Which of the following is not concerned with the heat transfer?
A. Brinkman number
B. Stanton number
C. Schmidt number
D. Peclet number
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1000 Kg of liquid at 30°C in a well stirred vessel has to be heated to 120°C, using immersed coils carrying condensing steam at 150°C. The area of the steam coils is 1.2 m2 and the overall heat transfer co-efficient to the liquid is 1500 W/m2 .°C. Assuming negligible heat loss to the surrounding and specific heat capacity of the liquid to be 4 kJ/kg.°C, the time taken for the liquid to reach desired temperature will be
A. 15 min
B. 22 min
C. 44 min
D. 51 min
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A cube, sphere & a thin circular plate (all having same mass and made of same material) are all heated to 300°C and allowed to cool in natural air. Which one will cool the slowest ?
A. Cube
B. Plate
C. Sphere
D. All of the above
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Choose the correct equation.
A. Nu = (Re) (Pr) (Gz)
B. Nu = (Re) (Pr) (St)
C. Nu = (Re)(Pr)
D. Nu = (Pr)(St)
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Fouling factor for a heat exchanger is given by (where, U1 = heat transfer co-efficient of dirty surface U2 = heat transfer co-efficient of clean surface)
A. U1 - U2
B. U 1 1 − U 2 1
C. U 2 1 − U 1 1
D. U2 - U1
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A backward feed multiple effect evaporator is better than forward feed for concentrating cold feed, because it provides
A. Higher economy
B. Lower capacity
C. Both A & B
D. Lower economy
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. In case of heat transfer by purely forced convection, GR /Re 2 ⩽ 1
B. The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square cross-section (having each side as 'x') is equal to 4x
C. Distillation process is not the same as evaporation
D. The effectiveness of nucleate boiling depends basically on the ease with which the bubbles are formed and detached from the heating surface
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Film boiling is usually not desired in commercial equipments, because
A. The heat transfer rate is low in view of the large temperature drop
B. It is difficult to maintain
C. It is not economic
D. None of these
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Natural convection is characterised by
A. Grashhoff number
B. Peclet number
C. Reynolds number
D. Prandtl number
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Absorptivity and refletivity of a perfect black body are respectively
A. 1 and 0
B. 0 and 1
C. 1 and ∞
D. 0 and 0.5
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Economy of a multiple effect evaporator depends upon the
A. Heat balance consideration
B. Rate of heat transfer
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
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In a forward feed multiple effect evaporator, the pressure is
A. Highest in last effect
B. Lowest in last effect
C. Same in all effects
D. Dependent on the number of effects
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Heat produced when a steady state current, I passes through an electrical conductor having resistance, 'R' is
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In case of heat transfer by conduction in a hollow cylinder, __________ mean area is used to calculate the heat transfer rate.
A. Geometric
B. Arithmetic
C. Logarithmic
D. Either A, B or C
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The most conducive surface for dropwise condensation to occur is the __________ surface.
A. Coated
B. Oily
C. Glazed & polished
D. Smooth
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The non-dimensional temperature gradient in a liquid at the wall of a pipe is the
A. Heat flux
B. Nusselt number
C. Prandtl number
D. Schmidt number
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Correction is applied to LMTD for __________ flow.
A. Parallel
B. Counter
C. Cross
D. None of these
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The range of electromagnetic spectrum important in heat transfer by radiation is __________ microns.
A. 0.38-0.78
B. 0.5-50
C. 100-1000
D. 5-50
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A black body does not __________ radiation.
A. Absorb or emit
B. Refract
C. Reflect
D. Both B & C
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Which is the best tube arrangement (in a shell and tube heat exchanger) if the fluids are clean and non-fouling?
A. Square pitch
B. Triangular pitch
C. Diagonal square pitch
D. None of these
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