Process Equipment and Plant Design
In case of a continuous distillation column, increase in reflux ratio may result in the

All of these
Greater cost for the reboiler heat supply
Greater cost for the condenser coolant
Lower fixed charges for the column

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Overall tray efficiency of a distillation column is the ratio of the number of

Overall gas transfer units to the number of ideal trays required
None of these
Ideal trays required to the number of real trays required
Real trays required to the number of ideal trays required

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Liquid gradient over a tray can be minimised by

Providing a higher skirt clearance or a higher weir
Using split flow, radial flow or cascade flow for column diameter large than 4 ft
All of these
Decreasing the number of rows of caps through which the liquid flows or by decreasing the velocity of liquid flow past the caps or by reducing the distance along the tray through which the liquid must

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