Two rooms A and B of identical volume are connected by an A B
open doorway. The thermostat in the rooms are set so that
Ta<Tb. Which room contains more air molecules?
93 If the absolute temperature of a gas is doubled, the mean speed is doubled. increases 4
of the gas molecules times
94 When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, the temperature of the increases. decreases.
resulting mixture of water and ice
95 In all naturally occurring processes, the entropy of the universe increases. decreases.

96 An inventor seeking a patent claims that a building may be The application The application
comfortably heated in winter by a device that draws heat into the should be should be
building from the earth, even though the temperature of the earth rejected rejected
is lower than the desired temperature inside the building. He because it because it
further claims that the quantity of heat supplied to the building in violates the first violates the
a given time period can significantly exceed the work done by the law of second law of
device during the same period. If you were a patent clerk (like the Thermodynami Thermodynamic
young Albert Einstein), what should be your recommendation cs. s.
about the application?

97 A fixture containing an ordinary incandescent light bulb is doubles. quadruples.

connected to a dimmer switch. The dimmer is adjusted so that
the temperature of the tungsten filament inside the bulb
increases from 1300K to 2600K. The total power radiated by the
bulb
98 A 30 MW geothermal electric power plant uses hot steam from 2.5 e8 2.2 e8
the earth at 157 deg C to heat and vaporize isobutane, which
turns a turbine that is connected to a generator. The isobutane is
subsequently cooled to 27 degC using fans and condensed back
to a liquid. The overall efficiency of the plant is 40% of the ideal
(Carnot) efficiency. How many joules of heat must be released to
the atmosphere per second?
99 The material which remains unchanged in a process is limiting reactant tie substance

100 The ratio of the total quantity of a reactant present in the reactor recycle ratio combined feed
feed of a recycling operation to the quantity of the same reactant ratio
entering the operation as fresh feed is the
101 The heating value measured when water formed from Gross Calorific Heat of
combustion is in the liquid state. Value combustion
102 In the combustion of solid fuels, the tie element between the feed cooked coal ash
and the refuse is the

103 The coal analysis which is based upon the volatilization Proximate Modified
characteristics of the fuel is analysis analysis
104 An Orsat analysis of the flue gas when pyrite is roasted is on a SO2-free basis SO3-free basis

105 The empirical relation which allows one to compute for the net Calderwood Theoretical
hydrogen in a given solid fuel is the equation Oxygen
Equation
106 The equivalent of 45degTw in the Baume scale is 26.63 28.32
107 A furnace completely burns coal containing 70%C. Analysis of 1.2 1.53
the flue gas shows 15% CO2, 4% O2, 81% N2, and no CO.
What is the % of the net hydrogen in the coal?
108 Which has the lowest water content? dew point at 70% RH
20degC

109 A contract was made between a buyer and a paper manufacturer PhP 405 PhP 424.26
for paper containing 5% moisture at PhP450/tonne FOB on
specifications that price adjustment will be made if the quality is
different. How much should the buyer pay for 1 tonne of paper
with 8% moisture content? Freiht cost is PhP45/tonne.

110 One drier will dry a material from 45% moisture (wb) to 20% 0.01 0.02
moisture (db). From here the material enters another drier where
the water content is further reduced to give a final product
weighing 1000 kg. If the total evporation from both driers is 800
kg, the moisture of the final product is
111 An experimental oil is used to distill 6000 kg.hr of Athabasta tar 2250 3750
sand which analyzes 30% 'heavy oil', 'light oil', and non-volatile
matter. If the distillate contains 12 % heavy oil and this
constitutes 25% recovery of the component, the weight in kg of
the distillate obtained is
112 Coal fired in a furnace has a heating value of 13800 Btu/lb and 4.22 8
contains 78.05%C and 1.2%S. The proximate analysis shows
4%M, 24%FC, 8%A and the analysis of the refuse shows
8%VCM, 25%FC and 32% ash. Calculate the % of C lost in the
refuse.
113 Ninety grams of ethane and 384 grams of oxygen are fed 0.8 0.85
continuously to a laboratory furnace. The total combustion
products collected was 16.2 gmole with no carbon dioxide.
However, not all of the ethane was burned due to faulty
combustion. The fraction of ethane that was burned is equal to
114 The furnace at the Bataan refinery is using a fuel gas which 63.25 57.24
contains methane, ethane and 20% nitrogen. The orsat analysis
of the combustion products showed 7.8% CO2, 7.4% O2, and
84.8% N2. The gas is burned with excess air. The % methane in
the fuel gas is
115 Pyrite containing 78% FeS2 and 22% gangue is burned with 3.52 6.53
excess air to produce a stack gas with the following analysis:
7.29% SO2, 8.92%O2, 82.44%N2 and 1.35%SO3. If the cinder
was found to have a partial analysis of 62.10% Fe2O3, the % of
FeS2 lost in the pyrite is
116 The unit of k for a 1st order elementary reaction is 1/time conc/time
117 If the temperature of a chemical reaction is raised by 10 degC, 4 3
the rate of reaction is increased by a factor of
118 The E of a reaction may be lowered by increasing decreasing
temperature temperature

119 The mechanism of a reaction can sometimes be deduced from the activation the temperature
energy dependency of
the rate
120 The equilibrium constant in a reversible chemical reaction at a depends on the depends on the
given temperature initial conc of conc of one of
the reactants the products at
equilibrium
121 If the volume of a reaction vessel is suddenly reduced to one half 2 4
its original volume the rate will increase by a factor of
122 The rate of reaction is not influenced by conc of the molecularity of
reactants the reaction
123 The net rate of reaction of an intermediate is 0 2
124 A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be log Ca vs time Ca vs time
obtained by plotting
125 If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following Ca^2 vs time 1/Ca vs time
plots will give a straight line?
126 For the reaction A+B ---> 2C, when Ca is doubled the rate -ra = k Ca^2 -ra = k Ca Cb^2
doubles, when Cb is doubled the rate increases fourfold. The Cb^4
rate law is
127 It states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the Le Chatelier's Hess' Law
activity of the reactants. principle
128 The half life of a material undergoing second order decay is proportional to independent of
the square of initial conc
the initial conc
129 A fluid flows through 2 CSTR in series. Each reactor has a 66.8 74.7
capacity of 400,000 L and the fluid enters at 100 L per hr. The
fluid undergoes a first order decay with a half life of 24 hours.
Find the conversion of the fluid.
130 A first order reaction has a specific rate constant of 3e-3 per sec. 0.0021 s 100 s
The half life is
131 A certain reaction is 1st order in A. In 30 min, the concentration 45.1 min 19.6 min
of A decreases from 0.55 to 0.15 mol/L. The time it will take for A
to decrease from 0.35 to 0.15 mol/L is
132 A gas decomposes at 900 degC according to 2A--->2R+S with a 3.83 7.43
rate constant of 1000 cc/gmol-s using pure A. The time it will take
to react 80% of A in a batch reactor at 900 degC and 1 atm in
min is
133 Calculate the length of a chlorinating pipe line with diameter of 25.36 m 32.5 m
0.6 m required to kill 95% of the bacteria in waste water flowing
at 0.05 cu.m/s. Test shows that 95.33% kill is obtained in 5
minutes when treated with 5 mg/L of chlorine. Chlorine
disinfection kinetics is given by the equation: dC/dt = k Ct^1.5
where C = number of bacteria. Assume that the same
concentration of chlorine is used in actual treatment operation.

134 The set of data given below is for the parallel reaction: a---k1-- 0.1697 0.183
>2R, a---k2-->S. At t=0, Ca=15 moles/cuft, Cr = 1 mole/cuft,
Cs=1 mole/cuft; At t=1 hr, Cro = 9 moles/cuft, Cs = 3 moles/cuft.
The value of K2 per hour is
135 A batch reaction 2D+E----->F has a conversion factor expressed 257 275
by the equation r =0.24 t^0.5 where r = conversion factor based
on the reactant E; t = time in hours which ranges from 0.5 to 16
hours per batch depending upon the process variables. The
average molecular weight of the feed is 60 and a density of 1.4
g/cc. The feed consists of 2 kgmole of D and 1 kgmole of E. The
charging, cleaning and discharging time per batch is 2.5 hrs and
the volume of the reactor is twice the volume of the feed.
Assume 300 days per year and 12 hours operation/day. The
volume of the reactor in liters is

136 A container holds 100 gal of salt solution containing 50 lb of 0.732 0.427
dissolved salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer
of rock salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of
rock salt whose surface is practically constant. The salt dissolved
into the solution according to r = k(C-3) where C is the
concentration of the brine expressed in lb/gal. If the water in the
tank were fresh, the rate of solution would be 1.0 lb/min. Fresh
water enters at 3 gpm and brine overflows at the same rate.
Assume constant volume at any brine concentration, the
concentration of brine in container after 1 hour in lb/gal of salt is

137 An aqueous solution of ethyl acetate is to be saponified with 10.3 11.4

NaOH. The initial concentration of the ethyl acetate is 5 g/L and
that of the caustic soda is 0.10M. Values of the second order rate
constant in L/gmole-min are k = 23.5 at 0 degC; k = 92.4 at 20
degC. The reaction is essentially irreversible. The time required
to saponify 95% of the water at 40 deg C is
138 At 500K the rate of bimolecular reaction is 10 times the rate at 8150 9150
400K. Find E in cal, the activation energy for this reaction from
Arrhenius Law.
139 The reaction A+2B--->R is 1st order with respect to each Cao/2m Cao/(2m-1)
reactant. If equimolar amounts of A and B are introduced into a
constant-volume reactor and (1/m) th of A remains after t1, how
much will remain after t2=2t1?
140 When the 1st order homogeneous reaction (gas-phase) A--- 43.1 41.3
>2.5R is carried out in an isothermal batch reactor at 2 atm with
20% inerts present, the volume increases by 60% in 20 min.
When the reaction is carried out in a constant volume reactor,
the time required for the pressure to reach 8 atm if the initial
pressure is 5 atm, 2 atm of which consist of inerts in min is

141 When the ID of the pipe through which a fluid flows is doubled, 1/8 1/16
the pressure loss due to friction per unit length of pipe and for the
same volumetric flow rate is changed by approximately a factor
of
142 When two centrifugal pumps are connected in series, the 1/2 1
discharge changes by a factor of
143 When two reciprocating pumps are connected in parallel, the 1/2 1
volumetric capacity of the system changes by a factor of
144 The pressure drop in a pipeline changes by a factor of _____ 1/2 1
when the velocity of the flowing fluid is doubled.
145 Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when the discharge the discharge
pressure valve is closed
becomes too
high
146 Oil with a viscosity of 30 cP and a density of 60 lb/cu.ft. flows 0.63 13.1
through a 1/2-inch inside diameter pipe. Determine the velocity in
fps below which flow will be laminar.
147 Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch inside diameter smooth 1.05 1.22
horizontal pipe. If the Reynold's number is 353000, calculate the
ratio of maximum velocity to average velocity.
148 The pressure after the pump in a 6-inch inside diameter smooth 0.6 3.58
pipe conducting water is 20 psia. The water is discharged at an
open tank 100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of discharge
of water in cu.ft/s.
149 A water storage tank assumes the supply of water into a factory. PhP 3300 PhP 5000
Water is supplied to the tank through a booster pump installed in
the water line. The theoretical pump horsepower required is 3.25
hp. What is the monthly operating cost of the pump if electric
power cost on the average is PhP 3.73/kWh. The pump is 65%
efficient and operates for 12 hr a day.

150 When the impeller speed of an ideal centrifugal pump is doubled, 1/2 1
the vol. flow rate of discharge is increased by a factor of

151 The differential height between two points which a fluid has to be potential head pressure head
transferred is the
152 The resistance of a layer of fluid to flow over the next layer is viscosity friction factor
measured by
153 An axial flow pump operating at a speed of 880 rpm can supply 20 36
water at a rate of 3000 gpm. The maximum head that this pump
can deliver in ft. of water is
154 Specify the type of open impeller pump to use if the capacity is 3x2x8.5E 4x3x8.5E
400 gpm at a head of 200 ft of water.
155 What will be the rated capacity [gpm] of a 4-1/2 inch impeller 95 134
centrifugal pump operating at a speed of 3450 rpm capable of
generating a head of 40 ft of water.
156 If the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled, the energy 2 4
requirement becomes approximately ___ times the original
energy requirement.
157 A cylindrical tank 1 ft in diameter discharges through a nozzle 32 55
connected to the base. Find the time needed for the water level
in the tank to drop from 4 ft to 2 ft above the nozzle. The
diameter of the nozzle is 1 inch and its discharge coefficient
maybe taken as unity.
158 The NPSH of a single suction centrifugal hot water pump at a 15 20
speed of 3550 rpm operating at a pressure of 600 psi and a
capacity of 450 gpm is ___ ft.
159 The rate of evaporation at a given operating temperature in a n when the the operating
evaporator is more when operating pressure is low
pressure is high

160 An optimim number of the effects for a given application is a capacity economy
function of the
161 A popular type of heat exchanger for cooling large quantities of double-pipe plate
fluid is the
162 An evaporator is used to concentrate 10,000 lb/hr of a 20% 0.82 0.863
o
solution of NaOH in water at 140 F using saturated steam at 25
psia at a rate of 7,000 lb/hr. The OHTC is 275 BTU/hr-ft2-oF
when the pressure in the vapor is 1.7 psia. The steam economy,
SE, is
163 A cross flow heat exchanger uses mixed air at 4 kg/s that enters 22.2 m2 25 m2
at 15oC and leaves at 45oC. The air cools unmixed water, which
enters at 95oC and 0.70 kg/s. The OHTC equals 150 W/m 2-oC.
After several months of operation, a scale resistance of 0.002 m 2-
o
C/W developed. 16. The heat transfer area required to
accomplish the change is
164 As solution of 28% wt Na2SO4 is to be crystallized to yield 285.3 249.3
Glauber salt in a four section (one section is 10 ft in length)
Swenson Walker Crystallizer. It is fed to the unit at 120oF and
cooled to 60oF using cooling water which enters at 50oF and
leaves at 70oF. The crystallizer has a cooling surface of 3 ft2 per
foot of length. The feed rate is 500 lb/hr and the crystallizer is
seeded with 50 lb/hr of 65 mesh crystals. 19. The amount of the
crystalline crop (C) produced in lb per hour is

165 An insulator should have low thermal high thermal

conductivity conductivity

166 Fouling factor is a does not provide

dimensionless a safety factor
quantity for design
167 Natural convection is characterized by Reynolds Grashhoff
number number
168 The Graetz number is concerned with mass transfer absorption with
between a gas chemical
and a liquid reaction
169 Dropwise condensation occurs on clean and dirt smooth clean
free surfaces surfaces

170 Dietus-Boelter equation for determination of heat transfer co- for liquid metals for fluid in
efficient is valid laminar flow

171 A type of pneumatic conveyor system characterized by a material fluidizing pressure

moving in an air stream or pressure less than ambient.

172 If the total percentage of particles larger than the screen opening 0.98 0.89
in the feed, oversize, undersize are 36%, 89% and 3%,
respectively, the effectiveness of the screen if the undersize is
the product is
173 The estimated width of an apron conveyor having a capacity of 305 mm 610 mm
75 tons/hr at a speed of 50 ft/min is
174 It is defined as the ratio of the average diameter of the feed to settling ratio screen-mesh no
the average diameter of the product.

175 The sphericity of cubical particles is 1 0.87

176 The separation of a dilute slurry or suspension by gravity settling thickening classification
into a clear fluid and a slurry or suspension by gravity settling into
a clear fluid and a slurry of higher solids content is called

177 An ultracentrifuge is used to separate high-molecular weight temperature pressure

fractions in polymeric or biological systems. What is the gradient
for mass transfer in the separation using this mass transfer
device?
178 Ordinary diffusion takes place because of ___ driving force. temperature pressure
179 What are the two limiting cases of steady-state diffusion? UMD and EMD ordinary and
Knudsen
180 Which of the following is not true in (binary) equimolar counter- DAB = DBA c = cA + cB
diffusion?
181 A fluid is flowing on a surface, which contains a component that Knudsen region turbulent region
leaches out to the fluid. Assuming that all the 3 regions of mass
transfer are present, in which of these regions is diffusion
controlling?
182 In unsteady-state mass transfer, the quantity (DABt/rm^2) is unaccomplishe relative
referred to as d change resistance
183 What is the equivalent of Prandtl number in convective mass Sc Sh
transfer?
184 If kx > ky, then the controlling phase is the liquid phase the gas phase

185 In two-phase mass transfer, equilibrium may exist at the interface in the gas phase
186 Which of the following processes may always be regarded as a cooling of air air conditioning
constant- humidity process?

187 Air conditioning in tropical countries involves humidification humidification by

by a process a process
similar to that in similar to air-
a cooling tower water vapor
saturator
188 What do you call the steady-state non-equilibrium temperature dry-bulb wet-bulb
reached when a small amount of water is contacted under temperature temperature
adiabatic conditions by a continuous stream of gas?

189 The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis. What 0.5 1
is the moisture content, dry basis?
190 The moisture that can be removed by drying is called equilibrium bound moisture
moisture
191 Falling-period in drying terminates at the end of constant- origin of R vs X
rate period plot

192 Which is not true at the interphase of a gas scrubbing operation? the solute the solute
concentration concentration of
of the gas is the liquid is less
less than that of than that of the
the bulk bulk
193 He and N2 gas are contained in a conduit 5 mm in diameter and 2.35 exp -5 2.44exp -5
a 0.1 m long at 298 K and a uniform pressure of He at one end of
the tube is 0.6 atm and 0.02 atm at the other end. Assuming
equimolar countercurrent diffusion, the flux in kmol/s-m 2 is

194 100 m3/hr of air at 60C and 20% RH is needed for a chemical 5280 8490
reactor. This will be obtained from process air at 60C and 10%
RH by humidifying adiabatically the process air followed by
heating to its original temperature. The wattage of the heater at
80% efficiency is
195 Wet solid is to be dried from 36% to 8% moisture in 5 hr under 1 hr 1.6 hr
constant drying condition. Critical and equilibrium moisture
contents are 14 and 4% respectively. Calculate how much longer
will it take to dry the same material from 8% to 5.5% moisture
under constant drying condition. All moisture contents are on a
dry basis.
196 The unit of volumetric diffusivity is cm^2/sec cm/sec
197 If reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the 0.5 2
overhead product rate is 50 moles/hr. the reflux ratio is
198 Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a packed lower bubble-cup plate
liquid-vapour system? column
199 In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of decreases increases
heterogeneity (area covered by bimodal curve)
200 The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is long tube short tube
evaporator evaporator
201 Macroscopic transfer of mass between moving fluid and surface molecular unsteady-state
which is of different concentration is called diffusion diffusion
202 For a packed column the main purpose of packing is to strengthen the increase the
column surface area

203 In a gas absorption operation, when the operating line crosses the NTU is zero the liquid flow
the equilibrium curve rate is maximum

204 Methanol diffuses in 0.15 cm stagnant film of 1:1 mole mixture of 0.15 0.31
hydrogen and CO2 at 100oC and 2 atm. The partial pressures of
methanol on both sides are 0.6 and 0.2 atm. The average
diffusivity of methanol in the hydrogen and CO2 at 0 oC and 1 atm
in cm2/s is
205 Gaseous reactant A decomposes according to the reaction A --> 0.92 0.86
3R (-rA = 0.5 CA mole/L-min). The feed, which consists of 70% A
and 30% inert, enters a 1.5-m3 CSTR at a flow rate of 150 L/min.
4. If CA0 = 0.30 mole/L, what is the conversion, XA?

206 Between 0 degC and 50 degC, the average activation energy of a 14.7 18.5
certain reaction is 80 kJ/mol. How many times faster will the
reaction occur at 300 K than at 275 K?
207 Consider a gas-phase reaction 2A ---> R + 2S with unknown 0.54 min 0.85 min
kinetics. A space velocity of 0.8/min is needed for 95%
conversion of A in a PFR. Find the mean residence time or
holding time of the fluid in the PFR.
208 For Newtonian fluids, the shear stress is constant. inversely
proportional to
rate of
deformation.
209 An ideal fluid is one that is compressible incompressible
& viscous
210 Water flows through an 8-in (ID=7.981 in) steel pipe at an 10.58 5.29
average velocity of 6 ft/s. Downstream the pipe splits into an 8-in
main and a 2 in (ID=2.067 in) bypass pipes. If the velocity in the
bypass is twice the velocity of the main pipe, the volumetric flow
rate [ft3/s] in the main pipe is
211 An imaginary line within a fluid flow such that a tangent at any stream tube velocity profile
point indicates the direction of flow at that point.
212 Air at 250C [viscosity=0.018 cP] enters a section of 2-in schedule 350 155
40 commercial steel pipe at a gauge pressure of 310 kPa and a
flow rate of 1200 kg/h. Assuming isothermal flow, what is the
pressure drop [kPa] in 60 m of pipe?
213 A simple pitot tube measures acoustical superficial
velocity velocity
214 Which of the following meters will have the highest permanent pitot tube orifice
pressure loss?
215 In the flow meter equation, Y, indicates the mass flow rate compressibility
factor
216 The loss due to sudden contraction is proportional to velocity turbulence
217 Stoke’s law is valid when the particle Reynolds number is <1 >1
218 Priming needed in a Reciprocating Gear pump
pump
219 Maximum theoretical suction lift for water at 60˚F by a centrifugal 40 ft 37 ft
pump is 34 ft. The same for water at 200˚F will be
220 The most economical valve for use with large diameter pipes. butterfly globe
221 Multistage compressors are used in industry because, they reduce the cost reduce the size
of compressor requirement

222 For ideally incompressible fluid, the mach number will be 0 1

223 of the following produces maximum pressure difference for vacuum pumps blowers
transportation of gases?
224 The fluid property which matters for falling rain drops to acquire pressure height of
spherical shape is its descend
225 A wastewater solution having a volume of 1000 L contains 0.21 0.007 kg 0.106 kg
kg phenol/m3 of solution. A total of 1.40 kg fresh granular
activated carbon is added to the solution, which is then mixed
thoroughly to reach equilibrium. What is the amount of phenol
absorbed per kg carbon at equilibrium?
226 The overhead product composition decreases with time in batch distillation continuous
with reflux distillation with
reflux
227 For a binary mixture with low relativity, continuous rectification to low reflux ratio small cross-
get pure products will require section
228 Chemisorption is the same as characterized by
van der Waals adsorption of
heat
229 The stage efficiency in leaching depends on the time of contact rate of diffusion
between the of the solute
solid and the through the solid
solution and into the
liquid
230 Weeping in distillation or absorption column increases tray provides larger
efficiency surface for mass
transfer
231 What are the two contacting phase in leaching? extract phase solvent phase
and raffinate and solute
phase phase
232 Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by contacting the Distillation Leaching
solution with warm air. The operation is
233 Disregarding the cost, which is the best solvent for the extraction caproic acid chloroform
of acetic acid from an aqueous solution at 25deg C?

234 Professional Regulations Commission was created under P.D. No. 223 P.D. No. 233
235 A chemical engineer who designed and built a new type pf TRUE FALSE
reactor and for three years, sold many units to the public can still
patent his reactor.
236 A person who has passed the Chemical Licensure Examination 18 19
can take his/her oath as a chemical engineer if his/her age is not
less than _______ years.
237 Which of the following is not a requirement for utility model inventive step novelty
registration?
238 A section of the patent application containing detailed disclosure abstract
descriptions of the benefits obtained from using the invention is
called the
239 A document issued by the DENR secretary indicating that the Environmental Environmental
proposed project will cause significant negative environmental Impact Compliance
impact. Statement Certificate
240 In the Philippines, sulfur for sulfuric acid manufacturing is paper cement
sourced from _______ industry.
241 Sulfur is undesirable in petroleum because it causes it increases the
engine boiling pt of fuel
knocking

242 Materials added to detergent formulation to enhance cleaning fillers brighteners

performance by exhibiting synergistic cleaning effect with
surfactant.
243 Polyethylene is an example of _____________ polymerization condensation addition

244 Principal chemical conversion in the production of resin from condensation hydration
monomer.
245 Carbon black is added to rubber compounding as activator curing agent
246 The binder for all the powder materials of paint pigment vehicle
247 A fibrous material left after cane sugar has been milled is bagasse pulp
commonly called as
248 Molasses is a by product of raw sugar from the ______ process milling extraction

249 Kraft process is a common name for sulfate pulping sulfite pulping
250 Water insoluble cell binders of wood pulp cellulose
251 DDT means Diphenyldichlor dichlorodiphenyl
otriphenylethan dichloroethane
e
252 Rancidity of oil can be reduced by decoloration hydrogenation
253 Varnish does not contain pigment dryer

254 Plasticisers are added to paints to make it make glossy

corrosion surface
resistant

255 Silicone is thermoplastic a monomer

256 The process involved in converting rubber into a thin sheet or extrusion mastication
coating it on fabric is called
257 Alkyl benzene sulfonate (ABS) is a detergent rubber
258 Neoprene is a monomer synthetic rubber

259 Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500 degC at a 0.2348 0.3216
rate of 3 kg/s and leaves at 0.1 MPa. If the power output of the
turbine is 2 MW, determine the turbine efficiency.
260 Work is a property of the path function
system
261 Throttling process is a reversible an irreversible
and isothermal and constant
process entropy

262 A sample consisting of 1.00 mole of Argon gas is expanded 0 +1.13 kJ

isothermally and reversibly at 0C from 22.4L to 44.8L. The heat
absorbed by the system is
263 Maximum work can be obtained from a system when the change isothermal adiabatic
taking place in it is
264 The ratio of work performed by a system and the heat it Entropy Gibb’s free
absorbed from a reservoir is referred to energy
265 According to the first law of thermodynamics Energy is Perpetual
neither lost nor motion is
gained in any possible.
energy
transformation.

266 In a 3-stage compressor system whose isentropic efficiencies greater than in between 0.75
are reported to be 0.75, 0.85 and 0.84, respectively, steam 0.85 and 0.85
initially at 10 kPa is compressed to a final pressure of 500 kPa.
The overall efficiency of the system is

267 In choosing the refrigerant, the fluid must have the following environmentally has a vapor
characteristics, except benign pressure less
than
atmospheric

268 Coolers and boilers are ordinarily operated at ________ isobaric isenthalpic
condition.
269 For an isolated system, maximum entropy will occur at half-life critical condition

270 A carnot cycle consists of two isothermal two isochoric

and two and two
adiabatic adiabatic
process process

271 This is also known as the volume fraction of the voids in packed sphericity porosity
beds.
272 A measure of the ratio of the drag force acting on a unit area of Froude number Reynold’s
the impeller & the inertial stress. number
273 Sulfuric acid is pumped at 3 kg/s through a 60-m length of 3 2
smooth 25 mm pipe. If the pressure drop falls by one-half, what
will be the new flow rate [kg/s]? Assume the following properties
of sulfuric acid: SG = 1.84, viscosity = 25 cP.
274 The equation del(P) = -(rho)(g) del(z) is known as the hydrostatic shear forces fluid is
vertical law for which all the following assumptions are applied, are not involved incompressible
except

275 Which of the following can be adjusted by human operator in a set point controller output
closed feedback control loop?
276 The thermocouple is based on the Seebeck effect which states current temperature
that a/an _____ is generated when opposite junction of certain
dissimilar pairs of wires are exposed to different temperatures.

277 Dead time is a function of distance and momentum acceleration

278 A pneumatic controller is used to control temperature within the 2.83kPa/K 0.35kPa/K
range 280K to 310K. The controller is adjusted so that the output
pressure goes from 20kPa (valve fully open) to 105 Kpa (valve
fully closed) as the measured temperature goes from 295K to
300K with the sent point held constant. What is the proportional
gain?
279 The parameter which completely describes the behavior of the Time constant damping
response to a disturbance of a second order system is the coefficient

280 Water is flowing through a 3-inch schedule 40 pipe at 60 deg F. 11.61 ft/s 37.1 kg/s
A pitot tube is inserted at the centerline of the pipe and registers
a 3-inch Hg differential. What is the mass flow rate of the water?

281 An oil well is 1200 ft below ground level. Oil at 500 psig at the 9365 9461
bottom flows to ground level through a 12-inch schedule 80
commercial steel pipe. The oil has a SG of 0.86 and viscosity of
8 cP. The vol flow rate of oil in barrels per hour is
282 The equivalent diameter of a concentric annular space where 1- pi/4 inch 1 inch
inch OD pipe is located inside a 2-inch ID pipe is
283 Based on Bond's crushing law, the power required to crush a 20.2 41.4
certain material will change by _____% if the diameter of the
product is made smaller by 50%.
284 The BPR of a 50% NaOH solution at an evaporator pressure of 73 degF 173 degF
4.7 psia is
 C D ANSWER SCORE
globe valve orifice
a 1

0.03 0.038
0

turbulent flow laminar flow

0
only only
equal to the equal to the
heat transfer heat transfer
coefficient coefficient of
equivalent to the steam d 1
the resistance
offerred by the
pipe
the minimum the amount of
number of solvent used
stages occur must be
when the tie enough to form b 1
line coincides 2 phases.
with an
operating line.
rectification fractionation
c 1
minimum reflux optimum reflux
c 1
mol/liter/min liter/mol/min
0

no effect significant
effect
0

the heat the

transfer is temperature is
constant uniform 0
throughout the
cylinder
transition plate bubble plate
0

supersaturated saturated c 1
Sherwood, Prandtl,
Reynold's and Schimdt and 0
Schimdt No Reynold's No
reduction ratio classification
c 1
ratio
the value of k is the reaction
independent of cannot proceed
the initial
0
concentrations
of A and B

orifice venturi
a 1
a function of not uniform
time throughout the
reactor and 0
varies from
time to time
book value market value
b 1

increases the increases the

amount of condenser duty
0
distillate

the gas phase the ratio of gas

resistance is phase
negligible resistance to
liquid 0
resistance is
approximately
zero
Peclet, Stanton Schimdt,
and Prandtl Nos Peclet and 0
Friction Nos
45-degree square-corner
0
standard elbow elbow
compressor accumulator
b 1

1" dia Drawn 4" dia Riveted

tubing steel pipe 0

through each is constant

material is throughout the
inversely series of
0
proportional to materials
the thickness of
the material
parallel consecutive
c 1
reactions reactions
air concret
b 1
humidification extraction
b 1
tangential static pressure
b 1
pressure
concentration momentum
c 1
gradient gradient
113 deg F 146 deg F
c 1

1.484 0.581 b 1
1.5 0.6
0

33.4 54.4

128 kg 32 kg
c 1
26.4 57.8
0

1.5 2.75
0

over 20 million over 2 but less

than 3

0.0454 0.0252
0

6930000 2040000

saturation dry-bulb
temperature temperature 0

75.26 78.5
0
the temperature increase in the
of the air can humidity of the
also be air is
0
maintained insignificant
constant

0.02 0.01
0

equilibrium critical
moisture moisture c 1
content content
tray drier freeze drier
c 1
air flow air flow parallel
perpendicular to to the solid
the surface of surface
the solid
0

surface renewal moisture

d 1
diffusivity
2.129 hrs 3.42 hrs

0.01155 0.00116

decreases with no drying takes

0
time place
to use cross to use spray
flow percolators
0
evaporation

1.5 2.3

0
5 6

radiation all of A, B and

a 1
C
radiation all of A, B and
c 1
C
inverse of the sum of the
total resistance individual c 1
resistances
evaporation all of A, B and
b 1
C
451.7 475.1

5800 139200

5.51 m 4.14 m

966 kg 534 kg

85.8 sq.m. 88.5 sq.m.

0
14 kPa zero gauge

4.72 3.03

39 40

8 7

27.8 22.7

0.294 0.249

577 241

0
13.76 16.28

46.5 45.6

227.2 300

11994 20451

40130 45500

13.8 5
0

1163 19.4
0

4.67 2
0

95 100

0
7 0.52

31.7 37.1
0

851 900

0.75 1

[B]=0.4(1- [B]=0.2
0.5x )/(1-x )
0

25.2 20

3478 3750

0.714 6.01

100 25

0
13943 W 19343 W

23 33

38 0.038

both contain the

same no of air 0
molecules
increases by decreases.
c 1
about 40%
stays constant.
c 1
stays the same. may increase
a 1
or decrease.
The application The application
should be should be
rejected given full
because it consideration
violates both because it
1st and 2nd does not 0
laws of Thermo. violate any
laws of
Thermodynami
cs.

increases 8x. increases 16x.

3 e7 5.2 e8

0
excess reactant product yield
b 1
reactant ratio fresh-feed
conversion b 1

Latent Heat of Net Calorific

0
Condensation Value
moisture volatile
combustible 0
matters
Ultimate Elemental
0
analysis analysis
O2-free basis N2-free basis
0
Dulong's Oxygen
formula unaccounted 0
for equation
32.48 42.56 0
2.38 6.13
0

absolute 60% saturation

humidity of 0.05 0

PhP 434.16 PhP 450

0.03 0.05

4350 6000

9.5 17

0.9 0.92

0
51.2 22.76

7.86 23.1

1/conc 1/conc-time 0
2 1.5
0
adding a removing the
catalyst products of the 0
reaction
the net equation the rate law.
0

does not is not a

depend on the characteristic
0
initial of the reaction
concentrations
8 16
0
nature of temperature
0
reactants
>0 <0 0
log Ca vs 1/Ca vs time
0
reciprocal time
lof Ca vs time Ca vs time
0
-ra = k Ca -ra = k Cb^2
0

Law of Mass Second Law of

0
Action Thermo
proportional to inversely
initial conc proportional to 0
initial conc
85.3 99.1
0

231 s 768 s
0
19.1 min 10.4 min
0
8.33 9.33
0

52.63 m 56.23 m

0.3394 0.6197
0

300 527

0.327 0.237

12.7 20.7

9550 10150
0

Cao/(1-2m) Cao/2
0
37.1 31.8

1/32 1/64
0

2 4
0
2 4
0
2 4
0
the suction suction is lost
pressure is too
0
high

16.9 87.2
0

1.72 1.89
0

21 58.3
0

PhP 7000 PhP 12000

2 2exp2
0

velocity head dynamic head

0
surface tension drag coefficient
0
63 85
0

4x3x6 3x2x13
0
248 320
0

8 10
0

77 94

25 30
0

there is a when the liquid

vacuum level is high
0

efficiency none of the

0
given choices
shell and tube extended
0
surfaces
0.89 0.92

17 m2 20 m2

255.65 214.65

less resistance a porous

to heat flow structure 0

accounts for none of these

additional
0
resistance to
heat flow
Peclet number Prandlt number
0
heat transfer in heat transfer in
turbulent flow laminar flow 0

contaminated polished
cooling surfaces 0
surfaces
for fluids in when
turbulent flow Grashhoff
0
number is very
important
pressure- vacuum
vacuum 0

0.76 0.65
0

1220 mm 2400 mm
0
reduction ratio average
particle 0
diameter
0.7 0.6 0
sorting centrifugation
0

concentration electric field

0

concentration electric field 0

thermal and thermal and
0
ordinary Knudsen
JA = JB NA = -cDAB
dxA/dz 0

buffer region viscous sub-

layer
0

relative time relative position

0
Bi Pe
0
the interface either of the
0
bulk phases
in the liquid in either film
0
phase
water-cooling in heating of air
a cooling tower 0

dehumidificatio dehumidificatio
n and removal n by
of sensible heat condensing 0
water vapor in
a refrigerator
adiabatic dew point
saturation temperature
0
temperature

2 50
0
free moisture unbound
0
moisture
critical free equilibrium
moisture moisture 0
content content
the solute the solute
concentration of concentration
the liquid and of the gas is 0
gas phase are greater than
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-6
1.77exp 1.22 exp -6

10050 11570

2.3 hr 2.9 hr

cm^3/sec cm^2/sec^2 0
50 150
0
sieve-plate wetted wall
0
column column
remains
0
unchanged
vacuum falling film
0
evaporator evaporator
convective all of these
0
mass transfer
increase the reduce the flow
pressure drop rate across the
0
in the tower column

the gas flow the number of

rate is stages is 0
maximum infinite
0.51 0.68

0.71 0.65

20.9 22.4
0

0.87 min 1.18 min

0

equal to shear a linear

rate of function of the
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deformation.
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d 1
& inviscid
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c 1
101.3 61
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mean linear local velocity

d 1
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b 1
coefficient of cross-sectional
0
discharge area
velocity head static head c 1
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pump pump
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0
needle gate 0
resemble are easy to
closely to control
0
isothermal
compression
1.5 5 b 1
fans compressors
d 1
viscosity surface tension
d 1
0.189 kg 0.198 kg

continuous distillation
distillation operating at 0
without reflux total reflux
less number of high reflux ratio
0
trays
an irreversible always in
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both A and B either A or B

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solvent phase underflow 0

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QUESTION A B
A valve that controls flow by means of a disk or wedge-shaped dam gate valve butterfly valve
sliding at right angles to the direction of flow and seating tightly in the
valve body is a
The friction factor for flow through a pipe with relative roughness of 0.052 0.025
0.004 at a Reynold's No. of 80,000 is approximately equal to

The equation that relates friction factor and Reynold's No., smooth pipes laminar and
f=64/Reynold's No. holds for turbulent flow

Oil flows under laminar conditions inside a steam heated copper pipe. equal to the heat the average
The overall heat transfer coefficient is approximately transfer coefficient between the heat
of the oil transfer coefficient
of the steam and
that of oil

In multi-stage liquid-liquid extraction with partially miscible solvents the extraction must the minimum
be done to form co- number of stages
currently in order occur when the
to minimize the operating lines are
extraction. parallel.

The enrichment of the vapor steam as it passes through the column in evaporation stripping
contact with the reflux during distillation is called
The maximum number of plates for a given distillation system is variable reflux maximum reflux
obtained at
The correct unit for the specific rate constant for the reaction A--->B square liter/square square liter/square
determined to be first order is mol/min mol/square min

On one side of a heat exchanger where either a condensing vapor or a large effect little effect **ang kulit
boiling liquid is present, the temperature may be assumed to be ah! =P
constant. In determining the logarithmic mean temperature difference
the direction of flow will have
For a cylinder where steady-state radial heat transfer takes place the heat flux is maximum heat
constant transfer rate occurs
at the surface **eh di
nga?

A plate holding a pool of liquid from which rises a vapor whose average separation plate theoretical plate
composition is in equilibrium with a liquid whose composition is the
average of that of the liquid leaving the plate is called

Crystallization occurs in a solution that is concentrated unsaturated

**concentration happens

when the amount of solvent

in a solution is decreased
Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by Sherwood, Nusselt Peclet, Reynold's
and Reynold's No and Schimdt No

The ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the average diameter settling ratio discharge ratio
of the product is the
The rate of formation of C for the reaction 2A + B ---> C is found to be the rate of the order of reactio
rate=k(A)(B) ***cguro w/c is true ang tanong? Hehe*** formation of C is is zero **how can u
equal to the rate of say so?
disappearance of B

A device for increasing the velocity of a fluid in steady flow is a nozzle vent **ang vent ay butas?
Di sisingaw? Babagal lalo

ang velocity, meh singaw eh.

In steady-state backmix flow reactor, composition is not constant constant

throughout the throughout the
reactor reactor

The amount of money obtainable from the sale of used property over net value salvage value
and above any changers involved in removal and sale is called

In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio increases the decreases the

number of reboiler duty
theoretical plates
In mass transfer where the solute in the gas phase is very soluble in the the ratio of liquid the gas phase
liquid phase ***cguro w/c is true ang tanong? Hehe*** phase resistance to resistance is
the overall approximately equal
resistance is close to the total
to unity resistance
Heat transfer in turbulent flow may be described through an empirical Nusselt, Stanton Nusselt, Prandtl and
equation correlating and Reynold's Nos Reynold's Nos

Which of the following fittings exhibits the highest pressure drop for the 90-degree long 90-degree standard
same flow conditions? radius elbow elbow
**K = 0.45 **K = 0.75
A chamber into which steam from a high pressure line can be bled switching bank vent
during periods of low steam demand from the power plant is called

Which one of the following pipes has the highest relative roughness? 2" diameter 4" dia Wrought iron
Wrought iron pipe pipe

In steady-state heat transfer through a series of materials with varying decreases towards varies with the
resistances, the heat transfer rate the direction of thermal
heat transfer conductivity of each
material

Reactions whereby reactants proceed along several paths and give polymeric reactions reversible reactions
different products are
Which one among the following materials has the best insulating window glass wood
property?
An operation where warm vapor mixture is cooled such as by contact evaporation dehumidification
with a liquid resulting in condensation and decreased humidity is

The pressure exerted on a plane parallel to the direction of flow of a gauge pressure velocity pressure
moving fluid is called
For mass transfer to take place, there must be a phase change reaction component

Water vapor condenses at 1 atm on a tube whose surface tmeperature 212 deg F 80 deg F
is at 80 deg F. in analyzing the heat transfer through the condensate
film, it is best to evaluate the liquid properties at
The diffusity of water in air at 100 deg F in sq.cm./sec is 0.256 0.278
A fluid flowing at a rate of 25 cubic meters per hour inside a 60 mm I.D. 5.9 2.5
pipe has an average velocity in meter per sec equal to
An equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene is subjected to a single 66.6 58.1
batch distillation. Distillation is discontinued when 60% of the benzene
in the feed is distilled. At this instance the bottom product when
analyzed shows benzene to be 36.4 mole%. In the distillate, the mole%
of benzene is
When 32 kg of methane is burned completely the theoretical oxygen 16 kg 64 kg
required is
The standard heat of reaction for the production of water gas, in 32.2 31.4
kcal/gmole, as given by the equation: C(s) + H2O(g) = CO(g) + H2(g) is

A rectangular duct 4 ft x 1.5 ft in cross section carries conditioned air. In 4 2.18

determining the pressure drop through the duct the equivalent
diameter in ft may be used which in this case is

A gas decomposition reaction has an activation energy of 245 kJ/mol. over 100,000 but over 100 but less
The rate of reaction can be accelerated by using a platinum catalyst less than a million than 200
where the activation energy for the resulting catalyzed reactions is
lower at 136 kJ/mol. Using Arrhenius' law and assuming the frequency
factor remains the same the catalyzed reaction is faster than the
original reaction by a factor of

Water at 100 deg F is flowing through a straight 4-in Sch 40 pipe at a 0.0378 0.0504
rate of 1.0 gal/min. The length of the pipe is 10 ft. The velocity at the
center of the pipe in ft per sec is
A metallic rod 2 cm in diameter is used as a heating element. The 4440000 5130000
thermal conductivity is 370 J/sec.sq.m.degC. The surface temperature is
maintained at 200 deg C. For the center of the rod not to exceed 500
deg C, the maximum volumetric heat generation rate within the
metallic rod in J/sec cu.m. must be
This is a steady state temperature reached by a small amount of liquid wet-bulb dew point
evaporating into a large amount of unsaturated vapor-gas mixture. temperature

Air, supplied at the rate of 1200 cfm to a refrigerated coil, has a relative 74.3 75
humidity of 20% and dry bulb temperature of 150 deg F. The mass flow
of dry air entering per minute is
In adiabatic humidification, it is possible to maintain the temperature of according to the the system can be
water constant since phase rule, the well insulated from
degrees of freedom the surroundings
is 3

An air-carbon tetrachloride vapor mixture at 100 deg F dry bulb and 60 0.1 0.05
deg F wet bulb is heated until the temperature reaches 180 deg F. the
final percent relative humidity is about
The portion of water in the wet solid that cannot be removed by the air free moisture final moisture
in its contact is called content
This type of drier is used for drying pasty materials such as wet filter rotary drier flash drier
cakes and lumpy solids
In the constant-rate period, the rate of drying is established by a balance of the the internal
heat requirements movement of
for evaporation and moisture beneath
the rate at which the surface of the
heat reaches the solid
surface

Unbound moisture in granular and porous solid moves through the desorption surface tension
intertices of the solid by a mechanism involving
Wet solid is to be dried from 40% to 10% in 5 hours under constant 0.542 hrs 1.846 hrs
drying conditions. The critical moisture content is 20% and the
equilibrium moisture content is 7%. All moisture contents are on dry
basis. The time needed to dry from 15% to 5% free moisture under the
same drying conditions is
If the rate of drying under constant drying conditions with air at 140 0.12 0.034
deg F and absolute humidity of 0.03 lb water per lb dry air of unknown
mass of solid is given by R=0.5-exp(-60X) [in lb water/hr-sqft], then the
equilibrium moisture content (db) of the material is

In drying at the falling rate period, the rate at which moisture is remains constant increases with time
removed from the solid material
The major problem in diffusion is to promote diffusion of the solute out to reduce the solid to use counter
of the solid and into the liquid. The most effective way of doing this is to the smallest size current operation
feasible

A slurry flaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert solids and 0.3 0.8
25 kg of solution 10 weight % oil and 90% wt solvent hexane. This slurry
is contacted with 100 kg pure hexane in a single stage so that the value
of retention for the outlet underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg
solvent in the adhering solution. The composition of underflow leaving
the extraction stage in %wt oil is

Tung meal containing 55% oil is to be extracted at the rate of 4000 lb 3 4

per hour using n-hexane containing 5% oil as solvent. A countercurrent
mulitple stage extraction system is to be used. The meal retains 2 lb of
solvent per pound of oil free meal while the residual charge contain
0.11 lb oil per lb oil free meal while the product is conposed of 15% oil.
The theoretical number of ideal stages is
The movement of molecules over a substantial distance is associated convection conduction
with the transfer of heat by
The mode of heat transfer that can take place in a vacuum is known as convection conduction

The overall conductance for a composite material in series is equal to sum of the sum of the
the individual individual
conductances conductivities
Film and drop are terms associated with boiling condensation
A 6-in Sch 80 steel pipe is carrying glycerin at an average temperature of 99.95 415.7
100 deg F. The pipe is uninsulated, and the outside temperature is 30
deg F. The inside film conductance is 1000 Btu/h-ft-degF while the
outside film conductance is 3.0 Btu/h-sq.ft.-degF. Determine the heat
lost [Btu] per minute from a 75-ft length of the pipe. Glycerine is flowing
at 800 gpm.
An oak (k=0.096 Btu/h-ft-degF) door, 30 in wide, 78 in high, and 2 in 97 242
thick, has 9 glass (k=0.45 Btu/h-ft-degF) windows, each 6 in by 8 in by
1/4 in thick. Determine the amount of heat lost [Btu] each day with a
surface-to-surface temperature difference of 80 deg F.
Determine the length needed for a simple concentric-tube, parallel flow 185.5 m 11.02 m
heat exchanger to transfer heat from hot water to cold water at a rate
of 900 W. The heat exchanger consists of two Type K copper (k=386
W/m-degC) tubes. The smaller tube has an inside diameter of 49.8 mm
and an outside diameter of 54.0 mm. Assume that both film coefficients
are equal to 100 W/sq.m.-degC. The hot water enters at 90 degC and
leaves at 50 degC, and the cold water enters at 10 degC and leaves at 40
degC.
A saturated solution containing 1500 kg of potassium chloride at 360 K 4301 kg 1500 kg
is cooled in an open tank to 290K. If the specific gravity of the solution is
1.2, the solubility of potassium chloride per 100 parts of water is 53.55
at 360K and 34.5 at 290K, calculate the amount of crystals obtained
assuming that loss of water by evaporation is negligible.

An evaporator, working at atmospheric pressure, is to concentrate a 55.8 sq.m. 58.5 sq.m.

solution from 5% to 20% solids at the rate of 1.25 kg/s. The solution
which has a specific heat of 4.18 kJ/kg-K is fed to the evpaorator at 295K
and boils at 380K. Dry saturated steam at 240 kPa is fed to the calandria
and the condensate leaves at the temperature of the condensing steam.
If the heat transfer coefficient is 2.3 kW/sq.m-K, what is the required
area of heat transfer surface. The latent heat of vaporization maybe
taken as the same as that of water.
2.5 kg/s of a solution at 288K containing 10% dissolved solids is fed to a 115 kPa 101.3 kPa
forward-feed double effect evaporator operating at a pressure of 14
kPa in the last effect. If the product is to consist of a liquid containing
50% by weight of dissolved solids and dry saturated steam is fed to the
steam coils, what should be the pressure of the steam? The surface in
each effect is 50 sq.m. and the coefficients for heat transfer in the first
and second effects are 2.8 and 1.7 kW/sq.m.-K respectively. Assume
that the concentrated solution exhibits a boiling point rise of 5 degK,
that the latent heat has a constant value of 2260 kJ/kg and that the
specific heat of the liquid stream is constant at 3.75 kJ/kgK.
An acetone-air mixture containing 0.015 mol fraction of acetone has the 10.92 9.12
mol fraction reduced to 1% of this value by countercurrent absorption
with water in a packed tower. The gas flow-rate G is 1 kg/sq.m-s of air
and the water entering is 1.6 kg/sq.m-s. For this system, Henry's law
holds and Ye=1.75x, where Ye is the mol fraction of acetone in the
vapour in equilibrium with a mol fraction x in the liquid. How many
overall transfer units are required?

A still has a liquor composition of ortho-xylen 10%, meta-xylene 65%, 37 38

para-xylene 17%, benzene 4%, and ethylbenzene 4%. How many plates
at total reflux are required to give a product of 80% meta-xylene and
14% para-xylene? The data are given as mole percent.

A mixture of alcohol and water with 0.45 mol fraction of alcohol is to be 10 9

continuously distilled in a column so as to give a top product of 0.825
mol fraction alcohol and a liquor at the bottom with 0.05 mol fraction
alcohol. How many theoretical plates are required if the reflux ratio
used is 3?
Prepared cottonseed meats containing 35% extractable oil are fed to a 72.2 28.7
continuous countercurrent extractor of the intermittent drainage type
using hexane as solvent. The extractor consists of ten sections, the
section efficiency being 50%. The entrainment, assumed constant, is 1
kg solution/kg solids. What will be the oil concentration in the
outflowing solvent if the extractable oil content in the meats is to be
reduced to 0.5% by weight?
0.4 kg/s of dry seashore sand, containing 1% by weight of salt, is to be 0.492 0.429
washed with 0.4 kg/s of fresh water running countercurrent to the sand
through two classifiers in series. Assume that perfect mixing of the sand
and water occurs in each classifier and that the sand discharged from
each classifier contains one part of water for every two of sand (by
weight). If the washed sand is dried in a kiln drier, what percent of salt
will it retain?
Forty-five pounds per minute of water is heated from 60 to 180 deg F in 2173 696
a 5/8 in., 16 BWG heat exchanger tube. If the steam condensing at 260
deg F, on the outside of the tube gives an hо of 1000 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF,
calculate the inside heat transfer coefficient [Btu/hr-cu.ft-degF].

How many cu.ft. per minute of entering air is needed to evaporate 10 lb 12.54 12.68
of water per hour from a rayon, if the air enters at 80 deg F and 25%
humidity and leaves at 170 deg F and 55% relative humidity. The
operating pressure is 14.3 psia.
Nicotine is to be extracted from water using kerosene. If 100 lb of a 2% 64.5 54.6
nicotene solution is extracted once with 200 lb of kerosene, what
percent of the nicotene is extracted? {Equilibrium data: Y[lb
nicotene/lb kerosene] = 0.90X [lb nicotene/lb water]}
We must cool 2500 gpm of water from 120 to 80 deg F. A cooling tower, 77.2 150
at 70 deg F and 1 atm, is to be designed to operate with entering air of
40% relative humidity. How many gpm of makeup water must be
supplied if windage loss is 95% of the amount lost by evaporation.

We wish to build an economical cold room 20 ft square and 10 ft high. 3537 8457
The outside temperature is 80 deg F and te room is to be maintained at
0 deg F. The boss has suggested parallel wooden outer and inner walls
separated by a 6-in air space. What will be the heat loss [Btu/hr]
through each wall?
A colloidal solution is to be concentrated from 15 to 65% solids. The 10500 35000
specific heat of the feed, entering at 50 deg F is 0.93. The pressure of
the saturated steam to the evaporator is 10 psia; the condenser
pressure is 5-in. Hg abs. The steam chest has an overall heat transfer
coefficient of 200 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF. Water must be evaporated at the
rate of 35,000 lb/hr. Neglecting boiling point elevation, what is the
steam consumption [lb/hr]?
What is the settling time [sec] for galena particles to settle under free 38.1 18.3
settling conditions through 5 ft of water at 50 deg F. Galena is spherical
in shape, with specific gravity and 0.01 inch in diameter.

A 10-ft diameter tank with a quick-opening value to a sump has a 10-ft 2951 1644
depth of liquid. How long [t in sec] does it take to drain the tank if the
valve is assumed to be equivalent to a 4-in diameter orifice? The liquid
density is 60 lb/cu.ft.
What size sharp-edged orifice [inches] was in use if a flow of 120 gpm 2.21 1.35
produced a 4-in Hg differential in a 4-in Schedule 40 pipe. The fluid,
measured at 60 degF, had a viscosity of 1 cSt and a specific gravity of 1.

Seven hundred gallons per minute of water are being discharged by a 63 84

centrifugal pump 5 ft above the pump inlet. The inlet pressure is 4-in Hg
above atmospheric and the discharge pressure is 29 psia. If the pump
has an 8-inch diameter inlet and a 4-inch diameter discharge, calculate
the pump efficiency.
Determine the net positive suction head available to a centrifugal pump 34.2 27.7
when the level of water is just at the suction point. The pumped fluid is
water at 140 deg F and it is pumped from an atmospheric tank at 250
gpm. The tank suction point is 7 ft above the pump. The piping is 5-in
Schedule 40, 10-ft long with two short radius 90 deg elbows. [Use
density=61.38 lb/cuft, Pv=2.89 psi, viscosity=0.47 cP]

Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch Schedule 40 pipe. A pitot tube 11.61 14.24
in the pipe shows a 3-inch Hg differential. If the pitot tube is located at
the center of the pipe, what is the mass flow rate of the water [lb/s]?
The gas phase irreversible reaction A+B---->C is elementary. The 113 227
entering flow rate of A is 10 mol/min and is equal molar in A and B. The
entering concentration of A is 0.4 mol/L. What CSTR volume [L] is
necessary to achieve 90% conversion?
The irreversible zero order gas phase dimerization 2A ----->A2 is carried 0.15 0.5
out in a packed bed reactor with 5 kg of catalyst. The entering pressure
is 10 atm and the exit pressure is 1 atm. Pure A enters at a flow rate of
10 mol/min. The reaction is zero order in A. What is the exit
conversion?
The gas phase reaction 2A+B----->C is carried out in a PFR. The feed is [B]=0.4(1-x )/(1- [B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
equal molar in A and B and the entering temperature is 500K and the 0.5x ) 1.5x )
entering pressure is 16.4 atm. If the exit conversion is x, then the exit
concentration of B is
Heat is generated in a 2.5 cm square copper rod at the rate of 35.3e6 75.2 55.2
W/cu.m. The rod is exposed to a convection environment at 20 deg C
where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 4 kW/sq.m.-degC.
Determine the surface temperature [deg C] of the rod.

A 5cm diameter cylinder is maintained at a constant temperature of 200 13 272

deg C and it is "completely enclosed" by a wind tunnel test chamber,
walls of which are at 10 deg C. Air at 350K is forced across the cylinder
at a velocity of 50 m/s (h=180 W/m-degC). If the surface emissivity of
the cylinder is 0.7, determine the total (i.e., convective and radiative)
heat transfer from the cylinder [W per meter length].

A building wall consists of a 6-in of concrete (kc= 0.7 Btu/hr-ft-degF), 2 0.028 0.119
in of fiber insulating board, and 3/8 in of gypsum board (kg=0.03 Btu/hr-
ft-degF). The inside and outside heat transfer coefficients are 2 and 7
Btu/hr-sqft-degF, respectively. The inside temperature is 72 degF and
the outside temperature is 20 degF. Determine the overall heat
transfer coefficient for this wall [Btu/hr-sqft-degF].

Current is passed through a cylindrical laboratory heater, which has a 3 325 300
cm diameter, generating heat at the rate of 20 MW/cu.m. The heater is
exposed to a convection environment at 25 degC where the convection
heat transfer coefficient is 0.5 kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine its surface
temperature [degC].
A straight rectangular fin has a length of 3.5 cm, a thickness of 1.5 mm, 1500 W 4392 W
and is made of a material characterized by thermal conductivity of 255
W/m-degC. The fin is exposed to a convection environment at 20 degC
and h=1.5 kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine the maximum possible heat
transfer from this fin for the base temperature of 150 degC.

A gaseous fuel is composed of 20% methane( CH4), 40% ethane (C2H6) 1 18

and 40% propane (C3H8), where all percentages are by volume. The
volumetric analysis of the dry products of combustion (ie. everything
except the water) for this fuel gives 10.6% carbon dioxide (CO2), 3%
oxygen (O2), 1% carbon monoxide (CO) and 85.4% nitrogen (N2).
Determine the air fuel ratio on a mass basis for this reaction.
Dodecane (C12H26) gas at 25 degC is burned in a steady flow 170 100
combustion chamber with 20% excess air that enters at -23.15 degC.
The products leave the combustion chamber at 500K. Assuming steady
operating conditions and complete combustion, determine the required
mass flow rate of the dodecane to supply heat at a rate of 1.5 kW
[kg/s].
Two rooms A and B of identical volume are connected by an open A B
doorway. The thermostat in the rooms are set so that Ta<Tb. Which
room contains more air molecules?
If the absolute temperature of a gas is doubled, the mean speed of the is doubled. increases 4 times
gas molecules
When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, the temperature of the increases. decreases.
resulting mixture of water and ice
In all naturally occurring processes, the entropy of the universe increases. decreases.

An inventor seeking a patent claims that a building may be comfortably The application The application
heated in winter by a device that draws heat into the building from the should be rejected should be rejected
earth, even though the temperature of the earth is lower than the because it violates because it violates
desired temperature inside the building. He further claims that the the first law of the second law of
quantity of heat supplied to the building in a given time period can Thermodynamics. Thermodynamics.
significantly exceed the work done by the device during the same
period. If you were a patent clerk (like the young Albert Einstein), what
should be your recommendation about the application?

A fixture containing an ordinary incandescent light bulb is connected to doubles. quadruples.

a dimmer switch. The dimmer is adjusted so that the temperature of
the tungsten filament inside the bulb increases from 1300K to 2600K.
The total power radiated by the bulb
A 30 MW geothermal electric power plant uses hot steam from the 2.5 e8 2.2 e8
earth at 157 deg C to heat and vaporize isobutane, which turns a
turbine that is connected to a generator. The isobutane is subsequently
cooled to 27 degC using fans and condensed back to a liquid. The
overall efficiency of the plant is 40% of the ideal (Carnot) efficiency.
How many joules of heat must be released to the atmosphere per
second?
The material which remains unchanged in a process is limiting reactant tie substance
The ratio of the total quantity of a reactant present in the reactor feed recycle ratio combined feed ratio
of a recycling operation to the quantity of the same reactant entering
the operation as fresh feed is the
The heating value measured when water formed from combustion is in Gross Calorific Heat of combustion
the liquid state. Value
In the combustion of solid fuels, the tie element between the feed and cooked coal ash
the refuse is the
The coal analysis which is based upon the volatilization characteristics Proximate analysis Modified analysis
of the fuel is
An Orsat analysis of the flue gas when pyrite is roasted is on a SO2-free basis SO3-free basis
The empirical relation which allows one to compute for the net Calderwood Theoretical Oxygen
hydrogen in a given solid fuel is the equation Equation
The equivalent of 45degTw in the Baume scale is 26.63 28.32
A furnace completely burns coal containing 70%C. Analysis of the flue 1.2 1.53
gas shows 15% CO2, 4% O2, 81% N2, and no CO. What is the % of the
net hydrogen in the coal?
Which has the lowest water content? dew point at 70% RH
20degC
A contract was made between a buyer and a paper manufacturer for PhP 405 PhP 424.26
paper containing 5% moisture at PhP450/tonne FOB on specifications
that price adjustment will be made if the quality is different. How much
should the buyer pay for 1 tonne of paper with 8% moisture content?
Freiht cost is PhP45/tonne.
One drier will dry a material from 45% moisture (wb) to 20% moisture 0.01 0.02
(db). From here the material enters another drier where the water
content is further reduced to give a final product weighing 1000 kg. If
the total evporation from both driers is 800 kg, the moisture of the final
product is
An experimental oil is used to distill 6000 kg.hr of Athabasta tar sand 2250 3750
which analyzes 30% 'heavy oil', 'light oil', and non-volatile matter. If the
distillate contains 12 % heavy oil and this constitutes 25% recovery of
the component, the weight in kg of the distillate obtained is

Coal fired in a furnace has a heating value of 13800 Btu/lb and contains 4.22 8
78.05%C and 1.2%S. The proximate analysis shows 4%M, 24%FC, 8%A
and the analysis of the refuse shows 8%VCM, 25%FC and 32% ash.
Calculate the % of C lost in the refuse.
Ninety grams of ethane and 384 grams of oxygen are fed continuously 0.8 0.85
to a laboratory furnace. The total combustion products collected was
16.2 gmole with no carbon dioxide. However, not all of the ethane was
burned due to faulty combustion. The fraction of ethane that was
burned is equal to
The furnace at the Bataan refinery is using a fuel gas which contains 63.25 57.24
methane, ethane and 20% nitrogen. The orsat analysis of the
combustion products showed 7.8% CO2, 7.4% O2, and 84.8% N2. The
gas is burned with excess air. The % methane in the fuel gas is

Pyrite containing 78% FeS2 and 22% gangue is burned with excess air to 3.52 6.53
produce a stack gas with the following analysis: 7.29% SO2, 8.92%O2,
82.44%N2 and 1.35%SO3. If the cinder was found to have a partial
analysis of 62.10% Fe2O3, the % of FeS2 lost in the pyrite is

The unit of k for a 1st order elementary reaction is 1/time conc/time

If the temperature of a chemical reaction is raised by 10 degC, the rate 4 3
of reaction is increased by a factor of
The E of a reaction may be lowered by increasing decreasing
temperature temperature

The mechanism of a reaction can sometimes be deduced from the activation the temperature
energy dependency of the
rate
The equilibrium constant in a reversible chemical reaction at a given depends on the depends on the
temperature initial conc of the conc of one of the
reactants products at
equilibrium
If the volume of a reaction vessel is suddenly reduced to one half its 2 4
original volume the rate will increase by a factor of
The rate of reaction is not influenced by conc of the molecularity of the
reactants reaction
The net rate of reaction of an intermediate is 0 2
A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be obtained log Ca vs time Ca vs time
by plotting
If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following plots Ca^2 vs time 1/Ca vs time
will give a straight line?
For the reaction A+B ---> 2C, when Ca is doubled the rate doubles, when -ra = k Ca^2 Cb^4 -ra = k Ca Cb^2
Cb is doubled the rate increases fourfold. The rate law is
It states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the Le Chatelier's Hess' Law
activity of the reactants. principle
The half life of a material undergoing second order decay is proportional to the independent of
square of the initial initial conc
conc
A fluid flows through 2 CSTR in series. Each reactor has a capacity of 66.8 74.7
400,000 L and the fluid enters at 100 L per hr. The fluid undergoes a
first order decay with a half life of 24 hours. Find the conversion of the
fluid.
A first order reaction has a specific rate constant of 3e-3 per sec. The 0.0021 s 100 s
half life is
A certain reaction is 1st order in A. In 30 min, the concentration of A 45.1 min 19.6 min
decreases from 0.55 to 0.15 mol/L. The time it will take for A to
decrease from 0.35 to 0.15 mol/L is
A gas decomposes at 900 degC according to 2A--->2R+S with a rate 3.83 7.43
constant of 1000 cc/gmol-s using pure A. The time it will take to react
80% of A in a batch reactor at 900 degC and 1 atm in min is

Calculate the length of a chlorinating pipe line with diameter of 0.6 m 25.36 m 32.5 m
required to kill 95% of the bacteria in waste water flowing at 0.05
cu.m/s. Test shows that 95.33% kill is obtained in 5 minutes when
treated with 5 mg/L of chlorine. Chlorine disinfection kinetics is given by
the equation: dC/dt = k Ct^1.5 where C = number of bacteria. Assume
that the same concentration of chlorine is used in actual treatment
operation.
The set of data given below is for the parallel reaction: a---k1-->2R, a--- 0.1697 0.183
k2-->S. At t=0, Ca=15 moles/cuft, Cr = 1 mole/cuft, Cs=1 mole/cuft; At
t=1 hr, Cro = 9 moles/cuft, Cs = 3 moles/cuft. The value of K2 per hour is
A batch reaction 2D+E----->F has a conversion factor expressed by the 257 275
equation r =0.24 t^0.5 where r = conversion factor based on the
reactant E; t = time in hours which ranges from 0.5 to 16 hours per
batch depending upon the process variables. The average molecular
weight of the feed is 60 and a density of 1.4 g/cc. The feed consists of 2
kgmole of D and 1 kgmole of E. The charging, cleaning and discharging
time per batch is 2.5 hrs and the volume of the reactor is twice the
volume of the feed. Assume 300 days per year and 12 hours
operation/day. The volume of the reactor in liters is
A container holds 100 gal of salt solution containing 50 lb of dissolved 0.732 0.427
salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of rock salt.
The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of rock salt whose
surface is practically constant. The salt dissolved into the solution
according to r = k(C-3) where C is the concentration of the brine
expressed in lb/gal. If the water in the tank were fresh, the rate of
solution would be 1.0 lb/min. Fresh water enters at 3 gpm and brine
overflows at the same rate. Assume constant volume at any brine
concentration, the concentration of brine in container after 1 hour in
lb/gal of salt is
An aqueous solution of ethyl acetate is to be saponified with NaOH. The 10.3 11.4
initial concentration of the ethyl acetate is 5 g/L and that of the caustic
soda is 0.10M. Values of the second order rate constant in L/gmole-min
are k = 23.5 at 0 degC; k = 92.4 at 20 degC. The reaction is essentially
irreversible. The time required to saponify 95% of the water at 40 deg C
is
At 500K the rate of bimolecular reaction is 10 times the rate at 400K. 8150 9150
Find E in cal, the activation energy for this reaction from Arrhenius Law.

The reaction A+2B--->R is 1st order with respect to each reactant. If Cao/2m Cao/(2m-1)
equimolar amounts of A and B are introduced into a constant-volume
reactor and (1/m) th of A remains after t1, how much will remain after
t2=2t1?
When the 1st order homogeneous reaction (gas-phase) A--->2.5R is 43.1 41.3
carried out in an isothermal batch reactor at 2 atm with 20% inerts
present, the volume increases by 60% in 20 min. When the reaction is
carried out in a constant volume reactor, the time required for the
pressure to reach 8 atm if the initial pressure is 5 atm, 2 atm of which
consist of inerts in min is
When the ID of the pipe through which a fluid flows is doubled, the 1/8 1/16
pressure loss due to friction per unit length of pipe and for the same
volumetric flow rate is changed by approximately a factor of

When two centrifugal pumps are connected in series, the discharge 1/2 1
changes by a factor of
When two reciprocating pumps are connected in parallel, the 1/2 1
volumetric capacity of the system changes by a factor of
The pressure drop in a pipeline changes by a factor of _____ when the 1/2 1
velocity of the flowing fluid is doubled.
Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when the discharge the discharge valve
pressure becomes is closed
too high
Oil with a viscosity of 30 cP and a density of 60 lb/cu.ft. flows through a 0.63 13.1
1/2-inch inside diameter pipe. Determine the velocity in fps below
which flow will be laminar.
Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch inside diameter smooth 1.05 1.22
horizontal pipe. If the Reynold's number is 353000, calculate the ratio of
maximum velocity to average velocity.
The pressure after the pump in a 6-inch inside diameter smooth pipe 0.6 3.58
conducting water is 20 psia. The water is discharged at an open tank
100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of discharge of water in cu.ft/s.

A water storage tank assumes the supply of water into a factory. Water PhP 3300 PhP 5000
is supplied to the tank through a booster pump installed in the water
line. The theoretical pump horsepower required is 3.25 hp. What is the
monthly operating cost of the pump if electric power cost on the
average is PhP 3.73/kWh. The pump is 65% efficient and operates for 12
hr a day.
When the impeller speed of an ideal centrifugal pump is doubled, the 1/2 1
vol. flow rate of discharge is increased by a factor of
The differential height between two points which a fluid has to be potential head pressure head
transferred is the
The resistance of a layer of fluid to flow over the next layer is measured viscosity friction factor
by
An axial flow pump operating at a speed of 880 rpm can supply water at 20 36
a rate of 3000 gpm. The maximum head that this pump can deliver in ft.
of water is
Specify the type of open impeller pump to use if the capacity is 400 gpm 3x2x8.5E 4x3x8.5E
at a head of 200 ft of water.
What will be the rated capacity [gpm] of a 4-1/2 inch impeller 95 134
centrifugal pump operating at a speed of 3450 rpm capable of
generating a head of 40 ft of water.
If the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled, the energy requirement 2 4
becomes approximately ___ times the original energy requirement.

A cylindrical tank 1 ft in diameter discharges through a nozzle 32 55

connected to the base. Find the time needed for the water level in the
tank to drop from 4 ft to 2 ft above the nozzle. The diameter of the
nozzle is 1 inch and its discharge coefficient maybe taken as unity.

The NPSH of a single suction centrifugal hot water pump at a speed of 15 20

3550 rpm operating at a pressure of 600 psi and a capacity of 450 gpm
is ___ ft.
The rate of evaporation at a given operating temperature in a n when the operating the operating
evaporator is more when pressure is high pressure is low

An optimim number of the effects for a given application is a function of capacity economy
the
A popular type of heat exchanger for cooling large quantities of fluid is double-pipe plate
the
An evaporator is used to concentrate 10,000 lb/hr of a 20% solution of 0.82 0.863
NaOH in water at 140oF using saturated steam at 25 psia at a rate of
7,000 lb/hr. The OHTC is 275 BTU/hr-ft2-oF when the pressure in the
vapor is 1.7 psia. The steam economy, SE, is
A cross flow heat exchanger uses mixed air at 4 kg/s that enters at 15oC 22.2 m2 25 m2
and leaves at 45oC. The air cools unmixed water, which enters at 95oC
and 0.70 kg/s. The OHTC equals 150 W/m2-oC. After several months of
operation, a scale resistance of 0.002 m2-oC/W developed. 16. The heat
transfer area required to accomplish the change is

As solution of 28% wt Na2SO4 is to be crystallized to yield Glauber salt in 285.3 249.3

a four section (one section is 10 ft in length) Swenson Walker
Crystallizer. It is fed to the unit at 120oF and cooled to 60oF using
cooling water which enters at 50oF and leaves at 70oF. The crystallizer
has a cooling surface of 3 ft2 per foot of length. The feed rate is 500
lb/hr and the crystallizer is seeded with 50 lb/hr of 65 mesh crystals. 19.
The amount of the crystalline crop (C) produced in lb per hour is

An insulator should have low thermal high thermal

conductivity conductivity
Fouling factor is a dimensionless does not provide a
quantity safety factor for
design

Natural convection is characterized by Reynolds number Grashhoff number

The Graetz number is concerned with mass transfer absorption with
between a gas and chemical reaction
a liquid
Dropwise condensation occurs on clean and dirt free smooth clean
surfaces surfaces
Dietus-Boelter equation for determination of heat transfer co-efficient for liquid metals for fluid in laminar
is valid flow

A type of pneumatic conveyor system characterized by a material fluidizing pressure

moving in an air stream or pressure less than ambient.
If the total percentage of particles larger than the screen opening in the 0.98 0.89
feed, oversize, undersize are 36%, 89% and 3%, respectively, the
effectiveness of the screen if the undersize is the product is

The estimated width of an apron conveyor having a capacity of 75 305 mm 610 mm

tons/hr at a speed of 50 ft/min is
It is defined as the ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the settling ratio screen-mesh no
average diameter of the product.
The sphericity of cubical particles is 1 0.87
The separation of a dilute slurry or suspension by gravity settling into a thickening classification
clear fluid and a slurry or suspension by gravity settling into a clear fluid
and a slurry of higher solids content is called
An ultracentrifuge is used to separate high-molecular weight fractions temperature pressure
in polymeric or biological systems. What is the gradient for mass
transfer in the separation using this mass transfer device?

Ordinary diffusion takes place because of ___ driving force. temperature pressure
What are the two limiting cases of steady-state diffusion? UMD and EMD ordinary and
Knudsen
Which of the following is not true in (binary) equimolar counter- DAB = DBA c = cA + cB
diffusion?
A fluid is flowing on a surface, which contains a component that leaches Knudsen region turbulent region
out to the fluid. Assuming that all the 3 regions of mass transfer are
present, in which of these regions is diffusion controlling?

In unsteady-state mass transfer, the quantity (DABt/rm^2) is referred to as unaccomplished relative resistance
change
What is the equivalent of Prandtl number in convective mass transfer? Sc Sh

If kx > ky, then the controlling phase is the liquid phase the gas phase

In two-phase mass transfer, equilibrium may exist at the interface in the gas phase

Which of the following processes may always be regarded as a constant- cooling of air air conditioning
humidity process?
Air conditioning in tropical countries involves humidification by a humidification by a
process similar to process similar to
that in a cooling air-water vapor
tower saturator
What do you call the steady-state non-equilibrium temperature dry-bulb wet-bulb
reached when a small amount of water is contacted under adiabatic temperature temperature
conditions by a continuous stream of gas?
The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis. What is the 0.5 1
moisture content, dry basis?
The moisture that can be removed by drying is called equilibrium bound moisture
moisture
Falling-period in drying terminates at the end of constant- origin of R vs X plot
rate period
Which is not true at the interphase of a gas scrubbing operation? the solute the solute
concentration of concentration of the
the gas is less than liquid is less than
that of the bulk that of the bulk

He and N2 gas are contained in a conduit 5 mm in diameter and a 0.1 m 2.35 exp -5 2.44exp -5
long at 298 K and a uniform pressure of He at one end of the tube is 0.6
atm and 0.02 atm at the other end. Assuming equimolar
countercurrent diffusion, the flux in kmol/s-m2 is
100 m3/hr of air at 60°C and 20% RH is needed for a chemical reactor. 5280 8490
This will be obtained from process air at 60°C and 10% RH by
humidifying adiabatically the process air followed by heating to its
original temperature. The wattage of the heater at 80% efficiency is
Wet solid is to be dried from 36% to 8% moisture in 5 hr under constant 1 hr 1.6 hr
drying condition. Critical and equilibrium moisture contents are 14 and
4% respectively. Calculate how much longer will it take to dry the same
material from 8% to 5.5% moisture under constant drying condition. All
moisture contents are on a dry basis.

The unit of volumetric diffusivity is cm^2/sec cm/sec

If reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the overhead 0.5 2
product rate is 50 moles/hr. the reflux ratio is
Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid- packed lower bubble-cup plate
vapour system? column
In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of heterogeneity decreases increases
(area covered by bimodal curve)
The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is long tube short tube
evaporator evaporator
Macroscopic transfer of mass between moving fluid and surface which molecular diffusion unsteady-state
is of different concentration is called diffusion
For a packed column the main purpose of packing is to strengthen the increase the surface
column area

In a gas absorption operation, when the operating line crosses the the NTU is zero the liquid flow rate
equilibrium curve is maximum
Methanol diffuses in 0.15 cm stagnant film of 1:1 mole mixture of 0.15 0.31
hydrogen and CO2 at 100oC and 2 atm. The partial pressures of
methanol on both sides are 0.6 and 0.2 atm. The average diffusivity of
methanol in the hydrogen and CO2 at 0 oC and 1 atm in cm2/s is

Gaseous reactant A decomposes according to the reaction A --> 3R (-rA = 0.92 0.86
0.5 CA mole/L-min). The feed, which consists of 70% A and 30% inert,
enters a 1.5-m3 CSTR at a flow rate of 150 L/min. 4. If CA0 = 0.30
mole/L, what is the conversion, XA?
Between 0 degC and 50 degC, the average activation energy of a certain 14.7 18.5
reaction is 80 kJ/mol. How many times faster will the reaction occur at
300 K than at 275 K?
Consider a gas-phase reaction 2A ---> R + 2S with unknown kinetics. A 0.54 min 0.85 min
space velocity of 0.8/min is needed for 95% conversion of A in a PFR.
Find the mean residence time or holding time of the fluid in the PFR.

For Newtonian fluids, the shear stress is constant. inversely

proportional to rate
of deformation.

An ideal fluid is one that is compressible incompressible &

viscous
Water flows through an 8-in (ID=7.981 in) steel pipe at an average 10.58 5.29
velocity of 6 ft/s. Downstream the pipe splits into an 8-in main and a 2
in (ID=2.067 in) bypass pipes. If the velocity in the bypass is twice the
velocity of the main pipe, the volumetric flow rate [ft3/s] in the main
pipe is
An imaginary line within a fluid flow such that a tangent at any point stream tube velocity profile
indicates the direction of flow at that point.
Air at 250C [viscosity=0.018 cP] enters a section of 2-in schedule 40 350 155
commercial steel pipe at a gauge pressure of 310 kPa and a flow rate of
1200 kg/h. Assuming isothermal flow, what is the pressure drop [kPa]
in 60 m of pipe?
A simple pitot tube measures acoustical velocity superficial velocity

Which of the following meters will have the highest permanent pitot tube orifice
pressure loss?
In the flow meter equation, Y, indicates the mass flow rate compressibility
factor
The loss due to sudden contraction is proportional to velocity turbulence
Stoke’s law is valid when the particle Reynolds number is <1 >1
Priming needed in a Reciprocating Gear pump
pump
Maximum theoretical suction lift for water at 60˚F by a centrifugal 40 ft 37 ft
pump is 34 ft. The same for water at 200˚F will be
The most economical valve for use with large diameter pipes. butterfly globe
Multistage compressors are used in industry because, they reduce the cost of reduce the size
compressor requirement

For ideally incompressible fluid, the mach number will be 0 1

of the following produces maximum pressure difference for vacuum pumps blowers
transportation of gases?
The fluid property which matters for falling rain drops to acquire pressure height of descend
spherical shape is its
A wastewater solution having a volume of 1000 L contains 0.21 kg 0.007 kg 0.106 kg
phenol/m3 of solution. A total of 1.40 kg fresh granular activated
carbon is added to the solution, which is then mixed thoroughly to
reach equilibrium. What is the amount of phenol absorbed per kg
carbon at equilibrium?
The overhead product composition decreases with time in batch distillation continuous
with reflux distillation with
reflux
For a binary mixture with low relativity, continuous rectification to get low reflux ratio small cross-section
pure products will require
Chemisorption is the same as van der characterized by
Waals adsorption of heat
The stage efficiency in leaching depends on the time of contact rate of diffusion of
between the solid the solute through
and the solution the solid and into
the liquid
Weeping in distillation or absorption column increases tray provides larger
efficiency surface for mass
transfer
What are the two contacting phase in leaching? extract phase and solvent phase and
raffinate phase solute phase
Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by contacting the solution with Distillation Leaching
warm air. The operation is
Disregarding the cost, which is the best solvent for the extraction of caproic acid chloroform
acetic acid from an aqueous solution at 25deg C?
Professional Regulations Commission was created under P.D. No. 223 P.D. No. 233
A chemical engineer who designed and built a new type pf reactor and TRUE FALSE
for three years, sold many units to the public can still patent his reactor.

A person who has passed the Chemical Licensure Examination can take 18 19
his/her oath as a chemical engineer if his/her age is not less than
_______ years.
Which of the following is not a requirement for utility model inventive step novelty
registration?
A section of the patent application containing detailed descriptions of disclosure abstract
the benefits obtained from using the invention is called the

A document issued by the DENR secretary indicating that the proposed Environmental Environmental
project will cause significant negative environmental impact. Impact Statement Compliance
Certificate
In the Philippines, sulfur for sulfuric acid manufacturing is sourced from paper cement
_______ industry.
Sulfur is undesirable in petroleum because it causes engine it increases the
knocking boiling pt of fuel

Materials added to detergent formulation to enhance cleaning fillers brighteners

performance by exhibiting synergistic cleaning effect with surfactant.

Polyethylene is an example of _____________ polymerization condensation addition

Principal chemical conversion in the production of resin from monomer. condensation hydration

Carbon black is added to rubber compounding as activator curing agent

The binder for all the powder materials of paint pigment vehicle
A fibrous material left after cane sugar has been milled is commonly bagasse pulp
called as
Molasses is a by product of raw sugar from the ______ process milling extraction
Kraft process is a common name for sulfate pulping sulfite pulping
Water insoluble cell binders of wood pulp cellulose
DDT means Diphenyldichlorotri dichlorodiphenyldic
phenylethane hloroethane
Rancidity of oil can be reduced by decoloration hydrogenation
Varnish does not contain pigment dryer
Plasticisers are added to paints to make it corrosion make glossy surface
resistant

Silicone is thermoplastic a monomer

The process involved in converting rubber into a thin sheet or coating it extrusion mastication
on fabric is called
Alkyl benzene sulfonate (ABS) is a detergent rubber
Neoprene is a monomer synthetic rubber
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500 degC at a rate of 3 0.2348 0.3216
kg/s and leaves at 0.1 MPa. If the power output of the turbine is 2 MW,
determine the turbine efficiency.
Work is a property of the path function
system
Throttling process is a reversible and an irreversible and
isothermal process constant entropy

A sample consisting of 1.00 mole of Argon gas is expanded isothermally 0 +1.13 kJ

and reversibly at 0°C from 22.4L to 44.8L. The heat absorbed by the
system is
Maximum work can be obtained from a system when the change taking isothermal adiabatic
place in it is
The ratio of work performed by a system and the heat it absorbed from Entropy Gibb’s free energy
a reservoir is referred to
According to the first law of thermodynamics Energy is neither Perpetual motion is
lost nor gained in possible.
any energy
transformation.

In a 3-stage compressor system whose isentropic efficiencies are greater than 0.85 in between 0.75 and
reported to be 0.75, 0.85 and 0.84, respectively, steam initially at 10 0.85
kPa is compressed to a final pressure of 500 kPa. The overall efficiency
of the system is
In choosing the refrigerant, the fluid must have the following environmentally has a vapor
characteristics, except benign pressure less than
atmospheric

Coolers and boilers are ordinarily operated at ________ condition. isobaric isenthalpic

For an isolated system, maximum entropy will occur at half-life critical condition
A carnot cycle consists of two isothermal and two isochoric and
two adiabatic two adiabatic
process process

This is also known as the volume fraction of the voids in packed beds. sphericity porosity

A measure of the ratio of the drag force acting on a unit area of the Froude number Reynold’s number
impeller & the inertial stress.
Sulfuric acid is pumped at 3 kg/s through a 60-m length of smooth 25 3 2
mm pipe. If the pressure drop falls by one-half, what will be the new
flow rate [kg/s]? Assume the following properties of sulfuric acid: SG =
1.84, viscosity = 25 cP.
The equation del(P) = -(rho)(g) del(z) is known as the hydrostatic vertical shear forces are not fluid is
law for which all the following assumptions are applied, except involved incompressible

Which of the following can be adjusted by human operator in a closed set point controller output
feedback control loop?
The thermocouple is based on the Seebeck effect which states that a/an current temperature
_____ is generated when opposite junction of certain dissimilar pairs of
wires are exposed to different temperatures.
Dead time is a function of distance and momentum acceleration
A pneumatic controller is used to control temperature within the range 2.83kPa/K 0.35kPa/K
280K to 310K. The controller is adjusted so that the output pressure
goes from 20kPa (valve fully open) to 105 Kpa (valve fully closed) as the
measured temperature goes from 295K to 300K with the sent point held
constant. What is the proportional gain?

The parameter which completely describes the behavior of the Time constant damping coefficient
response to a disturbance of a second order system is the
C D Comments!
globe valve orifice ! Un na nga ang gate valve. =P
a

0.03 0.038 ! The correct answer is about 0.0095 from perry 8th fig 6.9 pge 6-
E 10 tingnan nyu pa

turbulent flow laminar flow only ! Meron gang f=64/Re? baka f = 12/Re eto eh "Hagen-Poiseuille
only X Equation" for SMOOTH TUBES & LAMINAR FLOW from perry 8
same page ng nasa taas.
equal to the heat equal to the heat xxx
transfer coefficient transfer coefficient of
equivalent to the the steam
resistance offerred d
by the pipe

the minimum the amount of solvent xxx

number of stages used must be enough
occur when the tie to form 2 phases. b
line coincides with
an operating line.

rectification fractionation xxx

c
minimum reflux optimum reflux xxx
c
mol/liter/min liter/mol/min ! 1/time
E k = (Volume (order -1)
) / (Concentration(order -1)) x time

no effect significant effect
c
the heat transfer is the temperature is
constant **panu pag iba na uniform throughout
the cylinder **sinong
ang heat transfer area? a
nanay mo?
! Eh constant nga ung temp nung isang stream..=P btw.. ∆Tlm =
[∆T(side a) - ∆T(side b)] / ln [∆T(side a) / ∆T(side b)] a------
--------------->b a--------------------->b a-----
---------------->b a<---------------------b
! Steady State daw ang heat transfer… so steady o constant din
ang Heat Flux. Bakit hindi ung c? kasi di pwedeng sabihin na heat
transfer eh constant kasi ang heat transfer eh q lang.
Samantalang ang Heat Flux eh q/A.
***Amount of Heat Transfer = Heat Flux x Area of Heat Transfer ***

*** q = (q/A) x A ***

transition plate bubble plate xxx
d

supersaturated saturated ! Sturated --> Solute = Solvent

Unsaturated --> Solute < Solvent
c Supersaturated --> Solute > Solvent
**based on solubility***
Sherwood, Prandtl, Schimdt and ! Look at p 5 - 63 to 5 -82 of perry 8th. Specifically, note the
Reynold's and Reynold's No c dimensionless numbers being used at every MTC formula.
Schimdt No Nsh Nre Nsc
reduction ratio classification ratio ! Malamang =P
c
the value of k is the reaction cannot ! Kelan ga naging dependent ang k sa initial concen ng kahit na
independent of proceed **isa ka pa^^ alin sa reaction? Sa Temperature lang dependent ang k**. Kaya
the initial nga ang tawag sa k ay "specific rate constant" dahil specific sya
c
concentrations of sa isang temp at sa isang reaction at sya ay constant! Hehe
A and B **from Arrhenius eqn : lnk = - (E A / R) (1 / T) + lnk o

orifice **pabibilisin venturi **meter? hehe ! Nozzle - ex. Pipe na papaliit ang diameter, papaliit din malamang
nga, haharangan pa xD ang cross sectional area, at papabilis ang velocity ng fluid.
a ***flow of incompresible fluids***
mass flowrate = density x Area x velocity

a function of time not uniform ! Bacmix Reactor is another name for CSTRs (Constantly Stirred
throughout the reactor Tank Reactors) wherein ther is a constant composition
b
and varies from time to throughout which is assumed due to constant stirring.
time
book value market value xxx
b

increases the increases the xxx

amount of condenser duty ?
distillate
the gas phase the ratio of gas phase xxx
resistance is resistance to liquid
negligible resistance is ?
approximately zero

Peclet, Stanton Schimdt, Peclet and ! Sila yung gamitin sa Heat Transfer by convection. See perry 8th
and Prandtl Nos Friction Nos b p 5.7, Heat transfer by conduction.
Nu Nre NPr
45-degree square-corner elbow ! The higher the K (additional friction loss) the higher the
standard elbow **K = 1.3 d pressure drop. See page 6 -18 perry 8th.
**K = 0.35
compressor accumulator

1" dia Drawn 4" dia Riveted steel

tubing pipe

through each is constant throughout

material is the series of materials
inversely
proportional to
the thickness of
the material
parallel reactions consecutive reactions
air concret
b
humidification extraction
b

tangential static pressure

b
pressure
concentration momentum gradient
c
gradient
113 deg F 146 deg F

1.484 0.581 b
1.5 0.6

33.4 54.4

128 kg 32 kg
c
26.4 57.8

1.5 2.75

over 20 million over 2 but less than 3

0.0454 0.0252

6930000 2040000

saturation dry-bulb temperature

temperature

75.26 78.5
the temperature increase in the
of the air can also humidity of the air is
be maintained insignificant
constant

0.02 0.01

equilibrium critical moisture

c
moisture content content
tray drier freeze drier
c
air flow air flow parallel to the
perpendicular to solid surface
the surface of the
solid

surface renewal moisture diffusivity

d
2.129 hrs 3.42 hrs

0.01155 0.00116

decreases with no drying takes place

time
to use cross flow to use spray
evaporation percolators

1.5 2.3

5 6
radiation all of A, B and C
a
radiation all of A, B and C
c
inverse of the total sum of the individual
resistance resistances c

evaporation all of A, B and C b

451.7 475.1

5800 139200

5.51 m 4.14 m

966 kg 534 kg

85.8 sq.m. 88.5 sq.m.

14 kPa zero gauge

4.72 3.03

39 40

8 7

27.8 22.7

0.294 0.249

577 241

13.76 16.28
46.5 45.6

227.2 300

11994 20451

40130 45500

13.8 5

1163 19.4

4.67 2

95 100

7 0.52

31.7 37.1
851 900

0.75 1

[B]=0.4(1-0.5x )/(1- [B]=0.2

x)

25.2 20

3478 3750

0.714 6.01

100 25

13943 W 19343 W

23 33
38 0.038

both contain the

same no of air
molecules
increases by about decreases.
40%
stays constant.
c
stays the same. may increase or
a
decrease.
The application The application should
should be rejected be given full
because it violates consideration because
both 1st and 2nd it does not violate any
laws of Thermo. laws of
Thermodynamics.

increases 8x. increases 16x.

3 e7 5.2 e8

excess reactant product yield b

reactant ratio fresh-feed conversion
b

Latent Heat of Net Calorific Value

a
Condensation
moisture volatile combustible
b
matters
Ultimate analysis Elemental analysis

O2-free basis N2-free basis b

Dulong's formula Oxygen unaccounted
for equation
32.48 42.56
2.38 6.13

absolute humidity 60% saturation

of 0.05
PhP 434.16 PhP 450

0.03 0.05

4350 6000

9.5 17

0.9 0.92

51.2 22.76

7.86 23.1

1/conc 1/conc-time a
2 1.5

adding a catalyst removing the products

of the reaction

the net equation the rate law.

does not depend is not a characteristic
on the initial of the reaction
c
concentrations

8 16
d
nature of temperature
reactants
>0 <0
log Ca vs reciprocal 1/Ca vs time
time
lof Ca vs time Ca vs time

-ra = k Ca -ra = k Cb^2

Law of Mass Second Law of Thermo

c
Action
proportional to inversely proportional
initial conc to initial conc

85.3 99.1

231 s 768 s

19.1 min 10.4 min

8.33 9.33

52.63 m 56.23 m

0.3394 0.6197
300 527

0.327 0.237

12.7 20.7

9550 10150

Cao/(1-2m) Cao/2

37.1 31.8

1/32 1/64

2 4

2 4

2 4
the suction suction is lost
pressure is too
high
16.9 87.2

1.72 1.89

21 58.3

PhP 7000 PhP 12000

2 2exp2

velocity head dynamic head

surface tension drag coefficient

63 85

4x3x6 3x2x13

248 320

8 10

77 94

25 30

there is a vacuum when the liquid level is

high

efficiency none of the given

choices
shell and tube extended surfaces
0.89 0.92

17 m2 20 m2

255.65 214.65

less resistance to a porous structure

a
heat flow
accounts for none of these
additional
resistance to heat
flow
Peclet number Prandlt number b
heat transfer in heat transfer in laminar
turbulent flow flow d

contaminated polished surfaces

c
cooling surfaces
for fluids in when Grashhoff
turbulent flow number is very
important
pressure-vacuum vacuum
d
0.76 0.65

1220 mm 2400 mm

reduction ratio average particle

c
diameter
0.7 0.6 a
sorting centrifugation
a
concentration electric field

concentration electric field c

thermal and thermal and Knudsen
ordinary
JA = JB NA = -cDAB dxA/dz

buffer region viscous sub-layer

relative time relative position

Bi Pe

the interface either of the bulk

phases
in the liquid phase in either film

water-cooling in a heating of air

cooling tower
dehumidification dehumidification by
and removal of condensing water
sensible heat vapor in a refrigerator

adiabatic dew point temperature

saturation
temperature
2 50 xxx
b
free moisture unbound moisture
c
critical free equilibrium moisture
moisture content content
the solute the solute
concentration of concentration of the
the liquid and gas gas is greater than the
phase are equal liquid

1.77exp -6 1.22 exp -6

10050 11570
2.3 hr 2.9 hr

cm^3/sec cm^2/sec^2
50 150

sieve-plate column wetted wall column

remains
unchanged
vacuum falling film evaporator
evaporator
convective mass all of these
transfer
increase the reduce the flow rate
pressure drop in across the column
the tower
the gas flow rate is the number of stages is
maximum infinite
0.51 0.68

0.71 0.65

20.9 22.4

0.87 min 1.18 min

equal to shear rate a linear function of the

of deformation. shear rate of
d
deformation.

incompressible incompressible &

d
inviscid
1.84 0.25
streamline none of these

101.3 61

mean linear local velocity

d
velocity
venturi rotameter
b
coefficient of cross-sectional area
discharge
velocity head static head c
<5 0
Centrifugal pump Diaphragm pump

34 ft 8 ft

needle gate
resemble closely are easy to control
to isothermal
compression
1.5 5 b
fans compressors
d
viscosity surface tension
d
0.189 kg 0.198 kg

continuous distillation operating at

distillation without total reflux
reflux
less number of high reflux ratio
trays
an irreversible always in equilibrium
c
phenomenon
both A and B either A or B because
these two mean the
same thing

results due to low is due to bubble cups

gas velocity

feed phase and overflow and

solvent phase underflow
Absorption Stripping
d
3-heptanol toluene

P.D. No. 232 P.D. No. 826

it depends not governed by law

21 23

industrial a technical solution to

applicability problem
request claims

Environmental Environmental Critical

Impact Assessment Project

petroleum detergents

it poisons the all that are mentioned

catalyst in the a
refining process
builders perfume
c

copolymerization natural
b
polymerization alkylation
d
retarders fillers a !
opacifier filler a !
cellulose waste !
c
evaporation crystallization c
bleaching calendering b
xylem lignin d
Dichlorodiphenyldi diphenyldichlorotriphe
c
chlorobutane nylbutane
oxidation purification b
thinner anti-skinning agent a
increase give elasticity and
atmospheric prevent cracking of the d
oxidation film
an inorganic thermosetting plastic
c
polymer
vulcanization calendering
d
pesticide polyester a
polyester pigment b
0.6784 0.7652

state function state description of a

b
system
a reversible and constant enthalpy
constant entropy process
process
+1.57 kJ +2.27 kJ

reversible irreversible
c
carnot efficiency Helmholtz free energy
c
Energy is Energy is being created
conserved in as time passes. We
quality but not in have more energy in
quantity. the universe now than
when time began.

less than 0.75 in between 0.84 and

0.90

must be exist at a high pressure

economically at the condensation
viable temperature

isothermal isentropic
a
equilibrium start of the process c
one isochoric, one one isothermal, one
isobaric, and two isochoric and two
adiabatic process adiabatic process

superficial velocity specific volume

b
Mach number Power number

0.2 0.124

z axis is defined normal surface forces

vertical & & gravity are the only
downward in forces involved
direction
process variable load variable
emf resistance

time velocity
17kPa/K 0.06kPa/K

Rise time overshoot

b
xxx
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