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TECH (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING)
VIII SEMESTER
UNIT –I
Importance of Utilities
1. List the process utilities.
2. What is hard water?
3. What is soft water?
4. List the uses of industrial water.
5. What are the pre-requisites of industrial water?
6. Write the purpose of water treatment.
7. What is water softening?
8. Write a short note on Hardness.
9. What is ion exchange technique?
10. What is reverse osmosis?
11. What is forward osmosis?
12. What is nano-filtration?
13. What is demineralization?
14. List the pre-requisites for members used in reverse osmosis.
15. How chemical precipitation used in softening waters?
16. Write about Conventional Lime-Soda Ash Treatment.
17. What is Excess Lime Treatment?
18. What is boiler feed water?
19. What is coefficient of performance?
20. List out the troubles due to boiler feed water.
Part B
1. Explain about the resins used in water softening process and ion exchange process.
2. With a neat sketch explain the different methods used for water softening. List their
advantages and disadvantages.
3. Describe in brief about the boiler troubles due to feed water and list some prevention
measures.
4. Write about process plant utilities in detail.
5. Elaborate about hard water and soft water and mention their properties and merit and
demerits.
6. Write about the softening of hard water.
7. Write about pre-requisites of industrial water.
8. Explain the methods involved in water treatment.
9. Write about deminerzaliation in detail.
10. Elaborate about the reverse osmosis.
11. Write the effects of impure boiler feed water.
12. Explain the methods involved in reusing and conservation of water?
13. Explain the principle and mechanism of ion exchange process?
14. Write short notes on boiler feed treatment?
15. What are the sources of process water?
UNIT –II
Steam
1. What is the role of steam traps in process industry?
2. What is steam jet ejector?
3. What is steam economy?
4. What are the important functions of steam traps?
5. What are the applications of steam in chemical process plants?
6. What are super heated steam boilers?
7. What is saturated steam?
8. What are steam generators?
9. What is a Condensate?
10. What is super heated steam?
11. What type of steam traps should be used for efficient heating system?
12. What is a steam turbine?
13. What are the types of steam turbines?
14. Classification of steam systems by method of condensate return
15. What is the need of air Pre heaters in boilers?
16. Classify steam systems based on pressure
17. What is mollier diagram?
18. What are the different types of steam traps?
19. List out the factors for boiler selection.
20. Distinguish between Cornish and Lancashire boilers. State their field of application
PART B
1. Explain in detail about the different types of steam traps
2. Describe in Detail about the steam generation methods and discuss the uses of steam
in process industry elaborately.
3. Describe the issues related with the Steam distribution
4. Enumerate the operation of any one boiler used for steam production.
5. Distinguish between steam engines and steam turbines.
6. Distinguish between steam engines and steam turbines. Explain any one equipment in
detail?
7. Sketch the basic flow diagram of a steam power plant cycle showing by product
generation of electric power and process steam?
8. With a neat sketch explain the various boiler mountings used in process industry
during steam production.
9. Classify boilers. With a neat diagram explain any one fire tube and water tube boilers
used for steam production in detail.
10. Enumerate boiler performance assessment in detail
11. Problems based on boiler performance
12. Problems based on steam properties.( Ref Thermal Engg Book by Domkundwar)
13. Explain the various properties of steam
i. Saturated Steam and Dry Saturated Steam
ii. Enthalpy of Water and Enthalpy of Evaporation
iii. Wet steam
iv. Superheated steam and Specific Volume of steam
UNIT –III
Refrigeration
1. What are refrigeration systems?
2. Name the refrigerants used in air-conditioning.
3. List the various refrigerants
4. Define COP for the ideal simple refrigerator
5. What is vapor compression system?
6. Explain the selection criteria for good refrigerant?
7. What is steam jet refrigeration cycle?
8. What is cryogenics?
9. How refrigeration is done by using liquid gases?
10. What is throttling of gases?
11. Write the uses of liquid nitrogen?
12. How liquid oxygen is produced?
13. Suggest any three refrigerants.
14. Suggest 3 refrigeration systems for producing low temperature.
15. State the applications of the cryogenic technology in process industries
PART B
1. Explain the absorption refrigeration system with a neat sketch?
2. Explain the different type of condensers used in refrigeration system?
3. What are the various method of refrigeration? Discuss the application of refrigeration
and air conditioning in chemical process industries?
4. Discuss in detail about air refrigeration systems
5. Mention the objectives of maintaining low temperatures using refrigeration in a
chemical plant with at least two examples.
6. Explain various methods for the cryogenic temperature production.
7. Bring out the importance of providing ventilation in air conditioned systems and
explain how it is achieved?
8. Discuss in detail the vapour compression refrigeration cycle with a neat sketch
9. List out the various refrigerants used in industries and explain in detail their
properties, applications, merits and demerits.
UNIT –IV
Compressed Air
1. What is drying tower?
2. What is a cooling tower?
3. What is humid heat?
4. What is wet bulb temperature?
5. What is dry bulb temperature?
6. What are the different types of humidifiers?
7. What are the different types of dehumidifiers?
8. What are the methods of increasing humidity?
9. Distinguish between humidification and dehumidification
10. Explain the uses of Psychometric chart?
11. What is humidification?
12. What is dehumidification?
PART B
1. Explain in detail about different types of dehumidifiers.
2. Explain in detail about different types of humidifiers.
3. With a neat sketch explain the function of any two cooling towers.
4. Why do humidification and dehumidification become necessary in air water systems?
Distinctly bring out the differences between the two. Briefly describe the equipments
for this operation.
5. Explain in detail the various types of cooling towers employed in industries an
compare their relative merits and demerits
