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  • Baffles in the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger


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  • A. increase the cross-section of the shell side liquid.
  • B. force the liquid to flow parallel to the bank.
  • C. increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient.
  • D. decrease the shell side heat transfer co-efficient.

  • Correct Answer
  • increase the shell side heat transfer co-efficient. 


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    • 1. Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is

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    • A. in the central core of the fluid.
    • B. uniformly distributed throughout the fluid.
    • C. mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area

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    • A. increases
    • B. decreases
    • C. remains constant
    • D. passes through a maxima
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    • 3. Economy of a multiple effect evaporator is not influenced much by the

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    • A. boiling point elevations
    • B. temperature of the feed
    • C. rate of heat transfer
    • D. ratio of the weight of the thin liquor to thick liquor
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    • 4. Thermal conductivity of a conducting solid material depends upon its

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    • A. temperature
    • B. porosity
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 5. Steam consumption in kg/hr in case of an evaporator is given by (where, C & E are capacity the economy of the evaporator respectively)

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    • A. C/E
    • B. E/C
    • C. CE
    • D.
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    • 6. The actual temperature drop across the heating surface in an evaporator depends on the

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    • A. feed.
    • B. depth of liquid over heating surface.
    • C. pressure difference between steam chest and vapour space.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The unit of heat transfer co-efficient in SI unit is

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    • A. J/M2°K
    • B. W/m2°K
    • C. W/m°K
    • D. J/m°K
    • Discuss
    • 9. Controlling heat transfer film co-efficient is the one, which offers __________ resistance to heat transfer.

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    • A. no
    • B. the least
    • C. the largest
    • D. lower
    • Discuss
    • 10. Black liquor generated during paper manufacture is concentrated in a

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    • A. single effect evaporator.
    • B. single effect evaporator followed by a crystalliser.
    • C. multiple effect evaporator.
    • D. multiple effect evaporators followed by a crystalliser.
    • Discuss


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