In condensers used in thermal power plants, steam is normally used in shell side and cooling water on the tube side, because of the reason that ?

A. Compared to the mass flow rate of cooling water, the rate of condensation of steam is
invariably smaller
B. Maintaining vacuum on tube side is more difficult than that on the shell side
C. Water velocity can be increased conveniently to increase the overall heat transfer co-efficient
because of its lower specific volume compared to steam
D. Condenser can act as a storage unit for condensed steam

Related Mcqs:

Baffles provided on the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger are meant for _____________________?
A. Providing support for the tubes
B. Improving heat transfer
C. Both A & B
D. Preventing the fouling of tubes & stagnation of shell side fluid
Minimum temperature upto which water can be theoretically cooled down in the cooling tower by evaporative cooling is equal to the ______________ temperature of air?
A. Wet bulb
B. Dry bulb
C. Saturation
D. Dew point
In case of condensers & evaporators operating under given terminal conditions, LMTD (logarithmic mean temperature difference) for counter flow as compared to that for parallel flow is__________________?
A. More
B. Less
C. Equal
D. Much more
The most prominent single cause of corrosion in boiler-tubes, drums, economisers and steam superheaters in a thermal power plant boiler is the_______________?
A. Water alkalinity & leakage
B. Hydrazine addition during feed water treatment
C. Release of non-condensable gas from water in the boiler
D. Scale formation
Evaporative cooling process employs a combination of cooling and humidification in which the____________________?
A. Sensible heat is added
B. Sensible heat is removed and the latent heat is added
C. Latent heat is removed
D. Sensible heat is added and latent heat is removed
The refractory brick which has good thermal shock resistance at high temperature but cracks on cooling below 400°C is__________________?
A. Magnesite
B. Chrome
C. Silica
D. Fireclay
Square steel key is normally strong in failure by shear & crushing. Keys are normally made of _______________ steel bars?
A. Hot rolled mild
B. Cold rolled mild
C. Forged
D. Machinable stainless
Dry saturated steam can be converted into super heated steam by____________________?
A. Increasing its cross-sectional area of flow
B. Passing it through a pressure reducing valve
C. Forcing it downwards through a vertical tube
D. None of these
Saturated steam at a pressure of 25 kg/cm2 is throttled to attain 5 kg/cm2. Then the outcoming steam will be_________________?
A. Wet
B. Saturated
C. Superheated
D. None of these
. The effect of friction on the flow of steam through a nozzle is to decrease the _______________ of steam?
A. Wetness
B. Mass flow rate
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B