Process Equipment and Plant Design
A stuffing box is used for

Facilitating smooth opening and closing of a valve
Prevention of fluid leakage around moving parts
Reducing the resistance of fluid flow
Absorbing the contraction/expansion of pipeline due to temperature changes

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the

Sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small
Liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant
All of these
Trouton's rule is applicable

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Smoker's equation for the calculation of number of equilibrium stages in a continuous binary distillation column is used, when the

Number of equilibrium stages in only stripping section is to be calculated
Feed is not at its bubble point
Number of equilibrium stages required is likely to be very small
Relative volatility is close to one (e.g., separation of close boiling isomers)

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a long tube vertical evaporator.

None of these
Liquor level is maintained at l/3rd to 1/2 of the height of the tube
Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube
Tube dia is 3-6 cms, while tube length in 3-6 metres

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