jH factor for heat transfer depends upon the __________ number.
A. Biot
B. Nusselt
C. Reynolds
D. Prandtl
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The dimensionless group in mass transfer that is equivalent to Prandtl number in heat transfer is
A. Nusselt number
B. Sherwood number
C. Schmidt number
D. Stanton number
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With increase in porosity, the thermal conductivity of a solid substance
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. May increase or decrease; depends on the solid
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'Duhring's plot' is of use in
A. Extractive distillation
B. Evaporation
C. Leaching
D. Absorption
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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
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In natural convection heat transfer, the correlating parameter is the
A. Graetz number
B. Eckert number
C. Grashoff number
D. Bond number
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Stefen's block body radiation law can also be derived from __________ law.
A. Kirchoffs
B. Planck's
C. Fourier's
D. None of these
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What is the emissivity of a black body?
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger
B. Pressure drop on the shell side of a heat exchanger depends upon tube pitch also
C. In a horizontal tube evaporator, surface blanketing by air is avoided
D. Split ring type and pull through type floating heads are two commonly used floating heads is heat exchangers
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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
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To reduce the tube side pressure drop for the same flow rate, the heat exchanger recomended is
A. 1-2 heat exchanger
B. 1-1 heat exchanger
C. 3-2 heat exchanger
D. 2-4 heat exchanger
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In the free convection regime of pool boiling, the heat flux is proportional to
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The average heat transfer co-efficient over the entire length of the plate (ha ) and the local heat transfer co-efficient (hL ), in case of heat transfer over a flat plate in lminar zone is related as
A. Ha = 0.8hL
B. Ha = 2hL
C. Ha = hL
D. Ha = 5hL
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For what value of Prandtl number, St = 2 f ?
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Prandtl and Reynolds analogy are same, when Prandtl number is
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Calburn analogy is applicable for the value of Prandtl number from
A. 0.001 to 1
B. 0.6 to 120
C. 0.5 to 5
D. 120 to 400
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Conduction occurs in the buffer zone for a fluid flowing through a heated pipe, only when Prandtl number is
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Conductance is given by (where, x = thickness, A = heat flow area, K = thermal conductivity.)
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Baffles are provided in heat exchangers to increase the
A. Fouling factor
B. Heat transfer area
C. Heat transfer co-efficient
D. Heat transfer rate
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What is the geometric mean of two heat transfer areas A1 and A2 ?
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