PC Gatequestion Paper
PC Gatequestion Paper
PC Gatequestion Paper
CHAPTER
• Process Calculations
1
(A) XM< 0.5 (B) XM = 0.5 16. A vessel of volume 1000 m3 contains air
which is saturated with water vapor. The total
(C) 0.5 < XM< 0.64 (D) XM> 0.64
pressure and temperature are 100 kPa and 20
0C, respectively. Assuming that the vapor
13. If 80 kg of Na2SO4 (molecular weight =
142) is present in 330 kg of an aqueous pressure of water at 20 0C is 2.34 kPa, the
solution. And the solution is cooled such that 80 amount of water vapor (in kg) in the vessel is
kg of Na2SO4. 10 H2O crystals separate out. The approximately
weight fraction of Na2SO4 in the remaining
(A) 17 (B)20
solution is
(C) 25 (D) 34
(A) 0.00 (B) 0.18
(Gate 2005)
(C) 0.24 (D) 1.00
17. A process flow sheet analysis results
Common Data Questions 14 –1 5 in the degrees of freedom having a value of –
2, which one of the following steps must be
One mole of methane undergoes complete
combustion in a stoichiometric amount of next carried out?
air. The reaction proceeds as CH4 + 2O2→ CO2 + (A) Identify and add two new independent
2H2O Both the reactants and the products are in equations from process model
gas phase. (B) Remove two equations that have been
wrongly assumed to be independent
∆H o298 = – 730 kJ / mol of methane
(C) Assign values of two variables in the
14. Mole fraction of water vapor in the process.
product gases is about (D) Assign value to one variable and remove
one equation that was wrongly assumed to be
(A) 0.19 (B) 0.33
independent.
(C) 0.40 (D) 0.67
(A) W = 50, Sd = 50
The reaction is:C2H4 (g) + H2O(g)→ C2H5OH
(g)
(B) W = 100, Sd = 20
44 kg of C3H8 is burnt with 1160 kg of air 28. 600 kg/hr of saturated steam at 1 bar
(Mol. Wt. = 29) to produce 88 kg of CO2 and (enthalpy 2675.4 kJ/kg) is mixed
14 kg of CO, the reaction is as follows: adiabatically with superheated steam at
450°C and 1 bar (enthalpy 3382.4
C3H8 + 5O2 3CO2 + 4 H2O
kJ/kg). The product is superheated steam at
24. What is the percent excess air use? 350°C and 1 bar (enthalpy 3175.6
kJ/kg). The flow rate of the product is
(A) 55 (B) 60
(C) 65 (D) 68 (A) 711 kg/hr (B) 1111 kg/hr
(C) 1451 kg/hr (D) 2051 kg/hr
(Gate 2009)
(A) Water is the ONLY tie component A flash distillation drum (see figure below) is
used to separate a methanol-water
methanol mixture. The
(B) Air is the ONLY tie component, mole fraction of methanol in the feed is 0.5, and
the feed flow rate is 1000 kmol/hr.
kmol The feed is
(C) BOTH water and air are the components
preheated in a heater with heat duty Qh and is
(D) There are NO tie components subsequently flashed
lashed in the drum. The flash
drum can be assumed to be an equilibrium heated to 100°C, then the weight of the
stage, operating adiabatically. The equilibrium additional solute that can be dissolved in it, is
relation between the mole fractions of methanol
(A) 0.25 kg (B) 1 kg
in the vapor and liquid phases is y* = 4 x. The
ratio of distillate to feed flow rate is 0.5. (C) 2 kg (D) 3.34 kg
Products mole %
CO2 10
O2 2.37
36. The mole fraction of methanol in the
CO 0.53
distillate is
N2 87.1
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.7
CH4 + 2 O2→ CO2 + 2 H2O Molar flow rate of purge gas is FPG
(Gate 2012)
43. If the ratio of recycle gas to purge gas
Common Data Question 42 and 43: (FRG / FPG ) is 4 then YRB is
The reaction A(l) + B(g)→ C(l) + D(g)is carried out
(A) 3 / 8 (B) 2 / 5
in a reactor followed by a separator as shown
(C) 1 / 2 (D) 3 / 4
below
Gate 2013)
containing fluoride and its output consists of amount of purge stream (in moles) per 100
moles of the fresh feed is _______
a permeate stream (P) and a reject stream
(R). Let CF, CP, and CR denote the fluoride 48. Carbon - monoxide (CO) is burnt in
concentration in the feed, permeate, and presence of 200% excess pure oxygen and the
reject streams, respectively. Under steady flame temp. achieved is 2298 K. The inlet
state conditions, the volumetric flow rate of streams are at 250C. The standard heat of
the reject is 60% of the volumetric flow rate formation (at. 250C) of CO and CO2 are -110 kJ
of the inlet stream, and CF = 2 mg/L and mol-1 and – 390 kJ mol-1 respectively .The
CPo 2 = 25 + 14 × 10 −3 T
45. The value of CR in mg/L, up to one
digit after the decimal point, is _______ CPco2 = 25 + 42 × 10−3 T
46. The fraction f of the feed is bypassed Where T is the temperature in K. the heat loss
(in kJ ) per mole of CO burnt is
and mixed with the permeate to obtain
treated water having a fluoride 49. Determine the correctness or otherwise
concentration of 1 mg/L. Here also the flow of the following Assertion [a] and Reason [r].
rate of the reject stream is 60% of the flow
Assertion: Significant combustion of coke takes
rate entering the reverse osmosis unit (after
place only if it is heated at higher temperature in
the bypass). The value of f, up to 2 digits
presence of air.
after the decimal point, is ________
Reason: C + O2→CO2 is an exothermic reaction.
Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct
reason for [a]
Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not the correct
reason for [a]
[a] is correct but [r] is false
Both [a] and [r] are false
(A) 1802 (B) 2558 Air is supplied such that oxygen (O2) is 20% in
excess of that required for complete conversion
(C) 5702 (D) 6458
of NH3. The mole fraction of O2 in inlet gas
53. A catalytic reforming plant produces mixture (NH3 + air ) is ______(rounded off to
hydrogen and benzene from cyclohexane by de- third decimal place)
hydro aromatization. In order to increase the
56. The reactant M is converted into product N
production of hydrogen, the owner plans to
in the presence of catalyst in a fixed bed reactor.
change the process to steam reforming of the
All the flow rates (F , G , H , P and R ) in mol/s,
same feedstock that produces hydrogen and
and mole fraction of reactant M in these streams
carbon dioxide. Stoichiometrically, what is the
are ( xF, xG, xH, xP and xR) are shown in the
maximum ratio of pure hydrogen produced in
diagram. The overall fractional conversion is
the proposed process to that in the existing
process?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 6
(Gate 2017)
1 B 20 D 39 D
2 C 21 A 40 A
3 B 22 C 41 B
4 0.7 23 D 42 B
5 B 24 D 43 A
6 …. 25 C 44 18.0045
7 D 26 B 45 3.26667
8 C 27 C 46 0.2647
9 D 28 D 47 10 mol
10 B 29 B 48 34.62
11 B 30 C 49 B
12 B 31 A 50 45.2
13 B 32 C 51 B
14 A 33 B 52 A
15 D 34 B 53 D
16 A 35 B 54. 200
17 B 36 C 55. 0.18420
18 B 37 C 56. D
19 C 38 C 57. 13.0556
CHAPTER
• Process Calculations
1
(A) XM< 0.5 (B) XM = 0.5 16. A vessel of volume 1000 m3 contains air
which is saturated with water vapor. The total
(C) 0.5 < XM< 0.64 (D) XM> 0.64
pressure and temperature are 100 kPa and 20
0C, respectively. Assuming that the vapor
13. If 80 kg of Na2SO4 (molecular weight =
142) is present in 330 kg of an aqueous pressure of water at 20 0C is 2.34 kPa, the
solution. And the solution is cooled such that 80 amount of water vapor (in kg) in the vessel is
kg of Na2SO4. 10 H2O crystals separate out. The approximately
weight fraction of Na2SO4 in the remaining
(A) 17 (B)20
solution is
(C) 25 (D) 34
(A) 0.00 (B) 0.18
(Gate 2005)
(C) 0.24 (D) 1.00
17. A process flow sheet analysis results
Common Data Questions 14 –1 5 in the degrees of freedom having a value of –
2, which one of the following steps must be
One mole of methane undergoes complete
combustion in a stoichiometric amount of next carried out?
air. The reaction proceeds as CH4 + 2O2→ CO2 + (A) Identify and add two new independent
2H2O Both the reactants and the products are in equations from process model
gas phase. (B) Remove two equations that have been
wrongly assumed to be independent
∆H o298 = – 730 kJ / mol of methane
(C) Assign values of two variables in the
14. Mole fraction of water vapor in the process.
product gases is about (D) Assign value to one variable and remove
one equation that was wrongly assumed to be
(A) 0.19 (B) 0.33
independent.
(C) 0.40 (D) 0.67
(A) W = 50, Sd = 50
The reaction is:C2H4 (g) + H2O(g)→ C2H5OH
(g)
(B) W = 100, Sd = 20
44 kg of C3H8 is burnt with 1160 kg of air 28. 600 kg/hr of saturated steam at 1 bar
(Mol. Wt. = 29) to produce 88 kg of CO2 and (enthalpy 2675.4 kJ/kg) is mixed
14 kg of CO, the reaction is as follows: adiabatically with superheated steam at
450°C and 1 bar (enthalpy 3382.4
C3H8 + 5O2 3CO2 + 4 H2O
kJ/kg). The product is superheated steam at
24. What is the percent excess air use? 350°C and 1 bar (enthalpy 3175.6
kJ/kg). The flow rate of the product is
(A) 55 (B) 60
(C) 65 (D) 68 (A) 711 kg/hr (B) 1111 kg/hr
(C) 1451 kg/hr (D) 2051 kg/hr
(Gate 2009)
(A) Water is the ONLY tie component A flash distillation drum (see figure below) is
used to separate a methanol-water
methanol mixture. The
(B) Air is the ONLY tie component, mole fraction of methanol in the feed is 0.5, and
the feed flow rate is 1000 kmol/hr.
kmol The feed is
(C) BOTH water and air are the components
preheated in a heater with heat duty Qh and is
(D) There are NO tie components subsequently flashed
lashed in the drum. The flash
drum can be assumed to be an equilibrium heated to 100°C, then the weight of the
stage, operating adiabatically. The equilibrium additional solute that can be dissolved in it, is
relation between the mole fractions of methanol
(A) 0.25 kg (B) 1 kg
in the vapor and liquid phases is y* = 4 x. The
ratio of distillate to feed flow rate is 0.5. (C) 2 kg (D) 3.34 kg
Products mole %
CO2 10
O2 2.37
36. The mole fraction of methanol in the
CO 0.53
distillate is
N2 87.1
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.7
CH4 + 2 O2→ CO2 + 2 H2O Molar flow rate of purge gas is FPG
(Gate 2012)
43. If the ratio of recycle gas to purge gas
Common Data Question 42 and 43: (FRG / FPG ) is 4 then YRB is
The reaction A(l) + B(g)→ C(l) + D(g)is carried out
(A) 3 / 8 (B) 2 / 5
in a reactor followed by a separator as shown
(C) 1 / 2 (D) 3 / 4
below
Gate 2013)
containing fluoride and its output consists of amount of purge stream (in moles) per 100
moles of the fresh feed is _______
a permeate stream (P) and a reject stream
(R). Let CF, CP, and CR denote the fluoride 48. Carbon - monoxide (CO) is burnt in
concentration in the feed, permeate, and presence of 200% excess pure oxygen and the
reject streams, respectively. Under steady flame temp. achieved is 2298 K. The inlet
state conditions, the volumetric flow rate of streams are at 250C. The standard heat of
the reject is 60% of the volumetric flow rate formation (at. 250C) of CO and CO2 are -110 kJ
of the inlet stream, and CF = 2 mg/L and mol-1 and – 390 kJ mol-1 respectively .The
CPo 2 = 25 + 14 × 10 −3 T
45. The value of CR in mg/L, up to one
digit after the decimal point, is _______ CPco2 = 25 + 42 × 10−3 T
46. The fraction f of the feed is bypassed Where T is the temperature in K. the heat loss
(in kJ ) per mole of CO burnt is
and mixed with the permeate to obtain
treated water having a fluoride 49. Determine the correctness or otherwise
concentration of 1 mg/L. Here also the flow of the following Assertion [a] and Reason [r].
rate of the reject stream is 60% of the flow
Assertion: Significant combustion of coke takes
rate entering the reverse osmosis unit (after
place only if it is heated at higher temperature in
the bypass). The value of f, up to 2 digits
presence of air.
after the decimal point, is ________
Reason: C + O2→CO2 is an exothermic reaction.
Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct
reason for [a]
Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not the correct
reason for [a]
[a] is correct but [r] is false
Both [a] and [r] are false
(A) 1802 (B) 2558 Air is supplied such that oxygen (O2) is 20% in
excess of that required for complete conversion
(C) 5702 (D) 6458
of NH3. The mole fraction of O2 in inlet gas
53. A catalytic reforming plant produces mixture (NH3 + air ) is ______(rounded off to
hydrogen and benzene from cyclohexane by de- third decimal place)
hydro aromatization. In order to increase the
56. The reactant M is converted into product N
production of hydrogen, the owner plans to
in the presence of catalyst in a fixed bed reactor.
change the process to steam reforming of the
All the flow rates (F , G , H , P and R ) in mol/s,
same feedstock that produces hydrogen and
and mole fraction of reactant M in these streams
carbon dioxide. Stoichiometrically, what is the
are ( xF, xG, xH, xP and xR) are shown in the
maximum ratio of pure hydrogen produced in
diagram. The overall fractional conversion is
the proposed process to that in the existing
process?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 6
(Gate 2017)
1 B 20 D 39 D
2 C 21 A 40 A
3 B 22 C 41 B
4 0.7 23 D 42 B
5 B 24 D 43 A
6 …. 25 C 44 18.0045
7 D 26 B 45 3.26667
8 C 27 C 46 0.2647
9 D 28 D 47 10 mol
10 B 29 B 48 34.62
11 B 30 C 49 B
12 B 31 A 50 45.2
13 B 32 C 51 B
14 A 33 B 52 A
15 D 34 B 53 D
16 A 35 B 54. 200
17 B 36 C 55. 0.18420
18 B 37 C 56. D
19 C 38 C 57. 13.0556