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Process Equipment and Plant Design

Steam economy is defined as the amount of evaporation per unit amount of steam used, while the capacity is the total evaporation obtained per hour. Use of multiple effects in evaporation ?

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Steam economy is defined as the amount of evaporation per unit amount of steam used, while the capacity is the total evaporation obtained per hour. Use of multiple effects in evaporation ?

A. Increases capacity
B. Increases economy
C. Does not affect the capacity
D. Both B. & C.

Steam economy is defined as the amount of evaporation per unit amount of steam used, while the capacity is the total evaporation obtained per hour. Use of multiple effects in evaporation ? Read More »

Process Equipment and Plant Design

Baffles are provided in a shell and tube heat exchanger to increase the turbulence and velocity of the shell side fluid. Which of the following shaped baffles does not fall in the category of transverse baffle ?

Process Equipment and Plant Design /
Baffles are provided in a shell and tube heat exchanger to increase the turbulence and velocity of the shell side fluid. Which of the following shaped baffles does not fall in the category of transverse baffle ?

A. Segmental baffle
B. Flat plate extending across the wall
C. Disk type baffle
D. Helical type baffle

Baffles are provided in a shell and tube heat exchanger to increase the turbulence and velocity of the shell side fluid. Which of the following shaped baffles does not fall in the category of transverse baffle ? Read More »

Process Equipment and Plant Design

The design stress, which is more than the damaging stress, is the least unit stress that will render a member unfit for service before the end of its normal life. The design stress factor or factor of safety indicates the margin between design stress and the _______________ stress?

Process Equipment and Plant Design /
The design stress, which is more than the damaging stress, is the least unit stress that will render a member unfit for service before the end of its normal life. The design stress factor or factor of safety indicates the margin between design stress and the _______________ stress?

A. Working
B. Damaging
C. Allowable
D. None of these

The design stress, which is more than the damaging stress, is the least unit stress that will render a member unfit for service before the end of its normal life. The design stress factor or factor of safety indicates the margin between design stress and the _______________ stress? Read More »

Process Equipment and Plant Design

Bubble cap tray is the most commonly used tray in large distillation column, because______________?

Process Equipment and Plant Design /
Bubble cap tray is the most commonly used tray in large distillation column, because______________?

A. Of its flexibility and nearly constant efficiency under varying conditions of operation
B. It incurs less pressure drop as compared to any other try designed for the same duty
C. It eliminates the foaming and entrainment tendency during operation
D. None of these

Bubble cap tray is the most commonly used tray in large distillation column, because______________? Read More »

Process Equipment and Plant Design