A steel casting (Cp = 0.

50 kJ/kg-K) weighing 40 kg and at a

temperature of 450 deg C is quenched in 150 kg of oil (Cp = 2.5 kJ/kg-
K) at 25 deg C. If there are no heat losses,

1) What is the entropy change of the casting (kJ/kg)?

a) 9.80 b) 26.13 c) 46.52 d) -16.33
2) What is the entropy change of the oil (kJ/kg)?
a) 9.80 b) 26.13 c) 46.52 d) -16.33
3) What is the entropy change of the entire process (kJ/kg)?
a) 9.80 b) 26.13 c) 46.52 d) -16.33

A light hydrocarbon oil flows inside a 2-in. Sch. 40 steel pipe (I.D.
= 2.067 in., O.D. = 2.375 in.) in a double-pipe heat exchanger at 8600
lb/hr. It is cooled from 240°F to 138.5°F. Water will enter the
annulus at 45°F and will flow counter-current to the oil at a rate of
4,400 lb/hr.
Heat capacity of oil = 0.55 Btu/lb-°F
Heat capacity of water = 1.0 Btu/lb-°F
The overall heat-transfer coefficient based on the inside area is 60
Btu/hr-ft2-°F.

4) The duty (Btu/hr) of the heat exchanger is

a) 680,095 b) 380,095 c) 580,095 d) 480,095
5) The log mean temperature difference (deg F) is
a) 100.64 b) 89.64 c) 79.64 d) 69.64
6) The inside area (ft2) of the heat exchanger is most nearly:
a) 100.26 b) 89.26 c) 79.62 d) 69.82

A 1-2 shell-&-tube heat exchanger heats 2.52 kg/s of water (Cp = 4.2
kJ/kg-K) from 21.1oC to 54.4oC using hot water entering at 115.6oC and
leaving at 60.0oC. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 1000 W/m2-
K. Assume a fudge factor, F, of 0.98.

7) The corrected log mean temperature difference is

a) 49.21 b) 57.64 c) 84.75 d) 97.45
8) The duty (kJ/s) of heat exchanger is
a) 523.45 b) 325.54 c) 352.45 d)545.23
9) How many 1.5-m-long tubes per tube-pass are required if each tube
has an outside diameter of 3 cm?
a) 46 b) 16 c) 36 d) 26

Water at 200 0F (density = 60.11 lbm/ft3) is pumped from a storage tank

at the rate of 50 gal/min. The motor for the pump supplies work at
the rate of 2 HP. The water goes through a heat exchanger, giving up
heat at the rate of 40,000 Btu/min, and is delivered to a second
storage tank at an elevation of 50 ft above the first tank.
 10) What is the change in potential energy (Btu/lbm)?
a) 0.406 b) 0.604 c) 0.046 d) 0.064
11) What is the change in enthalpy (Btu/lbm)?
a) 1 b) 2 c) -99.35 d) 99.35
12) What is the temperature of the water delivered to the second
tank?
a) 200.74 b) 300.74 c) 500.74 d) 100.74 deg F

At 3000 K and 1 atm, H2S is 40% dissociated into H2 and S2.

13) Calculate KP for the reaction.

a) 0.054 b) 0.064 c) 0.074 d) 0.084
14) What will be the degree of dissociation if the pressure is raised
to 2 atm?
a) 0.5 b) 0.748 c) 0.336 d) 0.633
15) What will be the degree of dissociation when a mixture of 50% H 2S
and 50% O2 is heated to 3000 K, the pressure being 1 atm?
a) 0.315 b) 0.271 c) 0.315 d) 0.423

16) The width of apron conveyor having a capacity of 75 tons/h and a

speed of 50 ft/min is
a) 1220 mm b)1070 mm c) 1370 mm d) 460 mm
17) Determine the maximum horsepower requirement of a screw conveyor
with a capacity of 30 tons/h and a speed of 55 rpm.
a) 14.3 hp b) 30.6 hp c) 10 hp d) 5 hp
18) Determine the capacity of a flight conveyor having a flight size
and number of strands in mm of 15 x 7 (380 x 180) – 1
specification.
a) 61 MT/h b) 113 MT/h c) 71 MT/h d) 81 MT/h

19) Convert 4 therm to MJ

a) 422 MJ b) 322 MJ c) 122 MJ d) 522 MJ
20) A given flowrate of 1000 gpm is the same as
a) 1124.67 ft3/hr b) 8021 ft3/hr c) 22.228 ft3/hr d) 22.28 ft3/hr
21) Convert 60 BTU/lbm-deg F to J/kg-K
a) 0.0143 b) 250,668 c) 139,560 d) 452,174

A mixture of 55.13% carbon dioxide and 44.87% hydrogen is passed over

a nickel catalyst. The temperature of the catalyst bed is 588 K (315 )
and the reactor pressure is 2 MPa g. The analysis of the gases leaving
the reactor showed CO2: 55.18%, H2: 39.72%, CH4: 1.62%, CO: 0.12% and
H2O: 3.36%. The reaction taking place in the reactor is:
CO2 + 4 H2 = CH4 + 2 H2O
and CO2 + H2 = CO + H2O
 22) Find the conversion of CO2 per pass
a) 1.06% b) 2.06% c) 3.06% d) 4.06%
23) Find the yield of CH4 in terms of CO2 reacted
a) 83.33% b) 93.10% c) 73.33% d) 63.33%
24) Find the selectivity of CH4 to CO production
a) 11.5 b) 12.5 c) 13.5 d) 14.5

A pure saturated hydrocarbon (CnH2n+2) is burned with excess air. Orsat

analysis of the products of combustion shows 9.08% CO2, 1.63% CO, 5.28%
O2 and no free H2.

25) Determine the formula of the hydrocarbon

a) CH4 b) C2H6 c) C3H8 d) C4H10
26) Calculate the percent excess air
a) 30% b) 25% c) 35% d) 40%
27) Calculate the kg dry air/kg of hydrocarbon
a) 19.62% b) 29.62% c) 39.62% d) 49.62%

28) What is the heat flow through insulating brick, 30 cm thick, in an

oven wall with thermal conductivity of 0.066 W/m-K? The thermal
gradient is 195°C
a) 32.9 W/m2 b) 42.9 W/m2 c) 52.9 W/m2 d) 62.9 W/m2

A composite wall is made up of 3.0 in. of material A exposed to

1000°F, 5.0 in. of material B, and 6.0 in. of material C exposed to
200°F. The mean thermal conductivities for materials A, B, and C are
0.06, 0.5, and 0.8 Btu-ft/hr-ft2-°F, respectively. What are the
temperatures at the A-B and B-C material interfaces?

29) Determine the temperature at A-B material interface.

a) 407.41°F b) 507.41°F c) 607.41°F d) 707.41°F
30) Determine the temperature at B-C material interface.
a) 188.89°F b) 288.89°F c) 388.89°F d) 488.89°F

On a hot summer day the temperature is 35 deg C, barometric pressure

is 103 kPa, and the relative humidity is 90%. An air conditioner draws
in outside air, cools it to 20 deg C, and delivers it at a rate of
12,500 L/h.

31) Calculate the rate of moisture condensation (kg/h).

a) 0.580 b) 0.265 c) 0.352 d) 0.489
32) Calculate the volumetric flow rate of the air drawn from the
outside (L/h).
a) 11,500 b) 12,500 c) 13,500 d) 14,500
33) Calculate the mole fraction of H2O in the inlet stream.
a) 0.04913 b) 0.05913 c) 0.06913 d) 0.07913
We wish to extract nicotine from water using kerosene. If we have 100
lb of 2% nicotine solution extracted once with 200 lb of kerosene.
What percentage of the nicotine will be extracted?

Equilibrium:

34) What percentage of the nicotine will be extracted?

a) 64.75% b) 77.45% c) 82.45% d) 99.60%

A mixture of 45% by weight ethanol and 55% by weight water is

distilled at 1 atm to give a distillate containing 88% by weight
ethanol and bottoms containing 5% by weight ethanol. The feed is
introduced as a subcooled liquid at a rate of 500 kg/h. The reflux
ratio is 2.5.

35) The amount of distillate produced is

a) 396.40 kg/h b) 240.96 kg/h c) 520.32 kg/h d) 140.96 kg/h

36) A salt solution weighing 10,000 kg with 30 wt% Na2CO3 is cooled to

293 K (20°C). The salt crystallizes as decahydrate. What will be the
yield of Na2CO3 10H2O crystals if the solubility is 21.5 kg anhydrous
Na2CO3/100 kg of total water? Assume that 3% of the total weight of
the solution is lost by evaporation of water in cooling. (M.W. Na2CO3
= 106; H2O = 18.02; Na2CO3 10H2O = 286.2)
a) 6636.17 kg b) 5636.17 kg c) 4636.17 kg d) 7636.17 kg

37) A batch liquid with a heat capacity (C P) of 3.8 kJ/kg-K and weighing
1,000 kg is heated by means of a submerged steam coil with an area
(A) of 1 m2. The overall heat-transfer coefficient (U) is 600 W/m2-K.
The heat loss to the surroundings can be neglected. The appropriate
differential equation that describes this heating process is:

Where:
w = batch discharge, kg
TS = steam temperature, K
T = batch liquid temperature, K
= time, s
If the liquid takes 90 min to heat from 290 K to 360 K, then the
saturated steam temperature is most nearly:
a)112.01 K b) 212.01 K c) 312.01 K d) 412.01 K

38) A porous solid is dried in a batch dryer. The critical moisture

content for the solid is determined to be 0.16 lb water/lb dry
solid, and the equilibrium moisture content is 0.02 lb water/lb dry
solid. The mass of dry solid is 2 lb and the drying surface is 1
ft2. The constant drying rate is 0.08 lb/ft 2-hr. If the solid is
 dried from 0.3 lb water/lb dry solid to 0.16 lb water/lb dry solid,
then the time required (min) is most nearly:
a) 210 min b) 310 min c)410 min d) 510 min

39) A mixture of 25 mole percent n-pentane, 45 mole percent n-hexane,

and 30 mole percent heptane at 1 atm. What is the degree of freedom
of the mixture as its dew point?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 4

40) In a chemical process, oil is flowing through a 2-in. I.D. iron pipe
at a velocity of 3 ft/sec. The following physical properties of the
oil are given:
Density, ρ = 55 lbm/ft3
Heat capacity = 0.518 Btu/lbm-°F
Viscosity, μ = 5.08 lbm/ft-hr
Thermal conductivity, k = 2.17 x 10-5 Btu/sec-ft-°F

The Prandtl number for this flow is most nearly:

a) 22.68 b) 33.68 c) 44.68 d) 55.68

An air standard Diesel cycle absorbs 1,500 J/mol of heat. The pressure
and temperature at the beginning of the compression step are 1 bar and
20 deg C, and the pressure at the end of the compression step is 5
bar. Assuming air to be an ideal gas for which Cp = (7/2)R and Cv =
(5/2)R,

41) Determine the compression ratio of the cycle.

a) 3.157 b) 2.842 c) 1.157 d)4.842

42) Determine the expansion ratio of the cycle.

a) 4.842 b) 1.157 c) 2.842 d) 3.157

43) Calculate the efficiency of the cycle.

a) 34.84% b) 50.25% c) 44.84% d) 60.25%

44) A trayed tower operating at 1 atm is to be designed to continuously

distill 200 kmoles/hour (55.6 moles/s) of a binary mixure of 60 mole

% benzene, 40 mole% toluene.

Antoine’s constants
Benzene Toluene
A = 6.90565 A = 6.95464
B = 1211.033 B = 1344.8
C = 220.79 C = 219.482

What is the T bubble point of the mixture?

a) 99.33°C b) 109.33°C c) 89.33°C d) 79.33

45) Which of the following theories predicts that kl µ D 0.67

?
a) Penetration theory
 b) Surface renewal theory
c) Boundary layer theory

d) None of these
46) Corresponding to Prandtl number in heat transfer, the dimensionless
group in mass transfer is
a) Reynolds number c) Peclet number
b) Sherwood number d) Schmidt number

47) Kremser equation may be used to determine the number of stages in a

staged column when
a) the operating and equilibrium lines are straight
b) the operating line is straight, but the equilibrium relation is
curved
c) the operating line is curved, but the equilibrium line is
straight
d) both the operating and equilibrium lines are curved
48) A good solvent for gas absorption should have

a) high vapor pressure and low viscosity

b) high vapor pressure and high viscosity

c) low vapor pressure and low viscosity

d) low vapor pressure and high viscosity

49) The solvent widely employed for natural gas dehydration is

a) monoethanolamine

b) ethylene glycol

c) conc. sulfuric acid

d) calcium chloride

50) For sweetening of sour gases, solvents that are widely employed are

a) mono-and diethanolamines

b) wash oil of molecular weight higher than 300

c) aqueous NaOH solution

d) both (a) and (c)

51) Distillation operations carried out at total reflux do not permit

the removal of any product. However, runs at total reflux are often
made to determine
a) Reboiler duty c) condenser duty
b) theo no. of stages d) pinch point
52) A liquid mixture whose composition and boiling point does not change
as vapor is generated and removed on boiling.
a) Immiscible Liquid Mixture
b) Partially Miscible Liquid mixture
c) Azeotropic Mixture
d) Saturated Mixture

53) When the feed to a distillation column is a saturated vapor, the

feed line is
a) Inclined to the left c) horizontal
b) Inclined to the right d) vertical

54) Corresponding to Nusselt number in heat transfer, the dimensionless

group in mass transfer is
a) Peclet number c) Prandtl number
b) Knudsen number d) Sherwood number

55) Stanton number for mass transfer is defined as

a) Sc / (Sh.Re) c) (Re.Sh) / Sc
b) Re / (Sc.Sh) d) Sh / (Re.Sc)
56) Which of the following analogies gives St = f / 2?

a) Reynolds analogy c) Chilton-Colburn Analogy

b) Prandtl analogy d) none of these

57) Plasticizers are added to paints to

a) make it corrosion resistant

b) make glossy surface

c) give elasticity and prevent cracking of the film

d) increase atmospheric oxidation

58) Which oil is preferred for paint manufacture?

a) drying oil

b) non-drying oil

c) semi-drying oil

d) saturated oil

59) Function of thinner in a paint is to

a) accelerate the oxidation of oil

 b) prevent gelling of the paint

c) suspend pigments and dissolve film-forming materials

d) form a protective film

60) As predicted by stokes’ law, the drag coefficient, CD , is given by

a) 16/ NRe,p

b) 8/ NRe,p

c) 24/ NRe,p

d) 32/ NRe,p