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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
Steam is to be condensed in a shell and tube heat exchanger, 5 m long with a shell diameter of 1 m. Cooling water is to be used for removing the heat. Heat transfer co-efficient for the cooling water, whether on shell side or tube side is the same. The best arrangement is_____________?
A. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on tube side
B. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on shell side
C. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on tube side
D. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on shell side
Fouling factor_____________________?
A. Is a dimensionless quantity
B. Does not provide a safety factor for design
C. Accounts for additional resistances to heat flow
D. None of these
In the free convection regime of pool boiling, the heat flux is proportional to__________________?
A. Δt1/2
B. Δt2
C. Δt5/4
D. Δt
With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of a gas ___________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. May increase or decrease depending on the type of gas
A steel sphere of radius 0.1 m at 400°K is immersed in an oil at 300°K. If the centre of the sphere reaches 350°K in 20 minutes, how long will it take for a 0.05 m radius steel sphere to reach the same temperature (at the centre) under identical conditions? Assume that the conductive heat transfer co-efficient is infinitely large ?
A. 5 minutes
B. 10 minutes
C. 20 minutes
D. 40 minutes
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
Peclet number (Pe) is given by____________________?
A. Pe = Re.Pr
B. Pe = Re/Pr
C. Pe = Pr/Re
D. Pe = Nu.Re
Indirect contact heat exchangers are preferred over direct contact heat exchangers, because_________________?
A. Heat transfer co-efficient are high
B. There is no risk of contamination
C. There is no mist formation
D. Cost of equipment is lower
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