Chemical Engineering
GATE CH branch:ch PYQs
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Question 16
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For the function
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Feed solution F is contacted with solvent B in an extraction process. Carrier liquid in the feed is A and the solute is C. The ternary diagram depicting a single ideal stage extraction is given below. The dashed lines represent the tie-lines.

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The inherent characteristics of three control valves P, Q and R are shown in the figure.

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A source placed at the origin of a circular sample holder (radius
) emits particles uniformly in all directions. A detector of length
has been placed along the perimeter of the sample holder. During an experiment, the detector registers 14 particles.The total number of particles emitted during the experiment is __________.
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,
,
and
are vectors of length 4.
It is known that
is not a scalar multiple of
. Also,
is linearly independent of
and
. Further,
.The rank of the matrix
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The van der Waals equation of state is given by
where
,
and
represent reduced pressure, reduced temperature and reduced molar volume, respectively. The compressibility factor at critical point (
) is 3/8.If
and
, then the compressibility factor based on the van der Waals equation of state is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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Consider a steady flow of an incompressible, Newtonian fluid through a smooth circular pipe. Let
and
denote the kinetic energy correction factors for laminar and turbulent flow through the pipe, respectively. For turbulent flow through the pipe
Here,
is the average velocity,
is the centerline velocity, and
is a parameter. The ratio of average velocity to the centerline velocity for turbulent flow through the pipe is given by
For
, the value of
is __________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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The molar heat capacity at constant pressure
(in J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹) for n-pentane as a function of temperature (T in K) is given by
At 100 K, the rate of change of molar entropy of n-pentane with respect to temperature at constant pressure is __________ J mol⁻¹ K⁻² (round off to 2 decimal places).
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The following homogeneous liquid phase reactions are at equilibrium.

The values of rate constants are given by:
,
,
,
,
.The value of rate constant
is __________
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A company invests in a recovery unit to separate valuable metals from effluent streams. The total initial capital investment of this unit is Rs. 10 lakhs. The recovered metals are worth Rs. 4 lakhs per year.
If the annual return on this investment is 15%, the annual operating costs should be ______ lakhs of rupees (correct to 1 decimal place).
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