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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Paper I 0.000031
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions.
There are EIGHT questions in all, out of which FIVE are to be attempted.
Question Nos. 1 and 5 are compulsory: Out of the remaining SIX questions, THREE are to be
attempted selecting at least ONE question from.each of the two Sections A and B.
Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a
question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank
in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.
All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried by a question / part. is indicated
against it.
Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.
Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their usual standard meanings.
Assume suitable data, if necessary, and indicate the same clearly.
Neat sketches may be drawn, wherever required.

SECTION 'A'
1. Answer all parts in this question : 5 x8=40
l.(a) How would you increase the sens itivity o f the manometer ? Suggest at leas t two ways. 5
l.(b) Explain briefly the difference between a fan, blower and a compressor. 5
l.(c) State Raoult's law and its limitations. 5
l.(d) Explain wet bulb and ｾ､ｩ｡｢ｴ｣＠ saturation temperatures of a vapour gas mix ture. Under what circum-
stances they are same ? 5
l.(e) Express overall heat transfer coefficient in terms of individual film transfer coefficient. 5
l.(f) De fine a nd explain the significance of Froucle Number a nd Powe r Number. 5
l.(g) Expla in brie fly about film theory. 5
l.(h) What are the simplified assumptions o f McCabe Thiele method ? Explain. 5
2.(a) Draw a Roll cmsher and explain its working briefly. Describe the equation to calculate the diame ter
of a roll in Roll crusher. 10·1-lO
2.(b) A fluidized bed (0·5 m dia and 0 ·5 m high) of spherical particles with diameter 2000 pm, and with
specific g1"avity 2·5, uses water as m edium. The poros ity of the bed is 0·4 . Determine LlP using Ergun
equation for the system

LLlP = 4 x !Os Urn1 + 1 + 10Ｗ urn

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Um1 is in m /s. What is minimum fluidization velocity ? 10
2.(c) An orifice meter having diameter of 0·025 rn is located in a 0·08 m pipe. Water is flow ing through
th e line and a mercury manometer meas ures the differential pressure over the instrument. The -leads
are filled with water. When the manometer reading is 0 ·3 5 m, what is flow rate o f water per minute?
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3.(a)
3.(b)
Explain the factors to be considered for selection of a solvent in absorption.
Derive an equation for estimation of time of drying when met
moisture.
solid contains both bound and
I0
unbound
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3.(c) Ammonia is stripped from a dilute aqueous solution by counter-current contact with air in a column
containing seven sieve trays. The equilibrium relationship is Ye = 0· 8 xe and molar flow rate of air is
1·5 times that of the solution. 90% of NH 3 is to be removed. How many ideal stages docs the column
have and what is the stage efficiency ? 20
4.(a) Give detailed procedure for calculation. of Heat load of a furnace. I0
4.(b) Derive an equation for estimation of overall heat transfer coefficient from individual coefficients.
10
4.(c) A solution of organic colloids is to be concentrated from 15 to 50 per cent solids in a vertical-
tube evaporator. T he solution has a negligible elevation iil boiling point, and the specific heat of
the feed is 0·93. Saturated steam is available at 0·8 atrn abs, and the pressure in the condenser is
· 100 mm Hg abs. The feed enters at 15°C. The overall coefficient is 1,700 Wtmz.oc. The evaporator
must evaporate 25,000 kg of water per hour. How many square metres of surface are required, .and
what is the steam consumption in kilograms per hour ? Enthalpy of super heated water vapour is
575 kcal/kg and that of steam is 4406 kcal/kg. Temperature in evaporator is 50°C. Enthalpy of thick
liquor is 122 kcal/kg, enthalpy of feed is 30 kcal/kg. 20
SECTION 'B'
s. Answer all parts in this question :
S.(a) List out and explain the various static and dynamic characteristics of a Temperature measuring
Instrument. 6
S.(b) Defme Stability criteria and explain Routh test method· for finding the stability of the control system.
8
S.(c) What are the advantages of liquid membrane process over liquid extract. 6
S.(d) Explain the Pervaporation operation. . 6
S.(e) What is meant by crossover frequency of a control system ? 4
·s.(t) Give the transfer function for transportation lag. 4
S.(g) Distinguish between Reverse Osmosis and Ultra Filtration. 6
6.(a) What is the principle of Electro-Dialysis ? List out applications of this operation. 10
6.(b) What are the commercial applications of dialysis operation ? 10
6.(c) A gas containing 70 per cent Hz, 24 per cent CH4 , and 6 per cent CzH6 is to be separated into a nearly
pure Hz stream and a fuel gas using a hollow-fibre permeate with a selectivity of 100 for HziCH4 .
(a) If the upstream and downstream pressures are 40 and 20 atmospheres absolute, what fraction
of Hz in the feed is recovered in permeate if the permeate is 96% Hz ? What is the stage cut ?
(b) How much more Hz could be recovered by lowering the permeate pressure · to 12 atmospheres
absolute ? 20
7.(a) Give the material of construction for Storage Vessels to handle Hydrochloric Acid of various
compositions. I0
7.(b) Discuss the design procedure of closures flat and elliptica l head. l0
7.(c) Estimate the . thickness of the shell of a spherical process vessel of diameter 2 mts. The vessel is
to be operated at a pressure of 1·5 MNfmZ (abs'o lute). Take the design pressure as I 0% above
the operating pressure. A llowable stress for the material of the vessel is 85 MN/m2. Weld is fully
radiographed. A corrosion allowance of 2 mm may be taken. Joint efficiency can be taken
as 95%. · 20
8.(a) Explain the PID control action or a Pneumatic controller with a neat sketch. 15
8.(b) For the transfer function shown below, sketch carefull y the gain versus frequency pmtion of the
asymptotic plot of the Bode diagram. Determine the actual (exact) value of gain and phase angle at
ro = I . Determine the phase angle as ro ｾ＠ oo

. G(s) = T(071s+ l)
S 2 ( 10s + l)
Indicate very clearly the slopes of the asymptotic Bode diagram or G(s). 25

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

PAPER-II

ITime Allowed : Three Hours I Maximum Marks : 200 I

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully

before attempting questions

There are EIGHT questions in all, out of which FIVE are to be attempted.

Question Nos. 1 and 5 are compulsory. Out of the remaining SIX questions, THREE are to
be attempted selecting at least ONE question from each of the two Sections A and B.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of
a question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left
blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.

All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried by a question/part is
indicated against it.

Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.

Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their usual standard meanings.

Assume suitable data, if necessary, and indicate the same clearly.

Neat sketches may be drawn, wherever required.

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SECTION-A t

1. (a} Explain the following terms with suitable illustrations for an operation
involving reaction with recycle 5
(i} Overall conversion
(ii} Single-pass conversion

(b) Define the following terms for combustion reaction 5

(i} Theoretical oxygen demand
(ii} Percentage of excess air

(c) Define degrees of freedom of each of the following equilibrium systems using
Gibbs' phase rule : 5
(i} A vapour-liquid mixture of four hydrocarbons
(ii} NaCl crystals suspended in an aqueous NaCl solution

(d) State Raoult's law and indicate its applications in vapour-liquid equilibrium
calculations. 5

(e) Define half-life time [t112 ] of a reaction and derive the half-life time expression
for first-order reaction. 5
(f) What are the factors that influence the selection of a catalyst for a catalytic
reaction? 5

(g) What is an equation of state? What is the ideal gas equation? At what
conditions does the ideal gas equation provide the most accurate estimates? 5

(h) What are the factors that influence the choice of good refrigerant for a
refrigeration unit? 5

2. (a} Methane burns in a reactor according to the following stoichiometry :

CH 4 +20 2 --? C0 2 +2H 2 0
CH 4 +1·50 2 --? C0+2H 2 0

One hundred mol/h of methane is fed to a reactor.

(i} What is the theoretical 0 2 flow rate if the complete combustion occurs in
the reactor?
(ii} What is the theoretical 0 2 flow rate assuming that only 70% methane
reacts?
(iii} What is the theoretical flow rate of air?
(iv} If the actual flow rate of air is such that 300 mol 0 2 /h enters the reactor,
what is the percent excess air? 20

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 (b) Explain Hess' law of heat summation with its significance. Suppose heats of
reaction at 25 oc are measured experimentally for the following set of reactions :
2A+B -72C : ＡｊＮｈｾ＠ = -1000 kJ /mol
A +D --7 C+3E : !!J.H;2 = -2000 kJ /mol
Using Hess' law, calculate the heats of reaction for the following reaction
at 25 oc : 20
B+6E -72D

3 . . (a) An ice plant working on a reversed Carnot cycle heat pump produces
20 tonnes of ice per day. The ice is maintained at 0 oc. The heat is rejected to
the atmosphere at 27 oc. The heat pump which is used to run the ice plant is
coupled to a Carnot engine which absorbs heat from a source which is
maintained at 227 oc by burning fuel of 45000 kJ /kg calorific value
and rejects the heat to the atmosphere. Determine the consumption of fuel
per hour and the power developed by the engine. Take enthalpy of fusion of
ice = 334·5 kJ /kg. 20
(b) An equimolar liquid mixture of Benzene (B) and Toluene (T) is in equilibrium
with its vapour. What is the system pressure and the composition of vapour?
Hint : The Antoine equation may be used to estimate the vapour pressure of
Benzene (B) and Toluene (T) :

log 10 P8* = 6 ·906 - - 1211

---
T+220· 8
*
log 10 PT = 6 ·9533 - -1343·9
-- -
T+219·38
where ｐｾ＠ and P; are vapour pressures of Benzene and Toluene in mm Hg and
Tis the temperature in oc. 20

4. (a) In a batch reactor, decomposition reaction in liquid phase takes place with
a first-order kinetics. 50% of the reactant is converted to product in 5 minutes
experimental run.
(i) What is the value of rate constant?
(ii) How much longer would it take to reach 75% conversion? 20
(b) Consider a series reaction with the following stoichiometry which takes place in
an ideal plug flow reactor :

The feed is introduced into the reactor at 1000 litres/h and the feed contains
only the reactant with the concentration of 1 g mole/litre.
(i) What is the maximum concentration of R in the product stream?
(ii) What is the volume of the reactor? 20

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SECTION-B

5. (a) Discuss in detail about setting and hardening of cement. 5

(b) Describe the various methods for extraction of vegetable oils. 5
(c) Differentiate between hazards, risk and safety. Give the classification of
hazards. 5
(d) What are the by-products of sugar industry? Mention their utilizations. 5
(e) What are the preventive and protective measures to prevent fire in chemical
industry? 5
(f) Discuss in detail about various legislations for safety control presently
applicable in chemical process plants. 5
(g) Explain the different methods for determining the depreciation of process
equipments and compare them. 5
(h) Explain the various factors to be considered while deciding the plant location. 5

6. (a) What are the characteristics of alkaline pulp? Explain i.n detail about the kraft
pulping process with a neat sketch. 20
(b) Differentiate between soaps and detergents. Explain the continuous process
for the production of fatty acids and soap in detail. 20

7. (a) Compare aerobic and anaerobic methods for composting of municipal solid
wastes. Discuss in detail about various treatments adopted for the treatment of
industrial wastewater with neat sketch. 20
(b) Discuss the safety aspects in the design of chemical plants and suggest a
suitable control scheme for safe operation of chemical reactor. 20

8. (a) The following equation shows the effect of variables x and y on the total cost
for a particular operation :
11900
Cr =2 · 33x+ +1·86y+10
xy
Determine the values of x and y which will give the least total cost. 15
(b) A chemical plant requires ｾ＠ 50,00,000 of fixed capital investment. If
annual profits and annual depreciation costs are ｾＱＵＬＰ＠ and ｾＷＬＵＰ＠
respectively, find the payback period on total investment. 10
(c) Explain the break-even chart for the production schedule with neat sketch and
explain its significance for optimum analysis. 15

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