Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. If h1 = inner film co-efficient and /h2 = outer film co-efficient, then the overall heat transfer co-efficient is________________?

   A. Always less than h1
   B. Always between h1 and h2
   C. Always higher than h2
   D. Dependent on metal resistance

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. For a given ambient air temperature with increase in the thickness of insulation of a hot cylindrical pipe, the rate of heat loss from the surface would ?

   A. Decrease
   B. Increase
   C. First decrease and then increase
   D. First increase and then decrease

7. The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a refrigerator (COP)R and the co-efficient of performance as a heat pump (COP)HP are _______________?

   A. (COP)R = (COP)HP = 0.6
   B. (COP)R = 2.5; (COP)HP = 1.5
   C. (COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
   D. (COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5

8. 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

9. For turbulent flow in a tube, the heat transfer co-efficient is obtained from the Dittus- Boelter correlation. If the tube diameter is halved and the flow rate is doubled, then the heat transfer co-efficient will change by a factor of________________?

   A. 1
   B. 1.74
   C. 6.1
   D. 37

10. 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