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MULTIPLE CHOICES:
1. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) Humid volume is the total volume in m3 of 1 kg of gas plus its accompanying vapor at 1
atm. and gas temperature.
(B) At a fixed total pressure, humidity depends only on the partial pressure of vapor in the
mixture.
(C) The dew point of a saturated gas phase equals the gas temperature.
(D) Dry bulb temperature of the gas is less than the wet bulb temperature.
2. From the following lists of equipment, which of the following will give the most efficient
cooling tower?
(A) atmospheric (C) natural draft
(B) forced draft (D) induced draft
3. Besides measuring the dry bulb and wet bulb temperature in determining the humidity of air,
another method may be used. This is by
(A) Consulting Engr. Albert (C) measuring humid volume of the air
(B) Measuring the dew point of the air (D) measuring the enthalpy of the air
5. This is the temperature at which a vapor-gas mixture becomes saturated when cooled at
constant humidity.
(A) wet-bulb temperature (C) saturation temperature
(B) dew point temperature (D) dry-bulb temperature
8. In cooling tower, the temperature of the liquid ______ and the temperature and humidity of
the air ______.
(A) falls, rise (C) rises, rise
(B) falls, fall (D) rises, fall
9. In a cooling tower, water circulation rate is 200m3/hr, blow down load is 2% and the
evaporation & drift losses are 2 %. The make-up water requirement will be _________ m3/hr.
(A) 4 (C) 8
(B) 10 (D) 6
10. A mixture of air and water vapor weighs 75 kg. If the water vapor weighs 1.3 kg, the
humidity of air is close to
(A) O.0173 (C) 0.0176
(B) 0.0188 (D) 0.1610
12. From the following lists of materials, which of the following will have maximum
equilibrium moisture?
(A) Rag paper (C) Inorganic solids
(B) Bamboo (D) Anthracite coal
15. This is the moisture that can be removed by drying under the given percent relative humidity.
(A) Equilibrium Moisture Content (C) Critical Moisture Content
(B) Free Moisture Content (D) Bound Moisture
18. From the following lists of equipment, which of the following is not a continuous drier?
(A) Spray Drier (C) Tray drier
(B) Drum drier (D) Tunnel drier
19. This is the moisture in the solid that exerts the equilibrium vapor pressure of pure liquid at
the prevailing conditions.
(A) unbound moisture (C) free moisture
(B) bound moisture (D) equilibrium moisture
21. From the following lists of equipment, which of the following can dry a slurry to produce a
flaky solid?
(A) Drum dryer (C) Dielectric dryer
(B) Rotary dryer (D) Spray dryer
22. When drying banana chips under the sun, the rate of drying is faster on a
(A) slightly breezy day (C) calm day
(B) cloudy day (D) hot and windy day
24. From the following lists of equipment, which of the following is not a batch drier?
(A) Truck drier (C) Fluidized bed drier
(B) Vacuum shelf drier (D) Agitated pan drier
27. A solid material shows case hardening properties while drying. Which of the following
should be controlled to control the drying process?
(A) Relative humidity of inlet air (C) volumetric flow rate of inlet air
(B) Temperature of the solid (D) humidity of outlet air
28. The partial pressure of water vapor is 50 mmHg in a mixture of air and water vapor at 110
0
F and 1 atm. The percentage relative humidity of the mixture is closest to
(A) 85.66 (C) 75.92
(B) 95.72 (D) 65.86
29. At certain temperature and 1 atm total pressure, the partial pressure of water in air is 25
mmHg. What is the humidity of the air?
(A) 0.1120 (C) 0.0053
(B) 0.0211 (D) 0.2111
30. An adiabatic humidifier operates at atmospheric pressure under such conditions that the air
leaving the unit is saturated at the adiabatic saturation temperature. If the air enters the
humidifier at 80 0F with a humidity of 0.005 lb of water vapor per lb of dry air, what will be
the humidity of the air leaving the unit?
(A) 0.050 (C) 0.110
(B) 0.125 (D) 0.010
31. What is the mass flow rate of dry (0% moisture) solid?
(A) 792 kg/h (C) 896 kg/h
(B) 833 kg/h (D) 948 kg/h
32. What is the feed rate of the wet solid (35% moisture) to the dryer?
(A) 1055 kg/h (C) 1281 kg/h
(B) 1218 kg/h (D) 1346 kg/h
33. What is the rate of removal of water from the wet solid in the dryer?
(A) 384 kg/h (C) 483 kg/h
(B) 427 kg/h (D) 548 kg/h
34. What is the moisture content of the air entering the dryer?
(A) 0.0048 kg water/kg dry air (C) 0.0058 kg water/kg dry air
(B) 0.0052 kg water/kg dry air (D) 0.0065 kg water/kg dry air
35. What is the relative humidity of the air entering the dryer?
(A) 5% (C) 15%
(B) 10% (D) 20%
36.
37. What is the moisture content of the air leaving the dryer?
(A) 0.016 kg water/kg dry air (C) 0.031 kg water/kg dry air
(B) 0.021 kg water/kg dry air (D) 0.050 kg water/kg dry air
38. What volume flow rate of air must to be fed to the pre-heater?
(A) 1.6 m3/s (C) 3.1 m3/s
(B) 2.4 m3/s (D) 3.7 m3/s
40. What is the humid heat of air [kJ/kgda-K] at 1 atm total pressure and unknown temperature?
At this temperature, the partial pressure of water vapor is 35 mmHg.
(A) 0.03 (C) 1.06
(B) 2.87 (D) 4.13
40. Air at 150 0F and a humidity of 0.0012 kg water per kg dry air at 1 atm enters a drier. If the
mass rate of dry air is 50 kg per hour, then the volumetric flowrate [ft3/hr] of air is
approximately equal to
(A) 1693.61 (C) 936.00
(B) 6319.10 (D) 3190.61
41. A compressor delivers air at a total pressure of 40 psia and a temperature of 90 0F. If this air
is saturated with water vapor, what is the humidity of the air? Assume Dalton’s law is
applicable to this mixture.
(A) 0.1010 (C) 0.1521
(B) 0.0525 (D) 0.0111
42. Air at 760 mmHg pressure, having a wet bulb temperature of 50 0F and a dry bulb
temperature of 70 0F, enters a humidifier. If the air leaving the unit has a humidity of 0.007
kg of water vapor per kg of dry air, how many kg of water vapor are evaporated into the air
for every 100 kg of dry air entering the unit?
(A) 0.2 (C) 0.4
(B) 0.78 (D) 0.65
43. A mixture of air and water vapor contains 5 lb of water vapor for every 200 lb of dry air. If
the temperature of the mixture is 120 0F and the total pressure is 760 mmHg, which of the
following statements is incorrect?
(A) The actual pressure of water in the air is 29.4 mmHg
(B) The dew point of the mixture is 28.6 0C
(C) The percentage humidity of the air is 40.5
(D) The percentage relative humidity of the air is 33.6
44. The partial pressure of water vapor is 50 mmHg in a mixture of air and water vapor at 110 0F
and 1 atm pressure. How many BtU of heat energy must be added to 25 lb of this mixture to
raise the temperature to 125 0F?
(A) 34.9 (C) 58.9
(B) 43.9 (D) 93.4
45. 500 kg of air with a dry bulb of 15 0C, wet bulb of 10 0C are mixed with 1000 kg of air at 30
0
C dry bulb and 15 0C wet bulb. What is the resulting temperature of the mixture?
(A) 70 0F (C) 25 0C
(B) 85 0F (D) 21 0C
55. An insoluble wet granular material is dried in a pan 0.457 x 0.457 m (1.5 x 1.5 ft) and 25.4
mm deep. The material is 25.4 mm deep in the pan, and the sides and bottom can be
considered to be insulated. Heat transfer is by convection from an air stream flowing parallel
to the surface at a velocity of 6.1 m/s (20 ft/s). The air is at 65.6oC (150oF) and has a
humidity of 0.010 kg H2O/kg dry air. Estimate the rate of drying for the constant-rate period.
(A) 0.708 kg water/h (C) 1.708 lbm water/h
(B) 2.708 lbm water/h (D) 0.808 kg water/h
56. Fresh air is introduced into a room at such a rate that the air in the room is changed every 5
minutes. The room is 30 by 30 by 10 ft and the air in the room is at 70 0F with a percentage
humidity of 60. Outside air at a temperature of 60 0F is used as air supply. The outside air is
heated to the room temperature by a heat exchanger. How many BtU per hour must be
supplied by the heat exchanger? All total pressures may be taken as 760 mmHg.
(A) 19500 (C) 13950
(B) 15900 (D) 9135
57. How many cubic feet per minute of entering air is needed to evaporate 5 lb of water per hour
from a rayon, if the air enters at 27 0C and 25% humidity and leaves at 77 0C and 55%
relative humidity? The operating pressure is 750 mmHg.
(A) 4.5 (C) 12.1
(B) 6.4 (D) 9.0
COMPILED BY: ENGR. ALBERT D.C. EVANGELISTA
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BOARD EXAM REVIEWER MARCH 16 & 23, 2019
58. Humid air at a temperature of 600 0F and a total pressure of 1 atm passed through a
dehumidifier at the rate a 1000 cfm. If the partial pressure of water vapor in air is reduced
from 45 mmHg to 10 mmHg, how many pounds of water is removed per hour?
(A) 74.8 (C) 65.2
(B) 35.6 (D) 52.7
59. A wet material having a critical moisture content of 18% (db) and equilibrium moisture
content of 5% (db) took 5 hours to dry from 65% (db) to 15% (db) moisture. What is the time
required to dry the same material from 90% (db) to 10% (db)?
(A) 6.1969 hr (C) 7.9754 hr
(B) 8.3734 hr (D) 9.9185 hr
60. A 100 kg batch granular solids containing 30% moisture is to be dried in a tray drier to 12%
of moisture by passing a current of air to 350 K tangentially across its surface at a velocity of
1.8 m/s. If the constant rate of drying under these conditions is 0.80 g/m2-s and the critical
moisture content is 10%, the drying time is approximately equal to ______________.
Assume the drying surface to be equal to 0.03 m2/kg dry weight.
(A) 8.33 h (C) 5.83 h
(B) 3.38 h (D) 7.53 h
61. A porous material dries in the open air at a rate approximately proportional to its moisture
content. If a sheet hang in the wind loses half its free moisture in the first hour, when will it
have lost 85%? Weather conditions remaining the same.
(A) 4.72 h (C) 2.74 h
(B) 3.24 h (D) 7.24 h
62. A try drier is to be used for drying a solid material. Each tray is 3 ft wide by 4 ft long and the
wet material has a depth of 1.8 in. The density of the wet material is 45 lb/ft3. The wet
material contains 3.5 lb of water per pound of dry solid. How many trays are necessary to
obtain 2500 lb of a product containing 1 lb of water per pound of dry solid?
(A) 70 (C) 75
(B) 65 (D) 60
63. Air entering a dryer has a temperature (dry bulb temperature) of 60oC (140oF) and a dew
point of 26.7oC (80oF). The humid volume (m3/kg dry air) is
(A) 0.98 (C) 0.87
(B) 1.28 (D) 1.34
64. A porous solid is dried in a batch dryer under constant drying conditions. Seven hours are
required to reduce the moisture content from 35 to 10 lb water/lb dry solid. The critical
moisture is 19 lb water/lb dry solid and the equilibrium moisture is 4 lb water per lb of dry
solid. If the drying rate during FRP is a straight line through the origin, calculate the time
required to dry the solid from 18 to 7 lb water/lb dry solid.
(A) 5.44 (C) 3.75
(B) 4.54 (D) 7.35
65. 100 tons per hour of crushed coal with 15.1% moisture is to be dried to 5% moisture in a
countercurrent continuous drier using hot air entering the drier at 180 0F and 10% RH and
then leaving at 40% RH. Assume adiabatic operations; calculate the air requirement for the
drier. Express the answer in ft3/min.
(A) 528007 (C) 600105
(B) 382712 (D) 413700
66. Soap drier reduces the water content of a given soap from 30% by weight to 5% by weight. It
is estimated that the cost of drying is PHP 10/500 kg of bone dry soap in the mixture passing
through the drier. Soap containing 5wt% water sells at PHP 10/100 kg at the factory. How
much should the factory charge for soap containing 30 wt% water? Express the answer as
PHP per 100 kg of the moist soap containing 30 wt% water.
(A) 5.97 (C) 8.34
(B) 7.21 (D) 2.45
68. What is the volume flow rate of air required to cool the water to 80oF?
(A) 144,000 ft3/min (C) 173,000 ft3/min
(B) 158,000 ft3/min (D) 183,000 ft3/min
73. In a process in which benzene is used as a solvent, it is evaporated into dry nitrogen. The
resulting mixture at a temperature of 297 K and a pressure of 760 mmHg has a relative
humidity of 60%. It is required to recover 80% of the benzene by cooling to 283 K and
compressing to a suitable pressure. What should this pressure be? Vapor pressure of
benzene: at 297 K = 91.53 mmHg; at 283 K = 45.01 mmHg.
(A) 4.77 atm (C) 1.55 atm
(B) 2.98 atm (D) 3.86 atm
77. The rate of drying (kg H2O/m2-hr) at constant drying conditions is about
(A) 1.12 (C) 0.16
(B) 2.68 (D) 0.43
82. The heat (BtU/hr) supplied by the heating surface within the drier is close to
(A) 1525881 (C) 763211
(B) 981481 (D) 621486
83. The total heat (BtU) consumed per pound of evaporation is close to
(A) 1389 (C) 5881
(B) 8999 (D) 2481
84. The initial moisture content of a food product is 77% (wet basis), and the critical moisture
content is 30 %( wet basis). If the constant drying rate is 0.1 kg H2O / m2.s, compute the
time required for the product to begin the falling rate drying period. The product has a cube
shape with 5- cm sides, and the initial product density is 950 kg/m3.
(A) 53.2 s (C) 23.4 s
(B) 34.6 s (D) 48.5 s
85. A wet solid slab weighing 200 kg with a drying surface of 1 m2/75 kg is to be dried from 40
to 20% moisture. Drying tests have shown that this drying takes place at constant rate and
that the critical moisture of the solid is 20%. The constant drying rate is 3x10-2 kg/m2.min.
The drying time(min) is closest to
(A) 1500 (C) 1050
(B) 2000 (D) 500
86. The air in a dryer is at 150oF and has a relative humidity of 25%. It is flowing at a velocity of
5 ft/s. The mass transfer coefficient is given by
ky = (22.4 + 0.049t)G0.8
Where G = mass velocity, lb/h.ft2., t = dry air temperature, oF, ky = lb/(h)(ft2)(unit H) G = lb
wet air/s.ft2. The rate of evaporation (lb/h) is closest to
(A) 0.2 (C) 0.5
(B) 0.4 (D) 0.12
87. An insulated hot air countercurrent drier is to be designed to dry 200 kg/h of a product
containing 30% moisture to a product containing 0.2% moisture (wet basis). Air will have a
dry bulb temperature of 110 0C and a wet bulb temperature of 38 0C. Air leaving the drier
will be at 46 0C and 95% saturated. The solids will enter the drier at 30 0C and will leave the
drier at 60 0C. The allowable dry air velocity is 4.5 kg/min.m2 of drier cross section. The dry
air rate required is very nearly
(A) 15.9 kg/min.m2 (C) 953 kg/h
(B) 15.9 kg/min (D) 953 kg/h.m2
88. 100 pounds of a wet solid were loaded in a tray drier at a moisture content of 60% wet basis.
The overall drying rate was constant for four hours at 11 lb/h. After that the rate decreased
linearly with moisture content of the dry solid. The equilibrium moisture content of the solid
is 4%. The total moisture content in percent on wet basis 3 hours after the rate started
declining is very nearly
(A) 30.6 (C) 23.4
(B) 40.0 (D) 20.0
89. 397 lbs of air with dry bulb of 590F, wet bulb of 50 0F are mixed with 882 lb of air at 860F
dry bulb and 590F wet bulb. Determine the resulting dry bulb temperature.
(A)t = 78 0F (C) t = 88 0F
0
(B) t = 83 F (D) t = 73 0F
92. Air at 810F and 80% relative humidity is to be dehumidified in a silica gel absorber. Air is
required at 750F and humidity of 0.005 lbH2O/lbda. The silica gel reduces the air to 0.001
lbH2O/lbda so part of the incoming air is by passed around the absorber and mixed with air
leaving the absorber to give the final required air. What weight fraction of the feed is
bypassed?
(A) 23.5 (C) 43.9
(B) 12.6 (D) 34.6
93. Air enters a drier at 750F and 25% relative humidity and leaves at 1750F and 50% relative
humidity. If the drier operates at atmospheric pressure, how many cubic feet per hour of
entering air would be needed when 5 kg/hr of water is evaporated from the wet material in
the drier?
(A) 455 (C) 835
(B) 900 (D) 688
94. A 50 kg batch of granular solids containing 28% moisture is to be dried in a tray drier to 16%
of moisture by passing a current of air at 350 K tangentially across its surface at a velocity of
1.8 m/s. If the constant rate of drying under these conditions is 0.75g/s-m2 and the critical
moisture content is 15%, calculate approximately the drying time (hours). Assume the drying
surface to be 0.03 m2/kg dry weights.
(A) 2.4 (C) 9.5
(B) 3.9 (D) 6.3
95. A porous material dries in the open air at a rate approximately proportional to its moisture
content. If a sheet hang in the wind loses half its free moisture in the first hour, when (hours)
will it have lost 99%, weather conditions remaining the same?
(A) 6.6 (C) 8.7
(B) 1.9 (D) 10.3
96. A porous solid is dried in a batch drier under constant drying conditions. Six hours is
required to remove the moisture content is 0.16 lbH2O/lb dry solid and the equilibrium
moisture is 0.02. All moisture contents are on dry bases. Assume that the drying rate during
the falling rate period is a straight line through the origin. Calculate the time (hours) required
to dry the solid from .30 to.06 lbH2O/ lb dry solid.
(A) 12.3 (C) 14.5
(B) 8.7 (D) 21.1
97. A sheet material measuring 3ft x 3ft x 2in thick is dried from 50-2% moisture content (wet
basis) under constant drying conditions. The dry density of the material is 30lb/ft 3 and its
equilibrium moisture content is negligible. Experiments showed that the rate of drying under
constant drying conditions was 1.0lb/hr-ft2 between moisture content of 50 – 25%. Below
25%, the drying rate decreases. Calculate the time (hours) required for drying the material
from 50-2% moisture. The drying took place on two sides.
(A) 4 (C) 5
(B) 3 (D) 6
98. A drier is to be designed to reduce the water content of a certain material from 180% to 10%
dry basis. The available air is at 700F and has an absolute humidity of 0.010. in order to
produce the desired drying conditions, the air entering the drier is to have a temperature of
1200F and a humidity of 0.010 lb of water/lb of dry air, and the exit (temperature) air will
leave at 1100F with 70% relative humidity. On the basis of 1000 lb of product per hour, and
neglecting the heat capacity of the bone dry stock, calculate air entering the dryer in ft3/min.
(A) 12 564 (C) 8 988
(B) 21 455 (D) 29 877
99. An insulated hot air countercurrent drier is to be designed to dry 200 kg/h of a product
containing 30% moisture to a product containing 0.2% moisture wet basis. Air will have a
dry bulb temperature of 110 0C and 95% saturated. The solids will enter the drier at 30 0C
and will leave the drier at 60 0C. The allowable dry air velocity is 4.5 kg/min.m2 of dry cross
section. The dry air required is very nearly
(A) 15.9 kg/min.m2 (C) 953 kg/h
(B) 15.9 kg/min (D) 953 kg/h.m2
100.30,000 m3 of coal gas (measured at 289 K and 1 atm saturated with water vapor) is
compressed to 3.36 atm pressure; cooled to 289 K and the condensed water is drained off.
Subsequently, the pressure is reduced to 1.68 atm and the gas is distributed at this pressure
and 289 K. What is the percentage humidity after this treatment? The vapor pressure of
water at 289 K is 13.5 mmHg.
(A) 45 (C) 55
(B) 50 (D) 60