Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. Upto the critical radius of insulation,
- (A) Added
insulation will increase heat loss
- (B) Added
insulation will decrease heat loss
- (C) Convective
heat loss will be less than conductive heat loss
- (D) Heat
flux will decrease
2. Unit of thermal diffusivity is
- (A) m²/hr
- (B) m²/hr °C
- (C) kcal/m² hr
- (D) kcal/m. hr °C
3. The rate of energy transferred by convection to that by conduction is called
- (A) Stanton
number
- (B) Nusselt
number
- (C) Biot
number
- (D) Peclet
number
4. Thermal conductivity of wood depends on
- (A) Moisture
- (B) Density
- (C) Temperature
- (D) All of the above
5. A designer chooses the values of fluid flow rates and specific heats in such a manner that the heat capacities of the two fluids are equal. A hot fluid enters the counter flow heat exchanger at 100°C and leaves at 60°C. A cold fluid enters the heat exchanger at 40°C. The mean temperature difference between the two fluids is
- (A) 20°C
- (B) 40°C
- (C) 60°C
- (D) 66.7°C
6. The unit of overall coefficient of heat transfer is
- (A) W/m²K
- (B) W/m²
- (C) W/mK
- (D) W/m
7. LMTD in case of counter flow heat exchanger as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger is
- (A) Higher
- (B) Lower
- (C) Same
- (D) Depends on the area of heat exchanger
8. The transfer of heat by molecular collision is smallest in
- (A) Solids
- (B) Liquids
- (C) Gases
- (D) None of
these
9. In heat exchangers, degree of approach is defined as the difference between temperatures of
- (A) Cold water inlet and
outlet
- (B) Hot medium inlet and
outlet
- (C) Hot medium outlet and
cold water inlet
- (D) Hot medium outlet and
cold water outlet
10. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, baffles are provided on the shell side to
- (A) Improve
heat transfer
- (B) Provide
support for tubes
- (C) Prevent
stagnation of shell side fluid
- (D) All of these
11. An ordinary passenger aircraft requires a cooling system of capacity.
- (A) 2 TR
- (B) 4 TR
- (C) 8 TR
- (D) 10 TR
12. Joule sec is the unit of
- (A) Universal gas constant
- (B) Kinematic viscosity
- (C) Thermal conductivity
- (D) Planck's constant
13. Fourier's law of heat conduction gives the heat flow for
- (A) Irregular
surfaces
- (B) Nonuniform
temperature surfaces
- (C) One
dimensional cases only
- (D) Two
dimensional cases only
14. The value of Prandtl number for air is about
- (A) 0.1
- (B) 0.3
- (C) 0.7
- (D) 1.7
15. The product of Reynolds number and Prandtl number is known as
- (A) Stanton
number
- (B) Biot
number
- (C) Peclet
number
- (D) Grashoff
number
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