A. Centrifugal
B. Packed
C. Plate
D. None of these
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% - With increase in temperature, the rate of extraction in leaching (solid-liquid extraction system) ?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain unaffected
D. Increases Linearly - In a liquid-liquid extraction, 10 kg of a solution containing 2 kg of solute C and 8 kg of solvent A is brought into contact with 10 kg of solvent B. Solvent A and B are completely immiscible in each other whereas solute C is soluble in both the solvents. The extraction process attains equilibrium. The equilibrium relationship between the two phases is Y* = 0.9X, where Y* is the kg of C/kg of B and X is kg of C/kg of A. Choose the correct answer?
A. The entire amount of C is transferred to solvent B
B. Less than 2 kg but more than 1 kg of C is transferred to solvent B
C. Less than 1 kg of C is transferred to B
D. No amount of C is transferred to B - Solvent extraction is the terminology applied to the liquid-liquid extraction, which is preferred for the separation of the components of liquids, when____________________?
A. Extracting solvent is cheaply & abundantly available
B. One of the liquid components is heat sensitive
C. Viscosity of liquid components is very high
D. One of the liquid components has very high affinity towards the solvent - In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of heterogeneity (area covered by binodal curve)________________?
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains unchanged
D. None of these - According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum number of plates required in a distillation column to separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A and a bottom fraction containing 98 mol% B ? Assume that relative volatility (αAB = 2) does not change appreciably in the column ?
A. 5
B. 9
C. 12
D. 28 - Packed column distillation is limited to the column _____________ metres?
A. Height < 6
B. Diameter < 0.6
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are being explored; (i) a reboiler is used and (ii) no reboiler is used but steam is fed directly to the bottom of the column. As compared to option (i), in option (ii) ____________________?
A. Less number of trays are required
B. Composition of the residue remains unchanged
C. More number of trays are required but the residue composition remains unchanged
D. More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methanol - A distillation column with N plates is being operated under normal conditions. At some point of time, the operation is shifted to total reflux condition (i.e., no product and residue are being withdrawn and feed to the column is stopped). At the new steady state ?
A. Composition of vapors and that of liquid do not vary throughout the column
B. Reboiler load and condenser load are minimum
C. The top and bottom compositions are unchanged with and without total reflux
D. The top and bottom compositions correspond to the maximum enrichment available - The recovery of penicillin from the acidified fermentation broth is done by__________________?
A. Distillation
B. Evaporation
C. Absorption
D. Liquid extraction
