A. Once
B. Twice
C. Thrice
D. Four times
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - In case of a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, providing a baffle on the shell side ______________ the heat transfer rate?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Does not affect
D. May increase or decrease, depends on the type of baffle - For the same heat load and mass flow rate in the tube side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, one may use multipass on the tube side, because it__________________?
A. Decreases the pressure drop
B. Decreases the outlet temperature of cooling medium
C. Increases the overall heat transfer coefficient
D. None of these - If the baffle spacing in a shell and tube heat exchanger increases, then the Reynolds number of the shell side fluid_________________?
A. Remains unchanged
B. Increases
C. Increases or decreases depending on number of shell passes
D. Decreases - The advantage of using a 1 – 2 shell and tube heat exchanger over a 1 – 1 shell and tube heat exchanger is_________________?
A. Lower tube side pressure drop
B. Lower shell side pressure drop
C. Higher tube side heat transfer co-efficient
D. Higher shell side heat transfer co-efficient - The inside heat transfer co-efficient in case of turbulent flow of liquid in the tube side in a 1-2 shell and tube heat exchanger is increased by ______________ times, when the number of tube passes is increased to 8?
A. 20.8
B. 40.8
C. 40.4
D. 20.4 - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the tube side heat transfer co-efficient just at the entrance of the tube is_________________?
A. Infinity
B. Zero
C. Same as average heat transfer co-efficient for tube side
D. None of these - In a 1-1 concurrent heat exchanger, if the tube side fluid outlet temperature is equal to the shell side fluid outlet temperature, then the LMTD is_________________?
A. ∞
B. 0
C. Equal to the difference between hot and cold fluids inlet temperature
D. Equal to the difference between hot fluid inlet temperature and cold fluid outlet temperature - _____________ heat exchanger is the most suitable, when the temperature of shell side fluid is much higher than that of tube side?
A. Single pass, fixed tube sheet
B. U-tube
C. Three pass, fixed tube sheet
D. None of these
