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51.

Double pipe heat exchangers are preferably useful, when%!

A. High viscosity liquid is to be cooled
B. Requirement of heat transfer area is low
C. Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high
D. A corrosive liquid is to be heated
Answer» C. Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high
52.

Multiple effect evaporators are commonly used in the manufacture of P. Paper Q. Superphosphate R. Sugar S. Fats%!

A. P and Q
B. P and R
C. P and S
D. R and S
Answer» D. R and S
53.

*$_Multiple effect evaporation is generally recommended, when the?

A. Large scale evaporation of liquor is needed
B. Corrosive liquids are to be concentrated
C. Fuel is cheaply available
D. Evaporation on small scale is to be done
Answer» B. Corrosive liquids are to be concentrated
54.

*$_For a counter current heat exchanger with Tih = 80°C, T°c = 60°C, T°h = 50°C and Tic = 30°C, and the temperature difference between the two streams being the same everywhere along Z, the direction of flow of hot fluid. The temperature profile should satisfy?

A. d²T/dZ² > 0
B. d²T/dZ² = 0
C. d²T/dZ² < 0
D. dT/dZ = 0
Answer» C. d¬¨‚â§T/dZ¬¨‚â§ < 0
55.

*$_Boiling of milk in an open vessel is an example of __________ boiling.?

A. Film
B. Sub-cooled
C. Saturated nucleate
D. None of these
Answer» B. Sub-cooled
56.

*$_All analogy equations connecting friction factor and heat transfer co-efficient apply only to?

A. Wall or skin friction
B. Form friction
C. Both A and B
D. Turbulent flow
Answer» B. Form friction
57.

*$_Multiple effect evaporation accounts for?

A. Steam economy
B. Lower operating costs
C. Investment economy
D. None of these
Answer» B. Lower operating costs
58.

*$_Which of the following is not used as a medium for high temperature heating??

A. Dowtherm
B. Mercury
C. Liquid metal (e.g. molten sodium)
D. Fused salts (e.g., an eutectic mixture of 53% KNO‚ÇÉ, 40% NaNO‚ÇÇand 7% NaNO‚ÇÉ)
Answer» C. Liquid metal (e.g. molten sodium)
59.

*$_In SI units, fouling factor is expressed in?

A. m²°K/W
B. W/m²°K
C. m²°K
D. m°K/W
Answer» B. W/m¬¨‚⧬¨‚àûK
60.

*$_In a cooling tower, water becomes cool by?

A. Loosing sensible heat
B. Heat transfer to surroundings
C. Vaporisation due to heat loss to air
D. Loosing latent heat
Answer» B. Heat transfer to surroundings
61.

*$_Baffle spacing?

A. Is not the same as baffle pitch
B. Should be less than one fifth the diameter of the shell
C. Should be less than the inside diameter of the shell
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
62.

*$_Stefan-Boltzman law applies to __________ body.?

A. Black
B. White
C. Grey
D. Any colour
Answer» B. White
63.

*$_Fouling factor for a heat exchanger is given by (where, U‚ÇÅ = heat transfer co-efficient of dirty surface U‚ÇÇ = heat transfer co-efficient of clean surface)?

A. U‚ÇÅ - U‚ÇÇ
B. 1/U‚ÇÅ - 1/U‚ÇÇ
C. 1/U‚ÇÇ - 1/U‚ÇÅ
D. U‚ÇÇ - U‚ÇÅ
Answer» C. 1/U‚Äö√á√á - 1/U‚Äö√á√Ö
64.

*$_Agitated film evaporator is suitable for concentrating __________ liquids.?

A. Foaming
B. Viscous
C. Very thin
D. Corrosive
Answer» C. Very thin
65.

*$_The most conducive surface for dropwise condensation to occur is the __________ surface.?

A. Coated
B. Oily
C. Glazed & polished
D. Smooth
Answer» C. Glazed & polished
66.

*$_Absorptivity and refletivity of a perfect black body are respectively?

A. 1 and 0
B. 0 and 1
C. 1 and ?
D. 0 and 0.5
Answer» B. 0 and 1
67.

*$_Heat exchangers operating, when the asymptotic range is reached,?

A. Provide very large heat transfer co-efficient
B. Results in making part of the heating surface inactive
C. Results in abruptly increased velocity
D. None of these
Answer» C. Results in abruptly increased velocity
68.

*$_Which is the best tube arrangement (in a shell and tube heat exchanger) if the fluids are clean and non-fouling??

A. Square pitch
B. Triangular pitch
C. Diagonal square pitch
D. None of these
Answer» C. Diagonal square pitch
69.

*$_Double pipe heat exchangers are preferably useful, when?

A. High viscosity liquid is to be cooled
B. Requirement of heat transfer area is low
C. Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high
D. A corrosive liquid is to be heated
Answer» C. Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high
70.

*$_Multiple effect evaporators are commonly used in the manufacture of P. Paper Q. Superphosphate R. Sugar S. Fats?

A. P and Q
B. P and R
C. P and S
D. R and S
Answer» D. R and S
71.

*$_For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton's law of cooling is proportional to (where, Δt = excess temperature)?

A. Δt
B. Δt²
C. Δt³
D. ‚Äö√ √∂≈í√Æt
Answer» B. ≈í√Æt¬¨‚â§
72.

*$_Three solid objects of the same material and of equal mass-a sphere, a cylinder (length = diameter) and a cube are at 500°C initially. These are dropped in a quenching bath containing a large volume of cooling oil each attaining the bath temperature eventually. The time required for 90% change in temperature is the smallest for?

A. Cube
B. Cylinder
C. Sphere
D. Equal for all the three
Answer» B. Cylinder
73.

*$_Indirect contact heat exchangers are preferred over direct contact heat exchangers, because?

A. Heat transfer co-efficient are high
B. There is no risk of contamination
C. There is no mist formation
D. Cost of equipment is lower
Answer» C. There is no mist formation
74.

*$_In a forward feed multiple effect, the pressure build up will be?

A. Least at the inlet of the first effect
B. Least at the outlet of the last effect
C. Highest at the inlet of the last effect
D. Highest at the outlet of the last effect
Answer» C. Highest at the inlet of the last effect
75.

*$_At what value of Prandtl number, the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers of a fluid flowing over a heated plate will be identical??

A. 1
B. < 1
C. > 1
D. None of these
Answer» B. < 1
76.

*$_Graetz number is given by?

A. mCp/kL
B. kL/mCp
C. mCp/kμ
D. kμ/mCp
Answer» B. kL/mCp
77.

*$_Use of transverse baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is done to increase the?

A. Rate of heat transfer
B. Flow velocity
C. Turbulence of shell side fluid
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
78.

*$_Extremely large or small volumes of fluids are generally best routed through the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, because of the?

A. Less corrosion problems
B. Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement
C. Low pressure drop
D. High heat transfer co-efficient
Answer» C. Low pressure drop
79.

*$_For what value of Prandtl number, the Col-burn analogy is valid??

A. 0.06 to 120
B. 0.6 to 120
C. 1 to 103
D. L to 50
Answer» C. 1 to 103
80.

*$_The rate of heat transfer from a vertical plate by natural convection depends upon the temperature differences (ΔT) between wall and outside bulk. The proportionality is given as?

A. (ΔT)1/4
B. (ΔT)1/2
C. (ΔT)5/4
D. (ΔT)3/4
Answer» E.
81.

*$_For a given ambient air temperature with increase in the thickness of insulation of a hot cylinderical pipe, the rate of heat loss from the surface would?

A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. First decrease and then increase
D. First increase and then decrease
Answer» E.
82.

*$_A hollow sphere and a solid sphere of the same material and equal radii are heated to the same temperature. In this case,?

A. The cooling rate will be the same for the two spheres and hence the two spheres will have equal temperatures at any instant
B. Both the spheres will emit equal amount of radiation per unit time in the beginning
C. Both will absorb equal amount of radiation from the surrounding in the beginning
D. Both B & C
Answer» E.
83.

*$_What is the absorptivity of a black body??

A. 1
B. 0
C. 0.78
D. 0.95
Answer» B. 0
84.

*$_Vent pipes are provided in a condenser to?

A. Remove non-condensable gases
B. Purge the condenser
C. Facilitate easy cleaning of tubes
D. None of these
Answer» B. Purge the condenser
85.

*$_For large heat transfer area requirement, shell and tube heat exchanger is preferred, because it?

A. Occupies smaller space
B. Is more economical
C. Is easy to operate and maintain
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
86.

*$_A composite wall consists of two plates A and B placed in series normal to the flow of heat. The thermal conductivities are kA and kB and the specific heat capacities are CPA and CPB for plates A and B respectively. Plate B has twice the thickness of plate A. At steady state, the temperature difference across plate A is greater than that across plate B, when?

A. CPA > CPB
B. CPA < CPB
C. KA < 0.5kB
D. KA>2 kB
Answer» D. KA>2 kB
87.

*$_The energy radiated from a surface Q at absolute temperature T is related as?

A. Q ‚Äö√ √π T¬¨‚â§
B. Q ‚Äö√ √π T‚Äö√Ö¬•
C. Q ‚Äö√ √π T¬¨‚â•
D. None of these
Answer» C. Q ‚Äö√ √π T¬¨‚â•
88.

*$_Leidenfrost point is a term concerned with the?

A. Condensation of the saturated vapor on a cold surface
B. Concentration of a corrosive solution by evaporation
C. Heat transfer between two highly viscous liquids
D. Boiling of a liquid on a hot surface
Answer» E.
89.

*$_Steam trap is used to?

A. Condense the steam flowing in the pipeline
B. Remove water resulting from partial condensation of steam
C. Stop the supply of steam
D. None of these
Answer» C. Stop the supply of steam
90.

*$_The thickness of condensate layer in filmwise condensation depends on the?

A. Condensation rate
B. Surface configuration
C. Liquid flow rate from the surface
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
91.

*$_A composite flat wall of a furnace is made of two materials 'A' and 'B'. The thermal conductivity of 'A' is twice of that of material 'B', while the thickness of layer of 'A' is half that of B. If the temperature at the two sides of the wall are 400 and 1200°K, then the temperature drop (in °K) across the layer of material 'A' is?

A. 125
B. 133
C. 150
D. 160
Answer» E.
92.

*$_In a single evaporator system, the steam economy __________ by creating vacuum in the evaporator.?

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains constant
D. May increase or decrease, depends on the vacuum
Answer» B. Decreases
93.

*$_Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is?

A. In the central core of the fluid
B. Uniformly distributed throughout the fluid
C. Mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
94.

*$_Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is?

A. Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B. Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes
Answer» C. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
95.

*$_The variation of thermal conductivity of a metal with temperature is often correlated using an expression of the form K = K₀ + at. where, K is the thermal conductivity and T is the temperature (in °K). The units of 'a' in SI system will be?

A. W/m.k
B. W/m
C. W/m.k²
D. None, A is just a number
Answer» D. None, A is just a number
96.

*$_Heat transfer by __________ may not necessarily require the presence of a medium.?

A. Conduction
B. Natural convection
C. Forced convection
D. Radiation
Answer» E.
97.

*$_Sensible heat of hot industrial flue gases can not be recovered by a/an?

A. Economiser
B. Regenerator
C. Ceramic recuperator
D. None of these
Answer» E.
98.

*$_Unsteady state heat conduction occurs, when?

A. Temperature distribution is independent of time
B. Temperature distribution is dependent on time
C. Heat flows in one direction only
D. Three dimensional heat flow is concerned
Answer» C. Heat flows in one direction only
99.

*$_Prandtl and Reynolds analogy are same, when Prandtl number is?

A. 0.5
B. 1
C. > 2
D. 1.5
Answer» C. > 2
100.

*$_What is the geometric mean of two heat transfer areas A‚ÇÅ and A‚ÇÇ ??

A. ‚Äö√ √∂(A‚Äö√á√Ö . A‚Äö√á√á)
B. ‚Äö√ √∂(A‚Äö√á√Ö + A‚Äö√á√á)
C. 1/2 ‚Äö√ √∂(A‚Äö√á√Ö . A‚Äö√á√á)
D. 2 ‚Äö√ √∂(A‚Äö√á√Ö . A‚Äö√á√á)
Answer» B. ‚Äö√ √∂(A‚Äö√á√Ö + A‚Äö√á√á)