A. Liquid is stripped of high boiler
B. Liquid is enriched with high boiler
C. Vapour is stripped of low boiler
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- For a distillation column operating at minimum reflux, the_______________________?
A. Concentration of liquid and vapour leaving a plate will be same
B. Reflux ratio will be maximum
C. Number of plates required will be maximum
D. None of these - 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 - In rectifying section of a continuous distillation column, the____________________?
A. Vapour is enriched with low boilers
B. Vapour is enriched with high boilers
C. Liquid is stripped of high boilers
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 - In distillation columns, the number of bubble caps per tray primarily depends upon the_______________________?
A. Allowable liquid velocity
B. Allowable gas velocity
C. Allowable gas and liquid velocities
D. Feed composition - 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. - 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 At some point of time, the operation is shifted to total reflux condition (i.e., no product and residue are being withdrawn and feed to the column is stopped).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 - In continuous distillation, the internal reflux ratio (Ri) and the external reflux ratio (Re) are related as_____________________?
A. Ri = Re/(1 – Re)
B. Ri = (1 – Re)/Re
C. Ri = Re
D. Ri = Re/(1 + Re) - For stripping of a gas in a counter current stripper, the operating line _____________________?
A. Lies above the equilibrium curve
B. Lies below the equilibrium curve
C. Can lie above or below the equilibrium curve
D. Is always parallel to the equilibrium curve
