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At the same gas flow rate, the pressure drop in a packed tower being irrigated with liquid __________ that in dry packed tower.
A Is greater than
B Is lower than
C Is same as
D Cannot be predicted as data are insufficient
Kelly and Chris packed several boxes with books. If Chris packed 60 percent of the total number of boxes, what was the ratio of the number of boxes Kelly packed to the number of boxes Chris packed?
A 1 to 6
B 1 to 4
C 2 to 5
D 2 to 3
Pressure drop through plate tower as compared to that through packed tower, for the same duty will be
A Less
B More
C Equal
D Either A or B; depends on the packing height
In packed absorption tower, onset of flooding usually occurs at a pressure drop of about __________ mm of water column per metre height of packing.
A 25-50
B 50-75
C 200-250
D 750-1000
Pressure drop (Δp) and the superficial gas mass velocity (G) in case of packed absorption tower operating in the preloading range are related as
A Δp = G
B Δp = G0.5
C Δp = G2
D Δp = $$\frac{1}{{{{\text{G}}^{0.6}}}}$$
In a moderately sized packed absorption tower, channeling (which is most severe with stacked packings) can be minimised by taking the ratio of tower diameter to packing diameter
A > 4 :1
B > 8:1
Commercial packed scrubbers are normally designed for a pressure drop range of __________ mm water coloumn per metre of packed height.
A 4-8
B 17-34
C 52-68
D 88-105
Under conditions of flooding in packed tower, the gas pressure drop
A Decreases rapidly
B Increases rapidly
C Remains constant
D Is maximum
With increase in the liquid flow rate at a fixed gas velocity in a randomly packed counter current gas-liquid absorption column, the gas pressure drop
A Decreases
B Remains unchanged
C Increases
D Decreases exponentially
The reason for preferring packed towers over plate towers in distillation practice is that the packed tower operation gives
A Low pressure drop and high hold up
B High pressure drop and low hold up
C Low pressure drop and low hold up
D High pressure drop and high hold up

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