Review Activity on Momentum Transfer.

LINKAGE PROBLEM Nos. 1 & 2:

1. Calculate the equivalent volume sphere diameter of a cuboid particle of side length 1,
2, 4 mm.
a. 3.50 mm b. 2.48 mm c. 3.22 mm d. 2.87 mm
2. Calculate the surface-volume equivalent sphere diameter of the same cuboid particle.
a. 1.71 mm b. 1.14 mm c. 2.48 mm d. 3.50 mm
LINKAGE PROBLEM Nos. 3 & 4:
A suspension in water of uniformly sized spheres of diameter 100 μm and density 1200
kh/m3 has a solids volume fraction of 0.2. The suspension settles to a bed of solids volume
fraction 0.5. The single particle terminal velocity of the spheres in water may be taken as
1.1 mm/s
3. Calculate the velocity at which the clear water / suspension interface settles.
a. 0.42 mm/s b. 0.31 mm/s c. 0.25 mm/s d. 0.39 mm/s
4. Calculate the velocity at which the sediment / suspension interface rises.
a. 0.21 mm/s b. 0.36 mm/s c. 0.26 mm/s d. 0.39 mm/s
LINKAGE PROBLEM Nos. 5-6 & 7-11:
I. Spherical particles of uniform diameter 40 μm and particle density 2000 kg/m3 form a
suspension of solids volume fraction 0.32 in a liquid of density 880 kg/m3 and viscosity
0.0008 Pa-s. Assuming Stoke’s Law applies
5. Calculate the sedimentation velocity for this suspension
a. 0.345 mm/s b. 0.30 mm/s c. 0.203 mm/s d. 0.033 mm/s
6. Calculate its sedimentation volumetric flux.
a. 0.065 mm/s b. 0.076 mm/s c. 0.065 cm/s d. 0.076 cm/s
II. A height-time curve for the sedimentation of a suspension in a cylindrical vessel is shown
below. The initial concentration of the suspension for this test is 0.12 m3/m3.

7. Calculate the velocity of the interface between clear liquid and a suspension of
concentration, 0.12 m3/m3.
a. 1.11 cm/s downwards b. 0.30 cm/s upwards
c. 1.27 cm/s downwards d. 0.52 cm/s upwards
8. Calculate the velocity of the interface between clear liquid and a suspension of
concentration, 0.2 m3/m3.
a. 0.506 cm/s downwards b. 0.514 cm/s upwards
c. 0.345 cm/s downwards d. 0.122 cm/s upwards

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 9. Calculate the velocity at which a layer of concentration, 0.2 m3/m3 propagates
upwards from the base of the vessel.
a. 0.514 cm/s upwards b. 0.122 cm/s downwards
c. 0.506 cm/s upwards d. 0.345 cm/s downwards
10. Calculate the concentration of the final sediment.
a. 0.2 b. 0.4 c. 0.6 d. 0.8
11. Calculate the velocity at which the sediment propagates upwards from the base.
a. 0.30 cm/s downwards b. 0.30 cm/s upwards
c. 0.41 cm/s downwards d. 0.41 cm/s upwards
12. A slurry with a density of 2000 kg/m3, a yield stress of 0.5 N/m2, and a plastic viscosity of
0.3 Pa is flowing in a 1.0 cm diameter pipe which is 5 m long. A pressure driving force of 4
kPa is being used. Calculate the flow rate of the slurry.
a. 5.60 x 10-4 m3/s b. 4.11 x 10-4 m3/s
c. 4.37 x 10 m /s
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d. 4.05 x 10-7 m3/s
13. A packed bed of solid particles of density 2500 kg/m3 occupies a depth of 1 m in a
vessel of cross-sectional area 0.04 m2. The mass of solids in the bed is 50 kg and the
surface-volume mean diameter of the particles is 1 mm. A liquid of density 800 kg/m3 and
viscosity 0.002 Pa-s flows upwards through the bed, which is restrained at its upper surface.
Calculate the voidage of the bed.
a. 0.45 b. 0.71 c. 0.50 d. 0.80
14. Calculate the frictional pressure drop across the bed when the volume flow rate of
liquid is 1.44 m3/h. [Hint: Use Ergun Eqn]
a. 6560 Pa b. 7070 Pa c. 6650 Pa d. 7700 Pa
15. A mixture of quartz and galena of a size range from 0.015 mm to 0.065 mm is to be
separated into two pure fractions using a hindered settling process. What is the minimum
apparent density of the fluid that will give this separation? The density of galena is 7500
kg/m3 and the density of quartz is 2650 kg/m3.
a. 2377 kg/m3 b. 1960 kg/m3 c. 3100 kg/m3 d. 1190 kg/m3
16. The capacity (in tons/h) of the flight conveyor of 10 by 24 inches travelling at 100 fpm
and handling the crushed limestone is?
a. 300 b. 350 c. 400 d. 450
17. What is the horsepower requirement of a 45 ft length screw conveyor which will handle
20 tons/h of a material with average density of 50 lb/ft3?
a. 3.64 b. 6.82 c. 5.23 d. 7.50
18. Find the horsepower requirement for a continuous bucket elevator with loading leg
which will lift solids at a rate of 50 tons per hour at a vertical distance of 22 ft.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
19. A glass sphere having a diameter of 1.554 x 10-4m in water at 293.2 K and the slurry
contains 60 wt% solids. The density of the glass spheres is 2467 kg/m3. The settling velocity of
glass sphere in m/s.
a. 3.1 x 10-2 b. 1.5 x 10-3 c. 5.1 x 10-4 d. 0.265
20. What is the porosity of a solid if its bulk density is 1125 kg/m3 and its true density is 1500
kg/m3?
a. 0.25 b. 0.33 c. 0.75 d. 1.33
21. If the total percentage of particles larger than the screen opening in the feed, oversize,
undersize are 36%, 89% and 3% respectively, the effectiveness of the screen if the undersize
is the product is
a. 0.98 b. 0.76 c. 0.65 d. 0.89

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 22. The wire diameter of a 10 mesh screen whose aperture is 0.065 inch
a. 0.025” b. 0.035” c. 0.045” d. 0.05”
23. If 20% of pulverized limestone (work index = 12.74) is retained by a 150- mesh screen
from an original uniform size of 35 mesh, the energy required in kW to process 1 ton/h
a. 2.65 b. 3.80 c. 6.25 d. 8.30
24. Calculate the power needed to reduce 100 ton/h of quartz (work index = 17.5 kW-
h/ton) in a grinding ball mill from an 80% passing size of 2 inches to an 80% passing size of
1/8 inch.
a. 11.4 hP b. 17.8 hP c. 23.1 hP d. 27.5 hP
25. 6000 lb of a material goes through a crusher and grinder per hour in succession (on the
same power drive). Screen analysis from the crusher shows a surface area of product of
500 ft2 per lb. Screen analysis of the grinder product indicates a surface area of 4,200 ft2
per lb. The Rittingers number of the material processed is 163 in2 per ft-lb. The efficiency of
the crusher is estimated to be 25%, while that of the grinder is 30%. Estimate the total
power to be delivered to the equipment.
a. 18.5 hP b. 26.4 hP c. 30.5 hP d. 38.4 hP
26. Soft and non-abrasive materials can be made into fines by
a. attrition b. cutting c. compression d. impact
27. In a plate and frame filter press, the rate of washing is equal to the __________ of the
final filtration rate.
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 1 d. sq rt of 2
28. A solid handling equipment used for moving powdered or granular materials to and
from storage or between reaction vessels as in moving bed catalytic.
a. screw conveyor b. bucket elevator
c. belt conveyor d. pneumatic conveyor
29. It is a portable platform on which packaged materials can be handled and stored.
a. hopper trucks b. baler bags c. pallets d. steel drums
30. A type of pneumatic conveyor system characterized by a material moving in an air
stream or pressure less than ambient is
a. fluidizing b. pressure c. pressure-vacuum d. vacuum
31. It is the angle at which a material will rest on a pile
a. angle of inclination b. angle of repose
c. banking angle d. contact angle
32. Which of the following conveyors can be used in conveying materials up and down an
incline?
a. screw conveyor b. bucket elevator
c. belt conveyor d. pneumatic conveyor
33. A flotation modifier which assists in selectivity or stop unwanted minerals from floating is
a. activators b. depressants b. promoters c. regulators
34. The flotation agent that prevents coalescence of air bubbles as they travel to the
surface of the water is/are
a. collectors b. modifying agent
c. promoters d. frothing agent
35. In sedimentation process, settling is very fast if the
a. Density of the particles are big and the viscosity of the liquid is high
b. Density of the particles are low and the viscosity of the liquid is high
c. Density of the particles are high and the viscosity of the liquid is low
d. Particle size is big and the density is low

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 36. Cement clinker is reduced to fine size
a. roll crusher b. ball mill c. hammer mill d. tube mill
37. Removal of activated carbon from glycerin is done by
a. plate and frame filter b. rotary vacuum filter
c. batch backed centrifuge d. none of these
38. Bond crushing law
a. calls for relatively less energy for the smaller product particle than does the Rittinger law
b. is less realistic in estimating the power requirements of commercial crushes
c. states that the work required to form particle of any size from very large feed is
proportional to the square root of the volume to surface ratio of the product
d. states that the work required for the crushing is proportion
38. Pine oil used in forth flotation technique acts as a
a. collector b. frother c. activator d. modifier
39. In Froth Flotation, chemical agent added to cause air adherence is called
a. collector b. frother c. modifier d. promoter
40. The operating speed of a ball mill should be
a. atleast equal to the critical speed b. less than the critical speed
c. much more than the critical speed d. none of the choices
41. Wet grinding in a revolving mill
a. gives less wear on chamber walls than dry grinding
b. requires more energy than for dry grinding
c. increases capacity compared to dry grinding
d. complicates handling of the product compared to dry grinding
42. Drag coefficient CD is given by (in Stoke’s law range)
16 24 18.4
a. CD  b. CD  0.079 c. CD  d. CD 
Re p Re p 0.23
Re p Re p
43. Screen capacity is expressed in terms of
a. tons/h b. tons/ft2 c. tons/h-ft d. tons/h-ft2
44. With increase in the capacity of screens, the screen effectiveness
a. remains unchanged b. increases
c. decreases d. decreases exponentially
45. The material passing one screening surface and retained on a subsequent surface is
called
a. intermediate material b. plus material
c. minus material d. overflow material
46. In screen analysis, notation + 5 mm/ -10 mm means passing through
a. 5 mm screen and retained on 10 mm screen
b. 10 mm screen and retained on 5 mm screen
c. both 5 mm and 10 mm screens
d. neither 5 mm nor 10 mm screens
47. A screen is said to be blinded when
a. oversizes are present in undersize fraction
b. undersizes are retained in oversize fraction
c. the screen is plugged with solid particles
d. its capacity is abruptly increased
48. Cumulative Analysis for determining surface is more precise than differential analysis
because of the

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 a. assumption that all particles in single fraction are equal in size
b. fact that screening is more effective
c. assumption that all particles in a single fraction are equal in size is not needed
d. all of the above
49. It defines the effective membrane area installed per volume of a module.
a. osmotic pressure b. water flux
c. solid flux d. packing density
50. Trommels separate a mixture of particles depending on their
a. size b. wet ability c. screen size d. AOTA

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