The lowest thermal diffusivity is of
A. Iron
B. Lead
C. Aluminium
D. Rubber
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The central air conditioning system has ___________ overall efficiency as compared to individual systems.
A. Same
B. Lower
C. Higher
D. None of these
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For air conditioning the operation theater in a hospital, the percentage of outside air in the air supplied is
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The vapour compression refrigerator employs the following cycle
A. Rankine
B. Carnot
C. Reversed Rankine
D. Reversed Carnot
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The atmospheric air at dry bulb temperature of 15°C enters a heating coil maintained at 40°C. The air leaves the heating coil at 25°C. The bypass factor of the heating coil is
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During heating and humidification, the final relative humidity of air
A. Can be lower or higher than that of the entering air
B. Is lower than that of the entering air
C. Is higher than that of the entering air
D. None of the above
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The thermostatic expansion valve is used in ________ type of evaporators.
A. Flooded
B. DX coil
C. Dry
D. None of these
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In a psychrometric process, the sensible heat added is 30 kJ/s and the latent heat added is 20 kJ/s. The sensible heat factor for the process will be
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A pressure gauge on the discharge side of a refrigerant compressor reads too high. The reasons will be
A. Lack of cooling water
B. Water temperature being high
C. Dirty condenser surface
D. All of these
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The change in evaporator temperature in a refrigeration cycle, as compared to change in condenser temperature, influences the value of C.O.P.
A. More
B. Less
C. Equally
D. Unpredictable
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Choose the wrong statement
A. Temperature of medium being cooled must be below that of the evaporator
B. Refrigerant leaves the condenser as liquid
C. All solar thermally operated absorption systems are capable only of intermittent operation
D. Frost on evaporator reduces heat transfer
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In a refrigeration system, the expansion device is connected between the
A. Compressor and condenser
B. Condenser and receiver
C. Receiver and evaporator
D. Evaporator and compressor
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The human body feels comfortable when the heat stored in the body is
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
D. None of these
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The emissivity of a polished silver body is _________ as compared to black body.
A. Same
B. Low
C. Very low
D. High
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Relative humidity is given by (where pv = Partial pressure of water vapour, pb = Barometric pressure, ps = Pressure of saturated air, pd = Pressure at dry bulb temperature, pw = Saturation pressure corresponding to wet bulb temperature and μ = Degree of saturation)
A. p b − p V 0.622 p v
B. 1 − ( 1 − μ ) p b p s μ
C. p d ( p b − p v ) p v ( p b − p d )
D. None of these
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In which of the following refrigeration system, waste heat can be effectively used?
A. Vapour compression cycle
B. Vapour absorption cycle
C. Air refrigeration cycle
D. None of these
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Environmental protection agencies advice against the use of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants since
A. These react with water vapour and cause acid rain
B. These react with plants and cause greenhouse effect
C. These react with oxygen and cause its depletion
D. These react with ozone layer
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The comfort conditions in air conditioning are at (where DBT = Dry bulb temperature, and RH = Relative humidity)
A. 25°C DBT and 100% RH
B. 20°C DBT and 80% RH
C. 22°C DBT and 60% RH
D. 25°C DBT and 40% RH
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In a vapour absorption refrigeration system, the compressor of the vapour compression system is replaced by
A. Liquid pump
B. Generator
C. Absorber and generator
D. Absorber, generator and liquid pump
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The constant enthalpy lines are also constant wet bulb temperature lines
B. The wet bulb and dry bulb temperature are equal at saturation condition
C. The wet bulb temperature is a measure of enthalpy of moist air
D. All of the above
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