Chembowl Game 4

Toss-up questions
1. What is saturation index?

Answer: it is ratio of ion product and the solubility product ( Oilfield scale) (T)

2. This gas chain stretches over 3500km, crossing 7 countries and which involves TAP and
TANAP projects with a total investment of approximately $40billion.

Answer: (Southern Gas Corridor)

3. What is “two-thirds” rule? And for which units this rule is in essence?

Answer: Low-pressure side design pressure has to be at least two thirds of the high-
pressure side “heat exchangers”

𝐶
4. What occurs in the NTU method of heat exchanger design, once the value of C* (𝐶 𝑚𝑖𝑛 )
𝑚𝑎𝑥

approaches to 0?

Answer: Performances of counter-current and co-current become the same. 𝜀𝑐𝑜−𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 =

𝜀𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟−𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡

5. It is a device for studying rheology behaviors of fluids.

Answer: viscometer (T)

6. Niels Bohr for the creation of the theory of the structure of atom in 1922 was awarded
the Nobel gold medal. During the Second World War, when the Germans occupied
Denmark, he destroyed it so that it would not go to the enemy. In What radical way he did
it?

Answer: (Dissolved it in aqua regia)

7. In order to avoid cavitation engineers must ensure that the following inequality is
satisfied. Find this inequality.

Answer: Available NPSH > Required NPSH (T)

8. In crude oil production this state takes the lead with 5billion barrels in reserve.

Answer: (Texas)

9. The point on the chart that pump curve and system curve operates together.

Answer: Duty point (T)

10. During isenthalpic expansion of real gases temperature firstly rise and at some
maximum point it starts to fall down. Find the name of this maximum point.

Answer: Inversion temperature

Bonus questions
1. Name 3 steps in free radical chain reaction

Answer: (Initialization, Propagation, and Termination)

2. What is the difference between flooding and entrainment?

Answer: Entrainment is the carry over of liquid to the next plate. Flooding is caused by
entrainment plus backing-up in the downcomers

3. What is the pH of a solution of 0.46 mol/l of HCl?

Answer: (-log(0.46)=0.337 )

4. Name the molecular complex of chemicals that consist of a few repeating units which
can be regarded as intermediate between a monomer and polymer.

Answer: (Oligomer)

5. If we consider some gas, undergoing a constant pressure process, will it be the enthalpy
or internal energy, the value of which is higher? Explain.

Answer: enthalpy, as for gases, small variation of temperature at constant pressure

change the volume, we have: 𝐶𝑝 > 𝐶𝑣