HEAT TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT

1. The dimensionless parameter that governs the fluid flow in natural convection.
i) Nusselt Number
ii) Prandtl Number
iii) Grashoff Number
iv) Reynold Number

2. Heat transfer in regenerator type of heat exchanger takes place by

i) complete separation between cold and hot fluids
ii) flow of cold and hot fluids alternately over a surface
iii) direct mixing of hot and cold fluids
iv) generation of heat repeatedly

3. As the thickness around a circular pipe increase, the heat loss to the surroundings due
to
i) convection decreases, while that due to conduction increases
ii) convection increases, while that due to conduction decreases
iii) convection and conduction increases
iv) convection and conduction decreases

4. An evaporator concentrates a solution from 10% to 40% solids and simultaneously

evaporates 30000 kg of water. The total amount of solids handled by the system is
i) 3800
ii) 9000
iii) 4600
iv) 4000

5. The LMTD correction factor for multipass shell and tube HE is always
i) > 1
ii) 1
iii) < 1
iv) Between 1 and 2

6. With increase in temperature the resistivity of metallic conductors

i) increases then decreases
ii) increases
iii) decrease
iv) remains constant
7. The overall heat transfer coefficient for a shell and tube HE for clean surfaces is U o = 350
W/m2K. The fouling factor after one year of operation is found to be hdo = 2500 W/m2K.
The overall heat transfer coefficient after one year of operation would be
i) 1200 W/m2K
ii) 894W/m2K
iii) 287W/m2K
iv) 307W/m2K

8. The absorptivity of a body is equal to its emissivity

i) under thermal equilibrium
ii) at a particular temperature
iii) for circular bodies
iv) None of these

9. The inner wall of a furnace is at a temperature of 700°C. The composite wall is made of
two substances, 10 and 20 cm thick with thermal conductivities of 0.05 and 0.1 Wm -1°C-1
respectively. The ambient air is at 30°C and the heat transfer co-efficient between the
outer surface of wall and air is 20 Wm⁻²°C-1. The rate of heat loss from the outer surface
in W.m-2 is
i) 165.4
ii) 167.5
iii) 172.5
iv) 175

10. Absorptivity and reflectivity of a perfect black body are respectively

i) 0 and 1
ii) 1 and ∞
iii) 0 and 0.5
iv) 1 and 0

11. Film boiling is usually not desired in commercial equipment, because

i) The heat transfer rate is low in view of the large temperature drop
ii) It is difficult to maintain
iii) It is not economic
iv) None of these

12. For condensation of pure vapors, if the heat transfer co-efficient in filmwise and drop-
wise condensation are respectively hf and hd, then

i) hf = hd
ii) hf > hd
 iii) hf < hd
iv) hf could be greater or smaller than hd

13. 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

i) 32
ii) 37
iii) 45
iv) 50

14. In counter flow compared to parallel flow,

i) LMTD is greater
ii) Less surface area is required for a given heat transfer rate
iii) More surface area is required for a given heat transfer rate
iv) Both (i) and (ii)