Mass Transfer - Study Mode

[#451] Plate towers are preferred to packed towers, when large temperature changes are involved, because of the reason that the
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(A) Packing may be crushed due to thermal expansion/contraction of the components of the equipments

[#452] Use of raschig rings in place of crushed stones as packing in packed beds (other things being same)
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(C) Decreases pressure drop, increases surface area

[#453] Prandtl number for water at 20°C is about
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(A) 7

[#454] Blowdown in a cooling tower
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(A) Means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit the concentration of salt and impurities

[#455] Boiling point diagram is
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(B) Affected by pressure