Heat waves
A. Can not pass through vacuum
B. Travel in straight line
C. Can be reflected by a mirror
D. Both B and C
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Which of the following parameters is increased by use of finned tube in a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger?
A. Tube side pressure drop and the heat transfer rate
B. Convective heat transfer co-efficient
C. Effective tube surface area for convective heat transfer
D. All of the above
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Which characteristic of a fluid is not important in deciding its route in a shell and tube heat exchanger?
A. Corrosiveness
B. Fouling characteristic
C. Viscosity
D. None of these
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The heat flux in the nucleate boiling regimes is proportional to (where, ΔT = excess temperature)
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For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton's law of cooling is proportional to (where, Δt = excess temperature)
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__________ heat exchanger is the most suitable, when the temperature of shell side fluid is much higher than that of tube side.
A. Single pass, fixed tube sheet
B. U-tube
C. Three pass, fixed tube sheet
D. None of these
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Which of the following has the highest thermal conductivity?
A. Brick
B. Air
C. Water
D. Silver
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Overall heat transfer co-efficient for cooling of hydrocarbons by water is about
A. 50 - 100 kcal/hr.m2 .°C
B. 50 - 100 W/m2 .°K
C. 50 - 100 BTU/hr.ft2 .°F
D. 1000 - 1500 BTU/hr.ft2 .°F
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Radiant energy received by a body is proportional to (where, d = the distance between the object emitting radiation and that receiving it.)
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The critical radius of insulation for cylindrical pipe is (where, hi = heat transfer coefficient at inside of the pipe )
A. h 0 K
B. h 0 2 K
C. K h i
D. K 2 h i
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In case of __________ boiling, the liquid temperature is below the saturation temperature and the boiling takes place in the vicinity of the heated surface.
A. Nucleate
B. Local
C. Pool
D. Saturated
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Pick out the correct statement.
A. Higher is the temperature of the radiating body, higher is the wavelength of radiation
B. Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate through a thick walled cylinder
C. The wavelength corresponding to maximum mono-chromatic emissive power increases with rise in temperature
D. Solid angle subtended by the finite surface at the radiating element is called the angle of incidence
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Steady state one dimensional heat flow by conduction as given by Fourier's low does not assume that
A. There is no internal heat generation
B. Boundary surfaces are isothermal
C. Material is anisotropic
D. Constant temperature gradient exists
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Steam traps are provided in steam carrying pipelines to
A. Condense steam
B. Release excess steam pressure by bleeding steam
C. Remove condensate and inert gases
D. None of these
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In sub-cooled boiling,
A. Temperature of the heating surface is less than the boiling point of the liquid
B. Temperature of the heating surface is more than the boiling point of the liquid
C. Bubbles from heating surface are absorbed by the mass of the liquid
D. Very large vapour space is necessary
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Presence of a non-condensing gas in a condensing vapour
A. Increases the rate of condensation
B. Decreases thermal resistance
C. Is desirable to increase the film co-efficient
D. None of these
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Absorptivity of a perfect black body is unity. Which of the following has maximum absorptivity?
A. Aluminium foil
B. Refractory bricks
C. Iron plate
D. Coke breeze
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As the difference between the wall temperature and bulk temperature increases, the boiling heat transfer co-efficient
A. Continues to increase
B. Continues to decrease
C. Goes through a minimum
D. Goes through a maximum
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Heat transfer by natural convection is enhanced in system with
A. High viscosity
B. High co-efficient of thermal expansion
C. Low temperature gradients
D. Low density change with temperature
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A black body when hot, emits heat radiation of __________ wavelengths.
A. Small
B. Large
C. All
D. One fixed
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