GATE CH 2014: Chemical Engineering
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GATE 2014 Examination
CH: Chemical Engineering
Duration: 180 minutes Maximum Marks: 100
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specific GATE paper for 85 marks. Both these sections are compulsory.
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numbers 6 to 10 are of 2-mark each.
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GATE 2014 SET- 1 General Aptitude -GA
Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry one mark each.
Q.1 A student is required to demonstrate a high level of comprehension of the subject, especially in the
social sciences.
The word closest in meaning to comprehension is
(A) understanding (B) meaning (C) concentration (D) stability
Q.2 Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following
sentence.
One of his biggest ______ was his ability to forgive.
(A) vice (B) virtues (C) choices (D) strength
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Q.3 Rajan was not happy that Sajan decided to do the project on his own. On observing his
unhappiness, Sajan explained to Rajan that he preferred to work independently.
Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above sentences?
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(A) Rajan has decided to work only in a group.
(B) Rajan and Sajan were formed into a group against their wishes.
(C) Sajan had decided to give in to Rajan’s request to work with him.
(D) Rajan had believed that Sajan and he would be working together.
If y = 5x2 + 3, then the tangent at x = 0, y = 3
(A) passes through x = 0, y = 0
(C) is parallel to the x-axis
(B) has a slope of +1
(D) has a slope of −1
Q.5 A foundry has a fixed daily cost of Rs 50,000 whenever it operates and a variable cost of Rs 800Q,
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where Q is the daily production in tonnes. What is the cost of production in Rs per tonne for a daily
production of 100 tonnes?
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Q. 6 – Q. 10 carry two marks each.
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Q.6
Q.7
Find the odd one in the following group: ALRVX, EPVZB, ITZDF, OYEIK
(A) ALRVX (B) EPVZB (C) ITZDF (D) OYEIK
Anuj, Bhola, Chandan, Dilip, Eswar and Faisal live on different floors in a six-storeyed building
(the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it 2, and so on). Anuj lives on an even-numbered
floor. Bhola does not live on an odd numbered floor. Chandan does not live on any of the floors
below Faisal’s floor. Dilip does not live on floor number 2. Eswar does not live on a floor
immediately above or immediately below Bhola. Faisal lives three floors above Dilip. Which of the
following floor-person combinations is correct?
Anuj Bhola Chandan Dilip Eswar Faisal
(A) 6 2 5 1 3 4
(B) 2 6 5 1 3 4
(C) 4 2 6 3 1 5
(D) 2 4 6 1 3 5
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GATE 2014 SET- 1 General Aptitude -GA
Q.8 The smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two thirds of the smallest angle of a quadrilateral. The
ratio between the angles of the quadrilateral is 3:4:5:6. The largest angle of the triangle is twice its
smallest angle. What is the sum, in degrees, of the second largest angle of the triangle and the
largest angle of the quadrilateral?
Q.9 One percent of the people of country X are taller than 6 ft. Two percent of the people of country Y
are taller than 6 ft. There are thrice as many people in country X as in country Y. Taking both
countries together, what is the percentage of people taller than 6 ft?
(A) 3.0 (B) 2.5 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.25
Q.10 The monthly rainfall chart based on 50 years of rainfall in Agra is shown in the following figure.
Which of the following are true? (k percentile is the value such that k percent of the data fall below
that value)
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(i) On average, it rains more in July than in December
(ii) Every year, the amount of rainfall in August is more than that in January
(iii) July rainfall can be estimated with better confidence than February rainfall
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(iv) In August, there is at least 500 mm of rainfall
(A) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
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(B) (i) and (iii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
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GATE 2014 CHEMICAL – CH
Q. 1 – Q. 25 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Gradient of a scalar variable is always
(A) a vector (B) a scalar (C) a dot product (D) zero
Q.2 For the time domain function f (t ) = t 2 , which ONE of the following is the Laplace transform of
t
∫ f (t )dt ?
0
3 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Q.3
s4 4s 2
=
If f *( x) is the complex conjugate of f (
b
∫ f *( x) f ( x) dx is ALWAYS
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s3 s4
x) cos( x) + i sin( x) , then for real a and b,
a
(A) positive (B) negative )
(C) real (D) imaginary
Q.4
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If f ( x) is a real and continuous function of x, the Taylor series expansion of f ( x) about its
minima will NEVER have a term containing
(A) first derivative
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(B) second derivative (C) third derivative (D) any higher derivative
Q.5
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From the following list, identify the properties which are equal in both vapour and liquid phases at
equilibrium
P. Density
R. Chemical potential
Q. Temperature
S. Enthalpy
H (A) P and Q only (B) Q and R only (C) R and S only (D) P and S only
C
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GATE 2014 CHEMICAL – CH
Q.6 In a closed system, the isentropic expansion of an ideal gas with constant specific heats is
represented by
(A) (B)
P P
V V
(C) (D)
ln(P)
ln(V)
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ln(P)
14 ln(V)
Q.7 Match the following )
Group 1
AT Group 2
P.
∂G
∂ni T , P ,n j≠i E I. Arrhenius equation
Q.
(G
∂G
∂ni S ,V ,n j≠i
−∆Greaction
exp
0
II. Reaction equilibrium constant
R. III. Chemical potential
RT
H ∑ (n d µ ) =0
C S.
(A) Q─III, R─I, S─II
i i T ,P IV. Gibbs-Duhem equation
(B) Q─III, R─II, S─IV
(C) P─III, R─II, S─IV (D) P─III, R─IV, S─I
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Q.8 In order to achieve the same conversion under identical reaction conditions and feed flow rate for a
non-autocatalytic reaction of positive order, the volume of an ideal CSTR is
(A) always greater than that of an ideal PFR
(B) always smaller than that of an ideal PFR
(C) same as that of an ideal PFR
(D) smaller than that of an ideal PFR only for first order reaction
Q.9
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Integral of the time-weighted absolute error (ITAE) is expressed as
ε (t )
∞
ε (t )
∞
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(A) ∫ (B) ∫ ∫ t ε (t ) dt ∫ t ε (t ) dt
)
2
dt dt (C) (D)
2 t
0
t 0 0 0
Q.10 A unit IMPULSE response of a first order system with time constant τ and steady state gain K p is
given by
1 et /τ AT K pe−t /τ τ K p e−t /τ K p −t /τ
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(A)
K pτ
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(B) (C) (D)
τ
e
In a completely opaque medium, if 50% of the incident monochromatic radiation is absorbed, then
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which of the following statements are CORRECT?
P. 50% of the incident radiation is reflected
Q. 25% of the incident radiation is reflected
R. 25% of the incident radiation is transmitted
H S. No incident radiation is transmitted
CQ.12
(A) P and S only (B) Q and R only (C) P and Q only (D) R and S only
In case of a pressure driven laminar flow of a Newtonian fluid of viscosity (µ) through a horizontal
circular pipe, the velocity of the fluid is proportional to
(A) µ (B) µ 0.5 (C) µ −1 (D) µ − 0.5
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Q.13 Which of the following statements are CORRECT?
P. For a rheopectic fluid, the apparent viscosity increases with time under a constant applied
shear stress
Q. For a pseudoplastic fluid, the apparent viscosity decreases with time under a constant applied
shear stress
R. For a Bingham plastic, the apparent viscosity increases exponentially with the deformation rate
S. For a dilatant fluid, the apparent viscosity increases with increasing deformation rate
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(A) P and Q only (B) Q and R only
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(C) R and S only
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(D) P and S only
Assume that an ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer follows first order dynamics with a time
)
constant of 10 s. It is at a steady state temperature of 0 °C. At time t = 0, the thermometer is
suddenly immersed in a constant temperature bath at 100 °C. The time required (in s) for the
thermometer to read 95 °C, approximately is
(A) 60 (B) 40 (C) 30 (D) 20
Q.15
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Packed towers are preferred for gas-liquid mass transfer operations with foaming liquids because
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(A) in packed towers, high liquid to gas ratios are best handled
(B) in packed towers, continuous contact of gas and liquid takes place
(C) packed towers are packed with random packings
Q.16
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(D) in packed towers, the gas is not bubbled through the liquid pool
A spherical storage vessel is quarter–filled with toluene. The diameter of the vent at the top of the
vessel is 1/20th of the diameter of the vessel. Under the steady state condition, the diffusive flux of
H toluene is maximum at
C (A) the surface of the liquid
(B) the mid-plane of the vessel
(C) the vent
(D) a distance 20 times the diameter of the vent away from the vent
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Q.17 In order to produce fine solid particles between 5 and 10 µm, the appropriate size reducing
equipment is
(A) fluid energy mill (B) hammer mill
(C) jaw crusher (D) smooth roll crusher
Q.18 Slurries are most conveniently pumped by a
(A) syringe pump (B) diaphragm pump
(C) vacuum pump (D) gear pump
Q.19
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Assuming the mass transfer coefficients in the gas and the liquid phases are comparable, the
absorption of CO2 from reformer gas (CO2+H2) into an aqueous solution of diethanolamine is
controlled by
(A) gas phase resistance
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(B) liquid phase resistance
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(C) both gas and liquid phase resistances (D) composition of the reformer gas
Q.20 Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT for the surface renewal theory?
(A) Mass transfer takes place at steady state
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(B) Mass transfer takes place at unsteady state
(C) Contact time is same for all the liquid elements
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(D) Mass transfer depends only on the film resistance
Q.21 Steam economy of a multiple effect evaporator system is defined as
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(A) kilogram of steam used per hour
(B) kilogram of steam consumed in all the effects for each kilogram of steam fed
(C) kilogram of steam used in all the effects for each kilogram of water vaporized per hour
(D) kilogram of water vaporized from all the effects for each kilogram of steam fed to the first
H effect
CQ.22 Decomposition efficiency (ηD) of an electrolytic cell used for producing NaOH is defined as
(A) ηD = (grams of NaOH produced / grams of NaCl decomposed) x 100
(B) ηD = (grams of NaOH produced / grams of NaCl charged) x 100
(C) ηD = (gram equivalents of NaOH produced / gram equivalents of NaCl charged) x 100
(D) ηD = (theoretical current to produce one gram equivalent / actual current to produce one gram
equivalent) x 100
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Q.23 The vessel dispersion number for an ideal CSTR is
(A) ─1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) ∞
Q.24 Catalytic cracking is
(A) a hydrogen addition process
(B) a carbon rejection process
(C) an exothermic process
Q.25
(D) a coking process
Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT?
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(A) The major components of biodiesel are triglycerides
(B) Biodiesel is essentially a mixture of ethyl esters
(C) Biodiesel is highly aromatic
(D) Biodiesel has a very low aniline point
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Q. 26 – Q. 55 carry two marks each.
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Q.26 E
Consider the following differential equation
dy
dx
=
x+
(G =
ln( y ) ; y 2 at =
x 0
The solution of this equation at x = 0.4 using Euler method with a step size of h = 0.2
is___________
H
CQ.27 The integrating factor for the differential equation
dy
−
y
dx 1 + x
=+
(1 x) is
1 x
(A) (B) (1 + x) (C) x(1 + x) (D)
1+ x 1+ x
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Q.28 d2y dy
The differential equation 2
+ x2 + x3 y e
= x
is a
dx dx
(A) non-linear differential equation of first degree
(B) linear differential equation of first degree
(C) linear differential equation of second degree
(D) non-linear differential equation of second degree
Q.29 Consider the following two normal distributions
= ) exp(−π x 2 )
f1 ( x
=
f2 ( x)
1
2π
1 2
exp −
4π
( x + 2 x + 1)
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If µ and σ denote the mean and standard deviation, respectively, then
(A) µ1 < µ 2 and σ 1 < σ 2
2
(C) µ1 > µ 2 and σ 1 < σ 2
2
2
2 )
(B) µ1 < µ 2 and σ 1 > σ 2
2 2
(D) µ1 > µ 2 and σ 1 > σ 2
2 2
Q.30
AT
In rolling of two fair dice, the outcome of an experiment is considered to be the sum of the numbers
appearing on the dice. The probability is highest for the outcome of ____________
Q.31
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A spherical ball of benzoic acid (diameter = 1.5 cm) is submerged in a pool of still water. The
solubility and diffusivity of benzoic acid in water are 0.03 kmol/m3 and 1.25 x 10-9 m2/s
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respectively. Sherwood number is given as Sh = 2.0 + 0.6 Re0.5Sc0.33. The initial rate of dissolution
(in kmol/s) of benzoic acid approximately is
(A) 3.54×10-11 (B) 3.54×10-12 (C) 3.54×10-13 (D) 3.54×10-14
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CQ.32 A wet solid of 100 kg is dried from a moisture content of 40 wt% to 10 wt%. The critical moisture
content is 15 wt% and the equilibrium moisture content is negligible. All moisture contents are on
dry basis. The falling rate is considered to be linear. It takes 5 hours to dry the material in the
constant rate period. The duration (in hours) of the falling rate period is ___________
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Q.33 A brick wall of 20 cm thickness has thermal conductivity of 0.7 W m-1 K-1. An insulation of
thermal conductivity 0.2 W m-1 K-1 is to be applied on one side of the wall, so that the heat transfer
through the wall is reduced by 75%. The same temperature difference is maintained across the wall
before and after applying the insulation. The required thickness (in cm) of the insulation is
____________
Q.34 An oil with a flow rate of 1000 kg/h is to be cooled using water in a double-pipe counter-flow heat
exchanger from a temperature of 70 °C to 40 °C. Water enters the exchanger at 25 °C and leaves at
40 °C. The specific heats of oil and water are 2 kJ kg-1 K-1 and 4.2 kJ kg-1 K-1, respectively. The
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overall heat transfer coefficient is 0.2 kW m-2 K-1. The minimum heat exchanger area (in m2)
required for this operation is ______________
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Q.35
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Which ONE of the following is CORRECT for an ideal gas in a closed system?
(A)
∂U ∂U
V = nR
∂V S
∂S V
(B) −
∂H
=
∂H
P nR
∂P S
∂S P
∂U ∂H ∂H ∂U
(C) V = nR
∂V S
AT
∂S P
(D) P = nR
∂P S
∂S V
Q.36
E
A binary distillation column is operating with a mixed feed containing 20 mol% vapour. If the feed
quality is changed to 80 mol% vapour, the change in the slope of the q-line is ________________
(G
Q.37 A homogeneous reaction ( R → P ) occurs in a batch reactor. The conversion of the reactant R is
67% after 10 minutes and 80% after 20 minutes. The rate equation for this reaction is
H (A) − rR =
k
(C) − rR =
k CR 3
(B) − rR =
k CR
(D) − rR =
2
k CR0.5
C
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Q.38 A vapour phase catalytic reaction ( Q + R → S ) follows Rideal mechanism (R and S are not
adsorbed). Initially, the mixture contains only the reactants in equimolar ratio. The surface reaction
step is rate controlling. With constants a and b, the initial rate of reaction ( − ro ) in terms of total
pressure ( PT ) is given by
aPT aPT
(A) − ro = (B) − ro =
1 + bPT 1 + bPT2
aPT2 aPT2
(C) − ro = (D) − ro =
1 + bPT (1 + bPT ) 2
Q.39
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An incompressible fluid is flowing through a contraction section of length L and has a 1-D (x-
direction) steady state velocity distribution,=
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u u0 1 +
2x
L
. If u0 = 2 m/s and L = 3 m, the
Q.40
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convective acceleration (in m/s2) of the fluid at L is _____________
Match the following
Group 1
AT Group 2
P.
Q.
R. E
Tank in series model
Liquid-liquid extraction
Optimum temperature progression
I.
II.
III.
Non-isothermal reaction
Mixer-settler
PFR with axial mixing
S.
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Thiele modulus
(A) P─II, Q─IV, R─I, S─III
IV. Solid catalyzed reaction
(B) P─I, Q─II, R─III, S─IV
H (C) P─III, Q─I, R─II, S─IV (D) P─III, Q─II, R─I, S─IV
CQ.41 Two elemental gases (A and B) are reacting to form a liquid (C) in a steady state process as per the
reaction A + B → C . The single-pass conversion of the reaction is only 20% and hence recycle is
used. The product is separated completely in pure form. The fresh feed has 49 mol% of A and B
each along with 2 mol% impurities. The maximum allowable impurities in the recycle stream is 20
mol%. The amount of purge stream (in moles) per 100 moles of the fresh feed is ___________
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Q.42 Carbon monoxide (CO) is burnt in presence of 200% excess pure oxygen and the flame temperature
achieved is 2298 K. The inlet streams are at 25 °C. The standard heat of formation (at 25 °C) of CO
and CO2 are ─110 kJ mol-1 and ─390 kJ mol-1, respectively. The heat capacities (in J mol-1 K-1) of
the components are
C pO = 25 + 14 ×10−3 T
2
C pCO = 25 + 42 ×10−3 T
2
where, T is the temperature in K. The heat loss (in kJ) per mole of CO burnt is_____________
Q.43
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A cash flow of Rs. 12,000 per year is received at the end of each year (uniform periodic payment)
for 7 consecutive years. The rate of interest is 9% per year compounded annually. The present
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worth (in Rs.) of such cash flow at time zero is __________
Q.44
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A polymer plant with a production capacity of 10,000 tons per year has an overall yield of 70%, on
mass basis (kg of product per kg of raw material). The raw material costs Rs. 50,000 per ton. A
process modification is proposed to increase the overall yield to 75% with an investment of Rs. 12.5
crore. In how many years can the invested amount be recovered with the additional profit?
___________
AT
Q.45
E
A step change of magnitude 2 is introduced into a system having the following transfer function
G (s) =
2
s + 2s + 4
2
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The percent overshoot is ____________
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Q.46 Given below is a simplified block diagram of a feedforward control system.
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The transfer function of the process is G p = and the disturbance transfer function is
s +1
(A)
Gd =
1
s + 2s + 1
2
−5
( s + 1)3
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. The transfer function of the PERFECT feedforward controller, G f ( s ) is
(B)
−5
( s + 1) 14
(C)
−1
5( s + 1)
(D) −5( s + 1)
Q.47 )
The bottom face of a horizontal slab of thickness 6 mm is maintained at 300 °C. The top face is
exposed to a flowing gas at 30 °C. The thermal conductivity of the slab is 1.5 W m-1 K-1 and the
convective heat transfer coefficient is 30 W m-2 K-1. At steady state, the temperature (in °C) of the
top face is __________
AT
Q.48
E
In a steady incompressible flow, the velocity distribution is given by V = 3 xiˆ − Pyjˆ + 5 zkˆ , where,
V is in m/s and x, y, and z are in m. In order to satisfy the mass conservation, the value of the
constant P (in s-1) is __________
Q.49
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Match the following
Group 1 Group 2
H P.
Q.
R.
Turbulence
NPSH
Ergun equation
I.
II.
III.
Reciprocating pump
Packed bed
Fluctuating velocity
C S.
T.
Rotameter
Power number
(A) P─III, R─II, T─IV
IV.
V.
Impeller
Vena contracta
(B) Q─V, R─II, S─III
(C) P─III, R─IV, T─II (D) Q─III, S─V, T─IV
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Q.50 In a steady and incompressible flow of a fluid (density = 1.25 kg m-3), the difference between
stagnation and static pressures at the same location in the flow is 30 mm of mercury (density =
13600 kg m-3). Considering gravitational acceleration as 10 m s-2, the fluid speed (in m s-1) is
______________
Q.51 Consider a binary liquid mixture at equilibrium with its vapour at 25 °C.
B
Antoine equation for this system is given as log10 pi = A −
sat
where t is in °C and p in Torr.
t +C
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The Antoine constants (A, B, and C) for the system are given in the following table.
Component
1
2
A
7.0
6.5
14
B
1210
1206
C
230
223
)
The vapour phase is assumed to be ideal and the activity coefficients ( γ i ) for the non-ideal liquid
phase are given by
ln(γ
=
ln(γ
=
1) x22 [2 − 0.6 x1 ]
x12 [1.7 + 0.6 x2 ]
2)
AT
If the mole fraction of component 1 in liquid phase (x1) is 0.11, then the mole fraction of
Q.52
E
component 1 in vapour phase (y1) is ___________
A process with transfer function, G p =
2
(G s −1
is to be controlled by a feedback proportional
controller with a gain Kc. If the transfer functions of all other elements in the control loop are unity,
then which ONE of the following conditions produces a stable closed loop response?
H (A) K c = 0.25 (B) 0 < K c < 0.25 (C) 0.25 < K c < 0.5 (D) K c > 0.5
C
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Q.53 Consider the following block diagram for a closed-loop feedback control system
2014 )
A proportional controller is being used with K c = −4 . If a step change in disturbance of
magnitude 2 affects the system, then the value of the offset is ____________
Q.54
AT
Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and Reason [r].
Assertion: Significant combustion of coke takes place only if it is heated at higher temperature in
E
presence of air.
Reason: C + O 2 → CO 2 is an exothermic reaction.
(A) Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]
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(B) Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not the correct reason for [a]
(C) [a] is correct but [r] is false
(D) Both [a] and [r] are false
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Q.55 Match the raw materials of Groups 1 and 2 with the final products of Group 3
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
P1: Ethylene Q1: Ammonia R1: Synthetic fibre
P2: Propylene Q2: 1-Butene R2: Nylon 66
P3: Adipic acid Q3: Ethylene glycol R3: LLDPE
P4: Terephthalic acid Q4: Hexamethylene diamine R4: Acrylonitrile
(A) P1+Q2→R3; P2+Q1→R4; P3+Q4→R2; P4+Q3→R1
(B) P1+Q1→R3; P2+Q3→R1; P3+Q4→R4; P4+Q2→R2
(C) P1+Q2→R2; P2+Q3→R1; P3+Q4→R3; P4+Q1→R4
(D) P1+Q1→R4; P2+Q2→R3; P3+Q4→R2; P4+Q3→R1
2014
END OF THE QUESTION PAPER
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AT
E
(G
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C
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Answer Keys for CH ‐ Chemical Engineering
Section Q. No. Key / Range Marks Section Q. No. Key / Range Marks
GA 1 A 1 CH 26 2.3 to 2.4 2
GA 2 B 1 CH 27 A 2
GA 3 D 1 CH 28 B 2
GA 4 C 1 CH 29 C 2
GA 5 1300 to 1300 1 CH 30 6.99 to 7.01 2
GA 6 D 2 CH 31 B 2
GA 7 B 2 CH 32 1.1 to 1.3 2
GA 8 180 to 180 2 CH 33 17.0 to 17.3 2
GA 9 D 2 CH 34 3.75 to 3.95 2
GA 10 B 2 CH 35 D 2
CH 1 A 1 CH 36 3.6 to 3.9 2
CH 2 D 1 CH 37 B 2
CH 3 C 1 CH 38 C 2
CH 4 A 1 CH 39 7.99 to 8.01 2
CH 5 B 1 CH 40 D 2
CH 6 D 1 CH 41 9.99 to 10.01 2
CH 7 C 1 CH 42 32.0 to 38.0 2
CH 8 A 1 CH 43 60000 to 61000 2
CH 9 C 1 CH 44 2.55 to 2.70 2
CH 10 D 1 CH 45 16.0 to 16.8 2
CH 11 A 1 CH 46 C 2
CH 12 C 1 CH 47 268 to 274 2
CH 13 D 1 CH 48 7.99 to 8.01 2
CH 14 C 1 CH 49 A 2
CH 15 D 1 CH 50 79 to 82 2
CH 16 C 1 CH 51 0.65 to 0.75 2
CH 17 A 1 CH 52 D 2
CH 18 B 1 CH 53 0.49 to 0.51 2
CH 19 A 1 CH 54 B 2
CH 20 B 1 CH 55 A 2
CH 21 D 1
CH 22 C 1
CH 23 D 1
CH 24 B 1
CH 25 B 1Official key not published for this paper.
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