Chemical Engineering
2020 · Paper 1
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Question 21
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An irreversible gas phase reaction
is conducted in an isothermal and isobaric batch reactor. Assume ideal gas behavior. The feed is an equimolar mixture of the reactant P and an inert gas. After complete conversion of P, the fractional change in volume is ________ (round off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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Consider two Carnot engines C₁ and C₂ as shown in the figure.
The efficiencies of the engines C₁ and C₂ are 0.40 and 0.35, respectively. If the temperature of Reservoir R₁ is 800 K, then the temperature (in K) of Reservoir R₃ is ________ (round off to nearest integer).

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Consider the following closed loop system with
and
as the transfer functions of the process and the controller, respectively.For a unit step change in the set point (
), the change in the value of the response (
) at steady state is ________ (round off to 1 decimal place). 
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