A measure of the extent to which viscous heating is important relative to the heat flow resulting from the impressed temperature difference is represented by the _______________ number?

Related Mcqs:

1. The radiation heat flux from a heating element at a temperature of 800°C, in a furnace maintained at 300°C is 8 kW/m2. The flux, when the element temperature is increased to 1000°C for the same furnace temperature is_____________________?

   A. 11.2 kW/m2
   B. 12.0 kW/m2
   C. 14.6 kW/m2
   D. 16.5 kW/m2

2. A composite wall consists of two plates A and B placed in series normal to the flow of heat. The thermal conductivities are kA and kB and the specific heat capacities are CPA and CPB for plates A and B respectively. Plate B has twice the thickness of plate A. At steady state, the temperature difference across plate A is greater than that across plate B, when_________________?

   A. CPA > CPB
   B. CPA < CPB
   C. kA < 0.5 kB
   D. kA >2 kB

3. 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

4. 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

5. Heat flux, as defined in heat flow is analogous to _______________ in electricity flow?

   A. Current
   B. Voltage
   C. Resistance
   D. None of these

6. 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

7. The rate of heat transfer is a product of overall heat transfer co-efficient, the difference in temperature and the___________________?

   A. Heating volume
   B. Heat transfer area
   C. Nusselt number
   D. None of these

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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