Heat Transfer Part 1 Flashcards
Crystal size in a continuous crystalliser depends upon the
rate of heat transfer.
degree of turbulence.
degree of supersaturation.
all (a), (b) and (c).
all (a), (b) and (c).
Heat waves
can not pass through vacuum.
travel in straight line.
can be reflected by a mirror.
both (b) and (c).
both (b) and (c).
Air is best heated with steam in a heat exchanger of
plate type.
double pipe type with fin on steam side.
double pipe type with fin on air side.
shell and tube type.
double pipe type with fin on air side.
Which of the following is generally considered as opaque surface towards radiations?
Gases
Solids
Liquids
Both (b) and (c).
Both (b) and (c).
Black liquor generated during paper manufacture is concentrated in a
single effect evaporator.
single effect evaporator followed by a crystalliser.
multiple effect evaporator.
multiple effect evaporators followed by a crystalliser.
multiple effect evaporator.
When vaporisation takes place directly at the heating surface, it is called
film boiling
nucleate boiling
vapour binding
none of these
nucleate boiling
Steam consumption in kg/hr in case of an evaporator is given by (where, C & E are capacity the economy of the evaporator respectively)
C/E
E/C
CE
1/CE
C/E
Reynold’s analogy states that
Nst is propotional to f
Nst is propotional to NRe
NNu is propotional to f
NRe is propotional to f
Nst is propotional to f
With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids
decreases
increases
remains constant
first decreases upto certain temperature and then increases
increases
amorphous temperature increase conductivity decrease
Fourier’s law applies to the heat transfer by
convection
radiation
conduction
all (a), (b) & (c)
conduction
Shell side pressure drop in a shell and tube heat exchanger does not depend upon the
baffle spacing & shell diameter.
tube diameter & pitch.
viscosity, density & mass velocity of shell side fluid.
none of these.
none of these.
In the equation Q = UA delta(t); delta(t) is
geometric mean temperature difference.
arithmetic mean temperature difference.
logarithmic mean temperature difference.
the difference of average bulk temperatures of hot and cold fluids.
logarithmic mean temperature difference.
With increase in porosity, the thermal conductivity of a solid substance
increases
decreases
remains unchanged
may increase or decrease; depends on the solid
decreases
For an ideal black body
absorptivity = 1
reflectivity = 1
emissivity = 0
transmissivity = 1
absorptivity = 1
In Joule’s experiment, an insulated container contains 20 kg of water initially at 25 C. It is stirred by an agitator, which is made to turn by a slowly falling body weighing 40 kg through a height of 4 m. The process is repeated 500 times. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms-2. Neglecting the heat capacity of agitator, the temperature of water (in C) is
40.5
34.4
26.8
25
34.4
Fouling factor
is a dimensionless quantity.
does not provide a safety factor for design.
accounts for additional resistances to heat flow.
none of these.
accounts for additional resistances to heat flow.
In case of vertical tube evaporator, with increase in liquor level, the overall heat transfer co-efficient
increases
decreases
is not affected
may increase or decrease; depends on the feed
decreases
The steam ejector is used to
remove condensate from the steam pipelines.
create vacuum.
superheat the steam.
none of these.
create vacuum.
For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area
increases
decreases
remains constant
passes through a maxima
passes through a maxima
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
(COP)R = (COP)HP = 0.6
(COP)R = 2.5; (COP)HP = 1.5
(COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
(COP)R = (COP)HP = 2.5
(COP)R = 1.5; (COP)HP = 2.5
Hot water (0.01 m3 /min) enters the tube side of a counter current shell and tube heat exchanger at 80 C and leaves at 50 C. Cold oil (0.05 m3/min) of density 800 kg/m3 and specific heat of 2 kJ/kg.K enters at 20 C. The log mean temperature difference in C is approximately
32
37
45
50
32
In a heat exchanger, floating head is provided to
facilitate cleaning of the exchanger.
increase the heat transfer area.
relieve stresses caused by thermal expansion.
increase log mean temperature gradient.
relieve stresses caused by thermal expansion.
floating head relieve stresses
Leidenfrost point is a term concerned with the
condensation of the saturated vapor on a cold surface.
concentration of a corrosive solution by evaporation.
heat transfer between two highly viscous liquids.
boiling of a liquid on a hot surface.
boiling of a liquid on a hot surface.
LHS Leidenfrost hot surface
A process stream of dilute aqueous solution flowing at the rate of10 Kg.s-1 is to be heated. Steam condensate at 95 C is available for heating purpose, also at a rate of 10 Kg.s-1. A 1 - 1 shell and tube heat exchanger is available. The best arrangement is
counter flow with process stream on shell side.
counter flow with process stream on tube side.
parallel flow with process stream on shell side.
parallel flow with process stream on tube side.
counter flow with process stream on shell side.
dilute aqueous counter shell side
Heat produced when a steady state current, I passes through an electrical conductor having resistance, ‘R’ is
IR
I²R
IR²
I²R²
I²R
Pick out the wrong statement.
Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger.
Pressure drop on the shell side of a heat exchanger depends upon tube pitch also.
In a horizontal tube evaporator, surface blanketing by air is avoided.
Split ring type and pull through type floating heads are two commonly used floating heads is heat exchangers.
Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger.
Convective heat transfer co-efficient in case of fluid flowing in tubes is not affected by the tube length/diameter ratio, if the flow is in the __________ zone.
laminar
transition
both ‘a’ & ‘b’
highly turbulent
highly turbulent
The actual temperature drop across the heating surface in an evaporator depends on the
feed.
depth of liquid over heating surface.
pressure difference between steam chest and vapour space.
all (a), (b) and (c).
all (a), (b) and (c).
Which of the following is not used as a medium for high temperature heating?
Dowtherm
mercury
liquid metal (e.g. molten sodium)
fused salts (e.g., an eutectic mixture of 53% KNO3, 40% NaNO2and 7% NaNO3)
mercury
Presence of a non-condensing gas in a condensing vapour
increases the rate of condensation.
decreases thermal resistance.
is desirable to increase the film co-efficient.
none of these.
none of these.
Kirchoff s law applies to __________ radiation.
total
monochromatic
both (a) & (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
both (a) & (b)
With the increase of temperature, the Col-burn jH factor
increases.
decreases.
remains unchanged.
may increase or decrease ; depending on temperature.
increases.
temp increase col-burn jH increase
In case of evaporators, liquid entrainment results primarily due to
high vacuum in the evaporator.
high evaporation rate.
foaming of the solution.
high heat transfer rate.
foaming of the solution.
liquid entrainment foaming
Baffles in the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger
increase the cross-section of the shell side liquid.
force the liquid to flow parallel to the bank.
increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient.
decrease the shell side heat transfer co-efficient.
increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient.
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
finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside.
finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside.
shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side.
shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes.
finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside.
The unit of heat transfer co-efficient in SI unit is
J/M2 K
W/m2 K
W/m K
J/m K
W/m2 K
The number of kg vaporised per kg of steam fed to the evaporator is defined as
capacity
rate of evaporation
economy
rate of vaporisation
economy
Economy = V/S
Pick out the wrong statement.
In case of heat transfer by purely forced convection, GR/Re2 <= 1.
The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square cross-section (having each side as ‘x’) is equal to 4x.
Distillation process is not the same as evaporation.
The effectiveness of nucleate boiling depends basically on the ease with which the bubbles are formed and detached from the heating surface.
The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square cross-section (having each side as ‘x’) is equal to 4x.
Economy of a multiple effect evaporator is not influenced much by the
boiling point elevations
temperature of the feed
rate of heat transfer
ratio of the weight of the thin liquor to thick liquor
boiling point elevations
Increasing the liquor level in the evaporator results in the
decreased capacity.
increase in liquor film co-efficient.
decreased effect of hydrostatic head.
increased true temperature drop.
decreased capacity.
The equivalent diameter for pressure drop is __________ that for heat transfer.
smaller than
greater than
equal to
not related with
smaller than
Controlling heat transfer film co-efficient is the one, which offers __________ resistance to heat transfer.
no
the least
the largest
lower
the largest
The heat flux (from outside to inside) across an insulating wall with thermal conductivity, K= 0.04 W/m. K and thickness 0.16m is 10 W/m2. The temperature of the inside wall is - 5 C. The outside wall temperature is
25 C
30 C
35 C
40 C
35 C
Thermal conductivity of a conducting solid material depends upon its
temperature
porosity
both (a) & (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
both (a) & (b)
Pick out the wrong statement.
The controlling resistance in case of heating of air by condensing steam is in the air film.
The log mean temperature difference (LMTD) for counter flow and parallel flow can be theoretically same when any one of the fluids (hot or cold fluid) passes through the heat exchanger at constant temperature.
In case of a 1 - 2 shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor value increases sharply, when a temperature cross occurs.
Phase change in case of a pure fluid at a given pressure from liquid to vapor or vice-versa occurs at saturation temperature.
In case of a 1 - 2 shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor value increases sharply, when a temperature cross occurs.
wrong 1-2 STHE LMTD CF increases sharply
The average heat transfer co-efficient for laminar film condensation on vertical surface is inversely proportional to (where, delta(T) = Temperature drop across condensate film)
(delta(T))^2
sqrt*delta(T)
(delta(T))^1/4
(delta(T))^3/2
(delta(T))^1/4
Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is
in the central core of the fluid.
uniformly distributed throughout the fluid.
mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface.
none of these.
mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface.
Which of the following is concerned with both heat and mass transfer?
Lewis relationship
Nusselt number
Kutateladze number
Froude number
Lewis relationship
A backward feed multiple effect evaporator is better than forward feed for concentrating cold feed, because it provides
higher economy
lower capacity
both (a) & (b)
lower economy
higher economy
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
greater than that for uninsulated steam pipe.
less than that of the uninsulated steam pipe.
equal to that of the uninsulated steam pipe.
less than the steam pipe with 5 cms insulation.
less than that of the uninsulated steam pipe.
Which area is used in case of heat flow by conduction through a cylinder?
Logarithmic mean area
Arithmetic mean area
Geometric mean area
None of these
Logarithmic mean area
Heat transfer by conduction results due to the transfer of free electrons, kinetic energy & vibrational energy from one molecule to another. Conduction heat transfer can not take place
between two bodies in physical contact with each other.
between two bodies not in physical contact with each other.
from one part of a body to the another part of the same body.
both ‘b’ & ‘c’
between two bodies not in physical contact with each other.
The dimensionless group in mass transfer that is equivalent to Prandtl number in heat transfer is
Nusselt number.
Sherwood number.
Schmidt number.
Stanton number.
Schmidt number.
Finned tube heat exchangers
give larger area per tube.
use metal fins of low thermal conductivity.
facilitate very large temperature drop through tube wall.
are used for smaller heat load.
give larger area per tube.
The absorptivity of a grey body at a given temperature __________ with increasing wavelength of radiation.
increases
decreases
remains constant
may increase or decrease ; depends on the material
may increase or decrease ; depends on the material
Which one gives the monochromatic emissive power for black body radiation?
Planck’s law
Kirchhoffs law
Wien’s law
Stefan-Boltzman law
Planck’s law
For what value of Prandtl number, St = f/2?
1.5
1
> 1
< 1
1
In a shell and tube heat exchanger,
the temperature drops in the two fluids and the wall are proportional to individual resistances.
the temperature drop is inversely proportional to the resistance across which the drop occurs.
there is no relationship between temperature drop and resistance.
the relationship is not generalised.
the temperature drops in the two fluids and the wall are proportional to individual resistances.
Dietus-Boelter equation used for the determination of heat transfer co-efficient is valid
for fluids in laminar flow.
for fluids in tubulent flow.
when Grashhoff number is very important.
for liquid metals.
for fluids in tubulent flow.
The equation, Nst = (f/2)/(1+5(NPr - 1)(sqrt*f/2)), corrosponds to __________ analogy.
Von-Karmann
Reynolds
Colburn
Prandtl
Prandtl
For large heat transfer area requirement, shell and tube heat exchanger is preferred, because it
occupies smaller space.
is more economical.
is easy to operate and maintain.
all (a), (b) and (c).
all (a), (b) and (c).
Out of the following four assumptions used in the derivation of the equation for LMTD [LMTD = (Δt1 - Δt2)/(ln(Δt1/Δt2))], which one is subject to the largest deviation in practice ?
Constant overall heat transfer co-efficient.
Constant rate of fluid flow.
Constant specific heat.
No partial phase change in the system.
Constant rate of fluid flow.
largest deviation - constant fluid flow
Heat flux increases with temperature drop beyond the Leiden frost point in the plot of heat flux vs. temperature drop for a boiling liquid, because
convection becomes important
conduction becomes important
radiation becomes important
sub-cooled boiling occurs
radiation becomes important
Resistance to heat flow by conduction is proportional to (where, t & rho are thickness & density of the material respectively and A = area normal to the direction of heat flow.)
t
1/rho
1/A
all (a), (b) & (c)
all (a), (b) & (c)
Temperature profile in steady state heat transfer is
asymptotic
hyperbolic
parabolic
linear
linear
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
decreases the pressure drop.
decreases the outlet temperature of cooling medium.
increases the overall heat transfer coefficient.
none of these.
increases the overall heat transfer coefficient.
When vaporisation takes place through a blanketting film of gas, the phenomenon is termed as __________ boiling.
pool
nucleate
transition
film
film
blanketting film = film boiling
Minimum recommended baffle spacing in a shell and tube heat exchanger is about (where, D = shell diameter)
0.2 D
0.5 D
0.66 D
0.80 D
0.2 D
Stefan-Boltzman law which describes the radiation heat transfer states that, it is proportional to (where, t = temperature in C T = absolute temperature in K)
t^4
T^4
1/t^4
1/T^4
T^4
The Nusselt number for fully developed (both thermally and hydrodynamically) laminar flow through a circular pipe, where the wall heat flux is constant, is
2.36
4.36
120.36
dependent on NRe only
4.36
What is the unit of thermal conductivity?
Kcal/hr. m2 C
Kcal/hr.m. C
Kcal/hr.m
Kcal/hr. C
Kcal/hr.m. C
The thermal radiation emitted by a body is proportional to T^n, where T is its absolute temperature. The value of ‘n’ is exactly 4 for
black painted bodies
all bodies
polished bodies only
a black body
all bodies
It is not preferable to use superheated steam in evaporators, because of its very
high temperature
high pressure
low film co-efficient
none of these
low film co-efficient
It is desired to concentrate a 20% salt solution (20 kg of salt in 100 kg of solution) to a 30% salt solution in an evaporator. Consider a feed of 300 kg/min at 30 C. The boiling point of the solution is 110 C, the latent heat of vaporisation is 2100 kJ/kg and the specific heat of the solution is 4 kJ/kg.K. The rate at which the heat has to be supplied in (kJ/min) to the evaporator is
3.06 x 10^5
6.12 x 10^5
7.24 x 10^5
9.08 x 10^5
3.06 x 10^5
LMTD for counterflow and prallel flow heat exchanger will be the same, when the
cold fluid is heated to a certain temperature by condensing steam (isothermal fluid).
outlent temperature of both the hot and cold fluid are same.
outlet temperature of hot fluid is less than the outlet temperature of the cold fluid.
none of these.
cold fluid is heated to a certain temperature by condensing steam (isothermal fluid).
For flow over a flat plate, the ratio of thermal boundary layer thickness, ‘xt’ and hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness ‘x’ is equal to (where, NPr = Prandtl number)
NPr
NPr^1/3
NPr^-1
NPr^-1/3
NPr^1/3
The range of electromagnetic spectrum important in heat transfer by radiation is __________ microns.
0.38-0.78
0.5-50
100-1000
5-50
0.5-50
Use of transverse baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is done to increase the
rate of heat transfer.
flow velocity.
turbulence of shell side fluid.
all (a), (b) and (c).
all (a), (b) and (c).
The actual temperature drop across the heating surface of an evaporator depends on the
liquid depth over the heating surface.
solution being evaporated.
pressure difference between the steam chest and the vapor space above the boiling liquid.
all (a), (b) and (c)
all (a), (b) and (c)