A. Capacity
B. Economy
C. Steam load
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- A multiple effect evaporator has a capacity to process 4000 kg of solid caustic soda per day, when it is concentrating from 10% to 25% solids. The water evaporated in kg per day is__________________?
A. 6000
B. 24000
C. 60000
D. 48000 - 1000 Kg of liquid at 30°C in a well stirred vessel has to be heated to 120°C, using immersed coils carrying condensing steam at 150°C. The area of the steam coils is 1.2 m2 and the overall heat transfer co-efficient to the liquid is 1500 W/m2.°C. Assuming negligible heat loss to the surrounding and specific heat capacity of the liquid to be 4 kJ/kg.°C, the time taken for the liquid to reach desired temperature will be__________________?
A. 15 min
B. 22 min
C. 44 min
D. 51 min - A multiple effect evaporator as compared to a single effect evaporator of the same capacity has _________________?
A. Lower heat transfer area
B. Lower steam economy
C. Higher steam economy
D. Higher solute concentration in the product - In a single evaporator system, the steam economy ________________ by creating vacuum in the evaporator?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. May increase or decrease, depends on the vacuum - It is desired to concentrate a 20% salt solution (20 kg of salt in 100 kg of solution) to a 30% salt solution in an evaporator. Consider a feed of 300 kg/min at 30°C. The boiling point of the solution is 110°C, the latent heat of vaporisation is 2100 kJ/kg and the specific heat of the solution is 4 kJ/kg.K. The rate at which the heat has to be supplied in (kJ/min) to the evaporator is____________________?
A. 3.06 × 105
B. 6.12 × 105
C. 7.24 × 105
D. 9.08 × 105 - A dilute aqueous solution is to be concentrated in an evaporator system. High pressure steam is available. Multiple effect evaporator system is employed, because__________________?
A. Total heat transfer area of all the effects is -less than that in a single effect evaporator system
B. Total amount of vapor produced per Kg of feed steam in a multiple effect system is much
higher than in a single effect
C. Boiling point elevation in a single effect system is much higher than that in any effect in a
multi-effect system
D. Heat transfer co-efficient in a single effect is much lower than that in any effect in a multieffect
system - For the same heat transfer area and the terminal conditions, the ratio of the capacities of a single effect evaporator to a triple effect evaporator is_________________?
A. 3
B. 0.33
C. 1
D. 1.33 - For concentrating an aqueous solution of a material like anhydrous Na2SO4, whose solubility decreases with rise in temperature, the most suitable evaporator is a _______________ evaporator?
A. High pressure
B. Vacuum
C. Backward feed
D. None of these - Steam consumption in kg/hr in case of an evaporator is given by (where, C & E are capacity the economy of the evaporator respectively) ?
A. C/E
B. E/C
C. CE
D. 1/CE - The number of kg vaporised per kg of steam fed to the evaporator is defined as____________?
A. Capacity
B. Rate of evaporation
C. Economy
D. Rate of vaporisation
