1. Consider the following balanced actual combustion reaction for propane.

C3H8 + 14.29 (air) ---> 4 H2O + 3 CO + 11.29 N2

Assume air is 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen by volume. What is most nearly the percent theoretical air?
(A) 50% (B) 60% (C) 68% (D) 75%
2. Addition of integral control to proportional controller eliminates the
(A) offset (B) establishing time (C) error (D) max. Deviation
3 - 4. A furnace is fired with fuel oil. The orsat analysis of the flue gases indicates 10.6% CO2, 6% O2 and the rest N2 (by vol.)
(A) 37 (B) 21 (C) 11 (D) 29
4. The C:H ratio in the fuel oil, assuming that fuel oil does not contain nitrogen is close to
(A) 2.2:1 (B) 27.3:1 (C) 4.3:1 (D) 5.7:1
5. The dust from the bag house at steel mill has the following composition (by mass) Fe (AW = 56) 23%; Zn (AW =65) 17%; Pb (AW=207) 3% and 57
inerts. The material can be used in fertilizer but only offer the lead has been removed. This may be accomplished by acid digestion and relative
precipitation. The digestive step occurs with the addition of 35wt% dilute hypochloric acid (MW=36). One of the reactions th at occur is Pb +
2HCl  PbCl2 (s) + H2
Using 50% excess acid, the amount of dilute acid (lb) required to precipitate the lead in 100kg of the dust is most nearly
(A) 4.5 (B) 7.5 (C) 9.6 (D) 10.3
6. A boiler burn fuel oil with dry air at 40˚F and at a barometric pressure of 30.1 inHg. The ave. Orsat analysis of the flue gas is 12.9% CO2, 3.8% O2,
83.3% N2. Assuming that the oil contains only carbon and hydrogen, what is the wt% of hydrogen in the oil?
(A) 8.7 (B)5.8 (C) 10.5 (D) 12.3
7. The basic constituent of vegetable oil is
(A) Mono Esters (B) Fatty Alcohol (C) Fatty acids (D) Triglyceride
8. Babbit metal used for making bearings comprises of
(A) Copper and aluminum (C) saw dust and iron dust mixture
(B) __ and aluminum (D) mainly tin (85%) and lead
9. The most resistant material to alkaline corrosion is
(A) karbate (B) Aluminum (C) Nickel (D) duriron
10. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) The temperature at which a real gas obeys Boyle’s law is termed as the Boyle’s Temperature
(B) Recycling in a process stream helps in utilizing the valuable reactants to the max with min loss of reactants
(C) Calorific value as determined by bomb calorimeter is the higher calorific value at constant pressure (bomb = isochoric)
(D) Equality of mass in and out is involved in the material balance equation
11. Which of the ff. statements is incorrect?
(A) Use of pulverized coal in boiler furnace provides better combination
(B) Recycling in a process foes not help in getting higher extent of reaction
(C) Incomplete combustion of fuel is characterized by the high CO in the flue gas
(D) When steam is passed over coal resulting in the endothermic reaction, it is repres ented by C + H2O  CO + H2, it is called the
gasification of coal.
12. Which of the ff. statements is incorrect?
(A) “Overfire burning” in a furnace is a phenomenon characterized by the burning of carbon monoxide and other incombustibles in
upper zone of furnace by supplying more air.
(B) As time passes, the calorific value of stored coal increases.
(C) Theoretical flame temp. is the temp. attained by the products of combustion. When the fuel is burned w/o loss or _ air of he at.
(D) Recycling is exemplified by refluxing back a part of the distillate to the dist. column to maintain the quantity of liquid wi thin the
column.
13. Which of the ff. statements is incorrect?
(A) Ultimate analysis of coal determines its carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur content.
(B) In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, O 2 isabsorbed by alkaline pyrogallol solution.
(C) A good quality coal should have high ash content.
(D) Low temp. carbonization of coal takes place at 700˚C.
14. Column with an external kettle reboiler to recover majority of ammonia. A constant molal overflow simulation provides the ff. info.
Overhead ammonia mole fraction 0.95
Bottoms ammonia mole fraction 0.01
Feed ammonia mole fraction 0.40
The reboiler boil up (V/B) ratio for these conditions.
(A) 0.41 (B) 0.58 (C) 0.71 (D) 1.41

15. If the density of a liquid fuel is a 0.8 kg/m3, then SG is:

(A) 0.40 (B) 1.40 (C) 0.08 (D) 0.8
16. A fuel gas is 60% H2 and 40%CO by volume. 2.5 volumes of fuel gas and volume of O 2 are combined in a chemical reactor. The reaction goes to
completion. For every mole of oxygen in the feed, the effluent consists of 1 mole of water vapour (H 2O), 1 mole CO2, and ½ mole H2. What’s the H2
extent of reaction?
(A) 0.75 (B) 0.67 (C) 0.50 (D) 0.33
17. A chemical reaction has rate constants of 50 L/mol-s at 0˚C and __L/mol-s at 10˚C. What is the activation energy?
(A) 45 kJ/mol (B) 7.7 kJ/mol (C) -7.7 kJ/mol (D) -45 kJ/mol
18. A zero order chemical reaction A  R occurs in a batch reactor. The initial concentration of the reactant A is 1.2 mol/L and the rate of reaction. As a
function of fractional conversion is 0.25 mol/L-min. Most nearly, time required to achieve 75% conversion?

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 (A) 32 min (B) 56 min (C) 3.6 min (D) 0.51 min
19. Water (60 lbmoles), benzene (20 lbmoles), and toluene (20 lbmoles) equilibrate as a liquid mixture at a pressure of 0.9 atm. The water (W) and the
organics are immiscible, and the benzene (B) and toluene (T) form an ideal mixture. The ff ratios of vapour pressures can b e assumed constant
over the temp. range of interest:
𝑃˚𝐵 𝑃˚𝑇
= 2.11 = 0.813
𝑃˚𝑊 𝑃˚𝑊
At the bubble point temp. and the specified system pressure, the saturation pressure (atm) of water, 𝑃˚𝑊 is:
(A) 0.62 (B) 0.76 (C) 0.37 (D) 0.23
No. 20 – 22. In the burning of pyrite containing 92% FeS2, and 8% gangue, 13% of FeS2 charged is lost in the cylinder. A partial analysis of the cinder
also shows 5.31% SO3. The orsat analysis of the burner gases shows 6.75% SO 2, 6.88% O2, and 86.37% H2. Air supplied is at 23˚C, 743 mmHG
and 88% RH.
20. The percent excess air (FeS2 to SO2) is about
(B) 54 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 36
21. The m3 air / kg pyrite is about
(A) 3.58 (B) 1.43 (C) 0.89 (D) 5.87
22. The m3 burner gas (205˚C, 750 mmHg) / kg pyrite is about
(A) 3.76 (B) 5.95 (C) 7.66 (D) 1.98
23. The cylinder fitted with a frictionless piston contains an ideal gas at temperature, T, and pressure, P. The gas expands isothermally and reversibly
until the pressure is P/3. Which statement is true regarding the work done by the gas during expansion?
(A) It is greater than the heat absorbed by gas
(B) It is equal to the heat absorbed by gas
(C) It is equal to the change in initial energy of gas
(D) It is equal to the change in enthalpy of gas
24. Which tube management in a heat exchanger would facilitate highest heat transfer rate?
(A) Heat transfer rate is independent of tube arrangement
(B) Diagonal square pitch
(C) Square pitch
(D) Triangular pitch
25. Correct use of factor safety is very important in equipment design. It is defined as the ratio of the
(A) Ultimate stress to working stress (C) ultimate stress to breaking stress
(B) Working stress to ultimate stress (D) blowdown to blowup
26. Spherical shaped pressure vessel is considered to be the most ideal, because it can
(A) Be supported very easily (C) be fabricated very easily
(B) Be designed w/o wind load consideration (D) withstand higher pressure for a given metallic shell thickness
27. Steam at 416 Pa and 166K has a specific vol. Of 0.41 m3/kg and a specific enthalpy of 29.4 kJ/kg. Find the internal energy per lb of steam.
(A) 15.9 (B) 13.3 (C) 21.3 (D) 29.2
28. Air is compressed isentropically in a piston-cylinder arrangement to 1/10 of its initial volume. The initial temp. is 35˚C, and the ratio of specific heats
is 1.4. What is most nearly the final temp.?
(A) 434˚C (B) 412˚C (C) 468˚C (D) 497˚C
29. Water flows steadily at a rate of 60 kg/min through a pump. The water pressure is increased from 50-500kPa. The ave. specific vol. of water is 0.001
m3/kg. Most nearly, what is the hydraulic power delivered to the water by the pump?
(A) 5.8 HP (B) 7.9 HP (C) 6.1 HP (D) 6.6 HP
30. A large concrete bridge anchorage at 17˚C receives 50 GJ of thermal energy from exposure to sunlight. The temp. of the anchor age does not
change significantly. What is most nearly the change in entropy within the concrete?
(A) 165 MJ/K (B) 144 MJ/K (C) 172 MJ/K (D) 97 MJ/K
No. 31-33. A tank 4 m3 capacity contains 1500kg of liquid water at 250˚C in equilibrium with this vapour, w/c fills the rest of the tank. A quantity of
1000kg of saturated water at 50˚C is pumped into the tank. The temp. in the tank is not to change. The ff. data can be used: @250˚C
vf = 1.251 cm3/g; vg = 50.04 cm3/g @50˚C Hf = 209.3 kJ/kg
Hf = 1085.8 kJ/kg; Hg = 2800.4 kJ/kg
31. The initial amount (kg) of water vapour in the tank is about
(A) 45 (B) 38 (C) 35 (D) 42
32. The initial enthalpy (kJ/kg) of water (vapor and liquid) in the tank is about
(A) 1232 (B) 878 (C) 989 (D) 1133
33. The final amount (kg) of water vapour in the tank is about
(A) 36 (B) 43 (C) 17 (D) 28
34. The final enthalpy (kJ/kg) of water (vapour & liquid) in the tank is about
(A) 1187 (B) 1097 (C) 1988 (D) 1133
35. The amount of heat (kJ) that must be added during the process is about
(A) 453445 (B) 567778 (C) 143444 (D) 832530
36. 2 kg of air is heated at constant pressure of 2 bar to 500˚C. Det. The change in its entropy (kJ/kg-K) if the initial vol. is 0.8m3.
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 4
37. Air is expanded isentropically in a nozzle from 13.8 bar and 150˚C to a pressure of 6.9 bar. The inlet velocity to the nozzle is very small and the
process occus under steady flow, steady state conditions. Calculate the exit velocity (m/s) from the nozzle knowing that the nozzle laid in a
horizontal plane and the inlet velocity is 10 m/s.
(A) 391 (B) 238 (C) 589 (D) 390
38. What is the max possible work out (HP) of a carnot cycle using 0.3 mmBTU/hr of heat input? The cycle operates between 20˚C and 500K.
(A) 125 HP (B) 142 HP (C) 113 HP (D) 49 HP

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39. A turbine and the boiler feed pumps in a reheat cycle have isentropic efficiencies of 88% and 96% respectively. The cycle starts with water at 60˚F
(16˚C) at the inlet of the boiler feed pump and produces 600˚F (300˚C), 600 psia (4 MPa) steam. The steam is reheated when it s pressure drops
during the 1st expansion to 20 psia (150 kPa). What is the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
(A) 42% (B) 39% (C) 34% (D) 28%
40. Air is compressed from 1atm and 0˚F (H1 = 210.27 BTU/lb ) to 10 atm and 40˚F (H2=218.87 BTU/lb). The exit velocity of air from the
compressor is 200ft/s. Inlet air velocity is negligible. If the load is 5 lb/min of air, the power (HP) required by the compr essor is
(A) 0.17 (B) 3.1 (C) 2.2 (D) 1.1
41. A boiler is producing 5000 lb/hr of steam at 150 psig and 400˚F. Water is fed to the boiler at a temp. of 80˚F. The boiler is operating at 80%
efficiency. If the feed water is heated to 220˚F by using a hot waste stream, percent energy saving would be near to
(A) 9.6 (B) 6.9 (C) 7.8 (D) 4.1
42. A carnot heat pump is used for heating a building. The outside air is at 30˚F and is the cold reservoir. The building is to be maintained at 75˚F.
200,000 BTU/hr are required for the heating. The heat (BTU/hr) taken from the outside is near to
(A) 183,178 (B) 311,321 (C) 103,807 (D) 91,000
43. What is the COP for the refrigeration cycle using 6.45 tons of refrigeration? A 10 HP motor drives the refrigeration com pression with an overall
efficiency of 75%
(A) 15 (B) 12 (C) 9 (D) 4
44. A mixture of chlorine and sodium bromide acts as a/an
(A) Hydrogenation catalyst (B) Fire retardant (C) Analgesic drug (D) Insecticides
45. Which of the ff. impurities in feed water for high pressure boiler is the most detrimental?
(A) Suspended solids (B) Silica (C) Dissolved Oxygen (D) Dissolved Salt
46. Cation exchanger is regenerated usually with
(A) Alum solution (B) Hydrozine (C) H2SO4 (D) NaOH
47. Which of the ff. is an ore of iron?
(A) Bauxite (B) Hematite (C) Chalcopyrite (D) Galena
48. What is the isentropic efficiency for the expansion of steam through a turbine from 3000 psia / 1100˚F to 205 psig / 500˚F?
(A) 94.5% (B) 84.5% (C) 74.5% (D) 64.5%
49. A PFR is being designed to process a feed volumetric flowrate of a 2.54 s with a component A molar concentration of 0.2 mol/L. The reaction: A 
B, is 1st order with a rate constant of 0.05/s. What is the required PFR volume to reach 80% conversion?
(A) 20L (B) 81L (C) 150L (D) 250L
50. ‘Utilities’ in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, H 2O, electrical power, O2, acetylene, fuel gases, etc. Utility costs for ordinary
chemical process plants ranges roughly from ____% of the total product cost.
(A) 35-45 (B) 25-35 (C) 10-20 (D) 1-5
51. Effluent treatment cost in a chemical plant is categorized as the ___ cost
(A) fixed (B) utilities (C) overhead (D) fixed
52. In chemical process equipment, the conical bottom heads used, usually has an apex angle of :
(A) 20˚ (B) 60˚ (C) 40˚ (D) 20˚
53. High pressure fluid in a shell & tube heat exchanger should preferably be routed through the
(A) Shell side for large overall heat transfer coefficient
(B) Shell side if the flow is countercurrent and tube side if the flow is co-current.
(C) Shell side for smaller pressure drop.
(D) Tubes to avoid the expansion of high pressure shell construction.
54. A 1st order chemical reaction occurs in an isothermal batch reactor at constant volume. The initial concentration of the reactant is 5 mol/L, and the
rate constant is 1.25/hr. Most nearly, what is the fractional conversion after 3 hrs?
(A) 0.98 (B) 0.75 (C) 0.52 (D) 0.29
55. Ethanol is purified in a distillation column where the composition of the vapour phase leaving the top tray is equivalent to the liquid phase
compression on the top tray. An increase in the etOH distillate mole reaction is desired. Which of the ff. methods will most likely result in the desired
outcome?
(A) Increase in the reflux ratio (C) Increase the steam to the reboiler
(B) Add more trays (D) add an entrainer such as benzene
56. During nucleate pool boiling, the critical heat flux (CHF) is independent of w/c of the ff. solution props?
(A) Heat of vaporization (C) liquid density
(B) Specific heat of liquid (D) vapour density
57. A thick plate of material (k=0.085 BTU/hr-ft-F) is exposed to air at -10˚F (h˚=50 BTU/hr-ft-F) of the insulation state. The heat flux through the plate is
50 BTU/hr-ft2. What is the temp. on the side of the 4 inch thick plate?
(A) 80˚F (B) 100˚F (C) 50˚F (D) 60˚F
58. Heat is generated at 25,000 BTU/ft3-hr inside along aluminum cylinder and is dissipated to the surroundings. The cylinder diameter is 20 inch. The
temp of the outer cylinder is surface is 80˚F. Assume thermal conductivity of cylinder is 125 BTU/hr-ft-F. Temp of cylinder centerline?
(A)
59. A shell and tube heat ex. Is being designed with the ff. conditions. The hot side inlet / outlet temp. is 200˚C / 155˚C. The cold side inlet / outlet temp.
is 40˚C / 180˚C. How many tube & shell passes are recommended?
(A) 2 shell, 4 tube passes (C) 1 shell, 2 tube passes
(B) 1 shell, 3 tube passes (D) 1 shell, 1 tube passes
60. A shell & tube exchanger (1 shell pass and 2 tube pass) heats fuel oil (SIS) using water (TIS). The overall heat transfer coefficient is 15 BTU/hr-ft2-F.
Fuel oil (Cp=0.5 BTU/lbm-F) enters at 30˚C and 1,000 lbm/hr. Water (Cp = 1 BTU/lbm-F) enters at 150˚C and 1,000 lbm/hr. The heat ex.area is 40
ft2. Exit temp. of fuel oil is?
(A) 98˚C (B) 115˚C (C) 78˚C (D) 85˚C

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61. W/c of the ff. is untrue with regards to centrifugal pumps?
(A) The rotary gear pumps is commonly used class of centrifugal pump
(B) The main reason for using head instead of pressure to measure the pump’s energy is that the pressure will change with
specific gravity of the fluid, but the head will not.
(C) Flow is reduced as viscosity increases
(D) Flow varies depending on the system pressure or head
62. Increasing the tube passes from 4 to 6 in an exchanger increases the tube side pressure drop through the exchanger by what percent? Assume
turbulent flow in both scenarios.
(A) 350% (B) 238% (C) 124% (D) 150%
63. What is the Reynold’s no. For water flow (avg. Temp=32˚C) through the annulus (50.8 mm) clearance of a double pipe hex.? Water flows through
the annulus at 250 gpm at a velocity of 10 ft/s.
(A) 404,500 (B) 272,300 (C) 155,200 (D) 50,500
64. What is the pressure drop across a 20ft high packed bed filled w/ metal spheres (d=50.8mm)? Airflows across the packed bed at 500˚F and 2000
SCFM at 60˚F, (1atm). The ratio of sand volume to packed bed volume is 0.75. Bed across sectional area is 5ft 2.
(A) 34 psi (B) 24 psi (C) 14 psi (D) 4 psi
65. Which type of pneumatic conveying flow regime should be used when a low pressure/high velocity and simple operation is d esired?
(A) Saltating flow (B) dune flow (C) dilute phase (D) dense phase
66. What is the permanent pressure drop across an orifice frow meter a/c indicates a 16.75 psi pressure drop? Inlet pipe diameter is 12 in and orifice is
8 in.
(A) 20 psi (B) 17 psi (C) 9 psi (D) 4 psi
67. Simulation shows a certain separation in a distillation tower with a kettle r eboiler and total condenser requires 35 theo stages. If the overall column
efficiency is 54%, how many total trays are required? Assume no packing.
(A) 21 (B) 19 (C) 14 (D) 11
68. Crystallization is impossible in what solubility zone?
(A) lubile (B) unstable (C) metastable (D) stable
69. What is the min. no. Of stages required for a 2 component separation where the distillate is X d=0.95 mole fraction and bottoms is Xb=0.3 mole
fraction for component A? The relative volatility of A to B is 1.1 at the bottom of the column and 3 at the top.
(A) 21 (B) 19 (C) 15 (D) 11
70. The slope of the rectifying line in a column is 0.15. the external reflux ratio is increased by 10%. The new slope of th e rectifying line is what?
(A) 0.953 (B) 0.825 (C) 0.767 (D) 0.724
71. Increasing the tray spacing in a column will help with all except:
(A) Downcomer choke flooding (C) Froth entrainment flooding
(B) Downcomer backup flooding (D) Spray entrainment flooding
72. How many theo stages are required fora stripper with a gas flowrate of 100 kmol/hr and liquid flowrate at 50 kmol/hr? The Henry’s law constant is
24.9 L-atm/mol. The stripper operates at 20 atm absolute. The min. molar ratio of gas to liquid is 1.7.
(A) 8 stages (B) 7 stages (C) 5 stages (D) 2 stages
73. The amount (kg) salt in the overflow from stage 2 is about
(A) 4.4 (B) 0.7 (C) 2.2 (D) 2.9
74. % removal of salt is
(A) 91 (B) 97 (C) 84 (D) 89
75. If a single classifier is required the amount (MT/hr) of wash water needed to attain the same removal efficiency
(A) 1.8 (B) 3.1 (C) 2.3 (D) 2.7
76. In a plant laboratory having a floor area of 100 m2 and a ceiling height of 3m the temp. and RH are kept at 23.9˚C and 80%, respectively. The
closed-loop airconditioning (AC) unit installed for the purpose has an air handling capacity to change the air leaving the condenser of the AC unit
has a temp. of 18.3˚C. The amount (kg/hr) of dry air used is:
(A) 12322 (B) 1672 (C) 1899 (D) 1456