Chemical Heat Transfer Mcqs - Set 16

1)   LMTD correction factor which is to be applied for a cross-flow heat exchanger increases with increase in the number of shell passes. Its value for a single pass cross flow heat exchanger is __________________?

a. 0
b. 1
c. > 1
d. < 1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: < 1

Explanation:
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2)   Thermal diffusivity is the most important in heat transfer by__________________?

a. Conduction
b. Radiation
c. Condensation
d. Natural convection
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Conduction

Explanation:
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3)   If Prandtl number is greater than the Schmidt number, then the____________________?

a. Thermal boundary layer lies inside the concentration boundary layer
b. Concentration boundary layer lies inside the thermal boundary layer
c. Thermal & concentration boundary layers are of equal thickness
d. Hydrodynamic (i.e., momentum) boundary layer is thicker than the other two
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Thermal boundary layer lies inside the concentration boundary layer

Explanation:
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4)   Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is __________________?

a. In the central core of the fluid
b. Uniformly distributed throughout the fluid
c. Mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface

Explanation:
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5)   In a parallel flow heat exchanger, if the outlet temperature of hot and cold fluids are the same, then the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) is_________________?

a. Minimum
b. Maximum
c. Zero
d. Infinity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Zero

Explanation:
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6)   Log mean temperature difference (LMTD) cannot be used, if ___________________?

a. Heat transfer co-efficient over the entire heat exchanger is not constant
b. There exists an unsteady state
c. The heat capacity is not constant and there is a phase change
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
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7)   Kirchoff‟s law applies to _____________ radiation?

a. Total
b. Monochromatic
c. Both A. & B.
d. Neither A. nor B.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A. & B.

Explanation:
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8)   Steam traps are provided in steam carrying pipelines to_________________?

a. Condense steam
b. Release excess steam pressure by bleeding steam
c. Remove condensate and inert gases
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Remove condensate and inert gases

Explanation:
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9)   Mode of heat transfer in which the fluid moves under the influence of changes in fluid pressure produced by external work is called_______________?

a. Radiation
b. Natural convection
c. Forced convection
d. Conduction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Forced convection

Explanation:
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10)   For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area___________________?

a. Increases
b. DecreasesDecreasesDecreases
c. Remain constant
d. Passes through a maxima
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Passes through a maxima

Explanation:
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11)   _____________ paint has the minimum absorption co-efficient?

a. Black
b. White lead
c. Grey
d. Light cream
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: White lead

Explanation:
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12)   The film thickness for laminar film condensation on vertical surface _____________ from top to bottom?

a. Cumulatively increases
b. Cumulatively decreases
c. Remain constant
d. And the surface conductance increase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cumulatively increases

Explanation:
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13)   Heat transfer by radiation between two bodies at T1 & T2 and in an ambient temperature of Ta°C depends on_____________?

a. T1 – T2
b. T1 – Ta
c. T2 – Ta
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
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14)   Duhring‟s rule is important in solving problems on__________________?

a. Distillation
b. Crystallisation
c. Evaporation
d. Humidification
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Evaporation

Explanation:
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15)   Which of the following is concerned with both heat and mass transfer ?

a. Lewis relationship
b. Nusselt number
c. Kutateladze number
d. Froude number
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lewis relationship

Explanation:
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16)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The largest

Explanation:
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17)   ____________ chart is known as transient heat conduction chart?

a. Dirhing’s
b. Heisler’s
c. Mollier’s
d. Cox
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dirhing’s

Explanation:
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18)   Baffles in the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger ?

a. Increase the cross-section of the shell side liquid
b. Force the liquid to flow parallel to the bank
c. Increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient
d. Decrease the shell side heat transfer co-efficient
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient

Explanation:
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19)   For turbulent flow in a tube, the heat transfer co-efficient is obtained from the Dittus- Boelter correlation. If the tube diameter is halved and the flow rate is doubled, then the heat transfer co-efficient will change by a factor of________________?

a. 1
b. 1.74
c. 6.1
d. 37
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.1

Explanation:
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20)   What is the steam economy in case of a single effect evaporator system ?

a. 1
b. > 1
c. < 1
d. 0.1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: < 1

Explanation:
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21)   Vibrations in the tubes of a shell and tube heat exchanger is induced due to the _________________?

a. Flow of fluid on the tube and shell sides
b. Oscillations in the flow of shell/tube sides fluid
c. Vibrations transmitted through piping and/or supports due to external reasons
d. All A., B. and C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All A., B. and C.

Explanation:
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22)   The ratio of kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity is called the _______________ number?

a. Peclet
b. Prandtl
c. Stanton
d. Nusselt
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Prandtl

Explanation:
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23)   Heat transfer co-efficient (h) for a fluid flowing inside a clean pipe is given by h = 0.023 (K/D) (DVρ/μ)0.8 (CP.μ/k)0.4. This is valid for the value of NRe equal to_______________?

a. 4000
b. > 10000
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: > 10000

Explanation:
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24)   A fluid is flowing inside the inner tube of a double pipe heat exchanger with diameter ‘d’. For a fixed mass flow rate, the tube side heat transfer co-efficient for turbulent flow conditions is proportional to_____________________?

a. d0.8
b. d-0.2
c. d-1
d. d-1.8
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: d-0.2

Explanation:
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25)   For a perfectly transparent surface (like gases), the____________________?

a. Absorptivity = 0
b. Transmissivity = 1
c. Reflectivity = 0
d. All A., B. & C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Transmissivity = 1

Explanation:
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26)   If air (a non-condensing gas) is present in a condensing vapor stream, it will ______________ the condensation rate of vapor?

a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Not affect
d. Increase the condensing film co-efficient as well as
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decrease

Explanation:
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27)   Heat waves_____________________?

a. Cannot pass through vacuum
b. Travel in straight line
c. Can be reflected by a mirror
d. Both B. and C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both B. and C.

Explanation:
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28)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 51 min

Explanation:
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29)   For evaporation of viscous solution in a multiple effect evaporator, the preferred feeding scheme is _________________?

a. Forward
b. Backward
c. Parallel
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Backward

Explanation:
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30)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Higher economy

Explanation:
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