Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. What is the geometric mean of two heat transfer areas A1 and A2?
- (A) √(A1 . A2)
- (B) √(A1 + A2)
- (C) ½ √(A1 . A2)
- (D) 2 √(A1 . A2)
2. The range of electromagnetic spectrum important in heat transfer by radiation is __________ microns.
- (A) 0.38-0.78
- (B) 0.5-50
- (C) 100-1000
- (D) 5-50
3. Stefan's block body radiation law can also be derived from __________ law.
- (A) Kirchoff’s
- (B) Planck's
- (C) Fourier's
- (D) None of these
4. Boiling point of a solution according to Duhring's rule is a linear function of the __________ of water.
- (A) Boiling point (at the same pressure)
- (B) Viscosity
- (C) Density
- (D) Thermal conductivity
5. Sensible heat absorbed by 1 lb of water when it is heated from 32 to 212°F may be around __________ BTU.
- (A) 180
- (B) 970
- (C) 3.97
- (D) Data insufficient, can't be predicted
6. Prandtl number for most of dry gases is about
- (A) 0.001
- (B) 0.72
- (C) 70
- (D) 150
7. Pick out the wrong statement.
- (A) The emissivity of a surface decreases, if it gets corroded by
atmospheric environment
- (B) The emissivity of a surface increases with increase in surface
roughness
- (C) The emissivity of a polished surface is quite low
- (D) The emissivity of a non-metallic surface decreases with increase in
the temperature
8. Extremely large or small volumes of fluids are generally best routed through the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, because of the
- (A) Less corrosion problems
- (B) Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement
- (C) Low pressure drop
- (D) High heat transfer co-efficient
9. Fresh orange juice contains 12% (by weight) solids and the rest water 90% of the fresh juice is sent to an evaporator to remove water and subsequently mixed with the remaining 10% of fresh juice. The resultant product contains 40% solids. The kg of water removed from 1 kg fresh juice is
- (A) 0.4
- (B) 0.5
- (C) 0.6
- (D) 0.7
10. The purpose of providing expansion bellows in the shell of tubular exchanger is to
- (A) Increase the heating load
- (B) Impart structural strength
- (C) Account for the uneven expansion of shell and tube bundles
- (D) Facilitate increase of shell length, if needed
11. An equipment which converts the latent or sensible heat of one fluid into the latent heat of vaporization of another, is called a
- (A) Boiler
- (B) Heat exchanger
- (C) Recuperator
- (D) Regenerator
12. Multipass heat exchangers are used
- (A) Because of simplicity of fabrication
- (B) For low heat load
- (C) To obtain higher heat transfer co-efficient and shorter tube
- (D) To reduce the pressure drop
13. A black body does not __________ radiation.
- (A) Absorb or emit
- (B) Refract
- (C) Reflect
- (D) Both (b) & (c)
14. It is not recommended to use a 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger for a particular heat duty, whenever the LMTD correction factor is
- (A) > 0.75
- (B) < 0.75
- (C) < 0.50
- (D) < 0.25
15. Multiple effect evaporation accounts for
- (A) Steam economy
- (B) Lower operating costs
- (C) Investment economy
- (D) None of these
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