Mass Transfer
Moisture in a solid exerting an equilibrium vapour pressure equal to that of the pure liquid at the same temperature is called the __________ moisture.

Critical
Bound
Free
Unbound

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Blowdown in a cooling tower

Means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit the concentration of salt and impurities
Increases the scale forming tendencies of water
All of these
Is undesirable

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An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High pressure steam is available as a source of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are being explored; (i) a reboiler is used and (ii) no reboiler is used but steam is fed directly to the bottom of the column. As compared to option (i), in option (ii)

More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methanol
Composition of the residue remains unchanged
More number of trays are required but the residue composition remains unchanged
Less number of trays are required

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