In the equation Q = UAΔt; Δt is
(A) Geometric mean temperature difference
(B) Arithmetic mean temperature difference
(C) Logarithmic mean temperature difference
(D) The difference of average bulk temperatures of hot and cold fluids
Description : A two stage compressor is used to compress an ideal gas. The gas is cooled to the initial temperature after each stage. The intermediate pressure for the minimum total work requirement should be equal to ... final pressures respectively) (A) Logarithmic (B) Arithmetic (C) Geometric (D) Harmonic
Last Answer : (C) Geometric
Description : Terminal point temperature differences between fluids in case of a heat exchanger is termed as (A) Approach (B) Log mean temperature difference (C) Arithmetic mean temperature difference (D) Geometric mean temperature difference
Last Answer : (A) Approach
Description : In case of heat transfer by conduction in a hollow cylinder, __________ mean area is used to calculate the heat transfer rate. (A) Geometric (B) Arithmetic (C) Logarithmic (D) Either (A), (B) or (C)
Last Answer : (C) Logarithmic
Description : Which area is used in case of heat flow by conduction through a cylinder? (A) Logarithmic mean area (B) Arithmetic mean area (C) Geometric mean area (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Logarithmic mean area
Description : For heat flow through very thick walled cylinder, use _________mean radius. (A) Arithmetic (B) Logarithmic (C) Geometric (D) Either (A) or (C)
Last Answer : (B) Logarithmic
Description : For minimum work input in a two stage compression process the intermediated pressure is the A. Arithmetic process of suction and discharge pressure B. Logarithmic mean of suction and discharge pressure C. Geometric mean of suction and discharge pressure D. Hyperbolic mean of suction and discharge
Last Answer : ANSWER : C
Description : The rate of heat transfer from a vertical plate by natural convection depends upon the temperature differences (ΔT) between wall and outside bulk. The proportionality is given as (A) (ΔT) 1/4 (B) (ΔT) 1/2 (C) (ΔT) 5/4 (D) (ΔT) 3/4
Last Answer : (D) (ΔT) 3/4
Description : In a parallel flow heat exchanger, if the outlet temperature of hot and cold fluids are the same, then the log mean temperature difference (LMTD) is (A) Minimum (B) Maximum (C) Zero (D) Infinity
Last Answer : (C) Zero
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) The controlling resistance in case of heating of air by condensing steam is in the air film (B) The log mean temperature difference (LMTD) for ... a pure fluid at a given pressure from liquid to vapor or vice-versa occurs at saturation temperature
Last Answer : (C) In case of a 1 - 2 shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor value increases sharply, when a temperature cross occurs
Description : In a 1-1 concurrent heat exchanger, if the tube side fluid outlet temperature is equal to the shell side fluid outlet temperature, then the LMTD is (A) ∞ (B) 0 ... temperature (D) Equal to the difference between hot fluid inlet temperature and cold fluid outlet temperature
Last Answer : (B) 0
Description : In a counter flow heat exchanger, hot fluid enters at 170°C & leaves at 150°C, while the cold fluid enters at 50°C & leaves at 70°C. The arithmetic mean temperature difference in this case is __________ °C. (A) 20 (B) 60 (C) 120 (D) ∞
Last Answer : (D) ∞
Description : Parallel straight line pattern of temperature distribution for both hot and cold fluids is observed in case of heat exchanger of the type (A) Parallel flow with equal heat capacities (B) Counter ... (C) Counter flow with unequal heat capacities (D) Parallel flow with unequal heat capacities
Last Answer : (B) Counter flow with equal heat capacities
Description : The transitional middle portion of a logistic curve follows (A) A geometric growth (B) A logarithmic growth (C) A first over curve (D) A constant rate
Last Answer : (D) A constant rate
Description : Utilizing the answer to the previous problem, estimate the overall or average increase in temperature ( ΔT) of the concrete roof from the energy absorbed from the sun during a12hour day. Assume that all of the radiation absorbed goes into ... °C b. 8.9°C c. 9.9°C d. 10.9°C formula: ΔQ = m c ΔT
Last Answer : 7.9 °C
Description : When a vertical wall is subjected to pressures due to liquid on both sides, the resultant pressure is the __________ of the two pressures. (A) Sum (B) Difference (C) Arithmetic mean (D) Geometric mean
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Sauter mean diameter is the same as the __________ mean diameter. (A) Mass (B) Arithmetic (C) Volume-surface (D) Geometric
Last Answer : (C) Volume-surface
Description : For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton's law of cooling is proportional to (where, Δt = excess temperature) (A) Δt (B) Δt 2 (C) Δt 3 (D) √(Δt)
Last Answer : (A) Δt
Description : Difference between geometric and arithmetic growth? -Biology
Last Answer : answer:
Description : During metamorphonism, changes in the bulk composition of a rock occur primarily as a result of _____? a) Increase in pressure b) Increases in temperature c) Reaction with hydrothermal fluids d) All of these
Last Answer : Increase in pressure
Description : According to Malthusian theory of population - (1) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply increases in arithmetic ratio (2) Population increases in arithmetic ratio, food supply increases in ... (4) Population increases in a harmonic ratio, food supply increases in a arithmetic ratio
Last Answer : (1) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply increases in arithmetic ratio Explanation: In his 1798 work, An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus ermined the relationship between population ... e. by the repeated addition of a uniform increment in each uniform interval of time).
Description : To calculate index number ----- mean is used (a) arithmetic (b) geometric © harmonic (d) none of the above.
Last Answer : (b) geometric
Description : According to Malthusian theory of population (1) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply increases in arithmetic ratio (2) Population increases in arithmetic ratio, food supply increases in ... (4) Population increases in a harmonic ratio, food supply increases in a arithmetic ratio
Last Answer : Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply increases in arithmetic ratio
Description : Isotropic turbulence occurs (A) Where there is no velocity gradient (B) At higher temperatures (C) Only in Newtonian fluids (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Where there is no velocity gradient
Description : Which explains why the sequence 216 12 23 is arithmetic or geometric?
Last Answer : The sequence 216 12 23 is neither arithmetic nor geometric.
Description : Recuperated will be more efficient if the flow path of hot and cold fluids is in: a) Co-current mode b) Counter current mode c) Cross current mode d) Cone of the above
Last Answer : Counter current mode
Description : case of condensers & evaporators operating under given terminal conditions, LMTD (logarithmic mean temperature difference) for counter flow as compared to that for parallel flow is (A) More (B) Less (C) Equal (D) Much more
Last Answer : Option C
Description : In the free convection regime of pool boiling, the heat flux is proportional to (A) Δt 1/2 (B) Δt 2 (C) Δt 5/4 (D) Δt
Last Answer : (C) Δt 5/4
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) 'Solvates' are chemical compounds formed by solute with their solvents. When water is the solvent, then it is called a 'hydrate' (B) In heat exchanger ... vertical evaporators, area of central downtake is about 50 to 100% of the total tube cross-sectional area
Last Answer : (C) Heat transfer co-efficient during nucleate boiling is not influenced by the agitation imparted
Description : Which of the following statements are TRUE for damped vibrations? (P) . For a system having critical damping, the value of the damping ratio is unity and system does not undergo a vibratory motion. (Q) . Logarithmic decrement method ... Q only (B) P and S only (C) P, Q and R only (D) Q and S only
Last Answer : (C) P, Q and R only
Description : Metallic recuperators are not used for waste heat recovery, if the hot flue gas temperature is above __________ °C, because corrosion prevails at higher temperatures. (A) 350 (B) 750 (C) 1050 (D) 1250
Last Answer : (B) 750
Description : Drinking hot beverages - What is the typical temperature when fluids enter our stomach?
Last Answer : If you make tea with boiling water, figure that by the time you drink it, it’s cooled down (but is still hot) to maybe 150 degrees F? Maybe 130F?
Description : The overall resistance for heat transfer through a series of flat resistance, is the __________ of the resistances. (A) Average (B) Geometric mean (C) Product (D) Sum
Last Answer : (D) Sum
Description : What happened to the solutions of this logarithmic equation?
Last Answer : They decided not to use imaginary or complex numbers. Like the square root of + and – 2
Description : The relation between specises richness and area is described on a logarithmic scale by the equation [where S = species richness, A = area, Z = slope o
Last Answer : The relation between specises richness and area is described on a logarithmic scale by the equation [where S = species ... D. log S = log C + Z log A
Description : The concrete roof of a house is 10 m by 8 m and 10 cm thick (4"). Estimate the total heat the roof would absorb over the 12 day? a. 1.3 x 108 J b 2.3 x 108 J c. 3.3 x 108 J d. 4.3 x 108 J formula: ΔQ = ΔQ/Δtx Δt
Last Answer : 1.3 x 108 J
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Higher is the temperature of the radiating body, higher is the wavelength of radiation (B) Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate ... ) Solid angle subtended by the finite surface at the radiating element is called the angle of incidence
Last Answer : (B) Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate through a thick walled cylinder
Description : Dittus-Boelter equation used for the determination of heat transfer coefficient is valid (A) For fluids in laminar flow (B) For fluids in turbulent flow (C) When Grashoff number is very important (D) For liquid metals
Last Answer : (B) For fluids in turbulent flow
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) The shear stress at the pipe (dia = D, length = L) wall in case of laminar flow of Newtonian fluids is (D/4L). ∆p (B) In the equation, T. gc = k. ... to motion (D) With increase in the Mach number >0.6, the drag co-efficient decreases in case of compressible fluids
Last Answer : (D) With increase in the Mach number >0.6, the drag co-efficient decreases in case of compressible fluids
Description : The energy equation, E + (p/ρ) + (V 2 /2g) + gZ = constant (E = internal energy/mass), is applicable to (A) Perfect gases only (B) Isothermal flow of gases (C) Adiabatic unsteady flow of gases (D) All compressible fluids
Last Answer : (D) All compressible fluids
Description : Give the geometric representation of y = 2 as an equation in one variable. -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Solution :-
Description : Give the geometric interpretations of 5x + 3 = 3x – 7 as an equation (i) in one variable (ii) in two variables. -Maths 9th
Description : 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 ... mean temperature difference in °C is approximately (A) 32 (B) 37 (C) 45 (D) 50
Last Answer : (A) 32
Description : Humid volume, at a given temperature is a/an __________ function of humidity. (A) Inverse (B) Exponential (C) Linear (D) Logarithmic
Last Answer : (C) Linear
Description : If the thermal conductivity of a wall material is independent of temperature, the steady state temperature distribution in the very large thin plane wall having steady, uniform surface temperature follows __________ ... (A) Hyperbolic (B) Parabolic (C) Linear (D) Logarithmic
Description : If the thermal conductivity of a wall material is independent of temperature, the steady state temperature distribution in the very large thin plane wall having steady, uniform surface temperature follows __________ law. (A) Parabolic (B) Hyperbolic (C) Linear (D) Logarithmic
Last Answer : (A) Parabolic
Description : If the vapour pressure at two temperatures of a solid phase in equilibrium with its liquid phase are known, then the latent heat of fusion can be calculated by the (A) Maxwell's equation (B) Clausius-Clapeyron Equation (C) Van Laar equation (D) Nernst Heat Theorem
Last Answer : B) Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
Description : One feels cold after a dip in sea water due to (a) convection currents (b) the deposition of salt on the body (c) the evaporation of water on the body (d) the difference in temperatures between land and sea
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : For flow of fluids through packed bed, the superficial velocity is (A) Less than the average velocity through channels (B) More than the average velocity through channels (C) Dependent on the pressure drop across the bed (D) Same as the average velocity through channels
Last Answer : (A) Less than the average velocity through channels
Description : The continuity equation is connected with (A) Open channel/pipe flow (B) Compressibility of fluids (C) Conservation of mass (D) Steady/unsteady flow
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : If the arithmetic mean of the roots of the equation `4cos^(3)x-4cos^(2)x-cos(pi+x)-1=0` in the interval `[0,315]` is equal to `kpi`, then the value of
Last Answer : If the arithmetic mean of the roots of the equation `4cos^(3)x-4cos^(2)x-cos(pi+x)-1=0` in the interval `[0,315 ... is A. `10` B. `20` C. `50` D. `80`