A. Widens
B. Squeezes
C. Does not change
D. Unpredictable from the data
Related Mcqs:
- Bernoulli’s equation for fluid flow is derived following certain assumptions. Out of the assumptions listed below, which set of assumptions is used in derivation of Bernoulli’s equation? A. Fluid flow is frictionless & irrotational. B. Fluid flow is steady. C. Fluid flow is uniform & turbulent. D. Fluid is compressible. E. Fluid is incompressible ?
A. A, C, D
B. B, D, E
C. A, B, E
D. A, D, E - A bed of spherical particles (specific gravity 2.5) of uniform size 1500 μm is 0.5 m in diameter and 0.5 m high. In packed bed state, the porosity may be taken as 0.4. Ergun’s equation for the above fluid-particle system (in SI units) is given below : Δ P/L = 375 × 103 VOM + 10.94 × 106 V2 OM (SI units) If water is to be used as the fluidising medium, the minimum fluidisation velocity, VOM is_________________?
A. 12 mm/s
B. 16 mm/s
C. 24 mm/s
D. 28 mm/s - A 0.5 m high bed made up of a 1 mm dia glass sphere (density 2500 kg/m3 ) is to be fluidised by water (density 1000 kg/m3 ). If at the point of incipient fluidisation, the bed voidage is 40%, the pressure drop across the bed is________________?
A. 4.4 KPa
B. 2.94 KPa
C. 3.7 KPa
D. None of these - Brownian movement is prominent in the particle size range of _____________ microns in case of settling of a particle in a fluid?
A. 2 to 3
B. 0.01 to 0.10
C. 200 to 300
D. 100 to 1000 - A bed of spherical particles (specific gravity 2.5) of uniform size 1500 μm is 0.5 m in diameter and 0.5 m high. In packed bed state, the porosity may be taken as 0.4. Ergun’s equation for the above fluid-particle system (in SI units) is given below: Δ P/L = 375 × 103 VOM + 10.94 × 106 V2 OM (SI units) If water is to be used as the fluidising medium, in actual operation, the above bed has a height = 1 m. What is the porosity of the fluidised bed ?
A. 0.2
B. 0.5
C. 0.7
D. 0.8 - In the Newton’s law range, the terminal velocity of a solid spherical particle falling through a stationary fluid mass is ______________ the fluid viscosity?
A. Directly proportional to
B. Inversely proportional to
C. Inversely proportional to the square root of
D. Independent of - In Newton’s law range, the drag co-efficient for the motion of spherical particle in a stationary fluid is___________________?
A. 0.44
B. 0.044
C. 4.4
D. 44 - The terminal velocity of a solid spherical particle falling through a stationary fluid mass in the Stoke’s law range is proportional to the_____________________?
A. Inverse of fluid viscosity
B. Square of particle size
C. Difference in the densities of the particle & fluid
D. All A., B. and C. - In Newton’s law range, the terminal velocity of a solid spherical particle falling through a stationary fluid mass varies as the ______________ of its diameter?
A. Inverse
B. Square root
C. Second power
D. First power - The pressure drop per unit length of pipe incurred by a fluid ‘X’ flowing through pipe is Δp. If another fluid ‘Y’ having both the specific gravity & density just double of that of fluid ‘X’, flows through the same pipe at the same flow rate/average velocity, then the pressure drop in this case will be__________________?
A. Δp
B. 2Δp
C. Δp2
D. Δp/2
