Q. Critical speed of rotation, N (in rps - rotation per second) of a trammel is equal to (where, g = acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 m/sec² and, r = radius of trammel, metre. )

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Q. The basic filtration equation is given as in the below figure, where, V is volume of the filtrate ; A is the filtration area, a is specific cake resistance, μ is viscosity of the filtrate, and C is the concentration of the solids in the feed slurry.

In a 20 minutes constant rate filtration, 5 m³ of filtrate was obtained. If this is followed by a constant pressure filtration, how much more time in minutes, it will take for another 5 m³ of filtrate to be produced ? Neglect filter medium resistance, Rm ; assume incompressible cake.

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Q. __________ mean diameter of particles is given by

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Q. The specific surface of spherical particles is given by (where D and ρ are diameter and density of particle).

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Q. Velocity of a small particle of diameter 'Dₚ' at a distance 'r' from the rotational axis of a cyclone rotating at an angular speed 'ω' is given by (the other symbols are as per standard notation)

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Q. Pick out the correct statement.

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Q. The cummulative mass fraction of particles smaller than size dⱼ for a collection of Nᵢ particles of diameter dᵢ and mass mi (i = 1, 2, 3, ...... ∞) is given by

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Q. Sphericity for a non-spherical particle is given by (where, V and S are volume and surface area respectively of one particle. and, D = equivalent diameter of particle).

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Q. What is the reduction ratio in a fine crushing operation having following feed and product sizes?

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Q. The value of 'angle of nip' is generally about

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Q. Size reduction of the __________ can be suitably done by ball mills, crushing rolls and rod mills.

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Q. Sulphuric acid mist is arrested by using a __________ scrubber.

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Q. The main size reduction operation in ultrafine grinders is

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Q. In case of a hammer crusher,

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Q. The energy required per unit mass to grind limestone particles of very large size to 100 μm is 12.7 kWh/ton. An estimate (using Bond's law) of the energy to grind the particles from a very large size to 50 μrn is

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Q. Which of the following is the most suitable for cleaning of fine coal dust (<0.5 mm) ?

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Q. Pick out the correct statement:

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Q. Range of compressibility co-efficient of the commercial compressible cake obtained in filtration operation is

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Q. Highly viscous liquids & pastes are agitated by

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Q. Short distance transportation of grain, gravel, sand, ash, asphalt etc. is done by using a __________ conveyor.

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