Intermittant tube cleaning is possible to be done in case of a __________ evaporator.
A. Basket type
B. Horizontal tube
C. Calendria
D. None of these
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Steam is routed through the tube in case of a __________ evaporator.
A. Basket type
B. Horizontal tube
C. Short tube vertical
D. Long tube vertical
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In a shell and tube heat exchanger,
A. The temperature drops in the two fluids and the wall are proportional to individual resistances
B. The temperature drop is inversely proportional to the resistance across which the drop occurs
C. There is no relationship between temperature drop and resistance
D. The relationship is not generalised
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Which of the following parameters of the fluid is not very important, while deciding its route in a shell and tube heat exchanger?
A. Corrosiveness & fouling characteristics
B. Pressure
C. Viscosity
D. Density
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. 'Solvates' are chemical compounds formed by solute with their solvents. When water is the solvent, then it is called a 'hydrate'
B. In heat exchanger calculations (Δt)weighted is used in place of Δt, when it involves more than one sequence of heating or cooling i.e., desuperheating & condensation or condensation & sub-cooling
C. Heat transfer co-efficient during nucleate boiling is not influenced by the agitation imparted
D. In case of short tube vertical evaporators, area of central downtake is about 50 to 100% of the total tube cross-sectional area
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Open pan evaporators are preferred to be used, when the solution to be concentrated is
A. Scaling
B. Highly viscous
C. Corrosive
D. Salty
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In thermal radiation for a black body (where, ε is emissivity and α is absorptivity)
A. α = 1; ε ≠ 1
B. α ≠ 1, ε = 1
C. α ≠ 1, ε ≠ 1
D. α = 1; ε = 1
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Out of 100 kcal/second of incident radiant energy on the surface of a thermally transparent body, 300 kcal/second is reflected back. If the transmissivity of the body is 0.25, the emissivity of the surface will be
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For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains constant
D. Passes through a maxima
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Steam trap is used to
A. Condense the steam flowing in the pipeline
B. Remove water resulting from partial condensation of steam
C. Stop the supply of steam
D. None of these
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For flow over a flat plate, the ratio of thermal boundary layer thickness, 'xt' and hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness 'x' is equal to (where, NPr = Prandtl number)
A. NPr
B. N Pr 3 1
C. N Pr − 1
D. N Pr − 3 1
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The critical radius 'r' of insulation on a pipe is given by
A. r = h 2 k
B. r = h k
C. r = 2 h k
D. r = k h
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Heat transfer efficiency leading of energy conservation in a heat exchanger can be achieved by
A. Keeping the heat transfer surface clean
B. Enhancing the fluid pumping rate
C. Increasing the tube length
D. None of these
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Which of the following is the most controlling factor for the rate of bubble detachment from the hot solid surface?
A. Liquid density
B. Liquid viscosity
C. Hot surface temperature
D. Interfacial tension
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Leidenfrost point is a term concerned with the
A. Condensation of the saturated vapor on a cold surface
B. Concentration of a corrosive solution by evaporation
C. Heat transfer between two highly viscous liquids
D. Boiling of a liquid on a hot surface
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The unit of conductance in SI unit is
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With increase in the distance between the heat source and the object receiving the heat, the radiation heat transfer
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Increases exponentially
D. Remains unaffected
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Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the
A. Existence of thermal boundary layer
B. Temperature gradient produced due to density difference
C. Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site
D. None of these
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For a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor is always
A. 1
B. > 1
C. < 1
D. Between 1 & 2
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The energy radiated from a surface Q at absolute temperature T is related as
A. Q ∝ T2
B. Q ∝ T4
C. Q ∝ T3
D. None of these
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