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For numbers 1 to 4:

Particles having a size of 0.10 mm, a shape factor of 0.86, and a density of 1200 kg/m^3 are to be
fluidized using air at 25degC and 202.65 kPa abs pressure. The void fraction at minimum fluidizing
conditions is 0.43. The bed diameter is 0.60 m and the bed contains 350 kg of solids.

Calculate the minimum height of the fluidized bed.

a. 1.96 m

b. 1.57 m

c. 1.33 m

d. 1.81 m

2. Calculate the pressure drop at minimum fluidizing conditions.

a. 0.45 x 10^5 Pa

b. 0.12 x 10^5 Pa

c. 0.36 x 10^5 Pa

d. 0.20 x 10^5 Pa

3. Calculate the minimum velocity for fluidization.

a. 0.005 m/s

b. 0.002 m/s

c. 0.003 m/s

d. 0.004 m/s

4. Using 4.0 times the minimum velocity, estimate the porosity of the bed.

a. 0.4

b. 0.5

c. 0.7

d. 0.6

5. A tower having a diameter of 0.1524 m is being fluidized with water at 20.2°degC. The uniform
spherical beads in the tower bed have a diameter of 4.42 mm and a density of 1603 kglm^3.
Estimate the minimum fluidizing velocity.

a. 0.026 m/s
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b. 0.014 m/s

c. 0.019 m/s

d. 0.032 m/s

6. Oil droplets having a diameter of 0.020 mm are to be settled from air at an air temperature of
37.8°C (311 K) at 101.3 kPa pressure. The density of the oil is 900 kg/m^3. Calculate the terminal
settling velocity of the drops.

a. 0.04 m/s

b. 0.02 m/s

c. 0.01 m/s

d. 0.03 m/s

7. A mixture of silica (B) and galena (A) solid particles having a size range of 5.21 x 10^-6 m to 2.50
x 10^-5 m is to be separated by hydraulic classification using free settling conditions in water at
293.2 K. The specific gravity of silica is 2.65 and that of galena is 7.5. Calculate the size range of the
mixture fraction obtained in the settling.

a. 1.17x10^-5 m to 2.13x10^-5m

b. 1.05x10^-5 m to 2.99 x10^-5 m

c. 1.26 x10^-5 m to 2.50 x10^-5 m

d. 1.03 x10^-5 m to 1.26 x10^-5 m

8. A centrifuge bowl is spinning at a constant 2000 rev/min. What radius bowl is needed for force of
455 g?.

a. 0.2189 m

b. 0.2245 m

c. 0.1017 m

d. 0.1345 m

9. Solid spherical particles having a diameter of 0.090 mm and a solid density of 2002 kg/m^3 are
settling in a solution of water at 26.7°C The volume fraction of the solids in the water is 0.45.
Calculate the Reynolds number.

a. 8.0x10^-3 m/s

b. 9.9 x10^-3 m/s

c. 7.5 x10^-3 m/s

d. 6.1 x10^-3 m/s

10. Powdered coal with the screen analysis given below as “feed” is fed to a vibrating 48 mesh
screen in an attempt to remove the undesired fine material. When the screen was new the oversize
and undersize analyses were as listed under columns headed “new.” After 3 months’ operation, the
analyses are as headed “old.” What is the effectiveness of the screen when new ?

a. 83%

b. 81%

c. 84%

d. 86%

11. What is the effectiveness of the screen when old?

a. 85%

b. 81%

c. 86%

d. 88%

12. Calculate the sphericity of a disk, given H = r / 10

a. 0.5

b. 0.4

c. 0.3

d. 0.6
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For numbers 13 to 15:

Tests on a small scale tank 0.3 m diameter (Rushton impeller, diameter 0.1 m) have shown that a
blending process between two miscible liquids (aqueous solutions, properties approximately the
same as water) is satisfactorily completed after 1 minute using impeller speed of 250 rpm. It is
decided to scale up the process to a tank of 2.5 m diameter using the criterion of constant tip-speed.
What speed should be chosen for the larger impeller?

a. 20.8 rpm

b. 22.5 rpm

c. 29.0 rpm

d. 26.7 rpm

14. What power will be required?

a. 7.9 W

b. 5.6 W

c. 3.2 W

d. 7.8 W

15. What will be the blend time in the large tank?

a. 3.9 min

b. 1.2 min

c. 5.0 min

d. 0.7 min

16. A small plate and frame filter is run at constant rate from 5 psig to 50 psig in 20 minutes during
which 30 gal of filtrate is collected. The process is continued at a constant pressure of 50 psig to
collect an additional 60 gal of filtrate. Washing is done using 1/10 of the total filtrate volume
collected. If 20 minutes is spent for cleaning, what is the total cycle time?

a. 192 min

b. 180 min

c. 177 min

d. 165 min

17. In a test conducted using a laboratory centrifuge, it was found that the optimum recovery of
protein from coconut oil was achieved with an rpm of 2500. Industrial size centrifuge in 2.5, 3.0, 3.5,
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4.0 and 5 ft diameter with warranty if the centrifuge is operated not over 1000 rpm. For optimum
commercial operations, the centrifuge size will you recommend is ___.

Data:

Laboratory Centrifuge: Height = 9 in; Diameter = 5 in; rpm = 2000 to 3000

a. 3.5 ft

b. 4.0 ft

c. 2.5 ft

d. 3.0 ft

18. The capacity of a Sharples centrifuge is estimated to increase/decrease by ___% if its speed is
doubled and the cut size of the particles is reduced by 20%.

a. 20% decrease

b. 80% decrease

c. 156% decrease

d. 2005 decrease

19. A ball mil 1.2 m in diameter is being run at 0.8 Hz. It is found that the mill is not working
satisfactorily. Would you suggest any modification in the condition of operation?

a. The speed of the rotation should be doubled

b. The speed of the rotation should be halved

c. The speed of rotation should be tripled

d. No suggestion

20. A material is crushed in a blake jaw crusher and the average size of the particle was reduced
from 50 mm to 10 mm. The consumption of energy was at the rate of 13 kW/(kg/s). What will be the
consumption of energy needed to crush the same material of average size 75 mm to an average
size of 25 mm assuming Rittinger's law applies.

a. 8.8

b. 2.2

c. 6.6

d. 4.4
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21. Wok index is energy needed to reduce ore from infinite size to the state where 80% will pass a
100 mesh screen. It is parameter that is useful in calculating size reduction power requirements.

A limestone ore is to be ground in a conventional ball mill to minus 200 mesh. The Bond grindability
of the ore for a mesh-of-grind of 200 mesh (75 micro meter) is determined by laboratory test to be
2.73 g per revolution. The 80% passing size of the feed to the test is 1970 micrometers; the 80%
passing size of the product from it is 44 micrometers. Calculate the work index, Wi for the material at
this mesh size.

a. 8.0 kwh/ton

b. 7.7 kwh/ton

c. 5.6 kwh/ton

d. 4.1 kwh/ton

22. The Bond work index for a mesh-of-grind of 200 mesh for a rock consisting mainly of quartz is
17.5 kWh/ton. How much power is needed to reduce the material in a wet grinding ball mill from an
80% size of 1100 micrometer to an 80% passing size of 80 micrometers?

a. 14.3 kwh/ton

b.15.9 kwh/ton

c. 12.1 kwh/ton

d. 13.6 kwh/ton

23. If the total percentage of particles larger that the screen opening in the feed, product, and
undersize are 40%, 84% and 5%, respectively, the effectiveness of the screen is ___%.

a. 71

b. 80

c. 82
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d. 77

24. In a certain filtration operation, a slurry is pumped thru a filter at constant rate of 45 f^t3/min for
55 min. During the time, the pressure rises from 3 psi to 60 psi. At the end of of this period, filtration
is continued at constant pressure until the rate drops to 5 ft^3/min. The pump capacity is at its
maximum of 45 ft^3/min, the excess of which is recycled by a pressure relief valve. The precipitate is
to not washed and the next time to dump and clean is 50 minutes.

a. 47 hrs

b. 52 hrs

c. 36 hrs

d. 66 hrs

25. A mixture of silica particles ranging in size from 65 mesh to 150 mesh is thrown into a very deep
body of fresh water (without tides or turbulence). How far will the largest particle be, in feet, from the
smallest particle after 5 min? The specific gravity of silica is 2.65 and the temperature of water is 30
0C. 65 mesh = 0.208 mm and 150 mesh = 0.104 mm.

a. 16 ft

b. 20 ft

c. 24 ft

d. 18 ft