The number of kg vaporised per kg of steam fed to the evaporator is defined as
A. Capacity
B. Rate of evaporation
C. Economy
D. Rate of vaporisation
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Circulation pump is located below the evaporater to
A. Avoid cavitation
B. Avoid frequent priming
C. Create more suction head
D. None of these
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Dropwise condensation occurs on __________ surfaces.
A. Clean and dirt free
B. Smooth clean
C. Contaminated cooling
D. Polished
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The absorptivity of a body is equal to its emissivity
A. At a particular temperature
B. For circular bodies
C. Under thermal equilibrium
D. None of these
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__________ equation relates the thermal conductivity of a solid to its temperature.
A. Antonie
B. Kopp's
C. Lee's
D. Kistyakowski
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In case of heat flow by conduction for a cylindrical body with an internal heat source, the nature of temperature distribution is
A. Linear
B. Hyperbolic
C. Parabolic
D. None of these
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Thermal conductivity of a conducting solid material depends upon its
A. Temperature
B. Porosity
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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A 10 cm dia steam pipe, carrying steam at 180°C, is covered with an insulation (conductivity = 0.6 W/m.°C). It losses heat to the surroundings at 30°C. Assume a heat transfer co-efficient of 0.8 W/m2 .°C for heat transfer from surface to the surroundings. Neglect wall resistance of the pipe and film resistance of steam. If the insulation thickness is 2 cms, the rate of heat loss from this insulated pipe will be
A. Greater than that for uninsulated steam pipe
B. Less than that of the uninsulated steam pipe
C. Equal to that of the uninsulated steam pipe
D. Less than the steam pipe with 5 cms insulation
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Dropwise condensation of steam on cooling surface is promoted
A. An oily surface
B. When both the steam and the tube are clean
C. Only in presence of air
D. None of these
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Crystallisation of solids from a homogeneous solution is a/an __________ process.
A. Exothermic
B. Mildly endothermic
C. Highly endothermic
D. None of these
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Reynold's analogy states that (where, St = Stanton number, f = friction factor)
A. St = 2 f
B. St = 4 f
C. St = 4f
D. St = f 2 1
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Which is the most suitable for the concentration of foamy & frothy liquors?
A. Agitated film evaporator
B. Long tube vertical evaporator
C. Open pan evaporator
D. None of these
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. In process heat exchangers, saturated steam is preferred over the superheated steam
B. The maximum is the emissive power of a surface at a temperature T1 occurs at a wavelength of λ1 . If the surface temperature is halved, the maximum in the emissive power would occur at a wavelength of 0.5 λ1
C. When a vertical plate is heated in infinite air environmental under natural convection conditions, the velocity profile in air, normal to the plate, exhibits a maximum
D. A body at 925 K emits an energy of 1.42 × 1011 σW/m2 (σ is the Stefan-Boltzman constant) in the wavelength band between 3 μm to 4 μm. The fraction of this energy in the total energy emitted over the entire wavelength range is equal to emissivity
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Boiling point of a solution according to Duhring's rule is a linear function of the __________ of water.
A. Boiling point (at the same pressure)
B. Viscosity
C. Density
D. Thermal conductivity
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Arithmetic mean area can be used in heat transfer problem to calculate the heat flow by conduction through a cylinder which is
A. Thin walled having the value of Ao Ai /< 2
B. Thick walled
C. Having the value of Ao /Ai > 2
D. Both B and C
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In Fourier's law, the proportionality constant is called the
A. Heat transfer co-efficient
B. Thermal diffusivity
C. Thermal conductivity
D. Stefan-Boltzman constant
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Which area is used in case of heat flow by conduction through a cylinder?
A. Logarithmic mean area
B. Arithmetic mean area
C. Geometric mean area
D. None of these
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__________ heat exchanger is used for chilling oil to be dewaxed.
A. U-tube
B. Double pipe
C. Fixed tube
D. Floating head
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For concentrating an aqueous solution of a material like anhydrous Na2 SO4 , whose solubility decreases with rise in temperature, the most suitable evaporator is a __________ evaporator.
A. High pressure
B. Vacuum
C. Backward feed
D. None of these
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The purpose of providing a 'catchall' in the vapor line of an evaporator is to
A. Create vacuum
B. Regulate the vapor flow
C. Vent the non-condensible gases
D. Arrest the entrained liquid
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