A. At high fluid velocity
B. At low velocity
C. When fluid flows past a smooth surface
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a refrigerator (COP)R and the co-efficient of performance as a heat pump (COP)HP are _______________?
A. (COP)R = (COP)HP = 0.6
B. (COP)R = 2.5; (COP)HP = 1.5
C. (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
D. (COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5 - Terminal point temperature differences between fluids in case of a heat exchanger is termed as__________________?
A. Approach
B. Log mean temperature difference
C. Arithmetic mean temperature difference
D. Geometric mean temperature difference - Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the_________________?
A. Existence of thermal boundary layer
B. Temperature gradient produced due to density difference
C. Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site
D. None of these - Convective heat transfer, in which heat is transferred by movement of warmed matter is described by___________________?
A. Fourier’s law
B. Newton’s law of cooling
C. Fick’s law
D. None of these - 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 - 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 - With increase in the distance between the heat source and the object receiving the heat, the radiation heat transfer ?
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Increases exponentially
D. Remain unaffected - In a parallel flow heat exchanger, if the outlet temperature of hot and cold fluids are the same, then the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) is_________________?
A. Minimum
B. Maximum
C. Zero
D. Infinity
