The ratio of kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity is called the
__________ number.
(A) Peclet
(B) Prandtl
(C) Stanton
(D) Nusselt
Description : The ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity is the __________ number. (A) Prandtl (B) Nusselt (C) Stanton (D) Grashoff
Last Answer : (A) Prandtl
Description : . (NSh /NRe .NSc ) is termed in mass transfer operation as the (A) Stanton number (B) Peclet number (C) Thermal diffusivity (D) Momentum diffusivity
Last Answer : (A) Stanton number
Description : Corresponding to Nusselt number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass transfer is the __________ number. (A) Sherwood (B) Schmidt (C) Peclet (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (A) Sherwood
Description : Corresponding to Prandtl number in heat transfer, the dimensionless group in mass transfer is the __________ number. (A) Schmidt (B) Sherwood (C) Peclet (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (A) Schmidt
Description : Nusselt number is a function of Prandtl number and __________ number of fluid in natural convection heat transfer. (A) Grashoff (B) Biot (C) Stanton
Last Answer : (A) Grashoff
Description : Cpµ/K is termed as the __________ number. (A) Grashoff (B) Nusselt (C) Prandtl (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (C) Prandtl
Description : The dimensionless group in mass transfer that is equivalent to Prandtl number in heat transfer is (A) Nusselt number (B) Sherwood number (C) Schmidt number (D) Stanton numbe
Last Answer : (C) Schmidt number
Description : Diffusion co-efficient generally depends upon the temperature, pressure & the nature of the components of the system. Its dimension is not the same as that of the (A) Mass transfer co-efficient (B) Thermal diffusivity (C) Kinematic viscosity (D) Volumetric diffusivity
Last Answer : (A) Mass transfer co-efficient
Description : Which of the following has the same dimension as mass diffusivity? (A) Momentum flux (B) Kinematic viscosity (C) Thermal diffusivity (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : __________ number indicates the ratio of the rates of the heat and mass transfer incase of a cooling tower. (A) Sherwood (B) Stanton (C) Lewis (D) Peclet
Last Answer : (C) Lewis
Description : Prandtl number is the ratio of (A) Mass diffusivity to thermal diffusivity (B) Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity (C) Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity (D) Thermal diffusivity to momentum diffusivity
Last Answer : (B) Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity
Description : Prandtl number is the ratio of (A) Momentum diffusivity to mass diffusivity (B) Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity (C) Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity (D) Thermal diffusivity to momentum diffusivity
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Fluid movement under the influence of buoyant forces resulting from change in density takes place in case of natural convection (B) The ratio NNu /NRe . Npr is ... convection to that by conduction (D) The Colburn jH factor for heat transfer is given by Nst Npr
Last Answer : (D) The Colburn jH factor for heat transfer is given by Nst Npr
Description : NRe . NPr ) (D/L) is called the __________ number (A) Peclet (B) Stanton (C) Graetz (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Graetz
Description : (NRe . NSc ) is termed in mass transfer operation as the __________ number. (A) Stanton (B) Sherwood (C) Peclet (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Peclet
Description : The equation, (h.D/K) is called the __________ number. (A) Nusselt (B) Peclet (C) Rayleigh (D) Grashoff
Last Answer : (A) Nusselt
Description : The hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers will merge, when (A) Prandtl number is one (B) Schmidt number tends to infinity (C) Nusselt number tends to infinity (D) Archimedes number is greater than 10000
Last Answer : (A) Prandtl number is one
Description : The dimension of diffusivity is same as that of the (A) Density (B) Molal concentration (C) Kinematic viscosity (D) Velocity head
Last Answer : (C) Kinematic viscosity
Description : Dimension of mass diffusivity is the same as that of (A) Kinematic viscosity (B) Dynamic viscosity (C) Surface tension (D) Pressure
Last Answer : (A) Kinematic viscosity
Description : NGr × NPr ) is called the __________ number. (A) Graetz (B) Rayleigh (C) Nusselt (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (B) Rayleigh
Description : Prandtl number is the reciprocal of (A) Thermal diffusivity/Momentum diffusivity (B) Thermal diffusivity × Momentum (C) Thermal diffusivity × Mass diffusivity (D) Mass diffusivity × Momentum diffusivity
Last Answer : (A) Thermal diffusivity/Momentum diffusivity
Description : In a mixer, the quantity, (v. L/D) is termed as __________ number (where, v = longitudinal velocity of material, L = length of the mixer, D = diffusivity in axial mixing). (A) Weber (B) Peclet (C) Brinkman (D) Schmidt
Last Answer : (B) Peclet
Description : In fluid flow, and heat and mass transfer, one encounters (i) kinematic velocity (μ), (ii) molecular diffusivity (θ) and thermal diffusivity (α). The units of these quantities are. (A) μ , α and θ all have units of m/ ... μ has unit of m/s (D) α and θ have units of m/s, while μ has unit of m2/s
Last Answer : Option C
Description : Which of the following is not concerned with the heat transfer? (A) Brinkman number (B) Stanton number (C) Schmidt number (D) Peclet number
Description : Nusselt number (for forced convection heat transfer) is a function of the __________ number. (A) Prandtl (B) Reynolds (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : jH factor for heat transfer depends upon the __________ number. (A) Biot (B) Nusselt (C) Reynolds (D) Prandtl
Last Answer : (C) Reynolds
Description : Natural convection is characterised by (A) Grashoff number (B) Peclet number (C) Reynolds number (D) Prandtl number
Last Answer : (A) Grashoff number
Description : 1. __________ of air does not increase with increase in temperature. (A) Density (B) Thermal diffusivity (C) Viscosity (D) Thermal conductivi
Last Answer : Option A
Description : Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the analogy between equations of heat and mass transfer operations. (A) Sherwood number in mass transfer is analogous to Nusselt number in heat transfer ... heat transfer (D) Reynolds number remains the same in both heat and mass transfer
Last Answer : (C) Reynolds number in mass transfer is analogous to Grashoff number in heat transfer
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 : The non-dimensional temperature gradient in a liquid at the wall of a pipe is the (A) Heat flux (B) Nusselt number (C) Prandtl number (D) Schmidt number
Last Answer : (A) Heat flux
Description : Dittus-Boelter equation cannot be used for molten metals mainly due to its very low (A) Prandtl number (B) Grashoff number (C) Thermal conductivity (D) Viscosity
Last Answer : (A) Prandtl number
Description : The co-efficient of performance (COP) of a refrigerating system, which is its index of performance, is defined as the ratio of useful refrigeration to the net work. The units of __________ and COP are the same. (A) Kinematic viscosity (B) Work (C) Temperature (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : With increase in temperature, the rate of leaching increases, because the (A) Diffusivity of solute increases (B) Viscosity of solvent decreases (C) Thermal conductivity of solute increases (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Diffusivity of solute increases
Description : Give expression for the following and explain the terms involved. (i) Nusselt number (ii) Prandtl number
Last Answer : 1. Nusselt NumberNNU= hd/k h – fim heat transfer coefficient d - diameter of pipe k – thermal conductivity of fluid 2. Prandtl Number NPR -Cp µ/k Cp– specific heat of fluid µ - viscosity of fluid k – thermal conductivity
Description : . Boiling point elevation for a strong and concentrated solution is found by Duhring's rule, which states that at the same pressure, the boiling point of a solution is a linear function of the __________ of pure water. (A) Boiling point (B) Dynamic viscosity (C) Kinematic viscosity (D) Density
Last Answer : (A) Boiling point
Description : The kinematic viscosity (in stoke) and the absolute/dynamic viscosity (in poise) are the same for __________ at room temperature. (A) Air (B) Water (C) Mercury (D) Alcohol
Last Answer : (B) Water
Description : For flow over a flat plate, the ratio of thermal boundary layer thickness, 'xt' and hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness 'x' is equal to (where, NPr = Prandtl number) (A) NPr (B) NPr 1/3 (C) NPr -1 (D) NPr -1/3
Last Answer : (B) NPr 1/3
Description : Lewis number, which is important in problems involving simultaneous heat and mass transfer, is the ratio of (A) Mass diffusivity to momentum diffusivity (B) Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity (C) Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity
Description : The Schmidt number which is defined as, μ/ρ D, is the ratio of the (A) Momentum diffusivity to the mass diffusivity (B) Thermal diffusivity to the mass diffusivity (C) Momentum diffusivity to the thermal diffusivity (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Momentum diffusivity to the mass diffusivity
Description : The kinematic viscosity is the (A) Ratio of absolute viscosity to the density of the liquid (B) Ratio of density of the liquid to the absolute viscosity (C) Product of absolute viscosity and density of the liquid (D) Product of absolute viscosity and mass of the liquid
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The ratio of absolute viscosity to mass density is known as (A) Specific viscosity (B) Viscosity index (C) Kinematic viscosity (D) Coefficient of viscosity
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Thermal diffusivity of a material (A) Has the unit m2 /sec (B) Is defined as K/ρ . Cp (C) Is the ratio of thermal conductivity to thermal capacity (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are same for, NPr = NSc = __________ (A) 1 (B) 0.5 (C) 10 (D) 0
Last Answer : (A) 1
Description : Which of the following forced convection heat transfer equation accounts for the liquid viscosity effect for viscous liquids? (A) Dittus-Boelter equation (B) Sieder-Tate equation (C) Nusselt equation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Sieder-Tate equation
Description : Which of the following is not dimension-less? (A) Froude number (B) Kinematic viscosity (C) Pressure co-efficient (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Kinematic viscosity
Description : Pick out the wrong statement: (A) Greater is the kinematic viscosity of the liquid, greater is the thickness of the boundary layer (B) Blowers develop a maximum pressure of 2 atmospheres ( ... factor in case of turbulent flow of liquids in pipe depends upon relative roughness & Reynolds number
Last Answer : (C) Friction losses in pipe fittings are generally expressed in terms of velocity heads
Description : Which of the following is not a dimension-less parameter? (A) Pressure-co-efficient (B) Froude number (C) Kinematic viscosity (D) Weber number
Description : Nusselt number/Biot number varies (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity (B) Directly with heat transfer co-efficient (C) Directly with thermal conductivity (D) Inversely with the dimension of the solid
Last Answer : (A) Inversely with thermal conductivity
Description : . One stoke (unit of kinematic viscosity) is equivalent to (A) 1 cm2 /second (B) 1 m2 /second (C) 1 gm/cm. second (D) 1 kg. m/second
Last Answer : (A) 1 cm2 /second