A. √(ΔT1 . ΔT2)
B. 2 (ΔT1 . ΔT2)/(ΔT1 + ΔT2)
C. 2 (ΔT1 . ΔT2)/(ΔT1 – ΔT2)
D. (ΔT1 – ΔT2)/(ΔT1 . ΔT2)
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - A wall has two layers of materials A and B; each made of a different material. Both the layers have the same thickness. The thermal conductivity of material A is twice that of B. Under the equilibrium, the temperature difference across the wall is 36°C. The temperature difference across the layer A is ______________ °C?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 18
D. 24 - Hot water (0.01 m3 /min) enters the tube side of a counter current shell and tube heat exchanger at 80°C and leaves at 50°C. Cold oil (0.05 m3/min) of density 800 kg/m3 and specific heat of 2 kJ/kg.K enters at 20°C. The log mean temperature difference in °C is approximately ?
A. 32
B. 37
C. 45
D. 50 - Log mean temperature difference (LMTD) cannot be used, if ___________________?
A. Heat transfer co-efficient over the entire heat exchanger is not constant
B. There exists an unsteady state
C. The heat capacity is not constant and there is a phase change
D. None of these - For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton’s law of cooling is proportional to (where, Δt = excess temperature) ?
A. Δt
B. Δt2
C. Δt3
D. √(Δt) - As the difference between the wall temperature and bulk temperature increases, the boiling heat transfer co-efficient ?
A. Continues to increase
B. Continues to decrease
C. Goes through a minimum
D. Goes through a maximum - For a counter current heat exchanger with Ti h = 80°C, T°c = 60°C, T°h = 50°C and Ti c = 30°C, and the temperature difference between the two streams being the same everywhere along Z, the direction of flow of hot fluid. The temperature profile should satisfy___________________?
A. d2T/dZ2 > 0
B. d2T/dZ2 = 0
C. d2T/dZ2 < 0
D. dT/dZ = 0 - If the thermal conductivity of a wall material is independent of temperature, the steady state temperature distribution in the very large thin plane wall having steady, uniform surface temperature follows _____________ law?
A. Parabolic
B. Hyperbolic
C. Linear
D. Logarithmic - If the thermal conductivity of a wall material is independent of temperature, the steady state temperature distribution in the very large thin plane wall having steady, uniform surface temperature follows ____________ law?
A. Hyperbolic
B. Parabolic
C. Linear
D. Logarithmic - A long iron rod initially at a temperature of 20°C has one end dipped in boiling water (100°C) at time, t = 0. The curved surface of the rod is insulated so that heat conduction is one dimensional in the axial direction. The temperature at a distance 100 mm from the dipped end becomes 40°C at time, t = 200 s. The same temperature is achieved at a distance of 200 mm from the dipped end at time ___________________?
A. t = 283 s
B. t = 356 s
C. t = 400 s
D. t = 800 s
