A. Approach
B. Log mean temperature difference
C. Arithmetic mean temperature difference
D. Geometric mean temperature difference
Related Mcqs:
- 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 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 - LMTD for evaporators & condensers for a given terminal parameters & set of conditions for counter-flow is equal to that for parallel flow. In such heat exchangers, with one of the fluids condensing or evaporating, the surface area required is the least in the ______________ flow?
A. Parallel
B. Mixed
C. Counter flow
D. Same in either A , B. or C. - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, putting a longitudinal baffle across the shell, forces the shell side fluid to pass _____________ through the heat exchanger ?
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Thrice
D. Four times - 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 - If all the conditions and dimensions are same, then the ratio of velocity through the tubes of a double pass heat exchanger to that through the single pass heat exchanger is_________________?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 1/2
D. 4 - LMTD correction factor which is to be applied for a cross-flow heat exchanger increases with increase in the number of shell passes. Its value for a single pass cross flow heat exchanger is __________________?
A. 0
B. 1
C. > 1
D. < 1 - In case of parallel flow heat exchanger, the lowest temperature theoretically attainable by the hot fluid is _____________ the outlet temperature of the cold fluid?
A. Equal to
B. More than
C. Less than
D. Either more or less than (depending upon the fluid) - Which is the best tube arrangement (in a shell and tube heat exchanger) if the fluids are clean and non-fouling ?
A. Square pitch
B. Triangular pitch
C. Diagonal square pitch
D. None of these - Extremely large or small volumes of fluids are generally best routed through the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, because of the________________?
A. Less corrosion problems
B. Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement
C. Low pressure drop
D. High heat transfer co-efficient
