Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Steam is to be condensed in a shell and tube heat exchanger, 5 m long with a shell diameter of 1 m. Cooling water is to be used for removing the heat. Heat transfer co-efficient for the cooling water, whether on shell side or tube side is the same. The best arrangement is_____________?

   A. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on tube side
   B. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on shell side
   C. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on tube side
   D. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on shell side

3. 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

4. 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

5. Stefan-Boltzmann law which describes the radiation heat transfer states that, it is proportional to (where, t = temperature in °C T = absolute temperature in ° K) ?

   A. t4
   B. T4
   C. 1/t4
   D. 1/T4

6. For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area___________________?

   A. Increases
   B. Decreases
   C. Remain constant
   D. Passes through a maxima

7. Heat transfer by conduction results due to the transfer of free electrons, kinetic energy & vibrational energy from one molecule to another. Conduction heat transfer cannot take place____________________?

   A. Between two bodies in physical contact with each other
   B. Between two bodies not in physical contact with each other
   C. From one part of a body to the another part of the same body
   D. Both B & C

8. A fluid is flowing inside the inner tube of a double pipe heat exchanger with diameter ‘d’. For a fixed mass flow rate, the tube side heat transfer co-efficient for turbulent flow conditions is proportional to_____________________?

   A. d0.8
   B. d-0.2
   C. d-1
   D. d-1.8

9. Fouling factor for a heat exchanger is given by (where, U1 = heat transfer co-efficient of dirty surface U2 = heat transfer co-efficient of clean surface) ?

   A. U1 – U2
   B. 1/U1 – 1/U2
   C. 1/U2 – 1/U1
   D. U2 – U1

10. The overall heat transfer co-efficient for a shell and tube heat exchanger for clean surfaces is U0 = 400 W/m2.K. The fouling factor after one year of operation is found to be hd0 = 2000 W/m2.K. The overall heat transfer co-efficient at this time is _____________________?

    A. 1200 W/m2.K
    B. 894 W/m2.K
    C. 333 W/m2.K
    D. 287 W/m2.K