Process Equipment and Plant Design
With increase in the reflux ratio for a fixed production from a continuous binary distillation column, the __________ decreases.

Vapour & liquid load both
Fixed charges initially
Running cost of steam for reboiler
Running cost of cooling water for condenser

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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

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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of the distillation column.

The purpose of the slot is to disperse the gas into the liquid in the form of small bubbles
None of these
Generally, a skirt clerance of 0.5" to 1.5' is recommended to prevent plugging of the slots by residue build up
If sufficient slot area is not provided, the gas may pass through the skirt clearance

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
For turbulent flow (NRe > 2100) of low viscosity fluid (μ > 20cp) in steel pipes, the optimum inside pipe diameter is given by(where, Q = fluid flow rate, ft³/sec.ρ = fluid density, lb/ft³ μ = fluid viscosity, centipoise Di = optimum inside pipe diameter, inches)

Di, opt = 3 Q0.36 . μ0.88
Di, opt = 3.9 Q0.45 ρ0.13
Di, opt = 4.7 Q0.36 . μ3.2ρ0.13
Di, opt = 3.9 Q0.45 . μ0.95

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