CPC – 1 CORE OT QUESTION PAPER
PROCESS CALCULATIONS (WITH ANSWERS)
1. For the case of a fuel gas undergoing combustion with air, if the air/fuel
ratio is increased, the adiabatic flame temperature will
(A) Increase
(B) Decrease
(C) Increase or decrease depending upon the fuel type
(D)Not change
2. Fresh orange juice contains 12% (by weight) solids and the rest water.
90% of the fresh juice is sent to an evaporator to remove water and
subsequently mixed with the remaining 10% of the fresh juice. The
resultant product contains 40% solids. The kg of water removed from 1 kg
fresh juice is
(A) 0.4
(B) 0.5
(C) 0.6
(D) 0.7
3. An aqueous solution of 2.45% by weight H2SO4 has a specific gravity of
1.011. The composition expressed in normality is:
(A) 0.2500
(B) 0.2528
(C) 0.5000
(D) 0.5055
4. Air (79 mole % N2 and 21 mole % O2) is passed over a catalyst at high
temperature. Oxygen completely reacts with nitrogen as shown below,
0.5 N2 (g) + 0.5 O2 (g) → NO (g)
0.5 N2 (g) + O2 (g) → NO2 (g)
The molar ratio of NO to NO2 in the product stream is 2:1. The fractional
conversion of nitrogen is
(A) 0.13
(B) 0.20
(C) 0.27
(D)0.40
5. A dehumidifier (shown below) is used to completely remove water vapor
from air.
Which ONE of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) Water is the ONLY tie component
(B) Air the ONLY tie component
(C) BOTH water and air are the tie components
(D)There are NO tie components
6. A liquid mixture of ethanol and water is flowing as inlet stream P into a
stream splitter. It is split into two streams, Q, and R, as shown in the figure
below.
The flowrate of P, containing 30 mass% of ethanol, is 100 kg/h. What is the
least number of additional specification(s) required to determine the mass
flowrates and compositions (mass%) of the two exit streams?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D)3
7. The reactant M is converted into product N in the presence of catalyst in a
fixed bed reactor. All the flow rates (F, G, H, P and R) in mol/s, and mole
fraction of reactant M in these streams are (xF, xG, xH, xP and xR) are shown
in the diagram. The overall fractional conversion is
(A) (xGG – xHH)/xGG
(B) (xGG – xPP)/xGG
(C) (xFF – xHH)/xFF
(D) (xFF – xPP)/xFF
8. Calculate the heat required (in kJ, upto 1 digit after the decimal point) to
raise the temperature of 1 mole of a solid material from 100°C to 1000°C.
The specific heat (Cp) of the material (in J/mol-K) is expressed as Cp = 20
+ 0.005T, where T is in K. Assume no phase change.
Ans: 21.703 / 21 to 22
9. A process flow sheet analysis results in the degrees of freedom having a
value of -2, which one of the following steps must be next carried out?
(A) Identify and add two new independent equations from process model
(B) Remove two equations that have been wrongly assumed to be
independent
(C) Assign values of two variables in the process
(D)Assign value to one variable and remove one equation that was
wrongly assumed to be independent
[Link] 80kg of Na2SO4 (molecular weight = 142) is present in 330 kg of an
aqueous solution. And the solution is cooled such that 80kg of Na 2SO4.10
H20 crystals separate out. The weight fraction of Na 2SO4 in the remaining
solution is
(A)0.00
(B) 0.18
(C) 0.24
(D) 1.00
11.A butane isomerization process produces 70 kmol/h of pure isobutane. A
purge stream removed continuously contains 85% n-butane and 15%
impurity (mole %). The feed stream is n-butane containing 1% impurity
(mole %). The flow rate of the purge stream will be
(A)3 kmol/h
(B) 4 kmol/h
(C) 5 kmol/h
(D) 6 kmol/h
[Link] given statements are
A. Fundamental units are not those that can be measured independently
B. Derived units are those that can be developed in terms of fundamental
units
The number of true statement is/are
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) None of the mentioned
13.0.009046879855, round off the number to three significant figures
(A) 0.0905
(B) 0.0904
(C) 0.09046
(D) 0.09035
[Link] capacity function for a liquid is given as
Heat capacity = 311.4 + 0.128 T, where temperature (T) is expressed in
˚C.
What is the relation of temperature with heat capacity if the temperature
is expressed in terms of ˚R?
(A) Heat capacity = 76.4 + 0.070˚R
(B) Heat capacity = 176.4 + 0.070˚R
(C) Heat capacity = 276.4 + 0.071˚R
(D) Heat capacity = 376.4 + 0.071˚R
15. Zero percent relative saturation means
(A) 100 % vapour in the air
(B) 75% vapour in the air
(C) 50% vapour in the air
(D) No vapour in the air
[Link] does Point 1 on the psychrometric chart represent?
(A) % Relative humidity curve
(B) 100% Relative humidity
(C) Wet bulb line
(D) None of the mentioned
