Explore topic-wise MCQs in Heat Transfer Operations.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Heat Transfer Operations knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The pressure drop in a packed bed is _______ for a given length.

A. Constant
B. Exponentially Increasing
C. Parabolically Increasing
D. Linearly Increasing
Answer» E.
2.

The Velocity profile in a packed bed reactor is__________

A. Fully parabolic
B. Parabolic near the walls
C. Flat at the centre
D. Concave downward near the walls and upward at the centre
Answer» C. Flat at the centre
3.

The Temperature profile in a packed bed reactor surrounded by a cooling liquid is__________

A. Fully parabolic
B. Parabolic near the walls
C. Flat at the centre
D. Concave downward near the walls and upward at the centre
Answer» B. Parabolic near the walls
4.

In a Packed Bed Shell and Tube HE, the pellets are usually kept _______

A. At Tube Side
B. At Shell side
C. At any side as required
D. At floor of the shell
Answer» B. At Shell side
5.

Packed Beds are one of the most common heat exchangers because of its very ______

A. High bed side heat transfer coefficient
B. High wall side heat transfer coefficient
C. High conductivity
D. Low heat transfer rate
Answer» B. High wall side heat transfer coefficient
6.

As an Indirect contact HE, Packed beds have _______ fluid flow.

A. Continuous
B. Constant
C. Intermittent
D. Reversing
Answer» D. Reversing
7.

For an Exothermic Reaction, which of the following operation is best suited to support the reaction?

A. Shell and tube with hot fluid in shell and packed bed in tube
B. Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube
C. Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell
D. Shell and tube with cold fluid in tube and packed bed in shell
Answer» C. Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell
8.

For an Endothermic Reaction, which of the following operation is best suited to support the reaction?

A. Shell and tube with hot fluid in shell and packed bed in tube
B. Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube
C. Shell and tube with hot fluid in tube and packed bed in shell
D. Shell and tube with cold fluid in tube and packed bed in shell
Answer» B. Shell and tube with cold fluid in shell and packed bed in tube
9.

Which of the following is not a valid operation of packed bed reactors?

A. Shell and Tube Setup
B. Indirect contact setup
C. Feedwater heater
D. Direct Contact setup
Answer» D. Direct Contact setup
10.

Why are Packed bed Heat Exchangers Direct contact type heat exchangers?

A. Because they create heavy mixing
B. Uses two fluids to transfer heat by dissolving into each other
C. Gas liquid system where they are brought to direct contact
D. Gas-Gas system where they are brought to direct contact
Answer» D. Gas-Gas system where they are brought to direct contact
11.

Wall heated packed beds and wall cooled both have more or less the same correlations.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
12.

It has been found that wall-cooled operations on packed beds show more effective heat transfer rate than wall-heated operations.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
13.

Why is heating or cooling required in packed beds if we don t use it as a heat exchanger?

A. To Cool Exothermic reactions
B. To cool water by using ice as pellets
C. To cool petroleum by using ice as pellets
D. To heat exothermic reactions
Answer» B. To cool water by using ice as pellets
14.

Which one of the following is not a use of packed bed?

A. Regenerators
B. Stripping
C. Mixing
D. Solid matrix heat exchangers
Answer» D. Solid matrix heat exchangers
15.

Packed bed reactors are ________ heat exchangers.

A. Indirect Contact
B. Direct Contact
C. Tubular
D. Plate-type
Answer» C. Tubular