Business Law – Industrial Disputes Act
This act was incorporated in 1947. It extends to the whole of India. The Trade Disputes Act, 1929 was replaced by this act because the Trade Dispute act imposed certain…
GAS–SOLIDS SYSTEMSGAS–SOLIDS SYSTEMS
General behaviour In general, the behaviour of gas-fluidised systems is considerably more complex than that of liquid-fluidised systems which exhibit a gradual transition from fixed bed to fluidized bed followed…
Multi-stage Continuous distillation-Binary system
A general schematic diagram of a multistage counter-current binary distillation operation is shown in Figure 4.10. The operation consists of a column containing the equivalent N number of theoretical stages…
Business Law – Consumer Protection Act
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 protects the interests of consumers in the market. This act contains the following definitions − Definition 1 − "Appropriate laboratory" refers to a laboratory or organization which…
Carriage of Goods by Rail
The Railways Act, 1989, governs the carriage by railways. Some of the important aspects of the act are as follows − According to section 61 of the act, every railway…
Business Law – The Corporate Veil
It is seen that a company, as a person, has a legal identity of its own. An obvious consequence is that the company in question may become liable for the…
Continuous distillation columns
In contrast, continuous columns process a continuous feed stream. No interruptions occur unless there is a problem with the column or surrounding process units. They are capable of handling high…
Carriage of Goods by Land
The carriage of goods by land is governed by two laws — the Carriage by Road Act, 2007 and the Railways Act, 1890. According to the Carriage by Road Act,…
Business Law – Law of Carriage of Goods
The globalization of various markets, international economic integration, removal of barriers in business & trade and increased competition has significantly increased the dependency of business on transportation. Transportation these days…
Terminal falling velocities
If a spherical particle is allowed to settle in a fluid under gravity, its velocity will increase until the accelerating force is exactly balanced by the resistance force. Although this…


