MECHANICAL DESIGN OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT (CH2061)

CHAPTER 1: FUNDAMENTAL
1. Which following details are not a. 3
considered as shell: b. 2
a. Casing wall of bag filter c. 0
b. The rotor of the centrifugal d. 1
sedimentation 4. To calculate the tensile strength of
c. Body, bottom head of equipment of equipment, it must first determine:
reaction, mass transfer, heat transfer, a. The technical parameters of the
evaporator equipment
How many statement(s) of above is (are) b. Choosing the qualified welder
right? c. Manufacturing Technology
a. 1 d. The allowable stress of the material to
b. 2 making equipment
c. 0 5. Where would you expect to find the
d. 3 pressure vessel name plate?
2. Burst pressure of an equipment varies a. At the manway opening.
according to b. Just below the safety valve.
a. the shell structure and size. c. On control panel
b. complicated structure and high d. On a pressure vessel support.
performance 6. In case of a 'thin' pressure vessel, the
c. the geometric structure ratio of its diameter to wall thickness is
d. Operating temperature a. < 10
How many statement(s) of above is (are) b. > 10
right? c. > 20
a. 2 d.> 30
b. 4 How many statement(s) of above is (are)
c. 1 right?
d. 3 a. 4
3. Jacketed reactor is heated by b. 3
saturated steam. Body temperature c. 2
calculated for reactor was chosen as: d. 1
1/ Maximum temperature of the 7. The most important safety device on a
environment in itself pressure vessel is
2/ Environmental temperature of the a. Pressure Gauge
body exposed to reactor plus 50°C, but not b. Pressure Regulator
less than 250°C c. Ventilation valve
3/ The temperature of the heating agent d. Over-pressurization Device
How many statement(s) of above is (are) 8. Calculation pressure of high column is
right? reasonably determined:

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a. Pressure at the bottom of the tower
b. Depending on working conditions
c. pressure at the highest point in tower
d. For each section by the height of the
tower
9. Which requirements are very
important for the engineer at designing
work?
a. Technology features of equipment
b. Capacity of equipment
c. Selecting materials
d. The cost of equipment
10. Two iron pipes of the same nominal
diameter but different schedule numbers
will have the same
a. none of these
b. wall thickness
c. inside diameter
d. outside diameter
11. Where does the maximum tensile
strength occur in a thick cylindrical
vessel subjected to internal pressure?
a. At the inner surface.
b. At the mid thickness of the
cylindrical wall.
c. At the outer surface.
How many statement(s) of above is (are)
right?
a. 1
b. 0
c. 2
d. 3
12. Why is the operation temperature
for the design of pressure vessel
important?
a. temperature relates with pressure
b. properties of material change with
temperature
c. for isolation work
d. for calculation of cooling capacity of air
conditioner
13. What is ASME ?
a. American Science of Measure Engineers
b. American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
c. American Society of Mechanical Engine
d. Australian Society for Music Education
14. The designer of chemical equipment’s
details obliges to think about following
working conditions:
a. Start-up condition
b. Overused can occur when equipment
is at operating phase
c. Shut-down phase of operating
How many statement(s) of above is (are)
right?
a. 2
b. 0
c. 3
d. 1
15. Which properties are needed for
equipment working at high pressure,
made of materials to prevent explosion
and easily replaced?
a. Extremely durable, expensive
b. Less durable, inexpensive
c. Same material with other details
How many statement(s) of above is (are)
right?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. 0
16. Maximum working pressure of a
boiler is (are):
a. The maximum allowable working
pressure for a vessel is the maximum
pressure permissible at the bottom of the
vessel in its normal operating position at the
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designated coincident temperature c. 1
specified for that pressure. d. 3
b. The maximum allowable working 20. In a thin cylindrical shell, the hoop
pressure for a vessel is the maximum stress is __________ stress.
pressure permissible at the top of the vessel a. longitudinal
in its normal operating position at the b. compressible
designated coincident temperature c. radial
specified for that pressure. d. circumferential tensile
c. the pressure that will create stresses 21. The ratio of shear stress to shear
in the shell that equal the allowable stresses strain is called
given in the material section of the code a. modulus of elasticity
How many definition(s) is (are) correct? b. modulus of rigidity
a. 1 c. bulk modulus
b. 3 d. shear modulus
c. 2 22. The ratio of lateral strain to linear
d. 0 strain is termed as the
17. The stress corrosion cracking is a. shear modulus
caused from b. modulus of elasticity
a. an externally applied load c. bulk modulus
b. Temperature d. Poisson's ratio
c. false operation 23. In a cylindrical vessel subjected to
d. Operators internal pressure, the longitudinal stress
18. Repeated cycling of the load is the  L and the circumferential stress,  h are
main factor for
a. Fatigue related by

b. shear stress h = L
c. Brittleness a. 2
d. tensile stress b. no relation exists

c.  h =  L
19. Common types of failures of pressure
vessels, chemical equipments in
refineries, chemical processing plants are d.  h = 2 L
a. Faulty design 24. Main stresses for the pressure vessel
b. Damage during field fabrication and are:
erection a. axial stress
c. Welding problems b. hoop stress (circumferential stress)
d. Wrong measure equipment c. Torsion stress
How many statement(s) of above is (are) d. Shear stress
right? How many Stress(es) is (are) true?
a. 2 a. 3
b. 4 b. 1

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c. 2
d. 4
25. 'factor of safety' is very important in
equipment design. It is defined as the
ratio of the
a. ultimate stress to working stress.
b. ultimate stress to breaking stress.
c. none of these
d. working stress to ultimate stress.
26. Equipment designing should be based
first on:
a. Prices
b. technical specifications
c. technical parameters
d. technical requirements
27. The value of Poison’s ratio of steel is
a. 0.1 – 0.2.
b. 0.27 – 0.3
c. 0.3 – 0.4
d. 0.4-0.5
28. Is a container with a vacuum inside a
pressure vessel?
a. No, that is not
b. Yes, that is
c. Only in special cases
d. if vacuum is deep enough
29. The details of equipment are
considered as thin shell, if:
a. The thickness s ≥ 0.1 of average diameter
of the details
b. The thickness s ≤ 0.1 of average diameter
of details
c. The thickness s ≥ 0.1 of the diameters of
vessel
d. The thickness s ≤ 0.1 of the diameters of
vessel
30. Developed stress in material without
any permanent setting is called the
a. elastic limit
b. breaking stress
c. ultimate stress
d. yield stress
31. Standardized parts for chemical
equipment are often used, because:
a. It is cheap and readily
b. It is convenient to: use, replacement,
repairing and assembling
c. It is supplied only from reputable
supplier
d. It can supplied from non-reputable
supplier
How many statement(s) of above is (are)
right?
a. 4
b. 1
c. 3
d. 2
32. Bending stress generated in the weld
would weaken the structure, because:
a. At the weld, quality of metal is higher
b. At the weld, quality of metal is lower
c. At the weld, metal becomes more flexible
d. At the weld, metal becomes brittle
33. The main subjects of designing the
equipment are:
a. High yield strength
b. all of them
c. Convenience and safety
d. Cheap and economic efficiency
34. When the temperature is getting
higher, the yielding stress  s and the
elastic modulus E of iron-based steel are
getting.
a. higher
b. Softer
c. harder
d. lower
35. Pressure vessels are:
a. Thinned wall vessels
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 b. Thick walled, Propane bottles Gas d. 2
cylinders 39. In the phase of design of equipment,
c. storage tanks, Transportable the designer must:
Containers a. appoints the method of welding
d. beer bottles b. chooses the welder
How many above statement(s) is (are) c. prepares the edge
correct? How many statement(s) of above is (are)
a. 2 right?
b. 4 a. 2
c. 1 b. 1
d. 3 c. 0
36. For a rolled cylindrical shell, the d. 3
nominal diameter is
40. Correction factor ( ) in the formula
a. The inner diameter of the shell
b. The design diameter for determining stress, is defined by:
c. The diameter of the mid-line of the shell a. Average life expectancy
d. The outer diameter of the shell b. Technologies
37. Objectives of the regulations and c. Material of equipment
standardization are: d. working conditions of equipment
a. Reduction of production costs 41. Working range of a chemical equipment
b. Facilitating communication between is at.
operators and manufacturers a. relatively low or high temperature; low
c. Increased reliability vacuum or very high pressure
How many statement(s) of above is (are) b. low temperature and low vacuum
right? c. low vacuum and high pressure
a. 1 d. high temperature and high pressure
b. 3 42. When the equipment is considered to
c. 2 install and repair at low cost, easy to
d. 0 replace broken parts, easy to control the
38. Which following factors could be working mode and at the operation mode
indicated for deciding the method of and ensure safety, then the equipment is
machining? considered as:
1/ Technologies that fabricated a. Easy operation
materials b. High performance
2/ Infrastructure of workshop c. Ensure engineering
3/ materials d. Logical structure
How many answers of above are right? 43. Which one of following statement is
a. 1 wrong?
b. 3 a. The compressible strength of a ductile
c. 0 material is less than its tensile strength.

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b. The tensile strength of a brittle material pd
is less than its compressive strength. c. 4t
c. The value of crushing load is more than pd
that of buckling load for long columns. d. 3t
d. In a thick cylindrical shell, the hoop 47. Failures of Pressure Vessel are often
stress is maximum at the inner radius. caused by:
44. The equipment must have following a. Welding problems
requirements: b. Faulty inspection
a. Solid construction, mechanical c. Damage during field fabrication and
properties consistent. erection
b. The logical structure ensures d. Operators
mechanical properties and long life. How many statement(s) of above is (are)
c. Cheap and movable right?
d. Expensive solid construction a. 3
How many statement(s) of above is (are) b. 2
right? c. 1
a. 3 d. 4
b. 1 48. Circumferential (hoop) stress in a
c. 4 thin cylindrical vessel under internal
d. 2 pressure is __________ the longitudinal
45. Cheap built, simple shapes, easy stress.
manufactured, correct tolerances and a. eight times
uses standard parts etc are features of b. twice
equipment, which can be considered as: c. half
a. Ensure engineering d. equal to
b. Logical structure 49. Chemical equipment is used tin the
c. Easy operation chemical process. It ....
How many statement(s) of above is (are) a. contains only liquid
right? b. contains gas
a. 2 c. contains solids
b. 1 How many statement(s) of above is (are)
c. 3 right?
d. 0 a. 3
46. The circumferential (hoop) stress in a b. 0
thin-walled cylindrical vessel under c. 2
internal pressure is d. 1
pd 50. To calculate the thickness of a glazed
a. 2t reactor made of compound materials
pd (Ceramic and steel), which factor is to be
b. t considered for the calculation?

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a. MAWP of reactor
b. allowable stress of ceramic
c. the strain of both materials
d. the strength of both materials
51. Who has the absolute competence
over your pressure vessels?
a. Police
b. State
c. Testing company
d. international standard
52. Why are name plates of pressure
vessel so important?
a. for advertising purpose of supplier
b. It is just a decoration
c. gives the information of safety
d. worker can recognise the name of the
vessel
53. The purpose of a factor of safety at
the calculation of pressure vessel is (are):
a. no affect
b. Factor for the material manufacturing
c. giving the engineer better feeling of
safety
d. a demand of regulations
54. If welding is done on a pressure
vessel, what documentation do you need?
a. requirements and standards of National
Board
b. Purchase Order
c. Payment bill
d. Work Order
55. The shear strain in a pressure vessel
is zero.
a. That is false
b. That is true
c. Just only under internal pressure
d. It depends from loads

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