1.

The movement of molecules over a substantial distance is associated with the transfer of heat by
a. Conduction c. Radiation
b. Convection d. All of the above
2. When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, the temperature of the resulting mixture of water and ice
a. Decreases c. May increase or decrease
b. Increases d. Stays constant
3. An Orsat analysis of the flue gas when pyrite is roasted is on a
a. N2-free basis c. SO2-free basis
b. O2-free basis d. SO3-free basis
4. A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be obtained by plotting
a. 1/Ca vs time c. log Ca vs time
b. Ca vs time d. log Ca vs reciprocal time
5. The differential height between two points which a fluid has to be transferred is the
a. Dynamic head c. Pressure head
b. Potential head d. Velocity head
6. The resistance of a layer of fluid to flow over the next layer is measured by
a. Drag coefficient c. Surface tension
b. Friction factor d. Viscosity
7. Fouling factor
a. accounts for additional resistance to c. is a dimensionless quantity
heat flow d. all of the above
b. does not provide a safety factor for design
8. Which of the following processes may always be regarded as a constant- humidity process?
a. Air conditioning c. heating of air
b. cooling of air d. water-cooling in a cooling tower
9. DDT means
a. Dichlorodiphenyldichlorobutane c. diphenyldichlorotriphenylbutane
b. Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane d. Diphenyldichlorotriphenylethane
10. A measure of the ratio of the drag force acting on a unit area of the impeller & the inertial stress.
a. Froude number c. Reynolds number
b. Mach number d. Power number
11. Coolers and boilers are ordinarily operated at ________ condition.
a. Isenthalpic c. Isobaric
b. Isentropic d. Isothermal
12. A document issued by the DENR secretary indicating that the proposed project will cause significant negative
environmental impact.
a. Environmental Compliance Certificate
b. Environmental Critical Project
c. Environmental Impact Assessment
d. Environmental Impact Statement
13. Molasses is a by product of raw sugar from the ______ process
a. Crystallization c. Extraction
b. Evaporation d. Milling
14. The thermocouple is based on the Seebeck effect which states that a/an _____ is generated when opposite junction of
certain dissimilar pairs of wires are exposed to different temperatures.
a. Current c. Resistance
b. Emf d. Temperature
15. A carnot cycle consists of
a. one isochoric, one isobaric, and two adiabatic process
b. one isothermal, one isochoric and two adiabatic process
c. two isochoric and two adiabatic process
d. two isothermal and two adiabatic process
16. it is defined as the ratio of the mean temperature difference from a surface to fluid divided by the temperature difference
from fin to fluid at the base or root of the fin
a. fin efficiency c. fin ratio
b. fin number d. none of the above
17. a type of condensation that occurs when the wall is not uniformly wetted by the condensate, with the result that the
condensate appears in many small droplets at various points on the surface
a. dropwise condensation c. film type condensation
b. film drop condensation d. step wise condensation
18. It occurs in the vaporization of liquids in kettle type and natural circulation reboilers commonly used in the process
industries
a. Film boiling c. Pool boiling
b. Kettle boiling d. Nucleate boiling
 19. __________are curves on which are found all the material particles which passed through a particular point in space at
some earlier time.
a. Curveline c. Streamlines
b. Pathlines d. Streaklines
20. These are solid half-circle plates sloped slightly in the direction of outlet flow, with weirs at the end
a. Baffle trays c. Dual flow trays
b. Bubble cap trays d. Radial trays
21. This crystallizer may be employed in systems in which fines destruction is not needed or wanted.
a. Direct contact refrigeration c. Reaction type crystallizer
b. Draft tube d. Surface cooled
22. A type of polymerization where the monomer and initiators are reacted with or without mixing.
a. Bead polymerization c. Emulsion polymerization
b. Bulk polymerization d. Solution polymerization
23. This is a type of bioreactor that controls the effluent concentration of one of the metabolic products.
a. Chemostat c. Turbidostat
b. pH-auxostat d. Productostat
24. Reactions whereby reactants proceed along several paths and give different products are
a. Consecutive reactions c. Polymeric reactions
b. Parrallel reactions d. Reversible reactions
25. The ratio of the total quantity of a reactant present in the reactor feed of a recycling operation to the quantity of the
same reactant entering the operation as fresh feed is the
a. Combined feed ratio c. Reactant ratio
b. Fresh feed conversion d. Recycle ratio
26. The empirical relation which allows one to compute for the net hydrogen in a given solid fuel is the
a. Calderwood equation c. Theoretical Oxygen Equation
b. Dulong’s formula d. Oxygen unaccounted for equation
27. Which of the following is not a requirement for utility model registration?
a. A technical solution to a problem c. Inventive step
b. Industrial applicabilty d. Novelty
28. Principal chemical conversion in the production of resin from monomer.
a. alkylation c. hydration
b. condensation d. polymerization
29. Silicone is
a. A monomer c. Thermoplastic
b. An inorganic polymer d. Thermosetting plastic
30. A plate holding a pool of liquid from which rises a vapor whose average composition is in equilibrium with a liquid whose
composition is the average of that of the liquid leaving the plate is called
a. Bubble plate c. Theoretical plate
b. Separation plate d. Transition plate
31. The separation of a dilute slurry or suspension by gravity settling into a clear fluid and a slurry or suspension by gravity
settling into a clear fluid and a slurry of higher solids content is called
a. Centrifugation c. Sorting
b. Classification d. Thickening
32. Chemical engineering law of 2004 is also called as
a. RA 8475 c. RA 9297
b. RA 8745 d. RA 9729
33. Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by
a. Peclet, Reynold's and Schimdt No c. Sherwood, Nusselt and Reynold's No
b. Prandtl, Schimdt and Reynold's No d. Sherwood, Reynold's and Schimdt No
For numbers 34-37: A feed of 10,000 kg of soybeans is processed in sequence of three stages. The feed contains 35 wt% protein,
27.1 wt% carbohydrate, 9.4 wt% fiber and ash, 10.5 wt% moisture, and 18 wt % oil. In the first stage the beans are crushed and
pressed to remove oil, giving an expressed oil stream and a stream of pressed beans containing 6% oil. Assume no loss of other
constituents with the oil stream. In the second step, the pressed beans are extracted with hexane to produce an extracted meal
stream containing 0.5 wt% oil and a hexane-oil stream. Assume no hexane in the extracted meal. Finally, in the last step the
extracted meal is dried to give a dried meal of 8 wt. % moisture. Calculate the:
34. Kg of pressed beans from the first stage
a. 1300 kg c. 6700 kg
b. 6250 kg d. 8700 kg
35. Kg of extracted meal from stage 2
a. 5600 kg c. 8250 kg
b. 7700 kg d. 9000 kg
36. Kg of final dried meal
a. 7800 kg c. 9200 kg
b. 8700 kg d. 9100 kg
37. wt. % protein in the dried meal
a. 35 % b. 40 % c. 45 % d. 50 %
For numbers 38-40: Fresh air containing 4.0 mole % water vapor is to be cooled and dehumidified to a water content of 1.70 mole
% water. A stream of fresh air is combined with a recycle stream of previously dehumidified air and passed through the cooler. The
blended stream entering the unit contains 2.30 mole % water. In the air conditioner, some of the water in the feed stream is
condensed and removed as liquid. A fraction of the dehumidified air leaving the cooler is recycled and the remainder is delivered to
a room. Taking 100 mol of dehumidified air delivered to the room as a basis of calculation,
38. calculate the moles of fresh feed
a. 100 mol c. 120 mol
b. 110 mol d. 130 mol
39. calculate the moles of water
a. 1.20 mol c. 2.40 mol
b. 1.32 mol d. 4.80 mol
40. calculate the moles of dehumidified air recycled
a. 280 mol c. 300 mol
b. 290 mol d. 310 mol
41. A water tank is 30 ft in diameter and the normal depth is 25 ft. The outlet is a 4 in schedule 40 horizontal steel pipe at the
bottom. If this pipe is sheared off close to the tank, what is the initial flow rate of water from the tank? (Neglect friction
losses).
a. 0.09 m3/s c. 23.12 m3/s
b. 3.54 m3/s d. 40.12 m3/s
2
42. What is the diffusivity in cm /s of Argon in N2 at 1 atm and 20 ˚C?
a. 0.10 c. 0.30
b. 0.20 d. 0.40
43. What is the diffusivity in cm2/s CCl4 in O2 at 1 atm and 0 ˚C?
a. 0.05 c. 0.07
b. 0.06 d. 0.08
For numbers 44-46:Aniline is to be cooled from 200 ˚F to 150 ˚F in a double pipe heat exchanger having a total outside area of 70
ft2. For cooling, a stream of toluene amounting to 8,600 lb/h at a temperature of 100 ˚F is available. The exchanger consists of a
1 ¼ in Schedule 40 pipe in 2in schedule 40 pipe. The aniline flow rate is 10000lb/h. if the flow is countercurrent,
44. What is the toluene outlet temperature?
a. 50 deg C c. 100 deg C
b. 80 Deg C d. 120 deg C
45. What is the LMTD?
a. 30 deg F c. 50 deg F
b. 40 deg F d. 60 deg F
46. What is the overall heat transfer coefficient in English units?
a. 98 c. 107
b. 102 d. 110
47. A plate and frame filter press delivers 50 liters of filtrate in an hour at a constant pressure of 50 psig. The washing time
using 50L of wash water is?
a. 1.6 hrs c. 4 hrs
b. 3.2 hours d. 2.5 hrs
48. It is the most common filter medium
a. Canvas cloth c. Glass cloth
b. Woolen cloth d. Paper
For numbers 49-52: The ff. lab analysis of the feed, product and tailings of a flotation unit of a certain mining company is as follows:
Stream %PbS %SiO2
Feed 8 92
Final concentrate 80 20
Rougher tailings 2 98
Scavenger concentrate 15 85
Final tailings 0.5 99.5
49. If 25 tons of product is required per day from the unit, how many tons is being fed to the unit in a day (dry basis)?
a. 160 c. 320
b. 265 d. 400
50. How many tons of tailings is being discharged from the unit in a day (dry basis)?
a. 145 c. 290
b. 240 d. 300
51. What is the flow rate of the rougher tailings in tons/day (dry basis) entering the scavenger unit?
a. 130 c. 270
b. 6.7 d. 2.7
52. How many tons of scavenger concentrate (dry basis) is being recycled back to the rougher per day?
a. 13 c. 67
b. 20 d. 27
 53. Water at 27 deg C flows upward at a rate of 0.72 kg/s through a packed bed of solid particles with an average diameter of
5mm. the void fraction of the bed is 0.30 and the bed has a diameter of 0.45 m and a height of 5m. calculate the superficial
velocity of water in the bed
a. 0.005 m/s c. 0.024 m/s
b. 0.015 m/s d. 0.064 m/s
54. Air at 27 deg C and I bar flows at a velocity of 15m/s past a sphere with a diameter of 50mm. calculate the drag force on
the sphere
a. 0.12 N c. 0.56 N
b. 0.27 N d. 0.78 N
55. These are compounds that aid air bubbles to be well dispersed in the slurry
a. Collectors c. Frother
b. Modifiers d. Depressants
For number 56- 59: An aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide contains 20% NaOH by mass. It is desired to produce an 8 % NaOH
solution by diluting a stream of the 20% soluiton with a stream of pure water.
56. Calculate the ratio of (g water/ g feed solution)
a. 1 c. 3
b. 1.5 d. 3.5
57. Calculate the ratio of (g product solution/g feed solution)
a. 1.5 c. 2.5
b. 2 d. 3
58. Determine the feed rate of 20% solution needed to produce 2310 lbm/min of the 8 % solution
a. 899 lb/min c. 1014 lb/min
b. 924 lb/min d. 1533 lb/min
59. Determine the feed rate of diluting water to produce 2310 lbm/min of the 8 % solution
a. 777 lb/min c. 1386 lb/min
b. 1296 lb/min d. 1411 lb/min
For numbers 60-61: Air conditioning system supplies 1000m3/min of air containing 0.01mol H2O/mole dry air. It is at 20C and
1atm. To conserve energy, part of the exhaust air containing 0.08mol H2O/mol dry air is recycled and mixed with the fresh air from
the air conditioner to produce a gross air feed to the room containing 0.035 mol H 2O/mol dry air.
60. How many kg of water is picked up by the air per minute?
a. 40 000 kg c. 50 000 kg
b. 45 000 kg d. 55 000 kg
61. What is the volumetric flow rate of the recycle stream? (27C, 99kPa).
a. 500 m3/min c. 700 m3/min
b. 600 m3/min d. 800 m3/min
For numbers 62-63: It is desired to produce 7% NaNO3 solution continuously. The water line (NaNO3 free) is split into two: 500kg/hr
is sent to a tank where NaNO3 is added. The mixture is stirred well to form a saturated solution of NaNO3 (47.9%). The other line
bypasses the tank and is mixed with the 47.9% solution.
62. What is the flow rate of the bypass stream and the final product?
a. 460 kg/hr c. 5600 kg/hr
b. 960 kg/hr d. 6500 kg/hr
63. What is the flow rate of the final product?
a. 6400 kg/hr c. 6960 kg/hr
b. 6500 kg/hr d. 5600 kg/hr
64. What is the flow rate of pure NaNO3 that enters the unit process?
a. 450 kg/hr c. 550 kg/hr
b. 500 kg/hr d. 600 kg/hr
For numbers 12-14: A distillation column separates 10,000 kg/hr of a mixture containing equal mass of benzene and toluene. The
product D recovered from the condenser at the top of the column contains 95% benzene, and the bottom W from the column
contains 96% toluene. The vapor V entering the condenser from the top of the column is 8000 kg/hr. A portion of the product from
the condenser is returned to the column as reflux R, and the rest is withdrawn as the final product D. Assume that V, R, and D are
identical in composition since V is condensed completely.
65. Find the ratio of the amount refluxed R to the product withdrawn D.
a. 0.40 c. 0.60
b. 0.50 d. 0.70
66. What is the flow rate of the final Product in the distillate?
a. 4000 kg/hr c. 5000 kg/hr
b. 4950 kg/hr d. 5055 kg/hr
67. What is the flow rate of the bottoms product?
a. 4950 kg/hr c. 5000 kg/hr
b. 4000 kg/hr d. 5055 kg/hr
68. The number of reactant molecules participating in the reaction is also known as
a. Components c. Molecularity
b. Extent of reaction d. Stoichiometric coefficients
69. The ________ of the product is the ratio of production of that product to the rate of production of all products combined
a. Extent of reaction c. Severity
b. Selectivity d. Yield
70. The half life of a material undergoing second decay is
a. Inversely proportional to initial concentration
b. Proportional to initial concentration
c. Proportional to the square of initial concentration
 71. Estimate the evaporating temperatures in each effect, for a triple effect evaporator evaporating 500 kg h-1 of a 10% solution
up to a 30% solution. Steam is available at 200 kPa gauge and the pressure in the evaporation space in the final effect is
60 kPa absolute. Assume that the overall heat transfer coefficients are 2270, 2000 and 1420 J m -2 s-1 °C-1 in the first,
second and third effects respectively. Neglect sensible heat effects and assume no boiling-point elevation, and assume
equal heat transfer in each effect.
a. 121 deg C, 107 deg C, 86 deg C c. 120 deg C, 120 deg C, 120 deg C
b. 113 deg C, 100 deg C, 70 deg C d. 90 deg C, 112 deg C, 90 deg C

For numbers 72-74. Swenson-Walker crystallizer is used to produced 1 ton/h of copperas crystals by cooling a saturated solution
which enters the crystallizer at 120 oF. The slurry loading the crystallizer will be at 80 oF. Cooling water enters the crystallizer jacket
at 60 oF and leaves at 70 oF. It may be assumed that U for the unit is 35 BTU/hr-ft2-oF. There are 3.5 ft2 of cooling surface per foot
of crystallizer length and a crystallization unit is 10 ft-length.
Data: Heat of solution : 4400 cal/gmol of copperas
Cp of feed : 0.7 BTU/lb-oF
Solubility at 120 oF : 140 copperas/100 H2O
Solubility at 80 oF : 74 copperas/100 H2O
Copperas : FeSO4.7H2O
72. Calculate the amount of the solution fed to the crystallizer in lb/h.
A. 5273 B. 2573 C. 2773 D. 7273
73. Calculate the amount of water need in gallons per minute (gpm).
A. 52.10 B. 25.01 C. 48.29 D. 84.92
74. Calculate the number of crystallization unit needed.
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

75. A benzene toluene is to be distilled in a simple batch distillation column. If the mixture contains 60% benzene and 4%
toluene, what will be the boiling point of mixture if it is to be distilled at 1 atm?
a. 90 deg C c. 120 deg C
b. 115 deg C d. 150 deg C
76. For the system methanol (1) / methyl acetate (2), the following equations provide a reasonable correlation for the activity
coefficients
ln λ1 = Ax12 ln λ2 = Ax22 where A = 2.771 – 0.00523T
calculate P and y1 for T=318.15K and x1 = 0.25
a. 73. 50 kPa, y1= 0.282 c. 73. 50 kPa, y1= 0.01
b. 63. 50 kPa, y1= 0.01 d. 63. 50 kPa, y1= 0.282
77. A still contains a liquor composition (wt %) of o-xylene 10 %, m-xylene 65%, p-xylene 17%, benzene 4% and ethyl benzene
4%. How many plates are required at a total reflux to give a product of 80 % m-xylene and 14 % p-xylene. Relative volatility
= 1.01
a. 21 plates
b. 31 plates
c. 41 plates
d. 51 plates

FOR NUMBERS 1-4,

A 22% sodium chloride solution is to be pumped from a feed tank into a header tank at the top a building. If the feed tank
is 40m lower than the header and the pipe is 1.5 cm in diameter. Assume that the solution is at 10 deg C, pipeline losses can be
ignored and that the density of the sodium chloride solution is 1160 kg/m3
1. Find the power required to pump the solution at the rate of 8.1m3/hr.
a. 1024.16 hP c. 2048.32 hP
b. 1.37hP d. 2.74 hP
2. What is the velocity of the pipe?
a. 23.45m/s c. 12.73m/s
b. 10.01m/s d. 6.36m/s
3. What is the mass flow rate of the solution?
a. 3.38x107 kg/s c. 25.14kg/s
b. 2.61kg/s d. 52.56 kg/s
4. What would be the heat requirement of the system
a. 67.45 J c. 6.45 J
b. 3.62 J d. 0 J
5. Crystallization occurs in a solution that is
a. Concentrated c. Supersaturated
b. Saturated d. Unsaturated
6. The intention of packing in a gas absorption columns is
a. Increase the area of contact between the gas and liquid
b. To reduce the pressure drop created by the flowing gas
c. To increase the pressure drop created by the flowing gas
d. None of the above
7. For a gas absorption, the equilibrium and operating line are both straight for
a. Concentrated solution and isothermal operation
b. Concentrated solution and adiabatic operation
c. diluted solution and isothermal operation
d. diluted solution and adiabatic operation
 8. For a desorption process, the operating line is
a. Above the equilibrium curve c. Tangent to the equilibrium curve
b. Below the equilibrium curve d. Perpendicular to the equilibrium curve
9. Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid-vapour system?
a. bubble-cup plate column c. sieve-plate column
b. packed tower d. wetted wall column
10. Flooding in a column results due to
a. high pressure drop c. low pressure drop
b. high temperature d. low velocity of the liquid
11. Poor performance in large packed towers is due mainly to
a. cavitation c. inefficient heat transfer
b. channeling d. poor packing
12. Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by contacting the solution with warm air. The operation is
a. Adsorption c. Distillation
b. Absorption d. Stripping
13. If a centrifuge is 3 ft diameter and rotates at 1000 rpm , the speed of a laboratory centrifuge of 6 in. diameter be ran if it
is to duplicate plant condition is______.
a. 2500 rpm c. 2569 rpm
b. 2449 rpm d. 2000 rpm
14. In bleaching or removal of coloring substance of material such as coconut oil or sugar, decolorizing agents such as activated
carbon is used. Bleaching can be carried out in a single pass or multipass or other methods. If 80% of the color is removed
in a single stage decolorization with 4% activated carbon, the activated carbon that will be needed to remove the same
amount of color in a 2-stage counter current decolorization if n=2 is_____.
a. 0.15 c. 0.05
b. 0.0223 d. 0.345
15. A fluid where the ratio of shear stress to the rate of shear is constant.
a. Newtonian c. Inviscid fluid
b. Non-newonian d. Thixotropic
16. A fluid where the apparent viscosity is a function of the rate of shear
a. Newtonian c. Inviscid fluid
b. Non-newtonian d. Thixotropic
17. A typical elemental analysis shows 80% C, 13%H, 1%N, 3%O, 3%S. during a certain combustion, air supplied is less than
the theoretical so that all te oxygen is used up. 70% of the C burns to CO2, the rest to CO; the molal ratio of CO to H2 in
the exaust gas is 4:5. Calculate the % of the theoretical air to which is supplied for combustion.
a. 60% c. 70%
b. 65% d. 75%
18. The equivalent of 45 deg Tw in Baume scale is
a. 26.63 c. 28.32
b. 32.48 d. 42.56
19. A manometer is used to measure the pressure of gas in a container. One side is connected to the container and the other
side is open to the atmosphere. The manometer contains oil of density=750 kg/m3and the head is 50mm. calculate the
gauge pressure of the gas in the container.
a. 104.9 Pa c. 12.5 Pa
b. 94.2 Pa d. 367.9 Pa
20. A salt solution containing 55 wt% K2CO3 is cooled to 0degC. The salt crystallizes as the dihydrate. Calculate the yield of
K2CO3.2H2O crystals from a 100 kg salt solution.
a. 22.9 kg c. 8.5 kg
b. 13.1 kg d. 20.5 kg
21. A gas containing sulfur enters a gas absorber with a 0.15 mole fraction of sulfur. If the percentage recovery is 80%, the
mole fraction of sulfur leaving the tower will be?
a. 0.054 c. 0.041
b. 0.124 d. 0.034
22. He begun the direct measurements of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory in 1958
a. Rene Armengaud c. Gustaf de Laval
b. Stephen Wilcox d. Charles keeling
23. This is a soft, white odorless solid found in many natural fats
a. Spermaceti c. Stearin
b. Tar oil d. Whale oil
24. Calculate the orsat analysis of the products upon burning pure hexane with 38% excess air if combustion is complete
a. CO2 : 60%, O2: 20%, N2: 20% c. CO2 : 20%, O2: 10%, N2: 70%
b. CO2 : 10%, O2: 10%, N2: 80% d. CO2 : 10%, O2: 6%, N2: 84%

For numbers 9-10, A water uses 50 lb /hr of melting ice to cool running water from 80 deg F to 42 deg F. based on the inside coil
area, Ui=110 BTU/hr-ft2-degF. Heat of fusion og ice is 144 btu/lb.
25. Find the logarithmic mean temperature difference
a. 24.24 deg F c. 22.15 deg F
b. 19.85 deg F d. 31.98 deg F
26. Calculate the inside area of the coil in ft2
a. 2.96 c. 3.3
b. 1.62 d. 0.014
27. A liquid to liquid counterflow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 120 degF to 310 deg F. assuming that the
hot fluid enters at 500 deg F and leaves at 400 deg F, calculate the log mean temperature difference for the heat exchanger
a. 232 deg F c. 332 deg F
b. 132 deg F d. 432 deg F
28. Cold air at 10 degF is forced to flow over a flat plate maintained at 40 deg C. the mean heat transfer coefficient is 30 W/m2-
K. find the heat flow rate from the plate to the air through a plate area of 2m2. Assume radiation is negligible.
a. 1.8kW c. 2.2 kW
b. 2.0kW d. 2.4 kW
29. It is an equation that when divided by one of its terms, all units in each term cancel and only numerical magnitudes remain.
a. Homogenous c. Dimensionless equation
b. Dimensional equation d. Continuity equation
30. Water at 303K is flowing at the rate of 0.0223 ft3/s in a pipe having an inside diameter (ID) of 2.067in. Calculate the
Reynolds number.
a. 1.905x10 4 c. 1.059 x10 4
b. 5.38 x10 4 d. 3.85 x10 4
31. What is the kind of flow in problem number 30?
a. Transition c. Turbulent
b. Laminar d. None of the above
32. The weight rate of flow of a fluid stream per unit of cross section perpendicular to the direction of flow is the
a. Mean linear velocity c. Velocity head
b. Acoustic velocity d. Mean mass velocity of the stream
33. In a reciprocating pump, the ratio of the quantity of liquid actually pumped to that which corresponds to the piston
displacement is called
a. Hydraulic efficiency c. Volumetric efficiency
b. Mechanical efficiency d. Suction lift

Dry gas containing 75% air and 25% ammonia vapor enters the bottom of a cylindrical packed absorption tower that is 2 ft in
diameter. Nozzles in the top of the tower distribute water over the packing. A solution of ammonia in water is drawn from the
bottom of the column, and the scrubbed gas leaves the top. The gas enters at 80 deg F and 760 mmHg pressure. It leaves at
60 deg F and 730mm. the leaving gas contains, on a dry basis, 1.0 percent ammonia.
34. If the entering gas flows through the empty bottom of the column at an average velocity (upward) of 1.5 ft/s, how many
cubic feet of entering gas are treated per hour?
a. 400 c. 200
b. 300 d. 100
35. How many pounds of ammonia are absorbed per hour?
a. 234 c. 711
b. 432 d. 177
36. Approximately how many minutes are there in a microcentury?
a. 52.56 c. 65.24
b. 525600 d. 652400
37. Using the nomograph table, determine the viscosity in cP of Chloroform @ 243.15K
a. 1.2 c. 0.9
b. 1.0 d. 1.1
38. Air is flowing through a tube having an inside diameter of 38.1 mm at a velocity of 6.71 m/s, average temperature of 449.9
K, and pressure of 138 kPa. The inside wall temperature is held constant at 204.4 °C (477.6 K) by steam condensing outside
the tube wall. Calculate the heat transfer coefficient for the tube. At 449.9 K, µ= 0.000025 Pa s and at 477.6 K, µ= 0.000026
Pa s for air. Use NPr= 0.687 and k= 0.0370 W/m K for air.
a. 50.68 W/m2 K c. 19.64 W/m2 K
b. 39.20 W/m2 K d. 78.54 W/m2 K
39. A thick walled tube of stainless steel having a k = 21.63 W/m K with dimensions of 0.0254 m ID and 0.0508 m OD is
covered with a 0.0254 m layer of asbestos insulation, k = 0.2423 W/m K. The inside wall temperature of the pipe is 811 K
and the outside surface of the insulation is at 310.8 K. For a 0.305 m length of pipe, calculate the heat loss.
a. 332 W c. 157 W
b. 534 W d. 664 W
40. A heavy hydrocarbon oil which has cp = 2.30 kJ/kg K is being cooled in a heat exchanger from 371.9 to 349.7 and flows
inside the tube at a rate of 3630 kg/h. A flow of 1450 kg water/h enters at 288.6 K for cooling and flows outside the tube.
Calculate the heat transfer area if the U = 340 W/m2 K and the streams are counter current flow.
a. 3.6 m2 c. 2.66 m2
b. 1.76 m2 d. 1.33 m2
41. A double effect evaporator is heated with steam at 250°F. The 2nd effect is under vacuum at a temperature of 120°F. If
BPR1 = 10°F; BPR2 = 28°F; U1 = 300 and U2 = 250, estimate the boiling point of the solution in the 1st effect.
a. 208°F c. 210°F
b. 200°F d. 153°F
42. A single effect evaporator concentrate 7500 kg/h of a 1.2 wt % salt solution entering at 311.0 K (37.8°C) to a final
concentration of 2.0 wt %. The vapor space of the evaporator is at 101.325 kPa (1.0 atm abs) and the steam supplied is
saturated at 143.3 kPa. The overall coefficient U = 1705 W/m2 K. Assume that, since it is dilute, the solution has the same
boiling point as water. Assume cpF = 4.14 kJ/kg K. Calculate the heat transfer area required
a. 150 m2 c. 131 m2
b. 152 m2 d. 142 m2
Solve for the diffusivity of the following material using the diffusivity formula.
43. Argon in N2 at 1 atm and 20 ˚C (5 pts)
a. 0.4542 cm2/s c. 0.2435 cm2/s
b. 0.1935 cm2/s d. 0.7456 cm2/s
44. CCl4 in O2 at 1 atm and 0 ˚C (5 pts)
a. 0.2949 cm2/s c. 0.4656 cm2/s
b. 0.2213 cm2/s d. 0.0706 cm2/s
45. A furnace wall is constructed of firebrick 6 in thick. The temperature of the inside of the wall is 977K, and the temperature
of the outside wall is 175 ˚F. If the mean thermal conductivity under these conditions is 0.17 BTU/h-ft-˚F. What is the rate
of heat loss through 1m2 of wall surface? Express your answer in BTU/hr.
a. 2624.34 c. 4112.77
b. 1324.65 d. 3312.12
46. The Rockwell number of a material is a measure of
a. specific gravity c. density
b. specific heat d. hardness
47. Pig iron is essentially the same as
a. low carbon steel c. besemer steel
b. wrought iron d. cast iron
48. These are the materials which do not participate in the actual process but they do not come out as a part of the product
a. premium materials c. auxiliary materials
b. ancillary materials d. primary materials
49. The ability of the material to withstand a comparative degree of deformation without failure or impairment of its strength
or other physical properties
a. malleability c. hardness
b. brittleness d. endurance limit
50. Turbulent flow generally occurs for cases involving
a. Very viscous fluid c. Very slow motions
b. Very narrow passages or capillary tubes d. None of these
51. A record of the salient features of the equipment, the conditions under which it is to operate, and its guaranteed
performance.
a. MSDS c. Performance form
b. Specification form d. Operational manual
52. The amount of water to be removed from 2000 kg/h of feed to be dried from 110% (db) to 10% (wb) is
a. 1000 kg/h c. 950 kg/h
b. 997.5 kg/h d. 941.8 kg/h
53. 1000 kg/h of a material with 30% moisture content (db) is dried in a belt conveyor drier with a capacity of 50 kg of bone
dry solid per meter of drier. The total drier time is 6.3 h. Estimate the length of the drier.
a. 97 m c. 85 m
b. 87 m d. 78 m
54. Wet solids are to be dried from 36% to 8% moisture in 5h under constant drying conditions. Critical moisture content is
14% while eq. moisture cont. is 4%. All moisture contents are in db. The additional time it will take to dry from 8% to
5% moisture under the same drying condition is
a. 1.6 h c. 1.2 h
b. 2.2 h d. 2.6 h
55. The difference between air drying and evaporation is
a. Drying removes small amounts of water while evaporation removes relatively large amount of water
b. In drying, water is removed as vapor by air while in evaporation, water is removed as vapor at its boiling point
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
56. Undesired circumstances and ‘near misses’ which could cause accidents.
a. Hazard c. accident
b. Safety d. Incident
57. Generate heat for use in other operations.
a. Boilers c. Dryer
b. Heat exchangers d. Turbine
58. Known as the raining bucket contactor. Considered an agitated design. Slow rotating speeds and low flow rates increase
mass transfer efficiency.
a. Pulsated column c. Centrifugal liquid-liquid extractors
b. Graesser d. Mixed settler
59. Wet/Dry cooling towers combine the effects of evaporative and non-evaporative cooling methods. The hot water first passes
through non-evaporative (dry) cooling section composed of heat exchangers. The water then flows over the evaporative
(wet) section by gravity, where it is cooled through contact with dry air.
a. Crossflow induced draft c. Wet/Dry cooling towers
b. Hyperbolic assisted with forced draft fans d. Hyperbolic Stack-Forced Draft (HSFD)
60. Determine the net positive suction head available to a centrifugal pump when the level of water is just at the suction point.
The pumped fluid is water at 140 deg F and it is being pumped from an atmospheric tank at 250 gpm. The tank suction
point is 7 ft above the pump. The piping is 5-in Schedule 40, 10-ft long with two short radius 90 deg elbows. (Use
density=61.38 lb/cuft, Pv=2.89 psi, viscosity=0.47 cP)
a. 7 ft c. 27.2 ft
b. 34.2 ft d. 41.2 ft
61. If the client criteria for delta P /100m is between 20 - 90 kPa, what would you suggest.
a. Change the pipe diameter to a larger size, 30 inches.
b. Change the pipe diameter to a smaller size, 18 inches.
c. Change the pipe diameter to a larger size, 36 inches.
d. Retain the current pipe diameter 20 inches.
62. If the moisture content is 6% d.b., what is the moisture content in w.b.?
a. 6.1% c. 5.7%
b. 6.3% d. 5.4%
63. Predict delta P/100 m in bar of a cooling water line after increasing the capacity while retaining the pipe line size. Original
cooling water flow rate is 2500 ton/h, having a delta P/100 m of 0.0947 bar. New cooling water flow rate is 3000 ton/h.
 a. 0.136 c. 0.0789
b. 0.114 d. 0.0658
64. Steam flows from an 8" line, passes through an expander, to a 10" line. Steam properties at the 8" line are as follows:
Pressure = 5.00 barG, Temperature = 180 deg-C, density = 2.994 kg/m3, flow rate = 8,500 kg/h, delta P/100 m = 0.257
bar. Calculate the velocity upstream of the expander.
a. 0.1025 m/s c. 15.06 m/s
b. 0.2510 m/s d. 1.056 m/s
65. From the previous problem, calculate the delta P/100 m in the 10" line.
a. 0.2481 bar c. 0.7843 bar
b. 0.0842 bar d. 0.1053 bar
66. In a fluid, if the currents are set in motion by the action of a mechanical device, and the flow is independent of the density
gradients, the phenomena is called
a. Natural Convection c. Thermal Conduction
b. Forced Convection d. Centrifugation
67. The spectral distribution of a perfect emitter has a maximum and that the corresponding wavelength depends on
temperature. The maximum spectral emissive power is displaced to shorter wavelengths with increasing temperature. These
statements refer to:
a. Wien’s Law c. Kirchoff’s Law
b. Stefan-Boltzman Law d. Planck’s Law
68. The amount of radiation emitted in all directions and over all wavelengths by a perfect emitter is proportional to the fourth
power of the absolute temperature of the emitter. This is the statement of
a. Wien’s Law c. Kirchoff’s Law
b. Stefan-Boltzman Law d. Planck’s Law
69. In an evaporator, the boiling point of the solution is related to the pressure of the system. The temperature at boiling is
__________ with higher operating pressure.
a. Higher c. The same
b. Lower d. None of the above
70. __________ evaporator involves the introduction of raw feed and the withdrawal of product at each effect of the evaporator.
It is used primarily when the feed is substantially saturated an the product is a solid.
a. Mixed-feed c. Backward-feed
b. Forward-feed d. Parallel-feed
71. A fluid where the ratio of shear stress to the rate of shear is constant.
a. Newtonian c. Inviscid fluid
b. Non-newonian d. Thixotropic
72. A fluid where the apparent viscosity is a function of the rate of shear
a. Newtonian c. Inviscid fluid
b. Non-newtonian d. Thixotropic
73. The equivalent of 45 deg Tw in Baume scale is
a. 26.63 c. 28.32
b. 32.48 d. 42.56
74. A manometer is used to measure the pressure of gas in a container. One side is connected to the container and the other
side is open to the atmosphere. The manometer contains oil of density=750 kg/m3and the head is 50mm. calculate the
gauge pressure of the gas in the container.
a. 104.9 Pa c. 12.5 Pa
b. 94.2 Pa d. 367.9 Pa
For numbers 9-10, A water uses 50 lb /hr of melting ice to cool running water from 80 deg F to 42 deg F. based on the inside coil
area, Ui=110 BTU/hr-ft2-degF. Heat of fusion og ice is 144 btu/lb.
75. Find the logarithmic mean temperature difference
a. 24.24 deg F c. 22.15 deg F
b. 19.85 deg F d. 31.98 deg F
76. Calculate the inside area of the coil in ft2
a. 2.96 c. 3.3
b. 1.62 d. 0.014
77. A liquid to liquid counterflow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold fluid from 120 degF to 310 deg F. assuming that the
hot fluid enters at 500 deg F and leaves at 400 deg F, calculate the log mean temperature difference for the heat exchanger
a. 232 deg F c. 332 deg F
b. 132 deg F d. 432 deg F
78. Cold air at 10 degF is forced to flow over a flat plate maintained at 40 deg C. the mean heat transfer coefficient is 30 W/m2-
K. find the heat flow rate from the plate to the air through a plate area of 2m2. Assume radiation is negligible.
a. 1.8kW c. 2.2 kW
b. 2.0kW d. 2.4 kW
79. It is an equation that when divided by one of its terms, all units in each term cancel and only numerical magnitudes remain.
a. Homogenous c. Dimensionless equation
b. Dimensional equation d. Continuity equation
80. Water at 303K is flowing at the rate of 0.0223 ft3/s in a pipe having an inside diameter (ID) of 2.067in. Calculate the
Reynolds number.
a. 1.905x10 4 c. 1.059 x10 4
b. 5.38 x10 4 d. 3.85 x10 4
81. What is the kind of flow in problem number 49?
a. Transition
b. Laminar
c. Turbulent
d. None of the above