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    Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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    GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


    BE - SEMESTER–VII (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
    Subject Code:3170502 Date:13/12/2021
    Subject Name:Process Equipment Design
    Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
    Instructions:
    1. Attempt all questions.
    2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
    3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
    4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

    Q.1 (a) Define schedule number, Equivalent length of pipe and NPSH. 03
    (b) State the advantages and disadvantages of rotameter. 04
    (c) It is proposed to pump 10,000 kg/h of saturated toluene at 114oC and 1.1 atm a from 07
    the reboiler of a distillation tower to a second distillation unit without cooling. If the
    friction loss in the reboiler and pump is 7 kPa and density of toluene is 866 kg/m3,
    how much liquid level in the reboiler is to be maintained to give a net suction head
    of 2.5 m? Calculate the power required to drive the pump if the pump is to elevate
    the toluene to 10 m to a second unit at atmospheric pressure. Assume friction loss in
    the discharge line to be 35 kPa. Pump efficiency is 62%.
    Q.2 (a) State the reasons for providing baffles in shell and tube heat exchanger. 03
    (b) With neat diagram explain Tinker’s flow model. 04
    (c) Discuss the criteria of selection between horizontal and vertical condenser. 07
    OR
    (c) Discuss the design steps to calculate of shell and tube side heat transfer coefficient. 07
    Q.3 (a) State the advantages of vacuum distillation. 03
    (b) What are the functions of downcomers? Briefly explain the different types of 04
    downcomers used for sieve tray distillation column.
    (c) With suitable examples explain the concept of selection of operating pressure for 07
    distillation column.
    OR
    Q.3 (a) Determine the minimum reflux ratio for the saturated binary liquid mixture of 03
    benzene – toluene at standard atmospheric pressure based on the following data.
    Feed – 100 kmol/h, Mole fraction of benzene in feed – 0.4, Mole fraction of
    benzene in distillate – 0.99, Mole fraction of benzene in residue – 0.02, Average
    relative volatility – 2.25
    (b) Discuss in details the various factors considered for the selection of tray. 04
    (c) What is jet flooding and downcomer flooding? Explain the design steps for the 07
    determination of total pressure drop in sieve tray distillation column.
    Q.4 (a) What is flooding? Define flooding velocity and minimum wetting rate. 03
    (b) Describe the selection criteria of tray tower type absorber. 04
    (c) Discuss in detail the design steps to determine the diameter for the packed tower 07
    type absorber for physical absorption.
    OR
    Q.4 (a) State the function of liquid distributors, packing support and hold down plate in 03
    packed tower type absorber?
    (b) With neat sketch discuss any two types of random packing material used for packed 04
    1
    tower type absorber.
    (c) Determine the fractional of solute removal in a venturi scrubber based on the 07
    following data.
    Volumetric flow rate of boiler flue gas - 24,000 Nm3/h, Discharge pressure of gas
    from venture - Atmospheric, Temperature of gas - 80 to 90oC, SO2 concentration in
    boiler flue gas - 4000 ppm (or mg/kg), Solvent - 1% lime solution, Solvent to gas
    ratio - 1.4 L/m3, Throat velocity of gas phase - 100 m/s, Average molar mass of flue
    gas - 29.48 kg/kmol, Density of 1% lime solution - 1012.5 kg/m3, Equilibrium
    constant (m) – 40.63
    Q.5 (a) What is Radiography? How it is being carried out? 03
    (b) State the applications of various types of heads used for pressure vessel design. 04
    (c) Define internal and external design pressure. Discuss the different methods to 07
    calculate thickness of cylindrical shell subjected to external design pressure.
    OR
    Q.5 (a) A low carbon steel cylindrical vessel having shell of 3 m outer diameter & 10 m 14
    length is to be designed for vacuum operation at 250oC. Shell thickness is 14 mm.
    Shell will be fabricated from carbon steel plate. Modulus of elasticity of plate
    material and poisson ratio is 19.5×105 kgf/cm2 and 0.3 respectively. (i) What is the
    maximum allowable vacuum permitted in the vessel based on the given shell
    thickness without stiffener? (ii) Design the vessel for minimum number of equally
    spaced circumferential stiffeners to permit the use of full vacuum in the vessel with
    the given thickness of shell. (iii) Calculate the material saved by design of shell with
    stiffeners, compare to the same shell design without stiffeners for full vacuum.
    Weight of stiffener - 29.75 kg/m, area of cross section for stiffener - 31.81cm2 and
    moment of inertia for the stiffening ring - 650 cm4. Take 2 mm corrosion allowance.

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