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A vertical jet of diameter $d_{1}$ strikes a horizontal plate with a velocity $U$, as shown in the figure. The plate has a hole of diameter $d_{2}(<d_{1})$ concentric to ...

Which of the following statements is/are applicable to Fick's second law:Concentration changes with timeSteady state condition prevailsDiffusion is time dependentConcentr...

Which one of the following statements is true for a high-pressure homogenizer?Homogenization takes place only due to uniform mixing of solid and liquidSolid particles in ...

A wet solid, fed to a dryer at a rate of $5 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{s}$, is dried using hot air. In this process its moisture content is reduced from $25 \%$ to $15 \%$. T...

During constant pressure cake filteration, for an incompressible cake deposited uniformly over a constant filter surface area,the cake resistance remains constantthe cake...

At $873 \: \mathrm{K}$ , hydrogen diffuses under steady state condition through a $5\: \mathrm{mm}$ thick palladium sheet with a cross-sectional area of $0.3 \mathrm{~m}^...

A fruit juice is concentrated using an ultrafiltration membrane. A feed stream at $10 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{min}$ with $6 \%$ total solids (by weight) is increased to $2...

In a typical grinding operation, $80 \%$ of the feed material passes through a sieve opening of $4.75 \: \mathrm{mm}$; whereas, $80 \%$ of the ground product passes throu...

In hot weather, a human body cools by the evaporation of sweat from its skin. The amount of water that must evaporate to cool the body by $1^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ is $\_\_\...

A circular water jet of diameter $50$ mm impinges with a velocity of $18 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ normal to a plate. The density of water is $1000 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm...

A $2$ mm thick palladium sheet of $1000 \mathrm{~mm}^{2}$ cross section is used as a diffusional membrane to purify hydrogen. The hydrogen concentration is maintained at ...

$100$ moles of moist air at $70 \%$ relative humidity is cooled from $70^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $50^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ at a constant pressure of $1$ bar . The vapour pre...

Which of the following statements is/ are true?Hagen-Poiseuille's law is used for calculation of molecular diffusion.Fick's law is used for calculation of energy requirem...

A tubular bowl centrifuge is used to separate an aqueous phase from an oil phase. The radii of outlets of the light and heavy liquids are set at $4.5$ cm and $4.6$ cm, re...

Q. 36 A water jet (density $=1000 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^{3}$ ) is approaching a vertical plate, having anorifice at the center, as shown in the figure. While a part o...

\begin{tabular}{l|l}Q.149 & Identify the correct pair(s) of governing law with respective process operation. \\\hline& Stoke's law - Mass transfer \\\hline& Kirchhoff's l...

Q. 150 A hammer mill is used to grind blackgram. The size distribution of the blackgram is such that $80 \%$ passes through a $6-$ mesh (particle size $=3.36 \mathrm{~mm}...

A $10 \mathrm{~kg}$ mass placed on an infinitely long horizontal massless flat platform is to be supported by a steady vertical water jet as shown in the figure. The diam...

Consider a lawn sprinkler with horizontal arms of radius, $a=10 \mathrm{~cm}$ which has water introduced vertically through the centre, as shown in the figure. The exit a...

It is known that component A diffuses into a solid to a depth of $10 \mu \mathrm{m}$ in 1 hour at $300 \mathrm{~K}$. Treat diffusion in one dimension. The time taken for ...