Chemical Process Utilities
Assignment-08
With solution
1. Which of the following is/are not included in the advantages of a simple screw
feeder?
a) It is rarely used in positive conveying systems.
b) It is limited to a vacuum system.
c) There is a linear relationship between screw speed and material flow rate.
d) The discharge limit can be controlled within close limits.
2. Which of the following option is/are not correct for the variable pitch screw feeders?
a) The feeder required very high-power input.
b) It is useful for material that can compressed and have air retention properties.
c) It is used for high-pressure, closed-loop conveying of fine and potentially
combustible materials.
d) It has no application in cement industries or fly ash conveying in power
stations.
3. The gate lock valve consists of two doors or gates that are alternatively open and
closed to permit the passage of material from the supply hopper into the conveying
line.
a) True
b) False
4. Fill in the blank.
The Venturi feeder is capable of feeding material into the conveying system with an
operating pressure drop of……….?
a) 10 lbf/in 2
b) 15 lbf/in 2
c) 20 lbf/in 2
d) 5 lbf/in2
5. The slip velocity useful for pipeline conveying of the materials can be best described
as?
a) It is the difference in between the velocity of the conveying gas and the
particles flowing through the pipeline.
b) It is the summation of the velocity of the conveying gas and flowing particles.
c) The magnitude of the slip velocity will not depend upon the size, shape , and
density of the particles.
d) For horizontal conveying, low-density (20 micron-sized) particles are conveyed at
50% of gas velocity.
6. For the evaluation of pressure drop by Darcy’s equation, which is correct?
a) Pressure drop is directly proportional to the diameter of the pipeline.
b) Pressure drop is inversely proportional to friction factor ‘f’.
c) Pressure drop is directly proportional to the square of mean velocity.
d) Pressure drop is inversely proportional to the length of pipeline ‘L.’
7. For liquid pipelines, what are the favorable temperature and pressure conditions?
a) Reduce in temperature
b) Raise in temperature and lowering in pressure drop
c) Raise in temperature and pressure drop
d) Reduce in temperature and pressure drop
8. For Newtonian fluids, which is incorrect?
a) The viscosity of Newtonian fluids depends only on temperature.
b) The fluids have a linear relationship between viscosity and shear stress.
c) Newtonian fluids have a constant shear rate with respect to shear stress at any
temperature.
d) Viscosity is a function of temperature and shear rate.
9. What can be determined by using the Moody diagram?
a) Interrelationship between the friction factor and pipe roughness
b) Pipeline diameter
c) Density of flowing fluids
d) Pressure drops
10. For flow through the pipeline, the incorrect relationship is/are?
a) If Reynolds number is less than 2000, the flow is laminar and stable.
b) If Reynolds number is greater than 2000, the flow is turbulent and unstable.
c) If Reynolds number is greater than 2000, the flow is laminar and stable.
d) If Reynolds number is greater than 2000, the flow is turbulent and stable.
