The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is
A. More
B. Less
C. Some
D. Either more or less ; depends on the nature of vapor
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Condensing film co-efficient for steam on horizontal tubes ranges from 5000 to 15000 kcal/hr.m2 .°C. Condensation of vapor is carried out inside the tube in a shell and tube heat exchanger, when the
A. Higher condensing film co-efficient is desired
B. Condensate is corrosive in nature
C. Lower pressure drop through the exchanger is desired
D. Temperature of the incoming vapor is very high
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If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two pass, then for the same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will
A. Increase by 1.8 times
B. Decrease by 22
C. Increase by 216
D. Remain unchanged
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The thermal radiation emitted by a body is proportional to Tn , where T is its absolute temperature. The value of 'n' is exactly 4 for
A. Black painted bodies only
B. All bodies
C. Polished bodies only
D. A black body
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Convective heat transfer, in which heat is transferred by movement of warmed matter is described by
A. Fourier's law
B. Newton's law of cooling
C. Fick's law
D. None of these
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Viscosity of gases __________ with increase in temperature.
A. Increase very rapidly
B. Increase slowly
C. Decrease slowly
D. Remain unaffected
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Thermal conductivity of a gas at low density, __________ with increase in temperature.
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains unchanged
D. May increase or decrease; depends on the gas
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The Sieder-Tate correlation for heat transfer in turbulent flow in pipe gives Nu α Re0.8 , where, Nu is the Nusselt number and Re is the Reynolds number for the flow. Assuming that this relation is valid, the heat transfer co-efficient varies with the pipe diameter (D) as
A. (D)-1.8
B. (D)-0.2
C. (D)0.2
D. (D)1.8
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Heat transfer by radiation can not occur across an absolute volume
B. In case of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the pressure drop through the shell is proportional to the number of times the fluid crosses the bundle between baffles
C. Propagation velocity for travel of heat radiation through vacuum is equal to the velocity of the light
D. The amount of heat involved in the condensation or vaporisation of 1 kg of a fluid is the same
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According to Reynolds analogy, Stanton number is equal to (where, f = Fanning friction factor)
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In a heat exchanger, floating head is provided to
A. Facilitate cleaning of the exchanger
B. Increase the heat transfer area
C. Relieve stresses caused by thermal expansion
D. Increase log mean temperature gradient
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Heat transfer rate described by Fourier's law will decrease, if the __________ increases.
A. Thermal conductivity
B. Thickness
C. Temperature difference
D. Heat transfer area
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In case of a vertical tube evaporator, with increase in the liquor level, the __________ is increased.
A. Velocity of circulation
B. Liquor-film co-efficient
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A and B
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In forced convection, the heat transfer depends on
A. Re, Pr
B. Re, Gr
C. Mainly Gr
D. Re only
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The heat transfer by radiation from a mild steel surface is to be reduced by reducing the emissivity of the surface. This can be best achieved by
A. Painting the surface black
B. Painting the surface white (with aluminium paint)
C. Giving the surface a mirror finish
D. Roughening the surface
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The equation, N st = 2 f , is the __________ analogy.
A. Colburn
B. Reynolds
C. Prandtl
D. None of these
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The equation, N st × N pr 3 2 = 2 f , is the __________ analogy.
A. Colburn
B. Reynolds
C. Prandtl
D. None of these
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Controlling heat transfer film co-efficient is the one, which offers __________ resistance to heat transfer.
A. No
B. The least
C. The largest
D. Lower
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In a shell and tube heat exchanger, putting a longitudinal baffle across the shell, forces the shell side fluid to pass __________ through the heat exchanger.
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Thrice
D. Four times
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Thermal conductivities of most of the liquids __________ with rise in temperature.
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid
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