Pick out the wrong statement.
A. The value of hydrostatic head increases with increase in vacuum in the effect in a multiple effect evaporator system
B. Entering velocity of the liquid in the tubes of natural circulation evaporators is in the range of 0.3 to 0.9 metre/second
C. Duhring's plot is used for calculating the concentration of solution
D. In a multiple effect evaporation system, the number of effects is limited by the total boiling point rise
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Thermal diffusivity of a material
A. Has the unit m2 /sec
B. Is defined as ρ . C p K
C. Is the ratio of thermal conductivity to thermal capacity
D. All of the above
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K C p . μ is termed as the __________ number.
A. Grashoff
B. Nusselt
C. Prandtl
D. Stanton
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Extended heat transfer surface like fins are used to increase the heat transfer rate. Fin efficiency is defined as the ratio of heat transferred across the fin surface to the theoretical heat transfer across an equal area held at the
A. Surrounding temperature
B. Average temperature of the fin
C. Temperature of the fin end
D. Constant temperature equal to that of the base
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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
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The thermal boundary layer at NPr > 1
A. Is thicker than hydrodynamic boundary layer
B. Is thinner than hydrodynamic boundary layer
C. And the hydrodynamic boundary layer are identical
D. Disappears
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Maximum heat transfer rate is achieved in __________ flow.
A. Co-current
B. Counter-current
C. Turbulent
D. Laminar
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(NRe .NPr )(D/L) is called the __________ number
A. Peclet
B. Stanton
C. Graetz
D. None of these
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In a boiling curve, the peak heat flux is called the __________ point.
A. Nusselt
B. Leidenfrost
C. Boiling
D. Burnout
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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
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LMTD correction factor which is to be applied for a cross-flow heat exchanger increases with increase in the number of shell passes. Its value for a single pass cross flow heat exchanger is
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Maximum heat transfer rate is obtained in __________ flow.
A. Laminar
B. Turbulent
C. Creeping
D. Transition region
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1000 kg of wet solids are to be dried from 60% to 20% moisture (by weight). The mass of moisture removed in kg is
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For the same heat load and mass flow rate in the tube side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, one may use multipass on the tube side, because it
A. Decreases the pressure drop
B. Decreases the outlet temperature of cooling medium
C. Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient
D. None of these
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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
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Planck's distribution law is valid for __________ bodies.
A. Black
B. White
C. Coloured
D. All of the above
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Corrosiveness of steam condensate is due to the presence of
A. CO2
B. Dissolved O2
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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An equipment which converts the latent or sensible heat of one fluid into the latent heat of vaporisation of another, is called a
A. Boiler
B. Heat exchanger
C. Recuperator
D. Regenerator
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Small scale evaporation is done in a
A. Heat exchanger
B. Condenser
C. Multiple effect evaporator
D. Steam jacketed kettle
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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
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