Assignment week 5

Multiple choice questions (1 mark)

Q.1 The waste plastics are converted into liquid fuel by the ………………….process.
a. Pyrolysis
b. Cracking
c. Hydrolysis
d. Incineration

Q.2 Overall efficiency(η overall) of a power plant depends on the

a. Efficiency of Boiler
b. Efficiencies of turbine and generator
c. Efficiency of works
d. All of these

Q.3 In the following relation of availability of stream:

( ) ( )
To represents?
a. Temperature of stream at flowing condition
b. Temperature of stream at equilibrium condition
c. Temperature of environment
d. Temperature of outlet stream

Q.4 Which of the following separation technique is most suitable to remove particles of size
0.1 -1 µm?
a. Gravity settler
b. Cyclone separator
c. ESP
d. Fabric filter
Q.5 Cyclone separator is used to remove………………from the gases.
a. Gas molecules
b. Particulate matter
c. Both gas molecules and particulate matter
d. None of these

Q.6 The mechanism of collection of particles in spray tower is/are…………..on the droplets.
a. Inertial impaction
b. Interception
 c. Diffusion
d. Both inertial impaction and interception

Q.7 Which of the following is not the advantage of Chilled ammonia process for the control
of CO 2 emission?
a. High heat of reaction and high regeneration cost
b. No degradation during absorption-regeneration
c. Tolerance to oxygen and contaminations in flue gas
d. High capacity for CO 2 per unit of solution

Q.8 The Reinluft process is used for……..

a. Control of NO x emission
b. Control of SO x emission
c. Control of CO 2 emission
d. Control of Fine particles

Q.9 Which of the following product(s) are possible to derive by catalytic pyrolysis of waste
plastic?
a. Gasoline and LPG
b. Diesel and LPG
c. Petrochemicals(Benzene, Xylene, Toluene) and LPG
d. All of these

Q.10 Which of the following is suitable for thermo-fuel system?

a. Polyethylene
b. Poly vinyl chloride
c. Polyethylene terephthalate
d. Polyurethanes

Multiple choice questions (2 marks)

Q.1 Efficiency of steam generator is given by

[Where Ws = steam generation rate in kg/s , Wf = fuel burning rate in kg/s, m1 = mass
fraction of inlet steam from the high pressure turbine before reheating , H 1 = enthalpy of
feed water before economiser , H2 = enthalpy of steam after evaporator ; H 3=enthalpy of
steam before, H4= enthalpy of steam after super heater ]
 ( )[( ) ( ) ( )]
a.

( )[( ) ( ) ( )]
b.

( )[( ) ( ) ( )]
c.

( )[( ) ( ) ( )]
d.

Q.2 Terminal settling velocity of the particles in gravity settlers is given by:
( )
a. √

b. √ ( )

( )
c. √
( )
d.

Q.3 Useful energy(Q1) is given by

[Where Ws = steam generation rate in kg/s , Wf = fuel burning rate in kg/s, m1 = mass
fraction of inlet steam from the high pressure turbine before reheating , H 1 = enthalpy of
feed water before economiser , H2 = enthalpy of steam after evaporator ; H 3=enthalpy of
steam before, H4= enthalpy of steam after super heater ]
a. ( ) [( ) ( ) ( )]

b. ( ) [( ) ( ) ( )]

c. ( ) [( ) ( )]

d. ( ) [( ) ( ) ( )]

Q.4 Match the reactors used for pyrolysis with their specific advantages?
 A B
1. Batch reactor a. Removes the solid carbon residue from internal surface
of reactor
2. Fluidized bed reactor b. Easy to control process parameters
3. Screw reactor c. Provides good mixing with ability to handle large particle
size.
4. Conical spouted bed reactor d. Improved heat transfer

a. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

b. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
c. 1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a
d. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d

Q.5 The pyrolysis of waste plastics mainly depends on…

a. Presence of catalyst
b. Plastic types and blends
c. Reactor type
d. All of these

Q.6 Which of the following is the correct pyrolysis process flow of plastic?
a. Feedstock→ cleaning/size reduction → Melt Feed → distillation → Pyrolysis →
Products
b. Feedstock→ Melt Feed → Pyrolysis → distillation → Products →cleaning/size
reduction
c. Feedstock→ cleaning/size reduction → Pyrolysis → Melt Feed → distillation →
Products
d. Feedstock→ cleaning/size reduction → Melt Feed → Pyrolysis → distillation →
Products

Q.7 ESP has a measured efficiency of 90%. We wish to upgrade it to 99%. By how much must
we increase the collecting area?
a. We have to increase area by 1.25 times
b. We have to increase area by 1.5 times
c. We have to increase area by 2 times
d. We have to increase area by 3 times

Q.8 Which of the following is the correct sequence of equipment used in steam turbine
cycle?
a. Pump, Turbine, Boiler, Condenser
 b. Pump, Condenser, Boiler, Turbine
c. Pump, Boiler, Condenser, Turbine
d. Pump, Boiler, Turbine, Condenser

Q.9 Which one is not true for catalytic pyrolysis?

a. Process requires lower temperature than thermal pyrolysis
b. Produced liquid products have narrower distribution of carbon number
c. The process reduces the reaction time and improves the quality of products
d. None of these

Q.10 In a laboratory, a 50g of waste plastic sample is pyrolyzed in a batch reactor

(weight=750g). Weight of collected oil is 38g and final weight of reactor is 756g. The
yield of liquid, solid and gaseous fractions are……… ,………, and…………..respectively.
a. 74 %, 10 %, 16 %
b. 76 %, 12 %, 12 %
c. 78 %, 10 %, 12 %
d. 80 %, 10%, 8 %

Answers

1 mark
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. A

2 marks

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. B