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Drying Equipment 2
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Pharmaceutical Engineering - Drying Equipment
1. Why direct heating by hot air cannot be done in some cases?
  • 1) Conduction gives best results
  • 2) Low temperature not required
  • 3) High temperature not required
  • 4) The material can degrade
 Answer: 4)
 Explanation: Since some materials are thermally degradable, direct heating techniques cannot be employed.
2. When are drum dryers used?
  • 1) When large crystal size is to be obtained
  • 2) When the material is not biodegradable
  • 3) When the material is too thick for rotary dryer and too thin for spray dryer
  • 4) When the material is too thick for spray dryer and too thin for rotary dryer
 Answer: 4)
 Explanation: Drum dryers are used when the material is too thick for spray dryer and too thin for rotary dryer.
3. How is heating achieved in drum dryers?
  • 1) By passing steam through the conveyer belt
  • 2) By passing steam through hollow screws
  • 3) By conduction
  • 4) By heating the drums
 Answer: 2)
 Explanation: Heating is achieved in the drum dryers by passing heat through the hollow screws.
4. What is the drum dryer called if it is open to the atmosphere?
  • 1) Trench dryer
  • 2) Trough dryer
  • 3) Box dryer
  • 4) Open dryer
 Answer: 2)
 Explanation: When a drum dryer is open to the atmosphere it is called as trough dryer.
5. Which materials are not used in drying in a freeze dryer?
  • 1) Dyes
  • 2) Pharmaceuticals
  • 3) Fruits
  • 4) Seafood
 Answer: 1)
 Explanation: Dyes are not used to dry in freeze dryer.
6. How the liquid does gets separated in freeze dryer?
  • 1) Evaporation
  • 2) Freezing and crystallization
  • 3) Distillation
  • 4) Boiling
 Answer: 2)
 Explanation: The material is first frozen so that the liquid gets frozen and is separated as crystals.
7. Heat sensitive or easily oxidizable materials are dried by:
  • 1) Rotary dryer
  • 2) Fluidized bed dryer
  • 3) Drum dryer
  • 4) Flash dryer
 Answer: 4)
 Explanation: Since the contact time is less the flash dryer can be used to dry heat sensitive or easily oxidizable materials.
8. With what is the feed introduced in the spary dryer?
  • 1) Heat exchanger
  • 2) Nucleator
  • 3) Atomizer
  • 4) Spray
 Answer: 3)
 Explanation: A spray dryer is used to dry the atomized droplets of a feed that may be a solution or a slurry of fine particles. It consists of a big drying chamber in which the feed is introduced through an atomizer at the top.
9. What is the use of a high pressure nozzle or a whirling disk in a spray dryer?
  • 1) Atomization
  • 2) Agitation
  • 3) Decreasing contact time
  • 4) Increasing contact time
 Answer: 1)
 Explanation: Atomization is done by a high pressure nozzle or a whirling disk.
10. Which dryer used radiation for drying?
  • 1) Microwave dryer
  • 2) Flash dryer
  • 3) Drum dryer
  • 4) Spray dryer
 Answer: 1)
 Explanation: A microwave dryer uses long wavelength radiation of the order of radio waves. The material is heated throughout by the radiation that penetrates into it.

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