A. ‘Hold back’ is defined as the fraction of material that stays longer than the mean residence time
B. Study of non-ideal flow reactor is done experimentally by stimulus-response technique
C. For studying a chemical reaction, it is desirable to monitor the reactants during initial stages
and the products during the final stages of reaction
D. A batch reactor cannot be used to study the kinetics of catalytic reaction
Related Mcqs:
- Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. For the same conversion, the holding time required in a batch reactor, is always equal to the space time required in a PFR
B. Two mixed reactors of unequal size are available for producing a specified product, formed by
a homogenous second order reaction. To achieve maximum production rate, the smaller
reactor should be placed in series before the larger reactor
C. Arrhenius equation describing the effect of temperature on rate constant is given by,
K = A.e-Ea/RT
D. The mechanism for the decomposition of CH3CHO into CH4 and CO in presence of I2 is:
CH3CHO + I2 → CH3I + HI + CO; slow
CH3I + HI → CH4 + I2; fast
Then the rate of disappearance of CH3CHO is equal to K.CCH3I.CHI and acts as a catalyst - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. Autocatalytic reactions are exemplified by microbial fermentation reactions
B. The slowest step has the greatest influence on the overall reaction rate in case of an
irreversible series reaction
C. The fractional conversion at any time is same for both the constant as well as the variable
volume system in case of an irreversible unimolecular type first order reaction
D. Hydrolysis of ester in presence of alkali or acid is a zero order reaction - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. Visible radiation provides the necessary activation energy in photochemical reactions
B. The order and molecularity of a complex reaction may not be the same
C. For a second order reaction, the slope of the graph/plot between rate and (concentration) is
equal to the rate constant (k)
D. Molecularity of the reaction is always a whole number greater than zero - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. A catalyst does not alter the final position of equilibrium in a reversible reaction
B. A catalyst initiates a reaction
C. A catalyst is specific in reaction
D. A catalyst remains unchanged in chemical composition at the end the reaction - Pick out the wrong statement?
A. Catalytic activity of enzyme catalysed reactions which is affected by temperature, pH value &
chemical agents, is maximum at a temperature of about 45°C
B. Most of the enzyme catalysed reactions involve at least two substrates
C. Enzymes help in increasing the activation energy of the reaction
D. Equilibrium concentrations in enzyme catalysed reactions can be calculated by using the
thermodynamic properties of substrates & products - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. The vessel dispersion number (D/UL) for plug flow and mixed flow approaches zero and
infinity respectively
B. Space time in a flow reactor is a measure of its capacity and is equal to the residence time when the density of reaction mixture is constant
C. Mixed reactor is always smaller than the plug flow reactor for all positive reaction orders for a
particular duty
D. In an ideal tubular flow reactor, mixing takes place in radial direction and there is no mixing in longitudinal direction - Pick out the wrong statement?
A. Exit age description function E. and internal age distribution function (I) are related as, E = -(dI/dθ)
B. Chemisorption studies are useful in the determination of catalyst surface area and pore size distribution
C. A higher temperature favours the reaction of higher activation energy
D. A catalyst increases the potential energy barrier over which the reactants must pass to form products - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. In a multistep reaction, the slowest step is the rate determining step
B. In general, the rate of a reaction becomes triple for every 10°C rise in temperature
C. Slow chemical reactions have generally high values of activation energy
D. Molecularity of a reaction cannot be zero but the order of a reaction can be zero - Pick out the wrong statement?
A. The integral method of analysing kinetic data is used when the data is scattered
B. The differential method of analysing kinetic data requires more accurate or larger amounts of data
C. When the reaction rate is independent of temperature, the reaction is said to be of zero order
D. The ratio of volumes of plug flow reactor to that of mixed reactor is always less than one for identical feed composition, flow rate, conversion and for all positive reaction orders - Pick out the wrong statement ?
A. Chemical reactions with high activation energy are very temperature sensitive
B. A flat velocity profile exists in a plug flow reactor
C. The residence time for all the elements of fluid in case of a P.F.R. need not be same
D. Half life of a reaction increases with increased initial concentration for reaction orders more
than one
