A. Greater than
B. Lower than
C. Is same as
D. Half
Related Mcqs:
- If h1 = inner film co-efficient and /h2 = outer film co-efficient, then the overall heat transfer co-efficient is________________?
A. Always less than h1
B. Always between h1 and h2
C. Always higher than h2
D. Dependent on metal resistance - 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 - Fouling factor for a heat exchanger is given by (where, U1 = heat transfer co-efficient of dirty surface U2 = heat transfer co-efficient of clean surface) ?
A. U1 – U2
B. 1/U1 – 1/U2
C. 1/U2 – 1/U1
D. U2 – U1 - The overall heat transfer co-efficient for a shell and tube heat exchanger for clean surfaces is U0 = 400 W/m2.K. The fouling factor after one year of operation is found to be hd0 = 2000 W/m2.K. The overall heat transfer co-efficient at this time is _____________________?
A. 1200 W/m2.K
B. 894 W/m2.K
C. 333 W/m2.K
D. 287 W/m2.K - Extended heat transfer surface like fins are used to increase the heat transfer rate. Fin efficiency is defined as the ratio of heat transferred across the fin surface to the theoretical heat transfer across an equal area held at the________________?
A. Surrounding temperature
B. Average temperature of the fin
C. Temperature of the fin end
D. Constant temperature equal to that of the base - Controlling heat transfer film co-efficient is the one, which offers ______________ resistance to heat transfer?
A. No
B. The least
C. The largest
D. Lower - For a laminar flow of fluid in a circular tube, ‘h1’ is the convective heat transfer co-efficient at velocity ‘V1’. If the velocity is reduced by half and assuming the fluid properties are constant, the new convective heat transfer co-efficient is________________?
A. 1.26 h1
B. 0.794 h1
C. 0.574 h1
D. 1.741 h1 - 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________________?
A. 1
B. 1.74
C. 6.1
D. 37 - For condensation of pure vapors, if the heat transfer co-efficients in filmwise and drop-wise condensation are respectively hf and hd, then__________________?
A. hf = hd
B. hf > hd
C. hf < hd
D. hf could be greater or smaller than hd - Condensing film co-efficient for steam on horizontal tubes ranges from 5000 to 15000 Kcal/hr.m2.°C. Condensation of vapor is carried out inside the tube in a shell and tube heat exchanger, when the_________________?
A. Higher condensing film co-efficient is desired
B. Condensate is corrosive in nature
C. Lower pressure drop through the exchanger is desired
D. Temperature of the incoming vapor is very high
