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  • According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a hot body to a cold body is


  • Options
  • A. directly proportional to the surface area
  • B. directly proportional to the difference of temperatures between the two bodies
  • C. either (a) or (b)
  • D. both (a) and (b)

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


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    • 1. Two long parallel surfaces each of emissivity 0.7 are maintained at different temperatures and accordingly have radiation heat exchange between them. It is desired to reduce 75% of the radiant heat transfer by inserting thin parallel shields of emissivity 1 on both sides. The number of shields should be

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    • A. one
    • B. two
    • C. three
    • D. four
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    • 2. The thermostatic expansion valve is used in __________ type of evaporators.

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    • A. flooded
    • B. DX coil
    • C. dry
    • Discuss
    • 3. Reynolds number is the ratio of

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    • A. energy transferred by convection to that by conduction
    • B. kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity
    • C. inertia force to viscous force
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The logarithmic mean temperature difference (tm) is given by (where ?t1 and ?t2 are temperature differences between the hot and cold fluids at entrance and exit)

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C. tm = (?t1 - ?t1) loge(?t1/?t1)
    • D.
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    • 5. A boot-strap air cooling system has

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    • A. one heat exchanger
    • B. two heat exchangers
    • C. three heat exchangers
    • D. four heat exchangers
    • Discuss
    • 6. The ratio of emissive power of a body to the emissive power of a perfectly black body is called emissivity.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 7. The index which corelates the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and air velocity on the human body, is known as

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    • A. mean radiant temperature
    • B. effective temperature
    • C. dew point temperature
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. If a gas is to be liquified, its temperature must be

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    • A. increased to a value above its critical temperature
    • B. reduced to a value below its critical temperature
    • C. equal to critical temperature
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Thermal conductivity of a material may be defined as the

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    • A. quantity of heat flowing in one second through a slab of the material of area 1 cm2 and thickness 1 cm when its faces differ in temperature by 1° C
    • B. quantity of heat flowing in one second through one cm of material when opposite faces are maintained at a temperature difference of 1° C
    • C. heat conducted in unit time across unit area through unit thickness when a temperature difference of unity is maintained between opposite faces
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. When the lower temperature of a refrigerating machine is fixed, then the coefficient of performance can be improved by

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    • A. operating the machine at higher speeds
    • B. operating the machine at lower speeds
    • C. raising the higher temperature
    • D. lowering the higher temperature
    • Discuss


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