Double pipe heat exchangers are used
(A) When heat transfer area required is very high
(B) When heat transfer area required is very low, i.e. (100-200 ft
2
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(C) Because it occupies less floor area
(D) Because it is less costly
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Description : Double pipe heat exchangers are preferably useful, when (A) High viscosity liquid is to be cooled (B) Requirement of heat transfer area is low (C) Overall heat transfer co-efficient is very high (D) A corrosive liquid is to be heated
Last Answer : (B) Requirement of heat transfer area is low
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Economy of a multiple effect evaporator is not influenced by the boiling point elevation (B) Two identical cubes of iron and copper will have the same heat ... in the field of refrigeration (D) Finned tube heat exchangers are suitable for heating air by steam
Last Answer : (B) Two identical cubes of iron and copper will have the same heat content under the same conditions of temperature
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Superheated steam is preferably not used for process heating because of its low heat transfer film co-efficient (B) In a shell and tube heat exchanger ... surface heat exchangers, when the direction of fluid flow is parallel to the axis of the tube
Last Answer : (C) S.I. unit of fouling factor is Watt/m2 .°K
Description : Multipass heat exchangers are used (A) Because of simplicity of fabrication (B) For low heat load (C) To obtain higher heat transfer co-efficient and shorter tube (D) To reduce the pressure drop
Last Answer : (C) To obtain higher heat transfer co-efficient and shorter tube
Description : Indirect contact heat exchangers are preferred over direct contact heat exchangers, because (A) Heat transfer co-efficient are high (B) There is no risk of contamination (C) There is no mist formation (D) Cost of equipment is lower
Last Answer : (B) There is no risk of contamination
Description : Though kinetics of ammonia synthesis dictates the use of low temperature for high equilibrium conversion, yet it is kept moderately high (550°C), because at low temperature (A) Rate of reaction is very low ... (C) Space velocity of gas is very low resulting in decreased conversion (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Rate of reaction is very low
Description : Finned tube heat exchangers (A) Give larger area per tube (B) Use metal fins of low thermal conductivity (C) Facilitate very large temperature drop through tube wall (D) Are used for smaller heat load
Last Answer : (A) Give larger area per tube
Description : For large heat transfer area requirement, shell and tube heat exchanger is preferred, because it (A) Occupies smaller space (B) Is more economical (C) Is easy to operate and maintain (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Heat exchangers operating, when the asymptotic range is reached, (A) Provide very large heat transfer co-efficient (B) Results in making part of the heating surface inactive (C) Results in abruptly increased velocity (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Results in making part of the heating surface inactive
Description : Baffles are provided in heat exchangers to increase the (A) Fouling factor (B) Heat transfer area (C) Heat transfer co-efficient (D) Heat transfer rate
Last Answer : (C) Heat transfer co-efficient
Description : 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 ... steam on shell side (D) Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes
Last Answer : (B) Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
Description : LMTD for evaporators & condensers for a given terminal parameters & set of conditions for counter-flow is equal to that for parallel flow. In such heat exchangers, with one of the fluids condensing or evaporating, the surface ... Parallel (B) Mixed (C) Counter flow (D) Same in either 'a', b' or 'c'
Last Answer : (D) Same in either 'a', b' or 'c'
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In drying a solid containing moisture above the critical moisture content the number of degrees of freedom is 2 (B) Sherwood number in mass transfer corresponds to ... tube heat exchangers. At higher pressure, however, it is customary to put gas in the tube side
Last Answer : (C) Forced convection is relatively more effective in increasing the rate of mass transfer, if Schmidt number is larger
Description : A fluid is flowing inside the inner tube of a double pipe heat exchanger with diameter 'd'. For a fixed mass flow rate, the tube side heat transfer coefficient for turbulent flow conditions is proportional to (A) d 0.8 (B) d -0.2 (C) d -1 (D) d -1.8
Last Answer : (B) d -0.2
Description : Lead alone is not used in storing equipment, because it (A) Is very costly (B) Corrodes easily (C) Is having low creep strength (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Is having low creep strength
Description : Liquid ammonia is not used as such a fertiliser in tropical countries like India, because (A) Its N2 content is very low (B) It is very costly (C) It will evaporate on spraying (D) It is not available
Last Answer : (C) It will evaporate on spraying
Description : Overall heat transfer co-efficient for cooling of hydrocarbons by water is about (A) 50 -100 Kcal/hr.m2 .°C (B) 50 -100 W/m2 .°K (C) 50 -100 BTU/hr. ft. 2°F (D) 1000 - 1500 BTU/hr. ft. 2°F
Last Answer : (C) 50 -100 BTU/hr. ft. 2°F
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) 1 kcal/hr.m.°C is equal to 1 BTU/hr. ft.°F (B) In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the ... in the direction of temperature rise (D) In heat transfer by forced convection, Grashoff number is very important
Last Answer : (B) In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the temperature distribution, is the thermal conductivity
Description : Which of the following is not applicable to fluidised bed combustion of coal? (A) It cannot burn low grade coal (B) It achieves higher fuel combustion efficiency (C) Less heat transfer surface area is required in boilers (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) It cannot burn low grade coal
Description : An ideal gas as compared to a real gas at very high pressure occupies (a) more volume (b) less volume (c) same volume (d) unpredictable behaviour (e) no such correlation.
Last Answer : Answer : a
Description : A packed tower compared to a plate tower for a particular mass transfer operation (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop (B) Allows installation of cooling coils (C) Is less costly when built in large sizes/diameters (D) Is more suitable, if suspended solids are present in fluid stream
Last Answer : (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop
Description : The equivalent diameter for the annulus of a double pipe heat exchanger, whose inner pipe has fins on the outside is __________ compared to the same size pipes without fins. (A) More (B) Less (C) Same (D) Unpredictable
Last Answer : (B) Less
Description : A concentric double pipe heat exchanger as compared to the shell and tube heat exchanger for the same heat load requires (A) Less heating surface (B) More space (C) Lower maintenance cost (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) More space
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension (B) Sieve tray towers are generally used for systems having low ... Prandtl analogy for heat and mass transfer considers the transfer through both laminar and turbulent layers
Last Answer : (A) Mechanical agitation is required, if the system has low interfacial tension
Description : Extremely large or small volumes of fluids are generally best routed through the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, because of the (A) Less corrosion problems (B) Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement (C) Low pressure drop (D) High heat transfer co-efficient
Last Answer : (B) Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement
Description : A 10 cm dia steam pipe, carrying steam at 180°C, is covered with an insulation (conductivity = 0.6 W/m.°C). It losses heat to the surroundings at 30°C. Assume a heat transfer co-efficient of 0 ... that of the un-insulated steam pipe (D) Less than the steam pipe with 5 cms insulation
Last Answer : (B) Less than that of the un-insulated steam pipe
Description : Is there a difference in MTD (Mean Temperature Difference) between “E” and “J” (Divided Flow) type shell and tube heat exchangers?
Last Answer : Divided flow (shell type J) does not have the same correction as the usual flow pattern (shell type E). Thermal design program make this correction factor mistake. True, there is very little ... for the above examples and it is hard to read in this range. Source: Gulley Computer Associates
Description : . A dilute aqueous solution is to be concentrated in an evaporator system. High pressure steam is available. Multiple effect evaporator system is employed, because (A) Total heat transfer area of ... in a single effect is much lower than that in any effect in a multi-effect system
Last Answer : (B) Total amount of vapor produced per Kg of feed steam in a multiple effect system is much higher than in a single effect
Description : A metal wire of 0.01 m dia and thermal conductivity 200 W/m.K is exposed to a fluid stream with a convective heat transfer coefficient of 100 W/m2 .K. The Biot number is (A) 5.6 (B) 0.025 (C) 3.5 (D) 0.0035
Last Answer : (B) 0.025
Description : A thin, flat & square plate measuring 2 m 2 m is freely hanging in ambient air at 25°C. It is exposed to the solar radiation falling on one side of the plate at the rate of 500 W/m2. The plate temperature will ... heat transfer co-efficient is __________ W/m2 °C. (A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 150 (D) 200
Last Answer : (B) 100
Description : In counter flow compared to parallel flow, (A) LMTD is greater (B) Less surface area is required for a given heat transfer rate (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) More surface area is required for a given heat transfer rate
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In process heat exchangers, saturated steam is preferred over the superheated steam (B) The maximum is the emissive power of a surface at a temperature T1 ... under natural convection conditions, the velocity profile in air, normal to the plate, exhibits a maximum
Last Answer : (B) The maximum is the emissive power of a surface at a temperature T1 occurs at a wavelength of λ1 . If the surface temperature is halved, the maximum in the emissive power would occur at a wavelength of 0.5 λ1
Description : Noise produced by cooling fans (employed in air cooled heat exchangers or cooling tower) is mainly caused due to the turbulence created by blade passage through air. It can be reduced by use of a slower fan (A) With greater ... (B) Of increased diameter (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : What is the method of determining maximum differential pressure during hydro testing of shell and tube heat exchangers?
Last Answer : Mr. Richard Lee of Plumlee International Consulting usually heat exchangers have two sets of test pressures per side, one for strength tests, and the other for operating or leak tests. The ... . The acceptability of this lower pressure test will often depend upon the consequences of a leak.
Description : How is plate heat exchangers used in an ammonia refrigeration system?
Last Answer : Plate heat exchangers are widely used in ammonia refrigeration systems, and they can be much smaller than the equivalent tubular exchanger can. They work best flooded. A flooded exchanger system ... liquid entering the exchanger, so gravity provides the driving force to circulate the refrigerant.
Description : Why is a vacuum breaker used on shell and tube heat exchangers that are utilizing steam as the heating utility?
Last Answer : Vacuum breakers are often installed on the shell side (steam side) of shell and tube exchangers to allow air to enter the shell in case of vacuum conditions developing inside the shell. For an ... vacuum in the shell could allow condensate to build in the unit and water hammer may result.
Description : What type of heat exchangers are most commonly used for a large-scale plant-cooling loop using seawater as the utility?
Last Answer : Commonly known as a secondary cooling loop or SECOOL, a closed loop water system is circulated through a processing plant near a sea. Process heat is transferred into the closed loop water and ... debris to clear the strainer. This method has been used for many years with great success.
Description : How can you keep our seawater used for heat rejection clean before entering our heat exchangers?
Last Answer : Seawater is used as a cooling agent in condensers and coolers. Intermittent injection of chlorine gas is used to eliminate marine growth. The system is a once through type. The band screens before ... that if the same 98% H2SO4 has a little emulsified hydrocarbon, it is substantially less erosive.
Description : The unit of heat transfer co-efficient is (A) BTU/hr. ft 2°F (B) BTU/hr. °F. ft (C) BTU/hr. °F (D) BTU/hr. ft
Last Answer : (A) BTU/hr. ft 2°F
Description : A major problem with using style modification is that 1. customers have difficulty recognizing that a change has been made 2. such changes do not yield long lasting appeal 3. customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive 4. they are almost always very costly 5. none of these
Last Answer : customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive
Description : A major problem with using style modification is that: A)customers have difficulty recognising that a change has been made B)such changes do not yield long-lasting appeal C)customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive D)they are almost always very costly
Last Answer : C)customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive
Description : Organic catalysts differ from the inorganic catalyst in the sense that the former is (A) Active at cryogenic temperatures only (B) Prohibitively costly (C) Proteinous in nature (D) Active at very high temperature only
Last Answer : (C) Proteinous in nature
Description : The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because (a) it is made up of crystalline rocks (b) displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it ... minerals (d) the terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because: [IAS 2004] (a) it is made of crystalline rocks (b) the displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and ... minerals (d) the terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties
Description : Callendar Hamilton spans are normally available maximum up to a) 60 ft. b) 100 ft. c) 150 ft. d) 200 ft.*
Last Answer : d) 200 ft.*
Description : As compared to English bond, double Flemish bond is (A) Stronger (B) More compact (C) Costly (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Longer tubes are less expensive per unit heat transfer area as compared to shorter tubes (B) A cost index is merely a number for a given year ... butt welded joints are less expensive compared to lap welded joints, because squaring of plates is not necessary
Last Answer : (D) Plates with butt welded joints are less expensive compared to lap welded joints, because squaring of plates is not necessary
Description : A dephlegmator is a (A) Total condenser (B) Vacuum evaporator (C) Partial condenser (D) Double pipe heat exchanger
Last Answer : (C) Partial condenser
Description : Which type of heat exchanger is preferred for heavy heat loads? (A) Double pipe (B) Plate fine (C) Series and parallel set of shell and tube (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Series and parallel set of shell and tube
Description : Air is best heated with steam in a heat exchanger of (A) Plate type (B) Double pipe type with fin on steam side (C) Double pipe type with fin on air side (D) Shell and tube type
Last Answer : (C) Double pipe type with fin on air side