Heat Transfer

131. For gases, the thermal conductivity increases with temperature rise. For liquids, with increase in concentration, its thermal conductivity generally

  1. Decreases
  2. Increases
  3. Remains unchanged
  4. Increases exponentially
Correct answer: (A)
Decreases

132. For heat flow through very thick walled cylinder, use _________mean radius.

  1. Arithmetic
  2. Logarithmic
  3. Geometric
  4. Either (A) or (C)
Correct answer: (B)
Logarithmic

133. For hot feed, forward feeding as compared to backward feeding results in _________'economy.

  1. Increased
  2. Decreased
  3. No effect on
  4. None of these
Correct answer: (A)
Increased

134. For large heat transfer area requirement, shell and tube heat exchanger is preferred, because it

  1. Occupies smaller space
  2. Is more economical
  3. Is easy to operate and maintain
  4. All (A), (B) and (C)
Correct answer: (D)
All (A), (B) and (C)

135. For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area

  1. Increases
  2. Decreases
  3. Remain constant
  4. Passes through a maxima
Correct answer: (D)
Passes through a maxima

136. For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton's law of cooling is proportional to (where, Δt = excess temperature)

  1. Δt
  2. Δt2
  3. Δt3
  4. √(Δt)
Correct answer: (A)
Δt

137. For specified tube outside diameter, higher BWG means higher

  1. Tube thickness
  2. Cross-sectional area
  3. Weight per unit length
  4. None of these
Correct answer: (B)
Cross-sectional area

138. 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

  1. Decreases the pressure drop
  2. Decreases the outlet temperature of cooling medium
  3. Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient
  4. None of these
Correct answer: (C)
Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient

139. For the same heat transfer area and the terminal conditions, the ratio of the capacities of a single effect evaporator to a triple effect evaporator is

  1. 3
  2. 0.33
  3. 1
  4. 1.33
Correct answer: (C)
1

140. 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

  1. 1
  2. 1.74
  3. 6.1
  4. 37
Correct answer: (C)
6.1
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