Viscous & heat sensitive liquids are concentrated in __________ evaporators.
A. Open pan
B. Long tube
C. Agitated film
D. None of these
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Heat sensitive materials can be concentrated in an evaporator employing
A. Vacuum
B. High pressure
C. High residence time
D. None of these
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The wavelength at which the maximum monochromatic emissive power occurs for a black body, is (where, T = absolute temperature of the black body)
A. α.T
B. α.T 1
C. α.T4
D. Independent of T
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In case of parallel flow heat exchanger, the lowest temperature theoretically attainable by the hot fluid is __________ the outlet temperature of the cold fluid.
A. Equal to
B. More than
C. Less than
D. Either more or less than (depending upon the fluid)
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A composite wall consists of two plates A and B placed in series normal to the flow of heat. The thermal conductivities are kA and kB and the specific heat capacities are CPA and CPB for plates A and B respectively. Plate B has twice the thickness of plate A. At steady state, the temperature difference across plate A is greater than that across plate B, when
A. CPA > CPB
B. CPA < CPB
C. kA < 0.5 kB
D. kA > 2 kB
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In which mode of heat transfer, the Biot number is important?
A. Transient heat conduction
B. Natural convection
C. Forced convection
D. Radiation
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When warm and cold liquids are mixed, the heat transfer is mainly by
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Both A & C
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For evaporation of viscous solution in a multiple effect evaporator, the prefered feeding scheme is
A. Forward
B. Backward
C. Parallel
D. None of these
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Pick out the wrong statement:
A. With change in temperature, the radiant energy emitted by a black body remains unchanged
B. Absorptivity of a body approaches unity in case of diffuse reflection
C. Absorptivity of a perfectly black body is unity
D. Value of Stefan-Boltzman constant is 4.876 × 10-8 kcal/m2 .hr.°K4
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Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is
A. Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B. Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes
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The steam ejector is used to
A. Remove condensate from the steam pipelines
B. Create vacuum
C. Superheat the steam
D. None of these
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Thickness of thermal boundary layer is more compared to that of hydrodynamic boundary layer, when the value of Prandtl number is
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Heat transfer by conduction in the turbulent core of a fluid flowing through a heated pipe is negligible, if the value of Prandtl number is
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For gases, the thermal conductivity increases with temperature rise. For liquids, with increase in concentration, its thermal conductivity generally
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Increases exponentially
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In a single evaporator system, the steam economy __________ by creating vacuum in the evaporator.
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains constant
D. May increase or decrease, depends on the vacuum
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One kilogram of water at 0°C is changed to superheated steam of one atm pressure and 300°C. The major heat consumption in the process will be to
A. Heat the water from 0°C to 100°C
B. Evaporate the water
C. To superheat the steam
D. Data insufficient, can't be predicted
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jH factor for heat transfer is not a function of the __________ number.
A. Reynolds
B. Nusselt
C. Grashoff
D. Both B & C
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Nusselt number (for forced convection heat transfer) is a function of the __________ number.
A. Prandtl
B. Reynolds
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Prandtl number is the reciprocal of
A. Momentum diffusivity Thermal diffusivity
B. Thermal diffusivity × Momentum
C. Thermal diffusivity × Mass diffusivity
D. Mass diffusivity × Momentum diffusivity
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Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is
A. In the central core of the fluid
B. Uniformly distributed throughout the fluid
C. Mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface
D. None of these
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