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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OBJECTIVE TYPE

QUESTIONS: A COMPILATION

DR. LEONARDO C. MEDINA, JR.


DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

SEDIMENTATION

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Questions 1 and 2 are based on the following information and illustration
In an experiment, a sphere of density 1 and radius r is dropped in a tank of oil of viscosity 1
and density  2 . The time of descent for the sphere through the first section of height d is recorded as t1
and through the second section of the same height as t2, 0 < t2 – t1 << 1.

Sphere

d V (1)
d 2

1. Which of the following is true for the experiment


a. The drag force exerted on the sphere increases during it descent through the second section.
b. The sphere never reaches its terminal velocity while falling through both sections
c. The sphere reaches its terminal velocity while falling through the first section
d. The drag force exerted on the sphere decreases during the descent through the second section

2. The drag force exerted on the sphere during its descent through the second section is
4 4 3 d
a.  1  2  g  r 3 c.  r 1 g  61r  
3 3  t2 
4 4 3 d
b. 1 g  r 3 d.  r 1 g  61r  
3 3  t2 

3. Drag is defined as the force exerted by the


a. fluid on the solid in a direction opposite to flow
b. the fluid on the solid in the direction of flow
c. the solid on the fluid
d. none of these

4. Drag coefficient for flow of past immersed body is the ratio of


a. shear stress to the product of velocity head and density
b. shear force to the product of velocity head and density
c. average drag per unit projected area to the product of the velocity head and density
d. none of these

5. Stoke’s law is valid when the particle Reynolds number is


a. <1 c. >1
b. <5 d. none of these

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6. Drag coefficient CD is given by (in Stoke’s law range)
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a. CD  c. CD 
Re p Re p
18.4 0.079
b. CD  d. CD 
Re p Re p 0.23

7. At low Reynolds number


a. viscous forces are unimportant
b. viscous forces control
c. viscous forces control and inertial forces are unimportant
d. gravity forces control

8. At high Reynolds number


a. inertial forces control and viscous forces are unimportant
b. viscous forces predominate
c. inertial forces are unimportant and viscous forces control
d. none of these

9. Forces acting on a particle settling in fluid are


a. gravitational and buoyant forces
b. centrifugal and drag forces
c. gravitational or centrifugal, buoyant and drag forces
d. external, drag and viscous forces

10. Terminal velocity is


a. constant velocity with no acceleration
b. a fluctuating velocity
c. attained after moving one-half of total distance
d. none of these

11. In hindered settling, particles are


a. placed farther from the wall c. near each other
b. not affected by other particles and the wall d. none of these

12. Drag coefficient in hindered settling is


a. less than in free settling
b. equal to that in free settling
c. not necessarily quarter than in free settling
d. greater than in free settling

13. For the free settling of a spherical particle through a fluid, the slope of C D vs log NRe plot is
a. 1 c. – 1
b. 0.5 d. – 0.5

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14. The terminal velocity of a small sphere settling in a viscous fluid varies as the
a. first power of its diameter
b. inverse of the fluid viscosity
c. inverse square of the diameter
d. square of the difference in specific weights of solid and fluid

15. Buoyant force


a. for non symmetrical bodies is not vertical
b. depends on the depth of the submergence of the floating body
c. depends on the weight of the floating body
d. none of these

16. Center of pressure in an immersed body is _______ the center of gravity


a. above
b. below
c. at
d. either above or below; depends on the liquid density

17. The line of action of the buoyant force passes through the center of gravity of the
a. submerged body
b. displaced volume of the fluid
c. volume of fluid vertically above the body
d. horizontal projection of the body

18. Drag is the force component exerted on an immersed object


a. passing the centroid of the body at 60° to the direction of motion
b. the component being parallel to the flow direction
c. the component being normal to the flow direction
d. none of these

19. Sphericity of raschig ring (whose length and diameter are equal) is
a. >1 c. <2
b. 1 d. 2

20. Sphericity of pulverized coal is


a. 1 c. <1
b. >1 d. 

21. Sedimentation on commercial scale occurs in


a. classifiers c. thickeners
b. rotary drum filters d. cyclones

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22. For non spherical particle, the sphericity
a. is defined as the ratio of surface area of a sphere having the same volume as the particle to
the actual surface area of the particle
b. has a dimension of length
c. is always less than 1
d. is the ratio of volume of a sphere having the same surface area as the particle to the actual volume
of the particle

23. Sphericity of a cubical particle when its equivalent diameter is taken as the height of the tube is
a.0.5 c. 2
b.1 d. 3

24. For raschig rings, the sphericity is


a. 0.5 c. < 1
b. 1 d. 3

25. Sphericity for a non-spherical particle is given by


6V DS
a. c.
DS V
V V
b. d.
6 DS DS

where: V and S are volume and surface area respectively of one particle
D = equivalent diameter of particles

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