Chemical Heat Transfer Mcqs - Set 1

1)   For the same heat load and mass flow rate in the tube side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, one may use multipass on the tube side, because it__________________?

a. Decreases the pressure drop
b. Decreases the outlet temperature of cooling medium
c. Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient

Explanation:
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2)   Walls of a cubical oven are of thickness l, and they are made of material of thermal conductivity k. The temperature inside the oven is 100°C and the inside heat transfer coefficient is „3k/l’. If the wall temperature on the outside is held at 25°C, what is the inside wall temperature in degree centigrade ?

a. 35.5
b. 43.75
c. 81.25
d. 48.25
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 81.25

Explanation:
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3)   A graph between _____________ is called Wilson plot?

a. (1/U) Vs. (1/v0.8)
b. (1/v0.8) Vs. U
c. v0.8 Vs . U
d. (1/U) Vs. (1/V)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: (1/U) Vs. (1/v0.8)

Explanation:
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4)   For a laminar flow of fluid in a circular tube, ‘h1’ is the convective heat transfer co-efficient at velocity ‘V1’. If the velocity is reduced by half and assuming the fluid properties are constant, the new convective heat transfer co-efficient is________________?

a. 1.26 h1
b. 0.794 h1
c. 0.574 h1
d. 1.741 h1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.794 h1

Explanation:
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5)   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. 1/U1 – 1/U2
c. 1/U2 – 1/U1
d. U2 – U1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1/U1 – 1/U2

Explanation:
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6)   All analogy equations connecting friction factor and heat transfer co-efficient apply only to ___________________?

a. Wall or skin friction
b. Form friction
c. Both A. and B.
d. Turbulent flow
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wall or skin friction

Explanation:
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7)   Reason for operating an evaporator in multiple effects is to secure ___________________?

a. Increased steam economy
b. Decreased steam consumption
c. Both A. and B.
d. Increased capacity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A. and B.

Explanation:
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8)   Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the_________________?

a. Existence of thermal boundary layer
b. Temperature gradient produced due to density difference
c. Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
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9)   Critical value of the _____________ number governs the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in free convection heat transfer?

a. Grashoff
b. Reynolds
c. Both ‘a’ & ‘b’
d. Prandtl & Grashoff
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Prandtl & Grashoff

Explanation:
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10)   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)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Equal to

Explanation:
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11)   Evaporator tubes are generally_____________________?

a. Horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Inclined
d. Random
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vertical

Explanation:
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12)   Which of the following is the most widely used heat insulating material for pipelines carrying steam ?

a. Tar dolomite bricks followed by asbestos
b. Fireclay refractory followed by aluminium sheet
c. Cotton followed by aluminium foil
d. 85% magnesia cement and glass wool
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 85% magnesia cement and glass wool

Explanation:
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13)   If the thermal conductivity of a wall material is independent of temperature, the steady state temperature distribution in the very large thin plane wall having steady, uniform surface temperature follows _____________ law?

a. Parabolic
b. Hyperbolic
c. Linear
d. Logarithmic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parabolic

Explanation:
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14)   Grashoff number is given by________________?

a. gD3.β.Δtρ2/μ2
b. gD2βΔtρ/μ2
c. gD2βΔtP2μ
d. gD3βΔtP2/μ
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: gD3.β.Δtρ2/μ2

Explanation:
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15)   In a heat exchanger, the rate of heat transfer from the hot fluid to the cold fluid___________________?

a. Varies directly as the area and the LMTD
b. Directly proportional to LMTD and inversely proportional to the area
c. Varies as square of the area
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Varies directly as the area and the LMTD

Explanation:
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16)   For what value of Prandtl number, St = f/2 ?

a. 1.5
b. 1
c. > 1
d. < 1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
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17)   Heat sensitive materials can be concentrated in an evaporator employing_______________?

a. Vacuum
b. High pressure
c. High residence time
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vacuum

Explanation:
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18)   LMTD can’t be used as such without a correction factor for the_________________?

a. Multipass heat exchanger
b. Baffled heat exchanger
c. Condensation of mixed vapour in a condenser
d. All A. B. and C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All A. B. and C.

Explanation:
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19)   Conductance is given by (where, x = thickness, A = heat flow area, K = thermal conductivity.)?

a. x/KA
b. KA/x
c. K/Ax
d. A/Kx
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: KA/x

Explanation:
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20)   Heat flux, as defined in heat flow is analogous to _______________ in electricity flow?

a. Current
b. Voltage
c. Resistance
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Current

Explanation:
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21)   The driving potential for the crystal growth during crystallisation is the _______________ of the solution?

a. Concentration
b. Viscosity
c. Super-saturation
d. Density
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Super-saturation

Explanation:
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22)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Twice

Explanation:
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23)   With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of most liquids_________________?

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remain same
d. First increases upto a certain temperature and then becomes constant
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decreases

Explanation:
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24)   The film co-efficient between condensing vapour and metal wall increases with _____________________?

a. Increasing temperature of the vapour
b. Decreasing temperature of the vapour
c. Increasing viscosity of the film of condensate
d. Increasing temperature drop
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increasing temperature of the vapour

Explanation:
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25)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Heat flux

Explanation:
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26)   For a liquid in laminar flow through a very long tube, when the exit fluid temperature approaches the wall temperature, the equation to be used is______________?

a. Nu = 0.023 Re0.8. Pr0.4
b. Nu = (π/2) Gz
c. Nu = (2/π) Gz
d. Nu = 2Gz0.5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nu = (2/π) Gz

Explanation:
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27)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lowest in last effect

Explanation:
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28)   “The ratio of the total emissive power to the absorptivity for all bodies is same at ther-mal equilibrium”. This is ______________ law?

a. Kirchoff’s
b. Planck’s
c. Wien’s displacement
d. Stefan-Boltzmann
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kirchoff’s

Explanation:
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29)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Triangular pitch

Explanation:
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30)   A multiple effect evaporator as compared to a single effect evaporator of the same capacity has _________________?

a. Lower heat transfer area
b. Lower steam economy
c. Higher steam economy
d. Higher solute concentration in the product
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Higher steam economy

Explanation:
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