Heat transfer by conduction in the turbulent core of a fluid flowing through a heated pipe is negligible, if the value of Prandtl number is_______________?

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1. At what value of Prandtl number, conduction is negligible in the turbulent core of a fluid flowing through a heated pipe ?

   A. 0.5
   B. < 0.5
   C. > 0.6
   D. < 0.1

2. Conduction occurs in the buffer zone for a fluid flowing through a heated pipe, only when Prandtl number is________________?

   A. 0.1
   B. > 1
   C. < 1
   D. 1

3. A 10 cm dia steam pipe, carrying steam at 180°C, is covered with an insulation (conductivity = 0.6 W/m.°C). It losses heat to the surroundings at 30°C. Assume a heat transfer co-efficient of 0.8 W/m2.°C for heat transfer from surface to the surroundings. Neglect wall resistance of the pipe and film resistance of steam. If the insulation thickness is 2 cms, the rate of heat loss from this insulated pipe will be__________________?

   A. Greater than that for un-insulated steam pipe
   B. Less than that of the un-insulated steam pipe
   C. Equal to that of the un-insulated steam pipe
   D. Less than the steam pipe with 5 cms insulation

4. Heat transfer by conduction results due to the transfer of free electrons, kinetic energy & vibrational energy from one molecule to another. Conduction heat transfer cannot take place____________________?

   A. Between two bodies in physical contact with each other
   B. Between two bodies not in physical contact with each other
   C. From one part of a body to the another part of the same body
   D. Both B & C

5. 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

6. If average heat transfer co-efficient is ha and the local coefficient at the end of the plate is hl then in case of heat transfer to a fluid flowing over a flat plate, heated over its entire length________________?

   A. ha = hl
   B. ha = 2hl
   C. ha = 0.5 hl
   D. ha = 0.75 hl

7. The Sieder-Tate correlation for heat transfer in turbulent flow in pipe gives Nu α Re0.8, where, Nu is the Nusselt number and Re is the Reynolds number for the flow. Assuming that this relation is valid, the heat transfer co-efficient varies with the pipe diameter D. as _________________?

   A. D-1.8
   B. D-0.2
   C. D0.2
   D. D1.8

8. At Pr > 1, conduction in an ordinary fluid flowing through a heated pipe is limited to the___________________?

   A. Buffer zone
   B. Turbulent core
   C. Both A. and B.
   D. Viscous sub-layer

9. 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

10. For _______________ Prandtl number values, the heat conduction will be negligible in the buffer zone?

    A. Extremely low
    B. Low
    C. High
    D. No