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Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning problems


  • 1. A designer chooses the values of fluid flow rates and specific heats in such a manner that the heat capacities of the two fluids are equal. A hot fluid enters the counter flow heat exchanger at 100° C and leaves at 60° C. A cold fluid enters the heat exchanger at 40° C. The mean temperature difference between the two fluids is

  • Options
  • A. 20°C
  • B. 40°C
  • C. 60°C
  • D. 66.7°C
  • Discuss
  • 2. The value of the wave length for maximum emissive power is given by

  • Options
  • A. Kirchhoff's law
  • B. Stefan's law
  • C. Wein's law
  • D. Planck's law
  • Discuss
  • 3. The __________ point of ammonia is -77.7°C.

  • Options
  • A. freezing
  • B. boiling
  • Discuss
  • 4. Environmental protection agencies advice against the use of chloro-fluoro-carbon refrigerants since

  • Options
  • A. these react with water vapour and cause acid rain
  • B. these react with plants and cause green-house effect
  • C. these react with oxygen and cause its depletion
  • D. these react with ozone layer
  • Discuss
  • 5. The heat is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation in

  • Options
  • A. melting of ice
  • B. boiler furnaces
  • C. condensation of steam in condenser
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. The by-pass factor of a cooling coil decreases with

  • Options
  • A. decrease in fin spacing and increase in number of rows
  • B. increase in fin spacing and increase in number of rows
  • C. increase in fin spacing and decrease in number of rows
  • D. decrease in fin spacing and decrease in number of rows
  • Discuss
  • 7. The expansion valve in a refrigerator controls the flow of refrigerant.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 8. Emissivity of a body will be equal to its absorptivity at all temperatures.

  • Options
  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 9. The by-pass factor, in case of sensible cooling of air, is given by (where td1 = Dry bulb temperature of air entering the cooling coil, td2 = Dry bulb temperature of air leaving the cooling coil, and td3 = Dry bulb temperature of the cooling coil)

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 10. A mixture of dry air and water vapour, when the air has diffused the maximum amount of water vapour into it, is called

  • Options
  • A. dry air
  • B. moist air
  • C. saturated air
  • D. specific humidity
  • Discuss

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