A. (1 – f)/f
B. – (f – 1)/f
C. -1/f
D. -f/(1 – f)
Related Mcqs:
- Compound A is extracted from a solution of A + B into a pure solvent S. A Co-current unit is used for the liquid-liquid extraction. The inlet rate of the solution containing A is 200 moles of B/hr.m2 and the solvent flow, rate is 400 moles of S/m2. hr. The equilibrium data is represented by Y = 3X2 , where Y is in moles of a A/moles of B and X is in moles A/moles of S. The maximum percentage extraction achieved in the unit is_________________________?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90% - On moving the feed line (q-line) from saturated liquid feed (vertical position) to saturated vapor feed (horizontal feed), if the slope of both the operating lines are to be increased, then it will result in______________________?
A. Greater degree of separation with a fixed number of trays
B. Increased reboiler load
C. Increased reflux ratio
D. None of these - In a binary distillation column, if the feed contains 40 mole % vapour, the q line will have a slope of_________________?
A. 1.5
B. -0.6
C. -1.5
D. 0.6 - In McCabe-Thiele method, at infinite reflux ratio___________________?
A. Number of plates is maximum
B. Overhead product is maximum
C. Both the operating lines coincide with the diagram
D. None of these - In McCabe-Thiele method, at infinite reflux ratio________________?
A. The overhead product is minimum
B. Both the operating lines coincide with diagonal
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - In McCabe-Thiele method of theoretical plate calculation for a distillation column, the operating lines of stripping and rectifying sections coincide with the diagonal at ________________ reflux ?
A. Total
B. Minimum
C. Operating
D. Maximum permissible - McCabe-Thiele method of binary distillation does not assume that the__________________?
A. Sensible heat changes are negligible compared with latent heat changes
B. Molar latent heats of all components are equal
C. Heat of mixing is negligible
D. None of these - In distillation where q is defined as the moles of liquid flow in the stripping section per mole of feed introduced, for saturated liquid feed____________________?
A. q > 1
B. q < 1
C. q = 1
D. q = 0 - McCabe-Thiele method________________?
A. Uses molal units for material and energy balance
B. Uses weight fractions to express liquid and vapour composition
C. Can use any type of units
D. Is more accurate than Ponchon-Savarit method - When the feed to a distillation column is a saturated liquid, slope of the feed line is_____________________?
A. Zero
B. Unity
C. Infinity
D. None of these
