Entry Exam – M.Sc.

/ 2018-2019
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 23/6/2019 (1st Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

Q.1 Choose the right answer of the followings: (60 marks)

1. The unit of momentum is the same of ______________________.

(a) F/A (b) p (c) 𝜇Ῡ (d) all of the above.
[Where: F is the force acting on the fluid ; A is the area of fluid subjected to the force ; p is the pressure
exerted by the fluid ; 𝜇 is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid ; Ῡ is the shear rate ]

2. The fluid that obeys Newton’s law of viscosity is called _________________.

(a) Non-Newtonian fluid (b) Bingham plastic (c) Newtonian fluid (d) dilatant .

3. The boundary layer forms at _____________________.

(a) solid-fluid interface (b) liquid-liquid interface (c) liquid – gas interface (d) all of the above

4. Bernoulli equation specifies __________________ .

(a) the momentum balance (b) the mass balance (c) the heat balance (d) all of the above

𝜌𝑢𝑑
5. For fluid flows in a pipe , is known as ________________.
𝜇
(a) Froude number (b) friction factor (c) Reynolds number (d) Weber number.
[Where: 𝜌 is the density of the fluid ; u is the mean linear velocity of the fluid ; d is the diameter of the pipe ;
𝜇 is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid]

6. NPSH means ______________________.

(a) the vapour pressure (b) the head available to get the liquid through the suction piping
(c) the total equivalent lengths on the suction and discharge sides of the pump (d) none of the above.

7. If two identical centrifugal pumps are connected in series ________________________.

(a) the total head is the same head for each pump
(b) the total flow rate is the sum of flow rates of the two pumps
(c) the total head is the sum of heads of the two pumps.
(d) all of the above.

8. The mean shear rate produced by an agitator in a mixing tank is proportional to the ________________.
(a) type of the agitator (b) rotational speed
(c) the diameter of the tank (d) the diameter of the agitator.

9. Heat transfer coefficients depend on____________________.

(a) mechanism of heat transfer. (b) the fluid properties.
(c ) cooled or heated fluid dynamics (d) all of the above.

10. View or geometric factor depends on________________________.

(a) geometrical configuration of each particulate system. (b) temperature difference.
(c ) area of the system.

11. For natural convection_______________.

(a) Nu = f (Gr, Pr) (b) Nu = f(Re, Pr) (c) Nu = f(Re, Pr, Gr)

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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2018-2019
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 23/6/2019 (1st Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

12. With very viscous liquids a correction of_________________ is used to calculate heat transfer
coefficients in forced convection.
(a) densities (b) viscosities (c ) or specific heat

13. If a fluid passes at right angles across a single tube, the distribution of velocity around the tube will
be_______________________.
(a) not uniform. (b) uniform (c ) depends on the velocity.

14. Hydraulic diameter is__________________________.

(a) 4(wetted perimeter) (b) 4(area of flow/wetted perimeter) (c ) 4(cross sectional area/perimeter)

15. Thermal conductivity values is the greatest in_______________________.

(a) gases and liquids. (b) liquids only. ( c) metals.

16. When radiation falls on another body______________________.

(a) all of it is absorbed. (b) either transmitted or absorbed. (c ) partially absorbed, reflected or transmitted.

17. Rate of leaching increases with increasing______________.

(a) temperature (b) viscosity of solvent (c ) pressure (d) size of the solid

18. In distillation , overhead product contains____________________.

(a) Any number of components. (b) Only one component.
(c ) Only saturated liquid . (d) Only subcooled liquid.

19. If G = insoluble gas in gas stream ; L = non-volatile solvent in liquid stream; then the slope of the operating
line for the absorber is_____________________.
(a) L/G (b) G/L (c ) always < 1 (d) none of these

20. The minimum number of theoretical plates is required for achieving a given separation in distillation
column with _____________________.
(a) total reflux (b) no reflux (c ) zero reflux ratio (d) minimum reflux ratio

21. Extraction of oil from its seed is done by ___________________.

(a) leaching (b) liq – liq extraction (c ) distillation (d) crystallisation

22. At minimum reflux ratio for a given separation_____________.

(a) number of plates is infinity (b) minimum number of theoretical plates is required
(c ) separation is most efficient (d) number of plates is zero

23. Separation of two or more components of a liquid solution cannot be achieved

by_____________________.
(a) absorption (b) evaporation (c ) liquid extraction (d) fractional crystallisation

24. Leaching rate is independent of the ______________.

(a) none of these (b) temperature (c ) particle size (d) agitation
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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2018-2019
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 23/6/2019 (1st Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

25. The isothermal gas phase decomposition reaction of A reactant, A→3R , the initial reactant mixture
contains 50% A and 50% inert material. The fractional volume change of the system between no conversion
and complete conversion is__________________.
(a) 1 (b) 1.5 (c ) 2 (d) 3

26. When activation energy of a certain reaction is high, the rate of the reaction is____________________.
(a) Highly changing with temperature. (b) Decreasing with temperature.
(c )Approximately un-changing with temperature. (d) None of the above! Mention it.

27. Most liquid-phase reactions can be classified as_____________________.

(a) Homogeneous non-catalytic. (b) Homogeneous catalytic.
(c ) Heterogeneous non-catalytic. (d) Heterogeneous catalytic.

28. Reactant A converted into product through second order reaction with certain amount in one plug flow
reactor. The operator plans to place a second reactor similar to the one being used in series with it. For the
same amount of conversion, what is the effect second reactor adding on the treatment rate?
(a) Increase the treatment rate. (b) Decrease the treatment rate.
(c ) No effect on the treatment rate. (d) The reaction system will be failed.

29. A space-time of 2 minutes means that___________________.

(a) One reactor volume of feed is being treated by the reactor every two minutes.
(b) Two reactor volumes of feed are being fed into the reactor every one minute.
(c ) All reaction conditions change every two minutes.
(d) None of the above!

30. Milk I pasteurized if it is heated to 63 °C for 30 minutes, but if it is heated to 74 °C it only needs 15
seconds for the same results. Then the activation energy of the sterilization process is_____________.
(a) 422 kJ/mole (b) 138 kJ/mole (c ) 73 kJ/mole (d) 18 kJ/mole

31. The reaction rate value of oxidation reaction occurred in 0.21 m3 reactor and consumed 15 mole of oxygen
per 2 seconds is_____________________.
(a) - rO2 = 0.03 (b) - rO2 = 1.58 (c ) - rO2 = 35.71 (d) - rO2 = 142.86

32. The unit of the reaction rate constant for first order reaction is______________.
(a) (time)-1 (b) (conc.) (time)-1 (c ) (conc.)-1(time)-1 (d) Dimensionless

33. For a process from state 1 to state 2, heat transfer in a reversible process is given by________________.
(a) Q for reversible=(To)*(S1-S2) (b) Q for reversible=(To)*(S2-S1)
(c) Q for reversible=(To)/(S1-S2) (d) Q for reversible=(To)/(S2-S1)

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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2018-2019
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 23/6/2019 (1st Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

34. The work done by a closed system in a reversible process is always __________that done in an
irreversible process.
(a) less than or more than (b) equal to (c) less than (d) more than

35. For the ideal gas equation, what assumptions are made?
(a) there is little or no attraction between the molecules of the gas
(b) the volume occupied by the molecules is negligibly small compared to the volume of the gas
(c) both of the mentioned
(d) none of the mentioned

36. The path followed in a vapour power cycle is___________________________.

(a) boiler-condenser-turbine-pump (b) boiler-turbine-condenser-pump
(c) boiler-turbine-pump-condenser (d) boiler-pump-turbine-condenser

37. Entropy is a________________________.

(a) path function, intensive property (b) path function, extensive property
(c) point function, intensive property (d) point function, extensive property

38. A reversible Carnot cycle has following processes.

(a) 4 isothermal processes (b) 4 adiabatic processes
(c) 2 isothermal and 2 adiabatic processes (d) none of the mentioned

39. For an ideal gas, enthalpy becomes_______________________.

(a) h = u - RT (b) h = - u - RT (c) h = u + RT (d) h = - u + RT

40. The equation T dS = dU + p dV is obtained from which law?

(a) first law (b) second law
(c) both of the mentioned (d) none of the mentioned
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Q.2 Answer the following questions : (40 marks)

a. Calculate the friction factor jf in a pipe ( of inside diameter 0.0526 m and 30.48 m long ) carrying liquid
of dynamic viscosity of 0.01 N.s/m2 and density of 1200 Kg/m3 ) . The mean linear velocity of the liquid
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in the pipe is 0.3 m/s . ( Note: for laminar flow jf = 𝑅𝑒 ) .

b. A wall is made of brick, of thermal conductivity 1.0 W/m K, 230 mm thick, lined on the inner face with
plaster of thermal conductivity 0.4 W/m K and of thickness 10 mm. If a temperature difference of 30 K is
maintained between the two outer faces, what is the
heat flow per unit area of wall?

c. Ammonia gas is diffusing at constant rate through a layer of stagnant air 1 mm thick. The conditions are
fixed so that the gas contains 50% by volume of ammonia at one boundary of the layer. Diffusing of ammonia
in air is 0.18 cm2/s at 295 K and atmospheric pressure. Calculate the rate of diffusion.

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 Entry Exam – M.Sc. / 2018-2019
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Baghdad
Date 23/6/2019 (1st Attempt) Time: 3 hrs

d. Prove that the space-time of plug-flow reactor is equal to the space time of infinity numbers of equal size
mixed flow reactors. (Assume first order reaction).

e. Water at 45°C and 10 kPa enters an adiabatic pump and is discharged at a pressure of 8600 kPa. Assume
the pump efficiency to be 0.75. Calculate the work of the pump, the temperature change of the water, and the
entropy change of the water.

f. Solve the following second order equation

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦
y + ( dx ) 2 = dx y(0) =1, y ̅(0) =2
d𝑥 2

g. Find the inverse of the function

1
F(s)= 𝑆(𝑆 2 +1 )

h. A glass tube of cross sectional (S) is filled with a volatile liquid to a certain level. The level is kept constant.
Its open end is subjected to a stream of air. Find the equation describing the rate of diffusion of the vapor of
volatile liquid.

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