πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. For heat flow through very thick walled cylinder, use____mean radius.
  • (A) Arithmetic
  • (B) Logarithmic
  • (C) Geometric
  • (D) Either A or C
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Logarithmic
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the height of 25 percent cut baffles is equal to (where, D = inside diameter of shell)
  • (A) 0.25 D
  • (B) 0.50 D
  • (C) 0.75 D
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 0.75 D
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. Tube pitch is the __________ of tube diameters and the clearances.
  • (A) Sum
  • (B) Difference
  • (C) Ratio
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Sum
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. Latent heat absorbed by 1 lb of water at 212Β°F, when it is changed to steam at 212Β°F, may be around __________ BTU.
  • (A) 3.97
  • (B) 180
  • (C) 970
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 180
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. Sensible heat absorbed by 1 lb of water when it is heated from 32 to 212Β°F may be around __________ BTU.
  • (A) 180
  • (B) 3.97
  • (C) 970
  • (D) Data insufficient, can't be predicted
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 180
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. When the ratio of the Grashoff number and to the square of Reynolds number is one, the dominant mechanism of heat transfer is
  • (A) Free convection
  • (B) Entry length problem in laminar forced conduction (developing thermal boundary layer)
  • (C) Mixed convection (both free and forced)
  • (D) Forced convection
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Mixed convection (both free and forced)
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids
  • (A) Decreases
  • (B) Increases
  • (C) Remains constant
  • (D) First decreases upto certain temperature and then increases
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Increases
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. What is the thermal conductivity of a perfect heat insulator?
  • (A) Zero
  • (B) One
  • (C) ∞
  • (D) Between 0 and ∞
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Zero
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. Multiple effect evaporators ar used to
  • (A) Increase the steam economy & decrease the capacity
  • (B) Increase the steam economy & the capacity
  • (C) Decrease the steam economy & the capacity
  • (D) Decrease the steam economy & increase the capacity
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Increase the steam economy & the capacity
πŸ“Š Heat Transfer
Q. Pick out the wrong statement.
  • (A) Overall heat transfer co-efficient in a heat exchanger is controlled by the value of the film co-efficient, which is higher
  • (B) In industrial practice, sub-cooling of condensate is required, when the condensate is a volatile liquid and is to be transferred for storage
  • (C) Film co-efficient for vaporisation decreases as a result of vapor binding
  • (D) The condensing film co-efficient is about 3 times lower for vertical condenser as compared to the equivalent horizontal condenser for identical situation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Overall heat transfer co-efficient in a heat exchanger is controlled by the value of the film co-efficient, which is higher

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