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An autothermal reactor is
A Most suitable for a second order reaction
B Most suitable for a reversible reaction
C Completely self-supporting in its thermal energy requirements
D Isothermal in nature
An example of autothermal reactor operation is
A Sulphur dioxide oxidation
B Ethylene oxidation
C Benzene oxidation
D Ammonia synthesis
For nearly isothermal operation involving large reaction time in a liquid-phase reaction, the most suitable reactor is a __________ reactor.
A Stirred tank
B Tubular flow
C Batch
D Fixed bed
With increase in the order of reaction (for all positive reaction orders), the ratio of the volume of mixed reactor to the volume of plug flow reactor (for identical feed composition, flow rate and conversion)
A Increases
B Decreases
C Remains same
D Increases linearly
In case of a __________ reactor, the composition in the reactor and at the exit of the reactor is the same.
A Semi-batch
B Tubular
C Batch
D Back-mix
Recycling back of outlet stream to the reactor from an ideal CSTR carrying out a first order liquid phase reaction will result in __________ in conversion.
A Decrease
B Increase
C No change
D Either A or B, depends on the type of reaction
A reversible liquid phase endothermic reaction is to be carried out in a plug flow reactor. For minimum reactor volume, it should be operated such that the temperature along the length
A Decreases
B Increases
C Is at the highest allowable temperature throughout
D First increases and then decreases
For an autocatalytic reactor, the suitable reactor set up is
A P.F. reactors in series
B CSTR in series
C CSTR followed by P.F. reactor
D P.F. reactor followed by CSTR
An exothermic reaction takes place in an adiabatic reactor. The product temperature __________ reactor feed temperature.
A Is always equal to
B Is always greater than
C Is always less than
D May be greater or less than
The size of plug flow reactor (PFR) for all positive reaction orders and for any given duty, is __________ that of mixed reactor.
A Greater than
B Equal to
C Smaller than
D Unpredictable from the data

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