A. Increases the rate of condensation
B. Decreases thermal resistance
C. Is desirable to increase the film co-efficient
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- If air (a non-condensing gas) is present in a condensing vapor stream, it will ______________ the condensation rate of vapor?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Not affect
D. Increase the condensing film co-efficient as well as - The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is___________________?
A. More
B. Less
C. Some
D. Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor - The film co-efficient between condensing vapour and metal wall increases with _____________________?
A. Increasing temperature of the vapour
B. Decreasing temperature of the vapour
C. Increasing viscosity of the film of condensate
D. Increasing temperature drop - In a co-current double pipe heat exchanger used for condensing saturated steam over the inner tube, if the entrance and exit conditions of the coolant are interchanged, then the rate of condensation will___________________?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain unchanged
D. Either increase or decrease; depends on the coolant flow rate - LMTD for evaporators & condensers for a given terminal parameters & set of conditions for counter-flow is equal to that for parallel flow. In such heat exchangers, with one of the fluids condensing or evaporating, the surface area required is the least in the ______________ flow?
A. Parallel
B. Mixed
C. Counter flow
D. Same in either A , B. or C. - Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is________________?
A. Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B. Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes - 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 - 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 - Corrosiveness of steam condensate is due to the presence of________________?
A. CO2
B. Dissolved O2
C. Both A. & B.
D. Neither A. nor B. - Heat transfer by ____________ may not necessarily require the presence of a medium?
A. Conduction
B. Natural convection
C. Forced convection
D. Radiation
