NO   QUESTION   A   B
1 A valve that controls flow by means of a disk or wedge-shaped 
dam sliding at right angles to the direction of flow and seating 
tightly in the valve body is a
gate valve butterfly valve
2 The friction factor for flow through a pipe with relative roughness 
of 0.004 at a Reynold's No. of 80,000 is approximately equal to
0.052 0.025
3 The equation that relates friction factor and Reynold's No., 
f=64/Reynold's No. holds for
smooth pipes laminar and 
turbulent flow
4 Oil flows under laminar conditions inside a steam heated copper 
pipe. The overall heat transfer coefficient is approximately
equal to the 
heat transfer 
coefficient of 
the oil
the average 
between the 
heat transfer 
coefficient of the 
steam and that 
of oil
5 In multi-stage liquid-liquid extraction with partially miscible 
solvents
the extraction 
must be done 
to form co-
currently in 
order to 
minimize the 
extraction.
the minimum 
number of 
stages occur 
when the 
operating lines 
are parallel.
6 The enrichment of the vapor steam as it passes through the 
column in contact with the reflux during distillation is called
evaporation stripping
7 The maximum number of plates for a given distillation system is 
obtained at
variable reflux maximum reflux
8 The correct unit for the specific rate constant for the reaction A---
>B determined to be first order is
square 
liter/square 
mol/min
square 
liter/square 
mol/square min
9 On one side of a heat exchanger where either a condensing 
vapor or a boiling liquid is present, the temperature may be 
assumed to be constant. In determining the logarithmic mean 
temperature difference the direction of flow will have
large effect little effect
10 For a cylinder where steady-state radial heat transfer takes place the heat flux is 
constant
maximum heat 
transfer rate 
occurs at the 
surface
11 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
separation 
plate
theoretical plate
12 Crystallization occurs in a solution that is concentrated unsaturated
13 Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by Sherwood, 
Nusselt and 
Reynold's No
Peclet, 
Reynold's and 
Schimdt No
14 The ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the average 
diameter of the product is the
settling ratio discharge ratio
15 The rate of formation of C for the reaction 2A + B ---> C is found 
to be rate=k(A)(B)
the rate of 
formation of C 
is equal to the 
rate of 
disappearance 
of B
the order of 
reactio is zero
16 A device for increasing the velocity of a fluid in steady flow is a nozzle vent
17 In steady-state backmix flow reactor, composition is  not constant 
throughout the 
reactor
constant 
throughout the 
reactor
18 The amount of money obtainable from the sale of used property 
over and above any changers involved in removal and sale is 
called
net value salvage value
19 In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio increases the 
number of 
theoretical 
plates
decreases the 
reboiler duty
20 In mass transfer where the solute in the gas phase is very 
soluble in the liquid phase
the ratio of 
liquid phase 
resistance to 
the overall 
resistance is 
close to unity
the gas phase 
resistance is 
approximately 
equal to the total 
resistance
21 Heat transfer in turbulent flow may be described through an 
empirical equation correlating 
Nusselt, 
Stanton and 
Reynold's Nos
Nusselt, Prandtl 
and Reynold's 
Nos
22 Which of the following fittings exhibits the highest pressure drop 
for the same flow conditions?
90-degree long 
radius elbow
90-degree 
standard elbow
23 A chamber into which steam from a high pressure line can be 
bled during periods of low steam demand from the power plant is 
called
switching bank vent
24 Which one of the following pipes has the highest relative 
roughness?
2" diameter 
Wrought iron 
pipe
4" dia Wrought 
iron pipe
25 In steady-state heat transfer through a series of materials with 
varying resistances, the heat transfer rate
decreases 
towards the 
direction of 
heat transfer
varies with the 
thermal 
conductivity of 
each material
26 Reactions whereby reactants proceed along several paths and 
give different products are
polymeric 
reactions
reversible 
reactions
27 Which one among the following materials has the best insulating 
property?
window glass wood
28 An operation where warm vapor mixture is cooled such as by 
contact with a liquid resulting in condensation and decreased 
humidity is
evaporation dehumidification
29 The pressure exerted on a plane parallel to the direction of flow 
of a moving fluid is called
gauge pressure velocity pressure
30 For mass transfer to take place, there must be a phase change reaction 
component
31 Water vapor condenses at 1 atm on a tube whose surface 
tmeperature is at 80 deg F. in analyzing the heat transfer through 
the condensate film, it is best to evaluate the liquid properties at
212 deg F 80 deg F
32 The diffusity of water in air at 100 deg F in sq.cm./sec is 0.256 0.278
33 A fluid flowing at a rate of 25 cubic meters per hour inside a 60 
mm I.D. pipe has an average velocity in meter per sec equal to
5.9 2.5
34 An equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene is subjected to a 
single batch distillation. Distillation is discontinued when 60% of 
the benzene in the feed is distilled. At this instance the bottom 
product when analyzed shows benzene to be 36.4 mole%. In the 
distillate, the mole% of benzene is
66.6 58.1
35 When 32 kg of methane is burned completely the theoretical 
oxygen required is
16 kg 64 kg
36 The standard heat of reaction for the production of water gas, in 
kcal/gmole, as given by the equation: C(s) + H2O(g) = CO(g) + 
H2(g) is
32.2 31.4
37 A rectangular duct 4 ft x 1.5 ft in cross section carries conditioned 
air. In determining the pressure drop through the duct the 
equivalent diameter in ft may be used which in this case is
4 2.18
38 A gas decomposition reaction has an activation energy of 245 
kJ/mol. The rate of reaction can be accelerated by using a 
platinum catalyst where the activation energy for the resulting 
catalyzed reactions is lower at 136 kJ/mol. Using Arrhenius' law 
and assuming the frequency factor remains the same the 
catalyzed reaction is faster than the original reaction by a factor 
of
over 100,000 
but less than a 
million
over 100 but 
less than 200
39 Water at 100 deg F is flowing through a straight 4-in Sch 40 pipe 
at a rate of 1.0 gal/min. The length of the pipe is 10 ft. The 
velocity at the center of the pipe in ft per sec is
0.0378 0.0504
40 A metallic rod 2 cm in diameter is used as a heating element. 
The thermal conductivity is 370 J/sec.sq.m.degC. The surface 
temperature is maintained at 200 deg C. For the center of the rod 
not to exceed 500 deg C, the maximum volumetric heat 
generation rate within the metallic rod in J/sec cu.m. must be
4440000 5130000
41 This is a steady state temperature reached by a small amount of 
liquid evaporating into a large amount of unsaturated vapor-gas 
mixture.
wet-bulb 
temperature
dew point
42 Air, supplied at the rate of 1200 cfm to a refrigerated coil, has a 
relative humidity of 20% and dry bulb temperature of 150 deg F. 
The mass flow of dry air entering per minute is
74.3 75
43 In adiabatic humidification, it is possible to maintain the 
temperature of water constant since
according to 
the phase rule, 
the degrees of 
freedom is 3
the system can 
be well insulated 
from the 
surroundings 
44 An air-carbon tetrachloride vapor mixture at 100 deg F dry bulb 
and 60 deg F wet bulb is heated until the temperature reaches 
180 deg F. the final percent relative humidity is about
0.1 0.05
45 The portion of water in the wet solid that cannot be removed by 
the air in its contact is called
free moisture final moisture 
content
46 This type of drier is used for drying pasty materials such as wet 
filter cakes and lumpy solids
rotary drier flash drier
47 In the constant-rate period, the rate of drying is established by a balance of 
the heat 
requirements 
for evaporation 
and the rate at 
which heat 
reaches the 
surface
the internal 
movement of 
moisture 
beneath the 
surface of the 
solid
48 Unbound moisture in granular and porous solid moves through 
the intertices of the solid by a mechanism involving
desorption surface tension
49 Wet solid is to be dried from 40% to 10% in 5 hours under 
constant drying conditions. The critical moisture content is 20% 
and the equilibrium moisture content is 7%. All moisture contents 
are on dry basis. The time needed to dry from 15% to 5% free 
moisture under the same drying conditions is
0.542 hrs 1.846 hrs
50 If the rate of drying under constant drying conditions with air at 
140 deg F and absolute humidity of 0.03 lb water per lb dry air of 
unknown mass of solid is given by  R=0.5-exp(-60X)   [in lb 
water/hr-sqft], then the equilibrium moisture content (db) of the 
material is 
0.12 0.034
51 In drying at the falling rate period, the rate at which moisture is 
removed from the solid material
remains 
constant
increases with 
time
52 The major problem in diffusion is to promote diffusion of the 
solute out of the solid and into the liquid. The most effective way 
of doing this is
to reduce the 
solid to the 
smallest size 
feasible
to use counter 
current 
operation
53 A slurry flaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert 
solids and 25 kg of solution 10 weight % oil and 90% wt solvent 
hexane. This slurry is contacted with 100 kg pure hexane in a 
single stage so that the value of retention for the outlet underflow 
is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg solvent in the adhering solution. 
The composition of underflow leaving the extraction stage in %wt 
oil is
0.3 0.8
54 Tung meal containing 55% oil is to be extracted at the rate of 
4000 lb per hour using n-hexane containing 5% oil as solvent. A 
countercurrent mulitple stage extraction system is to be used. 
The meal retains 2 lb of solvent per pound of oil free meal while 
the residual charge contain 0.11 lb oil per lb oil free meal while 
the product is conposed of 15% oil. The theoretical number of 
ideal stages is
3 4
55 The movement of molecules over a substantial distance is 
associated with the transfer of heat by
convection conduction
56 The mode of heat transfer that can take place in a vacuum is 
known as
convection conduction
57 The overall conductance for a composite material in series is 
equal to the 
sum of the 
individual 
conductances
sum of the 
individual 
conductivities
58 Film and drop are terms associated with boiling condensation
59 A 6-in Sch 80 steel pipe is carrying glycerin at an average 
temperature of 100 deg F. The pipe is uninsulated, and the 
outside temperature is 30 deg F. The inside film conductance is 
1000 Btu/h-ft-degF while the outside film conductance is 3.0 
Btu/h-sq.ft.-degF. Determine the heat lost [Btu] per minute from a 
75-ft length of the pipe. Glycerine is flowing at 800 gpm.
99.95 415.7
60 An oak (k=0.096 Btu/h-ft-degF) door, 30 in wide, 78 in high, and 
2 in thick, has 9 glass (k=0.45 Btu/h-ft-degF) windows, each 6 in 
by 8 in by 1/4 in thick. Determine the amount of heat lost [Btu] 
each day with a surface-to-surface temperature difference of 80 
deg F.
97 242
61 Determine the length needed for a simple concentric-tube, 
parallel flow heat exchanger to transfer heat from hot water to 
cold water at a rate of 900 W. The heat exchanger consists of 
two Type K copper (k=386 W/m-degC) tubes. The smaller tube 
has an inside diameter of 49.8 mm and an outside diameter of 
54.0 mm. Assume that both film coefficients are equal to 100 
W/sq.m.-degC. The hot water enters at 90 degC and leaves at 
50 degC, and the cold water enters at 10 degC and leaves at 40 
degC.
185.5 m 11.02 m
62 A saturated solution containing 1500 kg of potassium chloride at 
360 K is cooled in an open tank to 290K. If the specific gravity of 
the solution is 1.2, the solubility of potassium chloride per 100 
parts of water is 53.55 at 360K and 34.5 at 290K, calculate the 
amount of crystals obtained assuming that loss of water by 
evaporation is negligible.
4301 kg 1500 kg
63 An evaporator, working at atmospheric pressure, is to 
concentrate a solution from 5% to 20% solids at the rate of 1.25 
kg/s. The solution which has a specific heat of 4.18 kJ/kg-K is fed 
to the evpaorator at 295K and boils at 380K. Dry saturated steam 
at 240 kPa is fed to the calandria and the condensate leaves at 
the temperature of the condensing steam. If the heat transfer 
coefficient is 2.3 kW/sq.m-K, what is the required area of heat 
transfer surface. The latent heat of vaporization maybe taken as 
the same as that of water.
55.8 sq.m. 58.5 sq.m.
64 2.5 kg/s of a solution at 288K containing 10% dissolved solids is 
fed to a forward-feed double effect evaporator operating at a 
pressure of 14 kPa in the last effect. If the product is to consist of 
a liquid containing 50% by weight of dissolved solids and dry 
saturated steam is fed to the steam coils, what should be the 
pressure of the steam? The surface in each effect is 50 sq.m. 
and the coefficients for heat transfer in the first and second 
effects are 2.8 and 1.7 kW/sq.m.-K respectively. Assume that the 
concentrated solution exhibits a boiling point rise of 5 degK, that 
the latent heat has a constant value of 2260 kJ/kg and that the 
specific heat of the liquid stream is constant at 3.75 kJ/kgK.
115 kPa 101.3 kPa
65 An acetone-air mixture containing 0.015 mol fraction of acetone 
has the mol fraction reduced to 1% of this value by 
countercurrent absorption with water in a packed tower. The gas 
flow-rate G is 1 kg/sq.m-s of air and the water entering is 1.6 
kg/sq.m-s. For this system, Henry's law holds and Ye=1.75x, 
where Ye is the mol fraction of acetone in the vapour in 
equilibrium with a mol fraction x in the liquid. How many overall 
transfer units are required?
10.92 9.12
66 A still has a liquor composition of ortho-xylen 10%, meta-xylene 
65%, para-xylene 17%, benzene 4%, and ethylbenzene 4%. How 
many plates at total reflux are required to give a product of 80% 
meta-xylene and 14% para-xylene? The data are given as mole 
percent.
37 38
67 A mixture of alcohol and water with 0.45 mol fraction of alcohol is 
to be continuously distilled in a column so as to give a top 
product of 0.825 mol fraction alcohol and a liquor at the bottom 
with 0.05 mol fraction alcohol. How many theoretical plates are 
required if the reflux ratio used is 3?
10 9
68 Prepared cottonseed meats containing 35% extractable oil are 
fed to a continuous countercurrent extractor of the intermittent 
drainage type using hexane as solvent. The extractor consists of 
ten sections, the section efficiency being 50%. The entrainment, 
assumed constant, is 1 kg solution/kg solids. What will be the oil 
concentration in the outflowing solvent if the extractable oil 
content in the meats is to be reduced to 0.5% by weight?
72.2 28.7
69 0.4 kg/s of dry seashore sand, containing 1% by weight of salt, is 
to be washed with 0.4 kg/s of fresh water running countercurrent 
to the sand through two classifiers in series. Assume that perfect 
mixing of the sand and water occurs in each classifier and that 
the sand discharged from each classifier contains one part of 
water for every two of sand (by weight). If the washed sand is 
dried in a kiln drier, what percent of salt will it retain?
0.492 0.429
70 Forty-five pounds per minute of water is heated from 60 to 180 
deg F in a 5/8 in., 16 BWG heat exchanger tube. If the steam 
condensing at 260 deg F, on the outside of the tube gives an h 
of 1000 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF, calculate the inside heat transfer 
coefficient [Btu/hr-cu.ft-degF].
2173 696
71 How many cu.ft. per minute of entering air is needed to 
evaporate 10 lb of water per hour from a rayon, if the air enters at 
80 deg F and 25% humidity and leaves at 170 deg F and 55% 
relative humidity. The operating pressure is 14.3 psia.
12.54 12.68
72 Nicotine is to be extracted from water using kerosene. If 100 lb of 
a 2% nicotene solution is extracted once with 200 lb of kerosene, 
what percent of the nicotene is extracted? {Equilibrium data:  Y[lb 
nicotene/lb kerosene] = 0.90X [lb nicotene/lb water]}
64.5 54.6
73 We must cool 2500 gpm of water from 120 to 80 deg F. A cooling 
tower, at 70 deg F and 1 atm, is to be designed to operate with 
entering air of 40% relative humidity. How many gpm of makeup 
water must be supplied if windage loss is 95% of the amount lost 
by evaporation.
77.2 150
74 We wish to build an economical cold room 20 ft square and 10 ft 
high. The outside temperature is 80 deg F and te room is to be 
maintained at 0 deg F. The boss has suggested parallel wooden 
outer and inner walls separated by a 6-in air space. What will be 
the heat loss [Btu/hr] through each wall? 
3537 8457
75 A colloidal solution is to be concentrated from 15 to 65% solids. 
The specific heat of the feed, entering at 50 deg F is 0.93. The 
pressure of the saturated steam to the evaporator is 10 psia; the 
condenser pressure is 5-in. Hg abs. The steam chest has an 
overall heat transfer coefficient of 200 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF. Water 
must be evaporated at the rate of 35,000 lb/hr. Neglecting boiling 
point elevation, what is the steam consumption [lb/hr]?
10500 35000
76 What is the settling time [sec] for galena particles to settle under 
free settling conditions through 5 ft of water at 50 deg F. Galena 
is spherical in shape, with specific gravity and 0.01 inch in 
diameter.
38.1 18.3
77 A 10-ft diameter tank with a quick-opening value to a sump has a 
10-ft depth of liquid. How long [t in sec] does it take to drain the 
tank if the valve is assumed to be equivalent to a 4-in diameter 
orifice? The liquid density is 60 lb/cu.ft.
2951 1644
78 What size sharp-edged orifice [inches] was in use if a flow of 120 
gpm produced a 4-in Hg differential in a 4-in Schedule 40 pipe. 
The fluid, measured at 60 degF, had a viscosity of 1 cSt and a 
specific gravity of 1.
2.21 1.35
79 Seven hundred gallons per minute of water are being discharged 
by a centrifugal pump 5 ft above the pump inlet. The inlet 
pressure is 4-in Hg above atmospheric and the discharge 
pressure is 29 psia. If the pump has an 8-inch diameter inlet and 
a 4-inch diameter discharge, calculate the pump efficiency.
63 84
80 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 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]
34.2 27.7
81 Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch Schedule 40 pipe. A 
pitot tube in the pipe shows a 3-inch Hg differential. If the pitot 
tube is located at the center of the pipe, what is the mass flow 
rate of the water [lb/s]?
11.61 14.24
82 The gas phase irreversible reaction A+B---->C  is elementary. 
The entering flow rate of A is 10 mol/min and is equal molar in A 
and B. The entering concentration of A is 0.4 mol/L. What CSTR 
volume [L] is necessary to achieve 90% conversion?
113 227
83 The irreversible zero order gas phase dimerization 2A ----->A2   
is carried out in a packed bed reactor with 5 kg of catalyst. The 
entering pressure is 10 atm and the exit pressure is 1 atm. Pure 
A enters at a flow rate of 10 mol/min. The reaction is zero order 
in A. What is the exit conversion?
0.15 0.5
84 The gas phase reaction 2A+B----->C is carried out in a PFR. The 
feed is equal molar in A and B and the entering temperature is 
500K and the entering pressure is 16.4 atm. If the exit conversion 
is x,  then the exit concentration of B is
[B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
0.5x )
[B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
1.5x )
85 Heat is generated in a 2.5 cm square copper rod at the rate of 
35.3e6 W/cu.m. The rod is exposed to a convection environment 
at 20 deg C where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 4 
kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine the surface temperature [deg C] of 
the rod.
75.2 55.2
86 A 5cm diameter cylinder is maintained at a constant temperature 
of 200 deg C and it is "completely enclosed" by a wind tunnel test 
chamber, walls of which are at 10 deg C. Air at 350K is forced 
across the cylinder at a velocity of 50 m/s (h=180 W/m-degC). If 
the surface emissivity of the cylinder is 0.7, determine the total 
(i.e., convective and radiative) heat transfer from the cylinder [W 
per meter length].
13 272
87 A building wall consists of a 6-in of concrete (kc= 0.7 Btu/hr-ft-
degF), 2 in of fiber insulating board, and 3/8 in of gypsum board 
(kg=0.03 Btu/hr-ft-degF). The inside and outside heat transfer 
coefficients are 2 and 7 Btu/hr-sqft-degF, respectively. The inside 
temperature is 72 degF and the outside temperature is 20  degF. 
Determine the overall heat transfer coefficient for this wall [Btu/hr-
sqft-degF].
0.028 0.119
88 Current is passed through a cylindrical laboratory heater, which 
has a 3 cm diameter, generating heat at the rate of 20 MW/cu.m. 
The heater is exposed to a convection environment at 25 degC 
where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 0.5 kW/sq.m.-
degC. Determine its surface temperature [degC].
325 300
89 A straight rectangular fin has a length of 3.5 cm, a thickness of 
1.5 mm, and is made of a material characterized by thermal 
conductivity of 255 W/m-degC. The fin is exposed to a 
convection environment at 20 degC and h=1.5 kW/sq.m.-degC. 
Determine the maximum possible heat transfer from this fin for 
the base temperature of 150 degC.
1500 W 4392 W
90 A gaseous fuel is composed of 20% methane( CH4), 40% 
ethane (C2H6) and 40% propane (C3H8), where all percentages 
are by volume. The volumetric analysis of the dry products of 
combustion (ie. everything except the water) for this fuel gives 
10.6% carbon dioxide (CO2), 3% oxygen (O2), 1% carbon 
monoxide (CO) and 85.4% nitrogen (N2). Determine the air fuel 
ratio on a mass basis for this reaction.
1 18
91 Dodecane (C12H26) gas at 25 degC is burned in a steady flow 
combustion chamber with 20% excess air that enters at -23.15 
degC. The products leave the combustion chamber at 500K. 
Assuming steady operating conditions and complete combustion, 
determine the required mass flow rate of the dodecane to supply 
heat at a rate of 1.5 kW [kg/s].
170 100
92 Two rooms A and B of identical volume are connected by an 
open doorway. The thermostat in the rooms are set so that 
Ta<Tb. Which room contains more air molecules?
A B
93 If the absolute temperature of a gas is doubled, the mean speed 
of the gas molecules
is doubled. increases 4 
times
94 When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, the temperature of the 
resulting mixture of water and ice
increases. decreases.
95 In all naturally occurring processes, the entropy of the universe increases. decreases.
96 An inventor seeking a patent claims that a building may be 
comfortably heated in winter by a device that draws heat into the 
building from the earth, even though the temperature of the earth 
is lower than the desired temperature inside the building. He 
further claims that the quantity of heat supplied to the building in 
a given time period can significantly exceed the work done by the 
device during the same period. If you were a patent clerk (like the 
young Albert Einstein), what should be your recommendation 
about the application?
The application 
should be 
rejected 
because it 
violates the first 
law of 
Thermodynami
cs.
The application 
should be 
rejected 
because it 
violates the 
second law of 
Thermodynamic
s.
97 A fixture containing an ordinary incandescent light bulb is 
connected to a dimmer switch. The dimmer is adjusted so that 
the temperature of the tungsten filament inside the bulb 
increases from 1300K to 2600K. The total power radiated by the 
bulb
doubles. quadruples.
98 A 30 MW geothermal electric power plant uses hot steam from 
the earth at 157 deg C to heat and vaporize isobutane, which 
turns a turbine that is connected to a generator. The isobutane is 
subsequently cooled to 27 degC using fans and condensed back 
to a liquid. The overall efficiency of the plant is 40% of the ideal 
(Carnot) efficiency. How many joules of heat must be released to 
the atmosphere per second?
2.5 e8 2.2 e8
99 The material which remains unchanged in a process is limiting reactant tie substance
100 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
recycle ratio combined feed 
ratio
101 The heating value measured when water formed from 
combustion is in the liquid state.
Gross Calorific 
Value
Heat of 
combustion
102 In the combustion of solid fuels, the tie element between the feed 
and the refuse is the
cooked coal ash
103 The coal analysis which is based upon the volatilization 
characteristics of the fuel is
Proximate 
analysis
Modified 
analysis
104 An Orsat analysis of the flue gas when pyrite is roasted is on a SO2-free basis SO3-free basis
105 The empirical relation which allows one to compute for the net 
hydrogen in a given solid fuel is the
Calderwood 
equation
Theoretical 
Oxygen 
Equation
106 The equivalent of 45degTw in the Baume scale is 26.63 28.32
107 A furnace completely burns coal containing 70%C. Analysis of 
the flue gas shows 15% CO2, 4% O2, 81% N2, and no CO. 
What is the % of the net hydrogen in the coal?
1.2 1.53
108 Which has the lowest water content? dew point at 
20degC
70% RH
109 A contract was made between a buyer and a paper manufacturer 
for paper containing 5% moisture at PhP450/tonne FOB on 
specifications that price adjustment will be made if the quality is 
different. How much should the buyer pay for 1 tonne of paper 
with 8% moisture content? Freiht cost is PhP45/tonne.
PhP 405 PhP 424.26
110 One drier will dry a material from 45% moisture (wb) to 20% 
moisture (db). From here the material enters another drier where 
the water content is further reduced to give a final product 
weighing 1000 kg. If the total evporation from both driers is 800 
kg, the moisture of the final product is
0.01 0.02
111 An experimental oil is used to distill 6000 kg.hr of Athabasta tar 
sand which analyzes 30% 'heavy oil', 'light oil', and non-volatile 
matter. If the distillate contains 12 % heavy oil and this 
constitutes 25% recovery of the component, the weight in kg of 
the distillate obtained is
2250 3750
112 Coal fired in a furnace has a heating value of 13800 Btu/lb and 
contains 78.05%C and 1.2%S. The proximate analysis shows 
4%M, 24%FC, 8%A and the analysis of the refuse shows 
8%VCM, 25%FC and 32% ash. Calculate the % of C lost in the 
refuse.
4.22 8
113 Ninety grams of ethane and 384 grams of oxygen are fed 
continuously to a laboratory furnace. The total combustion 
products collected was 16.2 gmole with no carbon dioxide. 
However, not all of the ethane was burned due to faulty 
combustion. The fraction of ethane that was burned is equal to
0.8 0.85
114 The furnace at the Bataan refinery is using a fuel gas which 
contains methane, ethane and 20% nitrogen. The orsat analysis 
of the combustion products showed 7.8% CO2, 7.4% O2, and 
84.8% N2. The gas is burned with excess air. The % methane in 
the fuel gas is
63.25 57.24
115 Pyrite containing 78% FeS2 and 22% gangue is burned with 
excess air to produce a stack gas with the following analysis: 
7.29% SO2, 8.92%O2, 82.44%N2 and 1.35%SO3. If the cinder 
was found to have a partial analysis of 62.10% Fe2O3, the % of 
FeS2 lost in the pyrite is
3.52 6.53
116 The unit of k for a 1st order elementary reaction is 1/time conc/time
117 If the temperature of a chemical reaction is raised by 10 degC, 
the rate of reaction is increased by a factor of
4 3
118 The E of a reaction may be lowered by increasing 
temperature
decreasing 
temperature
119 The mechanism of a reaction can sometimes be deduced from the activation 
energy
the temperature 
dependency of 
the rate
120 The equilibrium constant in a reversible chemical reaction at a 
given temperature
depends on the 
initial conc of 
the reactants
depends on the 
conc of one of 
the products at 
equilibrium
121 If the volume of a reaction vessel is suddenly reduced to one half 
its original volume the rate will increase by a factor of
2 4
122 The rate of reaction is not influenced by conc of the 
reactants
molecularity of 
the reaction
123 The net rate of reaction of an intermediate is 0 2
124 A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be 
obtained by plotting
log Ca vs time Ca vs time
125 If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following 
plots will give a straight line?
Ca^2 vs time 1/Ca vs time
126 For the reaction A+B ---> 2C, when Ca is doubled the rate 
doubles, when Cb is doubled the rate increases fourfold. The 
rate law is 
-ra = k Ca^2 
Cb^4
-ra = k Ca Cb^2
127 It states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the 
activity of the reactants.
Le Chatelier's 
principle
Hess' Law
128 The half life of a material undergoing second order decay is proportional to 
the square of 
the initial conc
independent of 
initial conc
129 A fluid flows through 2 CSTR in series. Each reactor has a 
capacity of 400,000 L and the fluid enters at 100 L per hr. The 
fluid undergoes a first order decay with a half life of 24 hours. 
Find the conversion of the fluid.
66.8 74.7
130 A first order reaction has a specific rate constant of 3e-3 per sec. 
The half life is
0.0021 s 100  s
131 A certain reaction is 1st order in A. In 30 min, the concentration 
of A decreases from 0.55 to 0.15 mol/L. The time it will take for A 
to decrease from 0.35 to 0.15 mol/L is
45.1 min 19.6 min
132 A gas decomposes at 900 degC according to 2A--->2R+S with a 
rate constant of 1000 cc/gmol-s using pure A. The time it will take 
to react 80% of A in a batch reactor at 900 degC and 1 atm in 
min is
3.83 7.43
133 Calculate the length of a chlorinating pipe line with diameter of 
0.6 m required to kill 95% of the bacteria in waste water flowing 
at 0.05 cu.m/s. Test shows that 95.33% kill is obtained in 5 
minutes when treated with 5 mg/L of chlorine. Chlorine 
disinfection kinetics is given by the equation: dC/dt = k Ct^1.5   
where C = number of bacteria. Assume that the same 
concentration of chlorine is used in actual treatment operation.
25.36 m 32.5 m
134 The set of data given below is for the parallel reaction:  a---k1--
>2R, a---k2-->S. At t=0, Ca=15 moles/cuft, Cr = 1 mole/cuft, 
Cs=1 mole/cuft; At t=1 hr, Cro = 9 moles/cuft, Cs = 3 moles/cuft. 
The value of K2 per hour is
0.1697 0.183
135 A batch reaction 2D+E----->F has a conversion factor expressed 
by the equation  r =0.24 t^0.5  where r = conversion factor based 
on the reactant E; t = time in hours which ranges from 0.5 to 16 
hours per batch depending upon the process variables. The 
average molecular weight of the feed is 60 and a density of 1.4 
g/cc. The feed consists of 2 kgmole of D and 1 kgmole of E. The 
charging, cleaning and discharging time per batch is 2.5 hrs and 
the volume of the reactor is twice the volume of the feed. 
Assume 300 days per year and 12 hours operation/day. The 
volume of the reactor in liters is
257 275
136 A container holds 100 gal of salt solution containing 50 lb of 
dissolved salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer 
of rock salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of 
rock salt whose surface is practically constant. The salt dissolved 
into the solution according to r = k(C-3) where C is the 
concentration of the brine expressed in lb/gal. If the water in the 
tank were fresh, the rate of solution would be 1.0 lb/min. Fresh 
water enters at 3 gpm and brine overflows at the same rate. 
Assume constant volume at any brine concentration, the 
concentration of brine in container after 1 hour in lb/gal of salt is
0.732 0.427
137 An aqueous solution of ethyl acetate is to be saponified with 
NaOH. The initial concentration of the ethyl acetate is 5 g/L and 
that of the caustic soda is 0.10M. Values of the second order rate 
constant in L/gmole-min are k = 23.5 at 0 degC; k = 92.4 at 20 
degC. The reaction is essentially irreversible. The time required 
to saponify 95% of the water at 40 deg C is
10.3 11.4
138 At 500K the rate of bimolecular reaction is 10 times the rate at 
400K. Find E in cal, the activation energy for this reaction from 
Arrhenius Law.
8150 9150
139 The reaction A+2B--->R is 1st order with respect to each 
reactant. If equimolar amounts of A and B are introduced into a 
constant-volume reactor and (1/m) th of A remains after t1, how 
much will remain after t2=2t1?
Cao/2m Cao/(2m-1)
140 When the 1st order homogeneous reaction (gas-phase) A---
>2.5R is carried out in an isothermal batch reactor at 2 atm with 
20% inerts present, the volume increases by 60% in 20 min. 
When the reaction is carried out in a constant volume reactor, 
the time required for the pressure to reach 8 atm if the initial 
pressure is 5 atm, 2 atm of which consist of inerts in min is
43.1 41.3
141 When the ID of the pipe through which a fluid flows is doubled, 
the pressure loss due to friction per unit length of pipe and for the 
same volumetric flow rate is changed by approximately a factor 
of
1/8 1/16
142 When two centrifugal pumps are connected in series, the 
discharge changes by a factor of
1/2 1
143 When two reciprocating pumps are connected in parallel, the 
volumetric capacity of the system changes by a factor of
1/2 1
144 The pressure drop in a pipeline changes by a factor of _____ 
when the velocity of the flowing fluid is doubled.
1/2 1
145 Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when the discharge 
pressure 
becomes too 
high
the discharge 
valve is closed
146 Oil with a viscosity of 30 cP and a density of 60 lb/cu.ft. flows 
through a 1/2-inch inside diameter pipe. Determine the velocity in 
fps below which flow will be laminar.
0.63 13.1
147 Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch inside diameter smooth 
horizontal pipe. If the Reynold's number is 353000, calculate the 
ratio of maximum velocity to average velocity.
1.05 1.22
148 The pressure after the pump in a 6-inch inside diameter smooth 
pipe conducting water is 20 psia. The water is discharged at an 
open tank 100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of discharge 
of water in cu.ft/s.
0.6 3.58
149 A water storage tank assumes the supply of water into a factory. 
Water is supplied to the tank through a booster pump installed in 
the water line. The theoretical pump horsepower required is 3.25 
hp. What is the monthly operating cost of the pump if electric 
power cost on the average is PhP 3.73/kWh. The pump is 65% 
efficient and operates for 12 hr a day.
PhP 3300 PhP 5000
150 When the impeller speed of an ideal centrifugal pump is doubled, 
the vol. flow rate of discharge is increased by a factor of
1/2 1
151 The differential height between two points which a fluid has to be 
transferred is the
potential head pressure head
152 The resistance of a layer of fluid to flow over the next layer is 
measured by
viscosity friction factor
153 An axial flow pump operating at a speed of 880 rpm can supply 
water at a rate of 3000 gpm. The maximum head that this pump 
can deliver in ft. of water is
20 36
154 Specify the type of open impeller pump to use if the capacity is 
400 gpm at a head of 200 ft of water.
3x2x8.5E 4x3x8.5E
155 What will be the rated capacity [gpm] of a 4-1/2 inch impeller 
centrifugal pump operating at a speed of 3450 rpm capable of 
generating a head of 40 ft of water.
95 134
156 If the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled, the energy 
requirement becomes approximately ___ times the original 
energy requirement.
2 4
157 A cylindrical tank 1 ft in diameter discharges through a nozzle 
connected to the base. Find the time needed for the water level 
in the tank to drop from 4 ft to 2 ft above the nozzle. The 
diameter of the nozzle is 1 inch and its discharge coefficient 
maybe taken as unity.
32 55
158 The NPSH of a single suction centrifugal hot water pump at a 
speed of 3550 rpm operating at a pressure of 600 psi and a 
capacity of 450 gpm is ___ ft.
15 20
159 The rate of evaporation at a given operating temperature in a n 
evaporator is more when
when the 
operating 
pressure is high
the operating 
pressure is low
160 An optimim number of the effects for a given application is a 
function of the
capacity economy
161 A popular type of heat exchanger for cooling large quantities of 
fluid is the
double-pipe plate
162 An evaporator is used to concentrate 10,000 lb/hr of a 20% 
solution of NaOH in water at 140
o
F using saturated steam at 25 
psia at a rate of 7,000 lb/hr.  The OHTC is 275 BTU/hr-ft
2
-
o
F 
when the pressure in the vapor is 1.7 psia. The steam economy, 
SE, is
0.82 0.863
163 A cross flow heat exchanger uses mixed air at 4 kg/s that enters 
at 15
o
C and leaves at 45
o
C.  The air cools unmixed water, which 
enters at 95
o
C and 0.70 kg/s.  The OHTC equals 150 W/m
2
-
o
C.  
After several months of operation, a scale resistance of 0.002 m
2
-
o
C/W developed. 16. The heat transfer area required to 
accomplish the change is
22.2 m
2
25 m
2
164 As solution of 28% wt Na
2
SO
4
 is to be crystallized to yield 
Glauber salt in a four section (one section is 10 ft in length) 
Swenson Walker Crystallizer. It is fed to the unit at 120
o
F and 
cooled to 60
o
F using cooling water which enters at 50
o
F and 
leaves at 70
o
F. The crystallizer has a cooling surface of 3 ft
2
 per 
foot of length. The feed rate is 500 lb/hr and the crystallizer is 
seeded with 50 lb/hr of 65 mesh crystals. 19. The amount of the 
crystalline crop (C) produced in lb per hour is
285.3 249.3
165 An insulator should have low thermal 
conductivity
high thermal 
conductivity
166 Fouling factor is a 
dimensionless 
quantity
does not provide 
a safety factor 
for design
167 Natural convection is characterized by Reynolds 
number
Grashhoff 
number
168 The Graetz number is concerned with mass transfer 
between a gas 
and a liquid
absorption with 
chemical 
reaction
169 Dropwise condensation occurs on clean and dirt 
free surfaces
smooth clean 
surfaces
170 Dietus-Boelter equation for determination of heat transfer co-
efficient is valid
for liquid metals for fluid in 
laminar flow
171 A type of pneumatic conveyor system characterized by a material 
moving in an air stream or pressure less than ambient.
fluidizing pressure
172 If the total percentage of particles larger than the screen opening 
in the feed, oversize, undersize are 36%, 89% and 3%, 
respectively, the effectiveness of the screen if the undersize is 
the product is
0.98 0.89
173 The estimated width of an apron conveyor having a capacity of 
75 tons/hr at a speed of 50 ft/min is
305 mm 610 mm
174 It is defined as the ratio of the average diameter of the feed to 
the average diameter of the product.
settling ratio screen-mesh no
175 The sphericity of cubical particles is 1 0.87
176 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
thickening classification
177 An ultracentrifuge is used to separate high-molecular weight 
fractions in polymeric or biological systems.  What is the gradient 
for mass transfer in the separation using this mass transfer 
device?
temperature pressure
178 Ordinary diffusion takes place because of ___ driving force. temperature pressure
179 What are the two limiting cases of steady-state diffusion? UMD and EMD ordinary and 
Knudsen
180 Which of the following is not true in (binary) equimolar counter-
diffusion?
D
AB
 = D
BA
c = c
A
 + c
B
181 A fluid is flowing on a surface, which contains a component that 
leaches out to the fluid. Assuming that all the 3 regions of mass 
transfer are present, in which of these regions is diffusion 
controlling?
Knudsen region turbulent region
182
In unsteady-state mass transfer, the quantity (D
AB
t/r
m^
2
) is 
referred to as
unaccomplishe
d change
relative 
resistance
183 What is the equivalent of Prandtl number in convective mass 
transfer?
Sc Sh
184 If k
x
 > k
y
, then the controlling phase is the liquid phase the gas phase
185 In two-phase mass transfer, equilibrium may exist at the interface in the gas phase
186 Which of the following processes may always be regarded as a 
constant- humidity process?
cooling of air air conditioning
187 Air conditioning in tropical countries involves humidification 
by a process 
similar to that in 
a cooling tower
humidification by 
a process 
similar to air-
water vapor 
saturator
188 What do you call the steady-state non-equilibrium temperature 
reached when a small amount of water is contacted under 
adiabatic conditions by a continuous stream of gas?
dry-bulb 
temperature
wet-bulb 
temperature
189 The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis.  What 
is the moisture content, dry basis?
0.5 1
190 The moisture that can be removed by drying is called equilibrium 
moisture
bound moisture
191 Falling-period in drying terminates at the end of constant-
rate period
origin of R vs X 
plot
192 Which is not true at the interphase of a gas scrubbing operation? the solute 
concentration 
of the gas is 
less than that of 
the bulk
the solute 
concentration of 
the liquid is less 
than that of the 
bulk
193 He and N
2
 gas are contained in a conduit 5 mm in diameter and 
a 0.1 m long at 298 K and a uniform pressure of He at one end of 
the tube is 0.6 atm and 0.02 atm at the other end.  Assuming 
equimolar countercurrent diffusion, the flux in kmol/s-m
2
 is
2.35 exp 
-5
2.44exp 
-5
194
100 m
3
/hr of air at 60C and 20% RH is needed for a chemical 
reactor. This will be obtained from process air at 60C and 10% 
RH by humidifying adiabatically the process air followed by 
heating to its original temperature.  The wattage of the heater at 
80% efficiency is
5280 8490
195 Wet solid is to be dried from 36% to 8% moisture in 5 hr under 
constant drying condition.  Critical and equilibrium moisture 
contents are 14 and 4% respectively. Calculate how much longer 
will it take to dry the same material from 8% to 5.5% moisture 
under constant drying condition. All moisture contents are on a 
dry basis.
1 hr 1.6 hr
196 The unit of volumetric diffusivity is
cm^
2
/sec
cm/sec
197 If reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the 
overhead product rate is 50 moles/hr. the reflux ratio is
0.5 2
198  Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a 
liquid-vapour system?
packed lower bubble-cup plate 
column
199 In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of 
heterogeneity (area covered by bimodal curve)
decreases increases
200 The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is long tube 
evaporator
short tube 
evaporator
201 Macroscopic transfer of mass between moving fluid and surface 
which is of different concentration is called
molecular 
diffusion
unsteady-state 
diffusion
202 For a packed column the main purpose of packing is to strengthen the 
column
increase the 
surface area
203 In a gas absorption operation, when the operating line crosses 
the equilibrium curve
the NTU is zero the liquid flow 
rate is maximum
204 Methanol diffuses in 0.15 cm stagnant film of 1:1 mole mixture of 
hydrogen  and CO
2
 at 100
o
C and 2 atm. The partial pressures of 
methanol on both sides are 0.6 and 0.2 atm. The average 
diffusivity of methanol in the hydrogen and CO
2
 at 0 
o
C and 1 atm 
in cm
2
/s is
0.15 0.31
205 Gaseous reactant A decomposes according to the reaction A --> 
3R (-r
A
 = 0.5 C
A
 mole/L-min).  The feed, which consists of 70% A 
and 30% inert, enters a 1.5-m
3
 CSTR at a flow rate of 150 L/min. 
4. If CA0 = 0.30 mole/L, what is the conversion, XA?
0.92 0.86
206 Between 0 degC and 50 degC, the average activation energy of a 
certain reaction is 80 kJ/mol.  How many times faster will the 
reaction occur at 300 K than at 275 K?
14.7 18.5
207 Consider a gas-phase reaction 2A ---> R + 2S with unknown 
kinetics.  A space velocity of 0.8/min is needed for 95% 
conversion of A in a PFR. Find the mean residence time or 
holding time of the fluid in the PFR.
0.54 min 0.85 min
208 For Newtonian fluids, the shear stress is constant. inversely 
proportional to 
rate of 
deformation.
209 An ideal fluid is one that is compressible incompressible 
& viscous
210 Water flows through an 8-in (ID=7.981 in) steel pipe at an 
average velocity of 6 ft/s. Downstream the pipe splits into an 8-in 
main and a 2 in (ID=2.067 in) bypass pipes.  If the velocity in the 
bypass is twice the velocity of the main pipe, the volumetric flow 
rate [ft
3
/s] in the main pipe is
10.58 5.29
211 An imaginary line within a fluid flow such that a tangent at any 
point indicates the direction of flow at that point.
stream tube velocity profile
212
Air at 25
0
C [viscosity=0.018 cP] enters a section of 2-in schedule 
40 commercial steel pipe at a gauge pressure of 310 kPa and a 
flow rate of 1200 kg/h.  Assuming isothermal flow, what is the 
pressure drop [kPa] in 60 m of pipe?
350 155
213 A simple pitot tube measures acoustical 
velocity
superficial 
velocity
214 Which of the following meters will have the highest permanent 
pressure loss?
pitot tube orifice
215 In the flow meter equation, Y, indicates the mass flow rate compressibility 
factor
216 The loss due to sudden contraction is proportional to velocity turbulence
217 Stokes law is valid when the particle Reynolds number is < 1 > 1
218 Priming needed in a Reciprocating 
pump
Gear pump
219 Maximum theoretical suction lift for water at 60F by a centrifugal 
pump is 34 ft. The same for water at 200F will be
40 ft 37 ft
220 The most economical valve for use with large diameter pipes.   butterfly globe
221 Multistage compressors are used in industry because, they reduce the cost 
of compressor
reduce the size 
requirement
222 For ideally incompressible fluid, the mach number will be 0 1
223 of the following produces maximum pressure difference for 
transportation of gases?
vacuum pumps blowers
224 The fluid property which matters for falling rain drops to acquire 
spherical shape is its
pressure height of 
descend
225 A wastewater solution having a volume of 1000 L contains 0.21 
kg phenol/m
3
 of solution.  A total of 1.40 kg fresh granular 
activated carbon is added to the solution, which is then mixed 
thoroughly to reach equilibrium.  What is the amount of phenol 
absorbed per kg carbon at equilibrium?
0.007 kg 0.106 kg
226 The overhead product composition decreases with time in batch distillation 
with reflux
continuous 
distillation with 
reflux
227 For a binary mixture with low relativity, continuous rectification to 
get pure products will require
low reflux ratio small cross-
section
228 Chemisorption is the same as 
van der Waals 
characterized by 
adsorption of 
heat
229 The stage efficiency in leaching depends on the time of contact  
between the 
solid and the 
solution
rate of diffusion 
of the solute 
through the solid 
and into the 
liquid
230 Weeping in distillation or absorption column increases tray 
efficiency 
provides larger 
surface for mass 
transfer
231 What are the two contacting phase in leaching? extract phase 
and raffinate 
phase
solvent phase 
and solute 
phase
232 Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by contacting the 
solution with warm air. The operation is
Distillation Leaching
233 Disregarding the cost, which is the best solvent for the extraction 
of acetic acid from an aqueous solution at 25deg C?
caproic acid chloroform
234 Professional Regulations Commission was created under P.D. No. 223 P.D. No. 233
235 A chemical engineer  who designed and built a new type pf 
reactor and for three years, sold many units to the public can still 
patent his reactor.
TRUE FALSE
236 A person who has passed the Chemical Licensure Examination 
can take his/her oath as a chemical engineer if his/her age is not 
less than _______ years.
18 19
237 Which of the following is not a requirement for utility model 
registration? 
inventive step novelty
238 A section of the patent application containing detailed 
descriptions of the benefits obtained from using the invention is 
called the
disclosure abstract
239 A document issued by the DENR secretary indicating that the 
proposed project will cause significant negative environmental 
impact.
Environmental 
Impact 
Statement
Environmental 
Compliance 
Certificate
240 In the Philippines, sulfur for sulfuric acid manufacturing is 
sourced from _______ industry.
paper cement
241 Sulfur is undesirable in petroleum because it causes 
engine 
knocking
it increases the 
boiling pt of fuel
242 Materials added to detergent formulation to enhance cleaning 
performance by exhibiting synergistic cleaning effect with 
surfactant.
fillers brighteners
243 Polyethylene is an example of  _____________ polymerization condensation addition
244 Principal chemical conversion in the production of resin from 
monomer.
condensation hydration
245 Carbon black is added to rubber compounding as activator curing agent
246 The binder for all the powder materials of paint pigment vehicle
247 A fibrous material left after cane sugar has been milled is 
commonly called as
bagasse pulp
248 Molasses is a by product of raw sugar from the ______ process milling extraction
249 Kraft process is a common name for sulfate pulping sulfite pulping
250 Water insoluble cell binders of wood pulp cellulose
251 DDT means Diphenyldichlor
otriphenylethan
e
dichlorodiphenyl
dichloroethane
252 Rancidity of oil can be reduced by decoloration hydrogenation
253 Varnish does not contain pigment dryer
254 Plasticisers are added to paints to make it 
corrosion 
resistant
make glossy 
surface
255 Silicone is thermoplastic a monomer
256 The process involved in converting rubber into a thin sheet or 
coating it on fabric is called 
extrusion mastication
257 Alkyl benzene sulfonate (ABS) is a detergent rubber
258 Neoprene is a  monomer synthetic rubber
259
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500
 deg
C at a 
rate of 3 kg/s and leaves at 0.1 MPa.  If the power output of the 
turbine is 2 MW, determine the turbine efficiency.
0.2348 0.3216
260 Work is a property of the 
system
path function
261 Throttling process is a reversible 
and isothermal 
process
an irreversible 
and constant 
entropy
262 A sample consisting of 1.00 mole of Argon gas is expanded 
isothermally and reversibly at 0C from 22.4L to 44.8L. The heat 
absorbed by the system is
0 +1.13 kJ
263 Maximum work can be obtained from a system when the change 
taking place in it is
isothermal adiabatic
264 The ratio of work performed by a system and the heat it 
absorbed from a reservoir is referred to
Entropy Gibbs free 
energy
265 According to the first law of thermodynamics Energy is 
neither lost nor 
gained in any 
energy 
transformation.
Perpetual 
motion is 
possible.
266 In a 3-stage compressor system whose isentropic efficiencies 
are reported to be 0.75, 0.85 and 0.84, respectively, steam 
initially at 10 kPa is compressed to a final pressure of 500 kPa. 
The overall efficiency of the system is 
greater than 
0.85
in between 0.75 
and 0.85
267 In choosing the refrigerant, the fluid must have the following 
characteristics, except
environmentally 
benign
has a vapor 
pressure less 
than 
atmospheric
268 Coolers and boilers are ordinarily operated at ________ 
condition.
isobaric isenthalpic
269 For an isolated system, maximum entropy will occur at half-life critical condition
270 A carnot cycle consists of two isothermal 
and two 
adiabatic 
process
two isochoric 
and two 
adiabatic 
process
271 This is also known as the volume fraction of the voids in packed 
beds.
sphericity porosity
272 A measure of the ratio of the drag force acting on a unit area of 
the impeller & the inertial stress.
Froude number Reynolds 
number
273 Sulfuric acid is pumped at 3 kg/s through a 60-m length of 
smooth 25 mm pipe. If the pressure drop falls by one-half, what 
will be the new flow rate [kg/s]? Assume the following properties 
of sulfuric acid: SG = 1.84, viscosity = 25 cP.
3 2
274 The equation del(P) = -(rho)(g) del(z) is known as the hydrostatic 
vertical law for which all the following assumptions are applied, 
except 
shear forces 
are not involved
fluid is 
incompressible
275 Which of the following can be adjusted by human operator in a 
closed feedback control loop?
set point controller output
276 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.
current temperature
277 Dead time is a function of distance and momentum acceleration
278 A pneumatic controller is used to control temperature within the 
range 280K to 310K. The controller is adjusted so that the output 
pressure goes from 20kPa (valve fully open) to 105 Kpa (valve 
fully closed) as the measured temperature goes from 295K to 
300K with the sent point held constant. What is the proportional 
gain?
2.83kPa/K 0.35kPa/K
279 The parameter which completely describes the behavior of the 
response to a disturbance of a second order system is the
Time constant damping 
coefficient
280 Water is flowing through a 3-inch schedule 40 pipe at 60 deg F. 
A pitot tube is inserted at the centerline of the pipe and registers 
a 3-inch Hg differential. What is the mass flow rate of the water?
11.61 ft/s 37.1 kg/s
281 An oil well is 1200 ft below ground level. Oil at 500 psig at the 
bottom flows to ground level through a 12-inch schedule 80 
commercial steel pipe. The oil has a SG of 0.86 and viscosity of 
8 cP. The vol flow rate of oil in barrels per hour is
9365 9461
282 The equivalent diameter of a concentric annular space where 1-
inch OD pipe is located inside a 2-inch ID pipe is
pi/4 inch 1 inch
283 Based on Bond's crushing law, the power required to crush a 
certain material will change by _____% if the diameter of the 
product is made smaller by 50%.
20.2 41.4
284 The BPR of a 50% NaOH solution at an evaporator pressure of 
4.7 psia is
73 degF 173 degF
C   D   ANSWER   SCORE
globe valve orifice
a   1
0.03 0.038
0
turbulent flow 
only
laminar flow 
only
  0
equal to the 
heat transfer 
coefficient 
equivalent to 
the resistance 
offerred by the 
pipe
equal to the 
heat transfer 
coefficient of 
the steam   d   1
the minimum 
number of 
stages occur 
when the tie 
line coincides 
with an 
operating line.
the amount of 
solvent used 
must be 
enough to form 
2 phases.
  b   1
rectification fractionation
c   1
minimum reflux optimum reflux
c   1
mol/liter/min liter/mol/min
0
no effect significant 
effect
0
the heat 
transfer is 
constant
the 
temperature is 
uniform 
throughout the 
cylinder
0
transition plate bubble plate
0
supersaturated saturated   c   1
Sherwood, 
Reynold's and 
Schimdt No
Prandtl, 
Schimdt and 
Reynold's No
  0
reduction ratio classification 
ratio
  c   1
the value of k is 
independent of 
the initial 
concentrations 
of A and B
the reaction 
cannot proceed
0
orifice venturi
a   1
a function of 
time
not uniform 
throughout the 
reactor and 
varies from 
time to time
0
book value market value
b   1
increases the 
amount of 
distillate
increases the 
condenser duty
0
the gas phase 
resistance is 
negligible
the ratio of gas 
phase 
resistance to 
liquid 
resistance is 
approximately 
zero
0
Peclet, Stanton 
and Prandtl Nos
Schimdt, 
Peclet and 
Friction Nos
  0
45-degree 
standard elbow
square-corner 
elbow
  0
compressor accumulator
b   1
1" dia Drawn 
tubing
4" dia Riveted 
steel pipe   0
through each 
material is 
inversely 
proportional to 
the thickness of 
the material
is constant 
throughout the 
series of 
materials
  0
parallel 
reactions
consecutive 
reactions
  c   1
air concret
b   1
humidification extraction
b   1
tangential 
pressure
static pressure
b   1
concentration 
gradient
momentum 
gradient
  c   1
113 deg F 146 deg F
c   1
1.484 0.581   b   1
1.5 0.6
0
33.4 54.4
0
128 kg 32 kg
c   1
26.4 57.8
0
1.5 2.75
0
over 20 million over 2 but less 
than 3
0
0.0454 0.0252
0
6930000 2040000
0
saturation 
temperature
dry-bulb 
temperature   0
75.26 78.5
0
the temperature 
of the air can 
also be 
maintained 
constant
increase in the 
humidity of the 
air is 
insignificant
  0
0.02 0.01
0
equilibrium 
moisture 
content
critical 
moisture 
content
  c   1
tray drier freeze drier
c   1
air flow 
perpendicular to 
the surface of 
the solid
air flow parallel 
to the solid 
surface
0
surface renewal moisture 
diffusivity
  d   1
2.129 hrs 3.42 hrs
0
0.01155 0.00116
0
decreases with 
time
no drying takes 
place
  0
to use cross 
flow 
evaporation
to use spray 
percolators
0
1.5 2.3
0
5 6
0
radiation all of A, B and 
C
  a   1
radiation all of A, B and 
C
  c   1
inverse of the 
total resistance
sum of the 
individual 
resistances
  c   1
evaporation all of A, B and 
C
  b   1
451.7 475.1
0
5800 139200
0
5.51 m 4.14 m
0
966 kg 534 kg
0
85.8 sq.m. 88.5 sq.m.
0
14 kPa zero gauge
0
4.72 3.03
0
39 40
0
8 7
0
27.8 22.7
0
0.294 0.249
0
577 241
0
13.76 16.28
0
46.5 45.6
0
227.2 300
0
11994 20451
0
40130 45500
0
13.8 5
0
1163 19.4
0
4.67 2
0
95 100
0
7 0.52
0
31.7 37.1
0
851 900
0
0.75 1
0
[B]=0.4(1-
0.5x )/(1-x )
[B]=0.2
0
25.2 20
0
3478 3750
0
0.714 6.01
0
100 25
0
13943 W 19343 W
0
23 33
0
38 0.038
0
both contain the 
same no of air 
molecules
  0
increases by 
about 40%
decreases.
c   1
stays constant.
c   1
stays the same. may increase 
or decrease.
  a   1
The application 
should be 
rejected 
because it 
violates both 
1st and 2nd 
laws of Thermo.
The application 
should be 
given full 
consideration 
because it 
does not 
violate any 
laws of 
Thermodynami
cs.
0
increases 8x. increases 16x.
0
3 e7 5.2 e8
0
excess reactant product yield
b   1
reactant ratio fresh-feed 
conversion   b   1
Latent Heat of 
Condensation
Net Calorific 
Value
  0
moisture volatile 
combustible 
matters
  0
Ultimate 
analysis
Elemental 
analysis
  0
O2-free basis N2-free basis
0
Dulong's 
formula
Oxygen 
unaccounted 
for equation
  0
32.48 42.56   0
2.38 6.13
0
absolute 
humidity of 0.05
60% saturation
0
PhP 434.16 PhP 450
0
0.03 0.05
0
4350 6000
0
9.5 17
0
0.9 0.92
0
51.2 22.76
0
7.86 23.1
0
1/conc 1/conc-time   0
2 1.5
0
adding a 
catalyst
removing the 
products of the 
reaction
  0
the net equation the rate law.
0
does not 
depend on the 
initial 
concentrations
is not a 
characteristic 
of the reaction
  0
8 16
0
nature of 
reactants
temperature
0
> 0 <0   0
log Ca vs 
reciprocal time
1/Ca vs time
0
lof Ca vs time Ca vs time
0
-ra = k Ca -ra = k Cb^2
0
Law of Mass 
Action
Second Law of 
Thermo
  0
proportional to 
initial conc
inversely 
proportional to 
initial conc
  0
85.3 99.1
0
231 s 768 s
0
19.1 min 10.4 min
0
8.33 9.33
0
52.63 m 56.23 m
0
0.3394 0.6197
0
300 527
0
0.327 0.237
0
12.7 20.7
0
9550 10150
0
Cao/(1-2m) Cao/2
0
37.1 31.8
0
1/32 1/64
0
2 4
0
2 4
0
2 4
0
the suction 
pressure is too 
high
suction is lost
0
16.9 87.2
0
1.72 1.89
0
21 58.3
0
PhP 7000 PhP 12000
0
2 2exp2
0
velocity head dynamic head
0
surface tension drag coefficient
0
63 85
0
4x3x6 3x2x13
0
248 320
0
8 10
0
77 94
0
25 30
0
there is a 
vacuum
when the liquid 
level is high
0
efficiency none of the 
given choices
  0
shell and tube extended 
surfaces
  0
0.89 0.92
0
17 m
2
20 m
2
0
255.65 214.65
0
less resistance 
to heat flow
a porous 
structure   0
accounts for 
additional  
resistance to 
heat flow
none of these
0
Peclet number Prandlt number
0
 heat transfer in 
turbulent flow
heat transfer in 
laminar flow   0
contaminated 
cooling 
surfaces
polished 
surfaces   0
for fluids in 
turbulent flow
when 
Grashhoff 
number is very 
important
0
pressure-
vacuum
vacuum
0
0.76 0.65
0
1220 mm 2400 mm
0
reduction ratio average 
particle 
diameter
  0
0.7 0.6   0
sorting centrifugation
0
concentration electric field
0
concentration electric field   0
thermal and 
ordinary
thermal and 
Knudsen
  0
J
A
 = J
B
N
A
 = -cD
AB 
dx
A
/dz
  0
buffer region viscous sub-
layer
0
relative time relative position
0
Bi Pe
0
the interface either of the 
bulk phases
  0
in the liquid 
phase
in either film
0
water-cooling in 
a cooling tower
heating of air
0
dehumidificatio
n and removal 
of sensible heat
dehumidificatio
n by 
condensing 
water vapor in 
a refrigerator
0
adiabatic 
saturation 
temperature
dew point 
temperature
0
2 50
0
free moisture unbound 
moisture
  0
critical free 
moisture 
content
equilibrium 
moisture 
content
  0
the solute 
concentration of 
the liquid and 
gas phase are 
equal
the solute 
concentration 
of the gas is 
greater than 
the liquid
0
1.77exp 
-6
1.22 exp 
-6
0
10050 11570
0
2.3 hr 2.9 hr
0
cm^
3
/sec cm^
2
/sec^
2
  0
50 150
0
sieve-plate 
column
wetted wall 
column
  0
remains 
unchanged
  0
vacuum 
evaporator
falling film 
evaporator
  0
convective 
mass transfer
all of these
0
increase the 
pressure drop 
in the tower
reduce the flow 
rate across the 
column
  0
the gas flow 
rate is 
maximum
the number of 
stages is 
infinite
  0
0.51 0.68
0
0.71 0.65
0
20.9 22.4
0
0.87 min 1.18 min
0
equal to shear 
rate of 
deformation.
a linear 
function of the 
shear rate of 
deformation.
d   1
incompressible incompressible 
& inviscid
  d   1
1.84 0.25
0
streamline none of these
c   1
101.3 61
0
mean linear 
velocity
local velocity
d   1
venturi rotameter
b   1
coefficient of 
discharge
cross-sectional 
area
  0
velocity head static head   c   1
< 5 0   0
Centrifugal 
pump
Diaphragm 
pump
  0
34 ft 8 ft
0
needle gate   0
resemble 
closely to 
isothermal 
compression
are easy to 
control
0
1.5 5   b   1
fans compressors
d   1
viscosity surface tension
d   1
0.189 kg 0.198 kg
0
continuous 
distillation 
without reflux
distillation 
operating at 
total reflux
  0
less number of 
trays
high reflux ratio
0
an irreversible 
phenomenon
always in 
equilibrium   c   1
both A and B either A or B 
because these 
two mean the 
same thing
  0
results due to 
low gas velocity 
is due to 
bubble cups   0
feed phase and 
solvent phase
overflow and 
underflow   0
Absorption Stripping
d   1
3-heptanol toluene
0
P.D. No. 232 P.D. No. 826   0
it depends not governed 
by law   0
21 23
0
industrial 
applicability
a technical 
solution to 
problem
  0
request claims
0
Environmental 
Impact 
Assessment
Environmental 
Critical Project   0
petroleum detergents
0
it poisons the 
catalyst in the 
refining process
all that are 
mentioned
a   1
builders perfume
c   1
copolymerizatio
n
natural
b   1
polymerization alkylation
d   1
retarders fillers   a   1
opacifier filler   a   1
cellulose waste
c   1
evaporation crystallization
c   1
bleaching calendering   b   1
xylem lignin   d   1
Dichlorodipheny
ldichlorobutane
diphenyldichlor
otriphenylbutan
e
  c   1
oxidation purification   b   1
thinner anti-skinning 
agent
  a   1
increase 
atmospheric 
oxidation
give elasticity 
and prevent 
cracking of the 
film
d   1
an inorganic 
polymer
thermosetting 
plastic
  c   1
vulcanization calendering
d   1
pesticide polyester   a   1
polyester pigment
b   1
0.6784 0.7652
0
state function state 
description of a 
system
  b   1
a reversible and 
constant 
entropy process
constant 
enthalpy 
process
  0
+1.57 kJ +2.27 kJ
0
reversible irreversible
c   1
carnot 
efficiency
Helmholtz free 
energy
  c   1
Energy is 
conserved in 
quality but not 
in quantity.
Energy is being 
created as time 
passes. We 
have more 
energy in the 
universe now 
than when time 
began.
0
less than 0.75 in between 
0.84 and 0.90
0
must be 
economically 
viable
exist at a high 
pressure at the 
condensation 
temperature
  0
isothermal isentropic
a   1
equilibrium start of the 
process
  c   1
one isochoric, 
one isobaric, 
and two 
adiabatic 
process
one isothermal, 
one isochoric 
and two 
adiabatic 
process
0
superficial 
velocity
specific volume
0
Mach number Power number
0
0.2 0.124
0
z axis is defined 
vertical & 
downward in 
direction
normal surface 
forces & gravity 
are the only 
forces involved
  0
process 
variable
load variable
0
emf resistance
0
time velocity   d   1
17kPa/K 0.06kPa/K
0
Rise time overshoot
b   1
37.1 lb/s 317 lb/s
0
52581 393308
0
1.5 inch 2 inches
0
50.5 58.6
0
233 degF 297 degF
0
QUESTION A B
A valve that controls flow by means of a disk or wedge-shaped dam 
sliding at right angles to the direction of flow and seating tightly in the 
valve body is a
gate valve butterfly valve
The friction factor for flow through a pipe with relative roughness of 
0.004 at a Reynold's No. of 80,000 is approximately equal to
0.052 0.025
The equation that relates friction factor and Reynold's No., 
f=64/Reynold's No. holds for
smooth pipes laminar and 
turbulent flow
Oil flows under laminar conditions inside a steam heated copper pipe. 
The overall heat transfer coefficient is approximately
equal to the heat 
transfer coefficient 
of the oil
the average 
between the heat 
transfer coefficient 
of the steam and 
that of oil
In multi-stage liquid-liquid extraction with partially miscible solvents the extraction must 
be done to form co-
currently in order 
to minimize the 
extraction.
the minimum 
number of stages 
occur when the 
operating lines are 
parallel.
The enrichment of the vapor steam as it passes through the column in 
contact with the reflux during distillation is called
evaporation stripping
The maximum number of plates for a given distillation system is 
obtained at
variable reflux maximum reflux
The correct unit for the specific rate constant for the reaction A--->B 
determined to be first order is
square liter/square 
mol/min
square liter/square 
mol/square min
On one side of a heat exchanger where either a condensing vapor or a 
boiling liquid is present, the temperature may be assumed to be 
constant. In determining the logarithmic mean temperature difference 
the direction of flow will have
large effect little effect 
**ang kulit 
ah! =P
For a cylinder where steady-state radial heat transfer takes place the heat flux is 
constant
maximum heat 
transfer rate occurs 
at the surface 
**eh di 
nga?
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
separation plate theoretical plate
Crystallization occurs in a solution that is concentrated 
**concentration happens 
when the amount of solvent 
in a solution is decreased
unsaturated
Mass transfer in a flowing fluid may be correlated by Sherwood, Nusselt 
and Reynold's No
Peclet, Reynold's 
and Schimdt No
The ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the average diameter 
of the product is the
settling ratio discharge ratio
The rate of formation of C for the reaction 2A + B ---> C is found to be 
rate=k(A)(B) ***cguro w/c is true ang tanong? Hehe***
the rate of 
formation of C is 
equal to the rate of 
disappearance of B
the order of reactio 
is zero **how can u 
say so?
A device for increasing the velocity of a fluid in steady flow is a nozzle vent 
**ang vent ay butas? 
Di sisingaw? Babagal lalo 
ang velocity, meh singaw eh.
In steady-state backmix flow reactor, composition is  not constant 
throughout the 
reactor
constant 
throughout the 
reactor
The amount of money obtainable from the sale of used property over 
and above any changers involved in removal and sale is called
net value salvage value
In fractionation, an increase in reflux ratio increases the 
number of 
theoretical plates
decreases the 
reboiler duty
In mass transfer where the solute in the gas phase is very soluble in the 
liquid phase ***cguro w/c is true ang tanong? Hehe***
the ratio of liquid 
phase resistance to 
the overall 
resistance is close 
to unity
the gas phase 
resistance is 
approximately equal 
to the total 
resistance
Heat transfer in turbulent flow may be described through an empirical 
equation correlating 
Nusselt, Stanton 
and Reynold's Nos
Nusselt, Prandtl and 
Reynold's Nos
Which of the following fittings exhibits the highest pressure drop for the 
same flow conditions?
90-degree long 
radius elbow            
**K = 0.45
90-degree standard 
elbow                     
**K = 0.75
A chamber into which steam from a high pressure line can be bled 
during periods of low steam demand from the power plant is called
switching bank vent
Which one of the following pipes has the highest relative roughness? 2" diameter 
Wrought iron pipe
4" dia Wrought iron 
pipe
In steady-state heat transfer through a series of materials with varying 
resistances, the heat transfer rate
decreases towards 
the direction of 
heat transfer
varies with the 
thermal 
conductivity of each 
material
Reactions whereby reactants proceed along several paths and give 
different products are
polymeric reactions reversible reactions
Which one among the following materials has the best insulating 
property?
window glass wood
An operation where warm vapor mixture is cooled such as by contact 
with a liquid resulting in condensation and decreased humidity is
evaporation dehumidification
The pressure exerted on a plane parallel to the direction of flow of a 
moving fluid is called
gauge pressure velocity pressure
For mass transfer to take place, there must be a phase change reaction component
Water vapor condenses at 1 atm on a tube whose surface tmeperature 
is at 80 deg F. in analyzing the heat transfer through the condensate 
film, it is best to evaluate the liquid properties at
212 deg F 80 deg F
The diffusity of water in air at 100 deg F in sq.cm./sec is 0.256 0.278
A fluid flowing at a rate of 25 cubic meters per hour inside a 60 mm I.D. 
pipe has an average velocity in meter per sec equal to
5.9 2.5
An equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene is subjected to a single 
batch distillation. Distillation is discontinued when 60% of the benzene 
in the feed is distilled. At this instance the bottom product when 
analyzed shows benzene to be 36.4 mole%. In the distillate, the mole% 
of benzene is
66.6 58.1
When 32 kg of methane is burned completely the theoretical oxygen 
required is
16 kg 64 kg
The standard heat of reaction for the production of water gas, in 
kcal/gmole, as given by the equation: C(s) + H2O(g) = CO(g) + H2(g) is
32.2 31.4
A rectangular duct 4 ft x 1.5 ft in cross section carries conditioned air. In 
determining the pressure drop through the duct the equivalent 
diameter in ft may be used which in this case is
4 2.18
A gas decomposition reaction has an activation energy of 245 kJ/mol. 
The rate of reaction can be accelerated by using a platinum catalyst 
where the activation energy for the resulting catalyzed reactions is 
lower at 136 kJ/mol. Using Arrhenius' law and assuming the frequency 
factor remains the same the catalyzed reaction is faster than the 
original reaction by a factor of
over 100,000 but 
less than a million
over 100 but less 
than 200
Water at 100 deg F is flowing through a straight 4-in Sch 40 pipe at a 
rate of 1.0 gal/min. The length of the pipe is 10 ft. The velocity at the 
center of the pipe in ft per sec is
0.0378 0.0504
A metallic rod 2 cm in diameter is used as a heating element. The 
thermal conductivity is 370 J/sec.sq.m.degC. The surface temperature is 
maintained at 200 deg C. For the center of the rod not to exceed 500 
deg C, the maximum volumetric heat generation rate within the 
metallic rod in J/sec cu.m. must be
4440000 5130000
This is a steady state temperature reached by a small amount of liquid 
evaporating into a large amount of unsaturated vapor-gas mixture.
wet-bulb 
temperature
dew point
Air, supplied at the rate of 1200 cfm to a refrigerated coil, has a relative 
humidity of 20% and dry bulb temperature of 150 deg F. The mass flow 
of dry air entering per minute is
74.3 75
In adiabatic humidification, it is possible to maintain the temperature of 
water constant since
according to the 
phase rule, the 
degrees of freedom 
is 3
the system can be 
well insulated from 
the surroundings 
An air-carbon tetrachloride vapor mixture at 100 deg F dry bulb and 60 
deg F wet bulb is heated until the temperature reaches 180 deg F. the 
final percent relative humidity is about
0.1 0.05
The portion of water in the wet solid that cannot be removed by the air 
in its contact is called
free moisture final moisture 
content
This type of drier is used for drying pasty materials such as wet filter 
cakes and lumpy solids
rotary drier flash drier
In the constant-rate period, the rate of drying is established by a balance of the 
heat requirements 
for evaporation and 
the rate at which 
heat reaches the 
surface
the internal 
movement of 
moisture beneath 
the surface of the 
solid
Unbound moisture in granular and porous solid moves through the 
intertices of the solid by a mechanism involving
desorption surface tension
Wet solid is to be dried from 40% to 10% in 5 hours under constant 
drying conditions. The critical moisture content is 20% and the 
equilibrium moisture content is 7%. All moisture contents are on dry 
basis. The time needed to dry from 15% to 5% free moisture under the 
same drying conditions is
0.542 hrs 1.846 hrs
If the rate of drying under constant drying conditions with air at 140 
deg F and absolute humidity of 0.03 lb water per lb dry air of unknown 
mass of solid is given by  R=0.5-exp(-60X)   [in lb water/hr-sqft], then the 
equilibrium moisture content (db) of the material is 
0.12 0.034
In drying at the falling rate period, the rate at which moisture is 
removed from the solid material
remains constant increases with time
The major problem in diffusion is to promote diffusion of the solute out 
of the solid and into the liquid. The most effective way of doing this is
to reduce the solid 
to the smallest size 
feasible
to use counter 
current operation
A slurry flaked soybeans weighing 100 kg contains 75 kg inert solids and 
25 kg of solution 10 weight % oil and 90% wt solvent hexane. This slurry 
is contacted with 100 kg pure hexane in a single stage so that the value 
of retention for the outlet underflow is 1.5 kg of insoluble solid per kg 
solvent in the adhering solution. The composition of underflow leaving 
the extraction stage in %wt oil is
0.3 0.8
Tung meal containing 55% oil is to be extracted at the rate of 4000 lb 
per hour using n-hexane containing 5% oil as solvent. A countercurrent 
mulitple stage extraction system is to be used. The meal retains 2 lb of 
solvent per pound of oil free meal while the residual charge contain 
0.11 lb oil per lb oil free meal while the product is conposed of 15% oil. 
The theoretical number of ideal stages is
3 4
The movement of molecules over a substantial distance is associated 
with the transfer of heat by
convection conduction
The mode of heat transfer that can take place in a vacuum is known as convection conduction
The overall conductance for a composite material in series is equal to 
the 
sum of the 
individual 
conductances
sum of the 
individual 
conductivities
Film and drop are terms associated with boiling condensation
A 6-in Sch 80 steel pipe is carrying glycerin at an average temperature of 
100 deg F. The pipe is uninsulated, and the outside temperature is 30 
deg F. The inside film conductance is 1000 Btu/h-ft-degF while the 
outside film conductance is 3.0 Btu/h-sq.ft.-degF. Determine the heat 
lost [Btu] per minute from a 75-ft length of the pipe. Glycerine is flowing 
at 800 gpm.
99.95 415.7
An oak (k=0.096 Btu/h-ft-degF) door, 30 in wide, 78 in high, and 2 in 
thick, has 9 glass (k=0.45 Btu/h-ft-degF) windows, each 6 in by 8 in by 
1/4 in thick. Determine the amount of heat lost [Btu] each day with a 
surface-to-surface temperature difference of 80 deg F.
97 242
Determine the length needed for a simple concentric-tube, parallel flow 
heat exchanger to transfer heat from hot water to cold water at a rate 
of 900 W. The heat exchanger consists of two Type K copper (k=386 
W/m-degC) tubes. The smaller tube has an inside diameter of 49.8 mm 
and an outside diameter of 54.0 mm. Assume that both film coefficients 
are equal to 100 W/sq.m.-degC. The hot water enters at 90 degC and 
leaves at 50 degC, and the cold water enters at 10 degC and leaves at 40 
degC.
185.5 m 11.02 m
A saturated solution containing 1500 kg of potassium chloride at 360 K 
is cooled in an open tank to 290K. If the specific gravity of the solution is 
1.2, the solubility of potassium chloride per 100 parts of water is 53.55 
at 360K and 34.5 at 290K, calculate the amount of crystals obtained 
assuming that loss of water by evaporation is negligible.
4301 kg 1500 kg
An evaporator, working at atmospheric pressure, is to concentrate a 
solution from 5% to 20% solids at the rate of 1.25 kg/s. The solution 
which has a specific heat of 4.18 kJ/kg-K is fed to the evpaorator at 295K 
and boils at 380K. Dry saturated steam at 240 kPa is fed to the calandria 
and the condensate leaves at the temperature of the condensing steam. 
If the heat transfer coefficient is 2.3 kW/sq.m-K, what is the required 
area of heat transfer surface. The latent heat of vaporization maybe 
taken as the same as that of water.
55.8 sq.m. 58.5 sq.m.
2.5 kg/s of a solution at 288K containing 10% dissolved solids is fed to a 
forward-feed double effect evaporator operating at a pressure of 14 
kPa in the last effect. If the product is to consist of a liquid containing 
50% by weight of dissolved solids and dry saturated steam is fed to the 
steam coils, what should be the pressure of the steam? The surface in 
each effect is 50 sq.m. and the coefficients for heat transfer in the first 
and second effects are 2.8 and 1.7 kW/sq.m.-K respectively. Assume 
that the concentrated solution exhibits a boiling point rise of 5 degK, 
that the latent heat has a constant value of 2260 kJ/kg and that the 
specific heat of the liquid stream is constant at 3.75 kJ/kgK.
115 kPa 101.3 kPa
An acetone-air mixture containing 0.015 mol fraction of acetone has the 
mol fraction reduced to 1% of this value by countercurrent absorption 
with water in a packed tower. The gas flow-rate G is 1 kg/sq.m-s of air 
and the water entering is 1.6 kg/sq.m-s. For this system, Henry's law 
holds and Ye=1.75x, where Ye is the mol fraction of acetone in the 
vapour in equilibrium with a mol fraction x in the liquid. How many 
overall transfer units are required?
10.92 9.12
A still has a liquor composition of ortho-xylen 10%, meta-xylene 65%, 
para-xylene 17%, benzene 4%, and ethylbenzene 4%. How many plates 
at total reflux are required to give a product of 80% meta-xylene and 
14% para-xylene? The data are given as mole percent.
37 38
A mixture of alcohol and water with 0.45 mol fraction of alcohol is to be 
continuously distilled in a column so as to give a top product of 0.825 
mol fraction alcohol and a liquor at the bottom with 0.05 mol fraction 
alcohol. How many theoretical plates are required if the reflux ratio 
used is 3?
10 9
Prepared cottonseed meats containing 35% extractable oil are fed to a 
continuous countercurrent extractor of the intermittent drainage type 
using hexane as solvent. The extractor consists of ten sections, the 
section efficiency being 50%. The entrainment, assumed constant, is 1 
kg solution/kg solids. What will be the oil concentration in the 
outflowing solvent if the extractable oil content in the meats is to be 
reduced to 0.5% by weight?
72.2 28.7
0.4 kg/s of dry seashore sand, containing 1% by weight of salt, is to be 
washed with 0.4 kg/s of fresh water running countercurrent to the sand 
through two classifiers in series. Assume that perfect mixing of the sand 
and water occurs in each classifier and that the sand discharged from 
each classifier contains one part of water for every two of sand (by 
weight). If the washed sand is dried in a kiln drier, what percent of salt 
will it retain?
0.492 0.429
Forty-five pounds per minute of water is heated from 60 to 180 deg F in 
a 5/8 in., 16 BWG heat exchanger tube. If the steam condensing at 260 
deg F, on the outside of the tube gives an h of 1000 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF, 
calculate the inside heat transfer coefficient [Btu/hr-cu.ft-degF].
2173 696
How many cu.ft. per minute of entering air is needed to evaporate 10 lb 
of water per hour from a rayon, if the air enters at 80 deg F and 25% 
humidity and leaves at 170 deg F and 55% relative humidity. The 
operating pressure is 14.3 psia.
12.54 12.68
Nicotine is to be extracted from water using kerosene. If 100 lb of a 2% 
nicotene solution is extracted once with 200 lb of kerosene, what 
percent of the nicotene is extracted? {Equilibrium data:  Y[lb 
nicotene/lb kerosene] = 0.90X [lb nicotene/lb water]}
64.5 54.6
We must cool 2500 gpm of water from 120 to 80 deg F. A cooling tower, 
at 70 deg F and 1 atm, is to be designed to operate with entering air of 
40% relative humidity. How many gpm of makeup water must be 
supplied if windage loss is 95% of the amount lost by evaporation.
77.2 150
We wish to build an economical cold room 20 ft square and 10 ft high. 
The outside temperature is 80 deg F and te room is to be maintained at 
0 deg F. The boss has suggested parallel wooden outer and inner walls 
separated by a 6-in air space. What will be the heat loss [Btu/hr] 
through each wall? 
3537 8457
A colloidal solution is to be concentrated from 15 to 65% solids. The 
specific heat of the feed, entering at 50 deg F is 0.93. The pressure of 
the saturated steam to the evaporator is 10 psia; the condenser 
pressure is 5-in. Hg abs. The steam chest has an overall heat transfer 
coefficient of 200 Btu/hr-sq.ft.-degF. Water must be evaporated at the 
rate of 35,000 lb/hr. Neglecting boiling point elevation, what is the 
steam consumption [lb/hr]?
10500 35000
What is the settling time [sec] for galena particles to settle under free 
settling conditions through 5 ft of water at 50 deg F. Galena is spherical 
in shape, with specific gravity and 0.01 inch in diameter.
38.1 18.3
A 10-ft diameter tank with a quick-opening value to a sump has a 10-ft 
depth of liquid. How long [t in sec] does it take to drain the tank if the 
valve is assumed to be equivalent to a 4-in diameter orifice? The liquid 
density is 60 lb/cu.ft.
2951 1644
What size sharp-edged orifice [inches] was in use if a flow of 120 gpm 
produced a 4-in Hg differential in a 4-in Schedule 40 pipe. The fluid, 
measured at 60 degF, had a viscosity of 1 cSt and a specific gravity of 1.
2.21 1.35
Seven hundred gallons per minute of water are being discharged by a 
centrifugal pump 5 ft above the pump inlet. The inlet pressure is 4-in Hg 
above atmospheric and the discharge pressure is 29 psia. If the pump 
has an 8-inch diameter inlet and a 4-inch diameter discharge, calculate 
the pump efficiency.
63 84
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 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]
34.2 27.7
Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch Schedule 40 pipe. A pitot tube 
in the pipe shows a 3-inch Hg differential. If the pitot tube is located at 
the center of the pipe, what is the mass flow rate of the water [lb/s]?
11.61 14.24
The gas phase irreversible reaction A+B---->C  is elementary. The 
entering flow rate of A is 10 mol/min and is equal molar in A and B. The 
entering concentration of A is 0.4 mol/L. What CSTR volume [L] is 
necessary to achieve 90% conversion?
113 227
The irreversible zero order gas phase dimerization 2A ----->A2   is carried 
out in a packed bed reactor with 5 kg of catalyst. The entering pressure 
is 10 atm and the exit pressure is 1 atm. Pure A enters at a flow rate of 
10 mol/min. The reaction is zero order in A. What is the exit 
conversion?
0.15 0.5
The gas phase reaction 2A+B----->C is carried out in a PFR. The feed is 
equal molar in A and B and the entering temperature is 500K and the 
entering pressure is 16.4 atm. If the exit conversion is x,  then the exit 
concentration of B is
[B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
0.5x )
[B]=0.4(1-x )/(1-
1.5x )
Heat is generated in a 2.5 cm square copper rod at the rate of 35.3e6 
W/cu.m. The rod is exposed to a convection environment at 20 deg C 
where the convection heat transfer coefficient is 4 kW/sq.m.-degC. 
Determine the surface temperature [deg C] of the rod.
75.2 55.2
A 5cm diameter cylinder is maintained at a constant temperature of 200 
deg C and it is "completely enclosed" by a wind tunnel test chamber, 
walls of which are at 10 deg C. Air at 350K is forced across the cylinder 
at a velocity of 50 m/s (h=180 W/m-degC). If the surface emissivity of 
the cylinder is 0.7, determine the total (i.e., convective and radiative) 
heat transfer from the cylinder [W per meter length].
13 272
A building wall consists of a 6-in of concrete (kc= 0.7 Btu/hr-ft-degF), 2 
in of fiber insulating board, and 3/8 in of gypsum board (kg=0.03 Btu/hr-
ft-degF). The inside and outside heat transfer coefficients are 2 and 7 
Btu/hr-sqft-degF, respectively. The inside temperature is 72 degF and 
the outside temperature is 20  degF. Determine the overall heat 
transfer coefficient for this wall [Btu/hr-sqft-degF].
0.028 0.119
Current is passed through a cylindrical laboratory heater, which has a 3 
cm diameter, generating heat at the rate of 20 MW/cu.m. The heater is 
exposed to a convection environment at 25 degC where the convection 
heat transfer coefficient is 0.5 kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine its surface 
temperature [degC].
325 300
A straight rectangular fin has a length of 3.5 cm, a thickness of 1.5 mm, 
and is made of a material characterized by thermal conductivity of 255 
W/m-degC. The fin is exposed to a convection environment at 20 degC 
and h=1.5 kW/sq.m.-degC. Determine the maximum possible heat 
transfer from this fin for the base temperature of 150 degC.
1500 W 4392 W
A gaseous fuel is composed of 20% methane( CH4), 40% ethane (C2H6) 
and 40% propane (C3H8), where all percentages are by volume. The 
volumetric analysis of the dry products of combustion (ie. everything 
except the water) for this fuel gives 10.6% carbon dioxide (CO2), 3% 
oxygen (O2), 1% carbon monoxide (CO) and 85.4% nitrogen (N2). 
Determine the air fuel ratio on a mass basis for this reaction.
1 18
Dodecane (C12H26) gas at 25 degC is burned in a steady flow 
combustion chamber with 20% excess air that enters at -23.15 degC. 
The products leave the combustion chamber at 500K. Assuming steady 
operating conditions and complete combustion, determine the required 
mass flow rate of the dodecane to supply heat at a rate of 1.5 kW 
[kg/s].
170 100
Two rooms A and B of identical volume are connected by an open 
doorway. The thermostat in the rooms are set so that Ta<Tb. Which 
room contains more air molecules?
A B
If the absolute temperature of a gas is doubled, the mean speed of the 
gas molecules
is doubled. increases 4 times
When ice cubes melt in a glass of water, the temperature of the 
resulting mixture of water and ice
increases. decreases.
In all naturally occurring processes, the entropy of the universe increases. decreases.
An inventor seeking a patent claims that a building may be comfortably 
heated in winter by a device that draws heat into the building from the 
earth, even though the temperature of the earth is lower than the 
desired temperature inside the building. He further claims that the 
quantity of heat supplied to the building in a given time period can 
significantly exceed the work done by the device during the same 
period. If you were a patent clerk (like the young Albert Einstein), what 
should be your recommendation about the application?
The application 
should be rejected 
because it violates 
the first law of 
Thermodynamics.
The application 
should be rejected 
because it violates 
the second law of 
Thermodynamics.
A fixture containing an ordinary incandescent light bulb is connected to 
a dimmer switch. The dimmer is adjusted so that the temperature of 
the tungsten filament inside the bulb increases from 1300K to 2600K. 
The total power radiated by the bulb
doubles. quadruples.
A 30 MW geothermal electric power plant uses hot steam from the 
earth at 157 deg C to heat and vaporize isobutane, which turns a 
turbine that is connected to a generator. The isobutane is subsequently 
cooled to 27 degC using fans and condensed back to a liquid. The 
overall efficiency of the plant is 40% of the ideal (Carnot) efficiency. 
How many joules of heat must be released to the atmosphere per 
second?
2.5 e8 2.2 e8
The material which remains unchanged in a process is limiting reactant tie substance
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
recycle ratio combined feed ratio
The heating value measured when water formed from combustion is in 
the liquid state.
Gross Calorific 
Value
Heat of combustion
In the combustion of solid fuels, the tie element between the feed and 
the refuse is the
cooked coal ash
The coal analysis which is based upon the volatilization characteristics 
of the fuel is
Proximate analysis Modified analysis
An Orsat analysis of the flue gas when pyrite is roasted is on a SO2-free basis SO3-free basis
The empirical relation which allows one to compute for the net 
hydrogen in a given solid fuel is the
Calderwood 
equation
Theoretical Oxygen 
Equation
The equivalent of 45degTw in the Baume scale is 26.63 28.32
A furnace completely burns coal containing 70%C. Analysis of the flue 
gas shows 15% CO2, 4% O2, 81% N2, and no CO. What is the % of the 
net hydrogen in the coal?
1.2 1.53
Which has the lowest water content? dew point at 
20degC
70% RH
A contract was made between a buyer and a paper manufacturer for 
paper containing 5% moisture at PhP450/tonne FOB on specifications 
that price adjustment will be made if the quality is different. How much 
should the buyer pay for 1 tonne of paper with 8% moisture content? 
Freiht cost is PhP45/tonne.
PhP 405 PhP 424.26
One drier will dry a material from 45% moisture (wb) to 20% moisture 
(db). From here the material enters another drier where the water 
content is further reduced to give a final product weighing 1000 kg. If 
the total evporation from both driers is 800 kg, the moisture of the final 
product is
0.01 0.02
An experimental oil is used to distill 6000 kg.hr of Athabasta tar sand 
which analyzes 30% 'heavy oil', 'light oil', and non-volatile matter. If the 
distillate contains 12 % heavy oil and this constitutes 25% recovery of 
the component, the weight in kg of the distillate obtained is
2250 3750
Coal fired in a furnace has a heating value of 13800 Btu/lb and contains 
78.05%C and 1.2%S. The proximate analysis shows 4%M, 24%FC, 8%A 
and the analysis of the refuse shows 8%VCM, 25%FC and 32% ash. 
Calculate the % of C lost in the refuse.
4.22 8
Ninety grams of ethane and 384 grams of oxygen are fed continuously 
to a laboratory furnace. The total combustion products collected was 
16.2 gmole with no carbon dioxide. However, not all of the ethane was 
burned due to faulty combustion. The fraction of ethane that was 
burned is equal to
0.8 0.85
The furnace at the Bataan refinery is using a fuel gas which contains 
methane, ethane and 20% nitrogen. The orsat analysis of the 
combustion products showed 7.8% CO2, 7.4% O2, and 84.8% N2. The 
gas is burned with excess air. The % methane in the fuel gas is
63.25 57.24
Pyrite containing 78% FeS2 and 22% gangue is burned with excess air to 
produce a stack gas with the following analysis: 7.29% SO2, 8.92%O2, 
82.44%N2 and 1.35%SO3. If the cinder was found to have a partial 
analysis of 62.10% Fe2O3, the % of FeS2 lost in the pyrite is
3.52 6.53
The unit of k for a 1st order elementary reaction is 1/time conc/time
If the temperature of a chemical reaction is raised by 10 degC, the rate 
of reaction is increased by a factor of
4 3
The E of a reaction may be lowered by increasing 
temperature
decreasing 
temperature
The mechanism of a reaction can sometimes be deduced from the activation 
energy
the temperature 
dependency of the 
rate
The equilibrium constant in a reversible chemical reaction at a given 
temperature
depends on the 
initial conc of the 
reactants
depends on the 
conc of one of the 
products at 
equilibrium
If the volume of a reaction vessel is suddenly reduced to one half its 
original volume the rate will increase by a factor of
2 4
The rate of reaction is not influenced by conc of the 
reactants
molecularity of the 
reaction
The net rate of reaction of an intermediate is 0 2
A reaction is known to be first order in A. A straight line will be obtained 
by plotting
log Ca vs time Ca vs time
If the reaction 2A ---> B+C is second order, which of the following plots 
will give a straight line?
Ca^2 vs time 1/Ca vs time
For the reaction A+B ---> 2C, when Ca is doubled the rate doubles, when 
Cb is doubled the rate increases fourfold. The rate law is 
-ra = k Ca^2 Cb^4 -ra = k Ca Cb^2
It states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the 
activity of the reactants.
Le Chatelier's 
principle
Hess' Law
The half life of a material undergoing second order decay is proportional to the 
square of the initial 
conc
independent of 
initial conc
A fluid flows through 2 CSTR in series. Each reactor has a capacity of 
400,000 L and the fluid enters at 100 L per hr. The fluid undergoes a 
first order decay with a half life of 24 hours. Find the conversion of the 
fluid.
66.8 74.7
A first order reaction has a specific rate constant of 3e-3 per sec. The 
half life is
0.0021 s 100  s
A certain reaction is 1st order in A. In 30 min, the concentration of A 
decreases from 0.55 to 0.15 mol/L. The time it will take for A to 
decrease from 0.35 to 0.15 mol/L is
45.1 min 19.6 min
A gas decomposes at 900 degC according to 2A--->2R+S with a rate 
constant of 1000 cc/gmol-s using pure A. The time it will take to react 
80% of A in a batch reactor at 900 degC and 1 atm in min is
3.83 7.43
Calculate the length of a chlorinating pipe line with diameter of 0.6 m 
required to kill 95% of the bacteria in waste water flowing at 0.05 
cu.m/s. Test shows that 95.33% kill is obtained in 5 minutes when 
treated with 5 mg/L of chlorine. Chlorine disinfection kinetics is given by 
the equation: dC/dt = k Ct^1.5   where C = number of bacteria. Assume 
that the same concentration of chlorine is used in actual treatment 
operation.
25.36 m 32.5 m
The set of data given below is for the parallel reaction:  a---k1-->2R, a---
k2-->S. At t=0, Ca=15 moles/cuft, Cr = 1 mole/cuft, Cs=1 mole/cuft; At 
t=1 hr, Cro = 9 moles/cuft, Cs = 3 moles/cuft. The value of K2 per hour is
0.1697 0.183
A batch reaction 2D+E----->F has a conversion factor expressed by the 
equation  r =0.24 t^0.5  where r = conversion factor based on the 
reactant E; t = time in hours which ranges from 0.5 to 16 hours per 
batch depending upon the process variables. The average molecular 
weight of the feed is 60 and a density of 1.4 g/cc. The feed consists of 2 
kgmole of D and 1 kgmole of E. The charging, cleaning and discharging 
time per batch is 2.5 hrs and the volume of the reactor is twice the 
volume of the feed. Assume 300 days per year and 12 hours 
operation/day. The volume of the reactor in liters is
257 275
A container holds 100 gal of salt solution containing 50 lb of dissolved 
salt. The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of rock salt. 
The bottom of the container is covered with a layer of rock salt whose 
surface is practically constant. The salt dissolved into the solution 
according to r = k(C-3) where C is the concentration of the brine 
expressed in lb/gal. If the water in the tank were fresh, the rate of 
solution would be 1.0 lb/min. Fresh water enters at 3 gpm and brine 
overflows at the same rate. Assume constant volume at any brine 
concentration, the concentration of brine in container after 1 hour in 
lb/gal of salt is
0.732 0.427
An aqueous solution of ethyl acetate is to be saponified with NaOH. The 
initial concentration of the ethyl acetate is 5 g/L and that of the caustic 
soda is 0.10M. Values of the second order rate constant in L/gmole-min 
are k = 23.5 at 0 degC; k = 92.4 at 20 degC. The reaction is essentially 
irreversible. The time required to saponify 95% of the water at 40 deg C 
is
10.3 11.4
At 500K the rate of bimolecular reaction is 10 times the rate at 400K. 
Find E in cal, the activation energy for this reaction from Arrhenius Law.
8150 9150
The reaction A+2B--->R is 1st order with respect to each reactant. If 
equimolar amounts of A and B are introduced into a constant-volume 
reactor and (1/m) th of A remains after t1, how much will remain after 
t2=2t1?
Cao/2m Cao/(2m-1)
When the 1st order homogeneous reaction (gas-phase) A--->2.5R is 
carried out in an isothermal batch reactor at 2 atm with 20% inerts 
present, the volume increases by 60% in 20 min. When the reaction is 
carried out in a constant volume reactor, the time required for the 
pressure to reach 8 atm if the initial pressure is 5 atm, 2 atm of which 
consist of inerts in min is
43.1 41.3
When the ID of the pipe through which a fluid flows is doubled, the 
pressure loss due to friction per unit length of pipe and for the same 
volumetric flow rate is changed by approximately a factor of
1/8 1/16
When two centrifugal pumps are connected in series, the discharge 
changes by a factor of
1/2 1
When two reciprocating pumps are connected in parallel, the 
volumetric capacity of the system changes by a factor of
1/2 1
The pressure drop in a pipeline changes by a factor of _____ when the 
velocity of the flowing fluid is doubled.
1/2 1
Cavitation occurs in a centrifugal pump when the discharge 
pressure becomes 
too high
the discharge valve 
is closed
Oil with a viscosity of 30 cP and a density of 60 lb/cu.ft. flows through a 
1/2-inch inside diameter pipe. Determine the velocity in fps below 
which flow will be laminar.
0.63 13.1
Water at 60 deg F flows through a 3-inch inside diameter smooth 
horizontal pipe. If the Reynold's number is 353000, calculate the ratio of 
maximum velocity to average velocity.
1.05 1.22
The pressure after the pump in a 6-inch inside diameter smooth pipe 
conducting water is 20 psia. The water is discharged at an open tank 
100 ft from the pump. Calculate the rate of discharge of water in cu.ft/s.
0.6 3.58
A water storage tank assumes the supply of water into a factory. Water 
is supplied to the tank through a booster pump installed in the water 
line. The theoretical pump horsepower required is 3.25 hp. What is the 
monthly operating cost of the pump if electric power cost on the 
average is PhP 3.73/kWh. The pump is 65% efficient and operates for 12 
hr a day.
PhP 3300 PhP 5000
When the impeller speed of an ideal centrifugal pump is doubled, the 
vol. flow rate of discharge is increased by a factor of
1/2 1
The differential height between two points which a fluid has to be 
transferred is the
potential head pressure head
The resistance of a layer of fluid to flow over the next layer is measured 
by
viscosity friction factor
An axial flow pump operating at a speed of 880 rpm can supply water at 
a rate of 3000 gpm. The maximum head that this pump can deliver in ft. 
of water is
20 36
Specify the type of open impeller pump to use if the capacity is 400 gpm 
at a head of 200 ft of water.
3x2x8.5E 4x3x8.5E
What will be the rated capacity [gpm] of a 4-1/2 inch impeller 
centrifugal pump operating at a speed of 3450 rpm capable of 
generating a head of 40 ft of water.
95 134
If the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled, the energy requirement 
becomes approximately ___ times the original energy requirement.
2 4
A cylindrical tank 1 ft in diameter discharges through a nozzle 
connected to the base. Find the time needed for the water level in the 
tank to drop from 4 ft to 2 ft above the nozzle. The diameter of the 
nozzle is 1 inch and its discharge coefficient maybe taken as unity.
32 55
The NPSH of a single suction centrifugal hot water pump at a speed of 
3550 rpm operating at a pressure of 600 psi and a capacity of 450 gpm 
is ___ ft.
15 20
The rate of evaporation at a given operating temperature in a n 
evaporator is more when
when the operating 
pressure is high
the operating 
pressure is low
An optimim number of the effects for a given application is a function of 
the
capacity economy
A popular type of heat exchanger for cooling large quantities of fluid is 
the
double-pipe plate
An evaporator is used to concentrate 10,000 lb/hr of a 20% solution of 
NaOH in water at 140
o
F using saturated steam at 25 psia at a rate of 
7,000 lb/hr.  The OHTC is 275 BTU/hr-ft
2
-
o
F when the pressure in the 
vapor is 1.7 psia. The steam economy, SE, is
0.82 0.863
A cross flow heat exchanger uses mixed air at 4 kg/s that enters at 15
o
C 
and leaves at 45
o
C.  The air cools unmixed water, which enters at 95
o
C 
and 0.70 kg/s.  The OHTC equals 150 W/m
2
-
o
C.  After several months of 
operation, a scale resistance of 0.002 m
2
-
o
C/W developed. 16. The heat 
transfer area required to accomplish the change is
22.2 m
2
25 m
2
As solution of 28% wt Na
2
SO
4
 is to be crystallized to yield Glauber salt in 
a four section (one section is 10 ft in length) Swenson Walker 
Crystallizer. It is fed to the unit at 120
o
F and cooled to 60
o
F using 
cooling water which enters at 50
o
F and leaves at 70
o
F. The crystallizer 
has a cooling surface of 3 ft
2
 per foot of length. The feed rate is 500 
lb/hr and the crystallizer is seeded with 50 lb/hr of 65 mesh crystals. 19. 
The amount of the crystalline crop (C) produced in lb per hour is
285.3 249.3
An insulator should have low thermal 
conductivity
high thermal 
conductivity
Fouling factor is a dimensionless 
quantity
does not provide a 
safety factor for 
design
Natural convection is characterized by Reynolds number Grashhoff number
The Graetz number is concerned with mass transfer 
between a gas and 
a liquid
absorption with 
chemical reaction
Dropwise condensation occurs on clean and dirt free 
surfaces
smooth clean 
surfaces
Dietus-Boelter equation for determination of heat transfer co-efficient 
is valid
for liquid metals for fluid in laminar 
flow
A type of pneumatic conveyor system characterized by a material 
moving in an air stream or pressure less than ambient.
fluidizing pressure
If the total percentage of particles larger than the screen opening in the 
feed, oversize, undersize are 36%, 89% and 3%, respectively, the 
effectiveness of the screen if the undersize is the product is
0.98 0.89
The estimated width of an apron conveyor having a capacity of 75 
tons/hr at a speed of 50 ft/min is
305 mm 610 mm
It is defined as the ratio of the average diameter of the feed to the 
average diameter of the product.
settling ratio screen-mesh no
The sphericity of cubical particles is 1 0.87
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
thickening classification
An ultracentrifuge is used to separate high-molecular weight fractions 
in polymeric or biological systems.  What is the gradient for mass 
transfer in the separation using this mass transfer device?
temperature pressure
Ordinary diffusion takes place because of ___ driving force. temperature pressure
What are the two limiting cases of steady-state diffusion? UMD and EMD ordinary and 
Knudsen
Which of the following is not true in (binary) equimolar counter-
diffusion?
D
AB
 = D
BA
c = c
A
 + c
B
A fluid is flowing on a surface, which contains a component that leaches 
out to the fluid. Assuming that all the 3 regions of mass transfer are 
present, in which of these regions is diffusion controlling?
Knudsen region turbulent region
In unsteady-state mass transfer, the quantity (D
AB
t/r
m^
2
) is referred to as
unaccomplished 
change
relative resistance
What is the equivalent of Prandtl number in convective mass transfer? Sc Sh
If k
x
 > k
y
, then the controlling phase is the liquid phase the gas phase
In two-phase mass transfer, equilibrium may exist at the interface in the gas phase
Which of the following processes may always be regarded as a constant- 
humidity process?
cooling of air air conditioning
Air conditioning in tropical countries involves humidification by a 
process similar to 
that in a cooling 
tower
humidification by a 
process similar to 
air-water vapor 
saturator
What do you call the steady-state non-equilibrium temperature 
reached when a small amount of water is contacted under adiabatic 
conditions by a continuous stream of gas?
dry-bulb 
temperature
wet-bulb 
temperature
The moisture content of a solid is given as 50% wet basis.  What is the 
moisture content, dry basis?
0.5 1
The moisture that can be removed by drying is called equilibrium 
moisture
bound moisture
Falling-period in drying terminates at the end of constant-
rate period
origin of R vs X plot
Which is not true at the interphase of a gas scrubbing operation? the solute 
concentration of 
the gas is less than 
that of the bulk
the solute 
concentration of the 
liquid is less than 
that of the bulk
He and N
2
 gas are contained in a conduit 5 mm in diameter and a 0.1 m 
long at 298 K and a uniform pressure of He at one end of the tube is 0.6 
atm and 0.02 atm at the other end.  Assuming equimolar 
countercurrent diffusion, the flux in kmol/s-m
2
 is
2.35 exp 
-5
2.44exp 
-5
100 m
3
/hr of air at 60C and 20% RH is needed for a chemical reactor. 
This will be obtained from process air at 60C and 10% RH by 
humidifying adiabatically the process air followed by heating to its 
original temperature.  The wattage of the heater at 80% efficiency is
5280 8490
Wet solid is to be dried from 36% to 8% moisture in 5 hr under constant 
drying condition.  Critical and equilibrium moisture contents are 14 and 
4% respectively. Calculate how much longer will it take to dry the same 
material from 8% to 5.5% moisture under constant drying condition. All 
moisture contents are on a dry basis.
1 hr 1.6 hr
The unit of volumetric diffusivity is
cm^
2
/sec
cm/sec
If reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the overhead 
product rate is 50 moles/hr. the reflux ratio is
0.5 2
 Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid-
vapour system?
packed lower bubble-cup plate 
column
In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of heterogeneity 
(area covered by bimodal curve)
decreases increases
The suitable evaporator for concentration of foaming liquids is long tube 
evaporator
short tube 
evaporator
Macroscopic transfer of mass between moving fluid and surface which 
is of different concentration is called
molecular diffusion unsteady-state 
diffusion
For a packed column the main purpose of packing is to strengthen the 
column
increase the surface 
area
In a gas absorption operation, when the operating line crosses the 
equilibrium curve
the NTU is zero the liquid flow rate 
is maximum
Methanol diffuses in 0.15 cm stagnant film of 1:1 mole mixture of 
hydrogen  and CO
2
 at 100
o
C and 2 atm. The partial pressures of 
methanol on both sides are 0.6 and 0.2 atm. The average diffusivity of 
methanol in the hydrogen and CO
2
 at 0 
o
C and 1 atm in cm
2
/s is
0.15 0.31
Gaseous reactant A decomposes according to the reaction A --> 3R (-r
A
 = 
0.5 C
A
 mole/L-min).  The feed, which consists of 70% A and 30% inert, 
enters a 1.5-m
3
 CSTR at a flow rate of 150 L/min. 4. If CA0 = 0.30 
mole/L, what is the conversion, XA?
0.92 0.86
Between 0 degC and 50 degC, the average activation energy of a certain 
reaction is 80 kJ/mol.  How many times faster will the reaction occur at 
300 K than at 275 K?
14.7 18.5
Consider a gas-phase reaction 2A ---> R + 2S with unknown kinetics.  A 
space velocity of 0.8/min is needed for 95% conversion of A in a PFR. 
Find the mean residence time or holding time of the fluid in the PFR.
0.54 min 0.85 min
For Newtonian fluids, the shear stress is constant. inversely 
proportional to rate 
of deformation.
An ideal fluid is one that is compressible incompressible & 
viscous
Water flows through an 8-in (ID=7.981 in) steel pipe at an average 
velocity of 6 ft/s. Downstream the pipe splits into an 8-in main and a 2 
in (ID=2.067 in) bypass pipes.  If the velocity in the bypass is twice the 
velocity of the main pipe, the volumetric flow rate [ft
3
/s] in the main 
pipe is
10.58 5.29
An imaginary line within a fluid flow such that a tangent at any point 
indicates the direction of flow at that point.
stream tube velocity profile
Air at 25
0
C [viscosity=0.018 cP] enters a section of 2-in schedule 40 
commercial steel pipe at a gauge pressure of 310 kPa and a flow rate of 
1200 kg/h.  Assuming isothermal flow, what is the pressure drop [kPa] 
in 60 m of pipe?
350 155
A simple pitot tube measures acoustical velocity superficial velocity
Which of the following meters will have the highest permanent 
pressure loss?
pitot tube orifice
In the flow meter equation, Y, indicates the mass flow rate compressibility 
factor
The loss due to sudden contraction is proportional to velocity turbulence
Stokes law is valid when the particle Reynolds number is < 1 > 1
Priming needed in a Reciprocating 
pump
Gear pump
Maximum theoretical suction lift for water at 60F by a centrifugal 
pump is 34 ft. The same for water at 200F will be
40 ft 37 ft
The most economical valve for use with large diameter pipes.   butterfly globe
Multistage compressors are used in industry because, they reduce the cost of 
compressor
reduce the size 
requirement
For ideally incompressible fluid, the mach number will be 0 1
of the following produces maximum pressure difference for 
transportation of gases?
vacuum pumps blowers
The fluid property which matters for falling rain drops to acquire 
spherical shape is its
pressure height of descend
A wastewater solution having a volume of 1000 L contains 0.21 kg 
phenol/m
3
 of solution.  A total of 1.40 kg fresh granular activated 
carbon is added to the solution, which is then mixed thoroughly to 
reach equilibrium.  What is the amount of phenol absorbed per kg 
carbon at equilibrium?
0.007 kg 0.106 kg
The overhead product composition decreases with time in batch distillation 
with reflux
continuous 
distillation with 
reflux
For a binary mixture with low relativity, continuous rectification to get 
pure products will require
low reflux ratio small cross-section
Chemisorption is the same as van der 
Waals 
characterized by 
adsorption of heat
The stage efficiency in leaching depends on the time of contact  
between the solid 
and the solution
rate of diffusion of 
the solute through 
the solid and into 
the liquid
Weeping in distillation or absorption column increases tray 
efficiency 
provides larger 
surface for mass 
transfer
What are the two contacting phase in leaching? extract phase and 
raffinate phase
solvent phase and 
solute phase
Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by contacting the solution with 
warm air. The operation is
Distillation Leaching
Disregarding the cost, which is the best solvent for the extraction of 
acetic acid from an aqueous solution at 25deg C?
caproic acid chloroform
Professional Regulations Commission was created under P.D. No. 223 P.D. No. 233
A chemical engineer  who designed and built a new type pf reactor and 
for three years, sold many units to the public can still patent his reactor.
TRUE FALSE
A person who has passed the Chemical Licensure Examination can take 
his/her oath as a chemical engineer if his/her age is not less than 
_______ years.
18 19
Which of the following is not a requirement for utility model 
registration? 
inventive step novelty
A section of the patent application containing detailed descriptions of 
the benefits obtained from using the invention is called the
disclosure abstract
A document issued by the DENR secretary indicating that the proposed 
project will cause significant negative environmental impact.
Environmental 
Impact Statement
Environmental 
Compliance 
Certificate
In the Philippines, sulfur for sulfuric acid manufacturing is sourced from 
_______ industry.
paper cement
Sulfur is undesirable in petroleum because it causes engine 
knocking
it increases the 
boiling pt of fuel
Materials added to detergent formulation to enhance cleaning 
performance by exhibiting synergistic cleaning effect with surfactant.
fillers brighteners
Polyethylene is an example of  _____________ polymerization condensation addition
Principal chemical conversion in the production of resin from monomer. condensation hydration
Carbon black is added to rubber compounding as activator curing agent
The binder for all the powder materials of paint pigment vehicle
A fibrous material left after cane sugar has been milled is commonly 
called as
bagasse pulp
Molasses is a by product of raw sugar from the ______ process milling extraction
Kraft process is a common name for sulfate pulping sulfite pulping
Water insoluble cell binders of wood pulp cellulose
DDT means Diphenyldichlorotri
phenylethane
dichlorodiphenyldic
hloroethane
Rancidity of oil can be reduced by decoloration hydrogenation
Varnish does not contain pigment dryer
Plasticisers are added to paints to make it corrosion 
resistant
make glossy surface
Silicone is thermoplastic a monomer
The process involved in converting rubber into a thin sheet or coating it 
on fabric is called 
extrusion mastication
Alkyl benzene sulfonate (ABS) is a detergent rubber
Neoprene is a  monomer synthetic rubber
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine at 10 MPa and 500
 deg
C at a rate of 3 
kg/s and leaves at 0.1 MPa.  If the power output of the turbine is 2 MW, 
determine the turbine efficiency.
0.2348 0.3216
Work is a property of the 
system
path function
Throttling process is a reversible and 
isothermal process
an irreversible and 
constant entropy
A sample consisting of 1.00 mole of Argon gas is expanded isothermally 
and reversibly at 0C from 22.4L to 44.8L. The heat absorbed by the 
system is
0 +1.13 kJ
Maximum work can be obtained from a system when the change taking 
place in it is
isothermal adiabatic
The ratio of work performed by a system and the heat it absorbed from 
a reservoir is referred to
Entropy Gibbs free energy
According to the first law of thermodynamics Energy is neither 
lost nor gained in 
any energy 
transformation.
Perpetual motion is 
possible.
In a 3-stage compressor system whose isentropic efficiencies are 
reported to be 0.75, 0.85 and 0.84, respectively, steam initially at 10 
kPa is compressed to a final pressure of 500 kPa. The overall efficiency 
of the system is 
greater than 0.85 in between 0.75 and 
0.85
In choosing the refrigerant, the fluid must have the following 
characteristics, except
environmentally 
benign
has a vapor 
pressure less than 
atmospheric
Coolers and boilers are ordinarily operated at ________ condition. isobaric isenthalpic
For an isolated system, maximum entropy will occur at half-life critical condition
A carnot cycle consists of two isothermal and 
two adiabatic 
process
two isochoric and 
two adiabatic 
process
This is also known as the volume fraction of the voids in packed beds. sphericity porosity
A measure of the ratio of the drag force acting on a unit area of the 
impeller & the inertial stress.
Froude number Reynolds number
Sulfuric acid is pumped at 3 kg/s through a 60-m length of smooth 25 
mm pipe. If the pressure drop falls by one-half, what will be the new 
flow rate [kg/s]? Assume the following properties of sulfuric acid: SG = 
1.84, viscosity = 25 cP.
3 2
The equation del(P) = -(rho)(g) del(z) is known as the hydrostatic vertical 
law for which all the following assumptions are applied, except 
shear forces are not 
involved
fluid is 
incompressible
Which of the following can be adjusted by human operator in a closed 
feedback control loop?
set point controller output
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.
current temperature
Dead time is a function of distance and momentum acceleration
A pneumatic controller is used to control temperature within the range 
280K to 310K. The controller is adjusted so that the output pressure 
goes from 20kPa (valve fully open) to 105 Kpa (valve fully closed) as the 
measured temperature goes from 295K to 300K with the sent point held 
constant. What is the proportional gain?
2.83kPa/K 0.35kPa/K
The parameter which completely describes the behavior of the 
response to a disturbance of a second order system is the
Time constant damping coefficient
C D Comments!
globe valve orifice
a
! Un na nga ang gate valve. =P
0.03 0.038
E
! The correct answer is about 0.0095 from perry 8th fig 6.9 pge 6-
10 tingnan nyu pa
turbulent flow 
only
laminar flow only
X
! Meron gang f=64/Re? baka f = 12/Re eto eh "Hagen-Poiseuille 
Equation" for SMOOTH TUBES & LAMINAR FLOW from perry 8 
same page ng nasa taas.
equal to the heat 
transfer coefficient 
equivalent to the 
resistance offerred 
by the pipe
equal to the heat 
transfer coefficient of 
the steam
d
xxx
the minimum 
number of stages 
occur when the tie 
line coincides with 
an operating line.
the amount of solvent 
used must be enough 
to form 2 phases.
b
xxx
rectification fractionation
c
xxx
minimum reflux optimum reflux
c
xxx
mol/liter/min liter/mol/min
E
! 1/time                                                                                                     
k = (Volume
(order -1)
) / (Concentration
(order -1)
) x time
no effect significant effect
c
! Eh constant nga ung temp nung isang stream..=P btw..       T
lm
 = 
[T
(side a) 
- T
(side b)
] / ln [T
(side a)
 / T
(side b)
]                                  a------
--------------->b          a--------------------->b                                         a-----
---------------->b          a<---------------------b                                                                                 
the heat transfer 
is 
constant **panu pag iba na 
ang heat transfer area?
the temperature is 
uniform throughout 
the cylinder 
**sinong 
nanay mo?
a
! Steady State daw ang heat transfer so steady o constant din 
ang Heat Flux. Bakit hindi ung c? kasi di pwedeng sabihin na heat 
transfer eh constant kasi ang heat transfer eh q lang. 
Samantalang ang Heat Flux eh q/A.                                                                                                   
***Amount of Heat Transfer = Heat Flux x Area of Heat Transfer ***                                                                           
*** q = (q/A) x A ***
transition plate bubble plate
d
xxx
supersaturated saturated
c
! Sturated --> Solute = Solvent                                                                             
Unsaturated --> Solute < Solvent                                                         
Supersaturated --> Solute > Solvent                                                 
**based on solubility***
Sherwood, 
Reynold's and 
Schimdt No
Prandtl, Schimdt and 
Reynold's No c
! Look at p 5 - 63 to 5 -82 of perry 8th. Specifically, note the 
dimensionless numbers being used at every MTC formula.                                                                                 
N
sh              
N
re           
N
sc
reduction ratio classification ratio
c
! Malamang =P 
the value of k is 
independent of 
the initial 
concentrations of 
A and B
the reaction cannot 
proceed **isa ka pa^^
c
! Kelan ga naging dependent ang k sa initial concen ng kahit na 
alin sa reaction? Sa Temperature lang dependent ang k**. Kaya 
nga ang tawag sa k ay "specific rate constant" dahil specific sya 
sa isang temp at sa isang reaction at sya ay constant! Hehe                                                                                        
**from Arrhenius eqn :
 lnk = - (E
A 
/ R) (1 / T) + lnk
o
orifice 
**pabibilisin 
nga, haharangan pa xD
venturi 
**meter? hehe
a
! Nozzle - ex. Pipe na papaliit ang diameter, papaliit din malamang 
ang cross sectional area, at papabilis ang velocity ng fluid.                                                                                          
***flow of incompresible fluids***                                                                         
mass flowrate = density x  Area  x  velocity
a function of time not uniform 
throughout the reactor 
and varies from time to 
time
b
! Bacmix Reactor is another name for CSTRs (Constantly Stirred 
Tank Reactors) wherein ther is a constant composition 
throughout which is assumed due to constant stirring.
book value market value
b
xxx
increases the 
amount of 
distillate
increases the 
condenser duty
?
xxx
the gas phase 
resistance is 
negligible
the ratio of gas phase 
resistance to liquid 
resistance is 
approximately zero
?
xxx
Peclet, Stanton 
and Prandtl Nos
Schimdt, Peclet and 
Friction Nos b
! Sila yung gamitin sa Heat Transfer by convection.  See perry 8th 
p 5.7, Heat transfer by conduction.                                                            
N
u       
       N
re
           N
Pr
45-degree 
standard elbow 
**K = 0.35
square-corner elbow 
**K = 1.3 d
! The higher the K (additional friction loss) the higher the 
pressure drop. See page 6 -18 perry 8th.
compressor accumulator
1" dia Drawn 
tubing
4" dia Riveted steel 
pipe
through each 
material is 
inversely 
proportional to 
the thickness of 
the material
is constant throughout 
the series of materials
parallel reactions consecutive reactions
air concret
b
humidification extraction
b
tangential 
pressure
static pressure
b
concentration 
gradient
momentum gradient
c
113 deg F 146 deg F
1.484 0.581 b
1.5 0.6
33.4 54.4
128 kg 32 kg
c
26.4 57.8
1.5 2.75
over 20 million over 2 but less than 3
0.0454 0.0252
6930000 2040000
saturation 
temperature
dry-bulb temperature
75.26 78.5
the temperature 
of the air can also 
be maintained 
constant
increase in the 
humidity of the air is 
insignificant
0.02 0.01
equilibrium 
moisture content
critical moisture 
content
c
tray drier freeze drier
c
air flow 
perpendicular to 
the surface of the 
solid
air flow parallel to the 
solid surface
surface renewal moisture diffusivity
d
2.129 hrs 3.42 hrs
0.01155 0.00116
decreases with 
time
no drying takes place
to use cross flow 
evaporation
to use spray 
percolators
1.5 2.3
5 6
radiation all of A, B and C
a
radiation all of A, B and C
c
inverse of the total 
resistance
sum of the individual 
resistances c
evaporation all of A, B and C b
451.7 475.1
5800 139200
5.51 m 4.14 m
966 kg 534 kg
85.8 sq.m. 88.5 sq.m.
14 kPa zero gauge
4.72 3.03
39 40
8 7
27.8 22.7
0.294 0.249
577 241
13.76 16.28
46.5 45.6
227.2 300
11994 20451
40130 45500
13.8 5
1163 19.4
4.67 2
95 100
7 0.52
31.7 37.1
851 900
0.75 1
[B]=0.4(1-0.5x )/(1-
x )
[B]=0.2
25.2 20
3478 3750
0.714 6.01
100 25
13943 W 19343 W
23 33
38 0.038
both contain the 
same no of air 
molecules
increases by about 
40%
decreases.
stays constant.
c
stays the same. may increase or 
decrease.
a
The application 
should be rejected 
because it violates 
both 1st and 2nd 
laws of Thermo.
The application should 
be given full 
consideration because 
it does not violate any 
laws of 
Thermodynamics.
increases 8x. increases 16x.
3 e7 5.2 e8
excess reactant product yield b
reactant ratio fresh-feed conversion
b
Latent Heat of 
Condensation
Net Calorific Value
a
moisture volatile combustible 
matters
b
Ultimate analysis Elemental analysis
O2-free basis N2-free basis b
Dulong's formula Oxygen unaccounted 
for equation
32.48 42.56
2.38 6.13
absolute humidity 
of 0.05
60% saturation
PhP 434.16 PhP 450
0.03 0.05
4350 6000
9.5 17
0.9 0.92
51.2 22.76
7.86 23.1
1/conc 1/conc-time a
2 1.5
adding a catalyst removing the products 
of the reaction
the net equation the rate law.
does not depend 
on the initial 
concentrations
is not a characteristic 
of the reaction
c
8 16
d
nature of 
reactants
temperature
> 0 <0
log Ca vs reciprocal 
time
1/Ca vs time
lof Ca vs time Ca vs time
-ra = k Ca -ra = k Cb^2
Law of Mass 
Action
Second Law of Thermo
c
proportional to 
initial conc
inversely proportional 
to initial conc
85.3 99.1
231 s 768 s
19.1 min 10.4 min
8.33 9.33
52.63 m 56.23 m
0.3394 0.6197
300 527
0.327 0.237
12.7 20.7
9550 10150
Cao/(1-2m) Cao/2
37.1 31.8
1/32 1/64
2 4
2 4
2 4
the suction 
pressure is too 
high
suction is lost
16.9 87.2
1.72 1.89
21 58.3
PhP 7000 PhP 12000
2 2exp2
velocity head dynamic head
surface tension drag coefficient
63 85
4x3x6 3x2x13
248 320
8 10
77 94
25 30
there is a vacuum when the liquid level is 
high
efficiency none of the given 
choices
shell and tube extended surfaces
0.89 0.92
17 m
2
20 m
2
255.65 214.65
less resistance to 
heat flow
a porous structure
a
accounts for 
additional  
resistance to heat 
flow
none of these
Peclet number Prandlt number b
 heat transfer in 
turbulent flow
heat transfer in laminar 
flow d
contaminated 
cooling surfaces
polished surfaces
c
for fluids in 
turbulent flow
when Grashhoff 
number is very 
important
pressure-vacuum vacuum
d
0.76 0.65
1220 mm 2400 mm
reduction ratio average particle 
diameter
c
0.7 0.6 a
sorting centrifugation
a
concentration electric field
concentration electric field c
thermal and 
ordinary
thermal and Knudsen
J
A
 = J
B
N
A
 = -cD
AB
 dx
A
/dz
buffer region viscous sub-layer
relative time relative position
Bi Pe
the interface either of the bulk 
phases
in the liquid phase in either film
water-cooling in a 
cooling tower
heating of air
dehumidification 
and removal of 
sensible heat
dehumidification by 
condensing water 
vapor in a refrigerator
adiabatic 
saturation 
temperature
dew point temperature
2 50
b
xxx
free moisture unbound moisture
c
critical free 
moisture content
equilibrium moisture 
content
the solute 
concentration of 
the liquid and gas 
phase are equal
the solute 
concentration of the 
gas is greater than the 
liquid
1.77exp 
-6
1.22 exp 
-6
10050 11570
2.3 hr 2.9 hr
cm^
3
/sec cm^
2
/sec^
2
50 150
sieve-plate column wetted wall column
remains 
unchanged
vacuum 
evaporator
falling film evaporator
convective mass 
transfer
all of these
increase the 
pressure drop in 
the tower
reduce the flow rate 
across the column
the gas flow rate is 
maximum
the number of stages is 
infinite
0.51 0.68
0.71 0.65
20.9 22.4
0.87 min 1.18 min
equal to shear rate 
of deformation.
a linear function of the 
shear rate of 
deformation.
d
incompressible incompressible & 
inviscid
d
1.84 0.25
streamline none of these
101.3 61
mean linear 
velocity
local velocity
d
venturi rotameter
b
coefficient of 
discharge
cross-sectional area
velocity head static head c
< 5 0
Centrifugal pump Diaphragm pump
34 ft 8 ft
needle gate
resemble closely 
to isothermal 
compression
are easy to control
1.5 5 b
fans compressors
d
viscosity surface tension
d
0.189 kg 0.198 kg
continuous 
distillation without 
reflux
distillation operating at 
total reflux
less number of 
trays
high reflux ratio
an irreversible 
phenomenon
always in equilibrium
c
both A and B either A or B because 
these two mean the 
same thing
results due to low 
gas velocity 
is due to bubble cups
feed phase and 
solvent phase
overflow and 
underflow
Absorption Stripping
d
3-heptanol toluene
P.D. No. 232 P.D. No. 826
it depends not governed by law
21 23
industrial 
applicability
a technical solution to 
problem
request claims
Environmental 
Impact Assessment
Environmental Critical 
Project
petroleum detergents
it poisons the 
catalyst in the 
refining process
all that are mentioned
a
builders perfume
c
copolymerization natural
b
polymerization alkylation
d
retarders fillers a !
opacifier filler a !
cellulose waste
c
!
evaporation crystallization c
bleaching calendering b
xylem lignin d
Dichlorodiphenyldi
chlorobutane
diphenyldichlorotriphe
nylbutane
c
oxidation purification b
thinner anti-skinning agent a
increase 
atmospheric 
oxidation
give elasticity and 
prevent cracking of the 
film
d
an inorganic 
polymer
thermosetting plastic
c
vulcanization calendering
d
pesticide polyester a
polyester pigment b
0.6784 0.7652
state function state description of a 
system
b
a reversible and 
constant entropy 
process
constant enthalpy 
process
+1.57 kJ +2.27 kJ
reversible irreversible
c
carnot efficiency Helmholtz free energy
c
Energy is 
conserved in 
quality but not in 
quantity.
Energy is being created 
as time passes. We 
have more energy in 
the universe now than 
when time began.
less than 0.75 in between 0.84 and 
0.90
must be 
economically 
viable
exist at a high pressure 
at the condensation 
temperature
isothermal isentropic
a
equilibrium start of the process c
one isochoric, one 
isobaric, and two 
adiabatic process
one isothermal, one 
isochoric and two 
adiabatic process
superficial velocity specific volume
b
Mach number Power number
0.2 0.124
z axis is defined 
vertical & 
downward in 
direction
normal surface forces 
& gravity are the only 
forces involved
process variable load variable
emf resistance
time velocity
17kPa/K 0.06kPa/K
Rise time overshoot
b
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naman pag mali ako. Baka nagiimagine lang ako ng formula. 
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puro to kalokohan ha.. Hehe
! I found this thing on August 8, 09 and I started answering the 
blank parts and correcting the wrong ones since then.                                                        
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