Process Equipment and Plant Design Subcategories

Process Equipment and Plant Design

Movement of pipeline caused by thermal expansion is taken care by providing ___________________?

A. Expansion joint
B. Changes in its direction
C. Change in the shape of pipeline
D. All A., B. and C.

Scale up problem in design based on the similarity concept takes into account _______________ similarity?

A. Geometrical
B. Kinematic
C. Dynamic
D. All A., B. and C.

Tube height in a calandria type evaporator is normally less than _______________ metres?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3.5
D. 5.5

In case of bubble cap distillation column of diameter greater than 1.2 metres, the cap diameter is roughly about _______________ cms?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 35

Which of the following material is seldom used for pressure vessel construction ?

A. Rimmed still
B. Mild steel
C. Killed steel
D. Semi-killed steel

Correct use of ‘factor of safety’ is very important in equipment design. It is defined as the ratio of the___________________?

A. Ultimate stress to breaking stress
B. Ultimate stress to working stress
C. Working stress to ultimate stress
D. None of these

Larger depth of liquid on the trays of a distillation column_________________?

A. Leads to high tray efficiency
B. Results in higher pressure drop per tray
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. or B.

The difficulty of liquid distribution in packed towers is accentuated, when the ratio of tower diameter to packing diameter is_________________?

A. < 30
B. < 7
C. > 7 20 < 50

____________________ strain is measured using a ‘strain rosetter’ ?

A. Volumetric
B. Shear
C. Linear
D. None of these

In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for______________?

A. Reducing scale deposition
B. Increasing pressure drop
C. Fixing the tubes
D. Creating turbulence