Packing Designs and their Operations in Industrial Distillation

This quiz contains multiple-choice problems on packing types and objectives, random packing and its types, wire mesh structured packing, corrugated structured packings, grids types, flow regimes’ efficiency, flood point concept and prediction, packing factors, loading point, column sizing criteria, minimum wetting rate, trays and packings comparison.


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The abbreviation IMTP represents

Intermediate metal thrust packing

Inverse metal tertiary packing

Intalox metal tower packing

Indian metal tower packing

The phenomenon of liquid flow towards the tower wall and dispersed in the lateral direction is called

Channeling

Flow casting

Entraining

Regimens

Mellacarbon packing has a surface area of nearly

500-600 m^2/m^3

800-1000 m^2/m^3

125-700 m^2/m^3

300-900 m^2/m^3

Gauze packings have an F-factor of

2-2.5√Pa

5 √Pa

1-2.5 √Pa

1-2√Pa

Pressure drops per theoretical stage of Mellapak packings are

1.0 to 2.1 mbar

0.3 to 1.0 mbar

2.3 to 1.2 mbar

5.6 to 7.3 mbar

Mellapak structured packings have a crimp angle of

45° or 60°

Sinusoidal

Sharp angle

90°

Carbon steel has wall thickness and void age of __, respectively.

½ in and 92%

1/8 in and 74%

2/3 in and 70%

¼ in and 50%

Modern packing that is most commonly used in the columns is

Norton Hy-Pak

Flexirings

Berl saddle

Pall ring

Flooding, frothing, and entrainment are the three main phenomena limiting the tray capacity. True or false?

True

False

The flow of vapour liquid in the same direction is defined as

Dual flo

Co-flo

Comer flo

Coal flo

Bubble columns are used for

Waste water treatment

Effluent treatment

Chlorine treatment

Sodium treatment

For liquid and solid handling that are corrosive,

The bubble tower is used

The Venturi scrubber is used

The spray tower is used

The agitated vessel is used

The Venturi scrubber operates at velocities as high as

250 ft/s

100 ft/s

200 ft/s

150 ft/s

Which of the following is the oldest type of tower packing?

Asbestos

Raschig rings

Wood

PVC

Shells are generally made of

Copper

Iron

Wood

Ceramics

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Packing Designs and their Operations in Industrial Distillation
Questions: 15
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