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  • 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


  • Options
  • A. 32
  • B. 37
  • C. 45
  • D. 50

  • Correct Answer
  • 32 


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    • 1. 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

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    • A. 25°C
    • B. 30°C
    • C. 35°C
    • D. 40°C
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    • 2. In troposphere (the weather domain), the temperature 't' at height 'h' above the sea level in metres is given by (where, temperature at sea level is 15°C and t is in °C.)

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    • A. t = 15 - 0.0065 h
    • B. t = 15 + 0.0065 h
    • C. t = 0.0035 h - 15
    • D. t = 15 - 0.0035 h
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    • 3. Which of the following parameters is not responsible for the heat loss from a hot steam carrying bare pipe surface located in a room without fans?

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    • A. Emissivity of pipe surface.
    • B. Diameter & length of the pipe.
    • C. Temperature of hot pipe surface & that of air in the room.
    • D. none of these.
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    • 4. The following type of bonding is strongly directional in solids.

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    • A. Vander Waal's
    • B. Ionic
    • C. Metallic
    • D. Covalant
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    • 5. Tin based white metals are used, where bearings are subjected to

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    • A. high pressure & load.
    • B. low pressure & load.
    • C. high temperature.
    • D. large surface wear.
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    • 6. In case of vertical tube evaporator, with increase in liquor level, the overall heat transfer co-efficient

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    • A. increases
    • B. decreases
    • C. is not affected
    • D. may increase or decrease; depends on the feed
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    • 7. The number of kg vaporised per kg of steam fed to the evaporator is defined as

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    • A. capacity
    • B. rate of evaporation
    • C. economy
    • D. rate of vaporisation
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    • 8. For an ideal black body

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    • A. absorptivity = 1
    • B. reflectivity = 1
    • C. emissivity = 0
    • D. transmissivity = 1
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    • 9. In a heat exchanger, floating head is provided to

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    • A. facilitate cleaning of the exchanger.
    • B. increase the heat transfer area.
    • C. relieve stresses caused by thermal expansion.
    • D. increase log mean temperature gradient.
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    • 10. When vaporisation takes place directly at the heating surface, it is called

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    • A. film boiling
    • B. nucleate boiling
    • C. vapour binding
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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