The ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity is the
__________ number.
(A) Prandtl
(B) Nusselt
(C) Stanton
(D) Grashoff
Description : The ratio of kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity is called the __________ number. (A) Peclet (B) Prandtl (C) Stanton (D) Nusselt
Last Answer : (B) Prandtl
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 : 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 : . (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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 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 : A measure of the extent to which viscous heating is important relative to the heat flow resulting from the impressed temperature difference is represented by the __________ number. (A) Condensation (B) Grashoff (C) Stanton (D) Brinkman
Last Answer : (D) Brinkman
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 : NGr × NPr ) is called the __________ number. (A) Graetz (B) Rayleigh (C) Nusselt (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (B) Rayleigh
Description : The equation, (h.D/K) is called the __________ number. (A) Nusselt (B) Peclet (C) Rayleigh (D) Grashoff
Last Answer : (A) Nusselt
Description : jH factor for heat transfer is not a function of the __________ number. (A) Reynolds (B) Nusselt (C) Grashoff (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) & (C)
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 : 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 : Critical value of the __________ number governs the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in free convection heat transfer. (A) Grashoff (B) Reynolds (C) Both 'a' & 'b' (D) Prandtl & Grashoff
Last Answer : (D) Prandtl & Grashoff
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 : 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 : Nusselt number is related to Grashoff number (Gr) in turbulent & laminar flow respectively, in respect of free convection over a vertical flat plate as (A) Gr0.25, Gr (B) Gr0.25, Gr0.33 (C) Gr, Gr0.25 (D) Gr0.33, Gr0.25
Last Answer : Option A
Description : . If Prandtl number is greater than the Schmidt number, then the (A) Thermal boundary layer lies inside the concentration boundary layer (B) Concentration boundary layer lies inside the thermal boundary ... (D) Hydrodynamic (i.e., momentum) boundary layer is thicker than the other two
Last Answer : (A) Thermal boundary layer lies inside the concentration boundary layer
Description : In physical terms, Schmidt number means (A) Thermal diffusivity/mass diffusivity (B) Thermal diffusivity/momentum diffusivity (C) Momentum diffusivity/mass diffusivity (D) Mass diffusivity/thermal diffusivity
Last Answer : (C) Momentum diffusivity/mass diffusivity
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are the same for NSc = NPr= 1 (B) 1 Nm3 of dry air is lighter ... ) The Lewis number of a mixture is unity, when the thermal diffusivity is equal to the mass diffusivity
Last Answer : (B) 1 Nm3 of dry air is lighter than 1Nm3 of humid air
Description : Which of the following is unimportant in forced convection? (A) Reynolds number (B) Prandtl number (C) Grashoff number (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Grashoff number
Description : Natural convection is characterised by (A) Grashoff number (B) Peclet number (C) Reynolds number (D) Prandtl number
Last Answer : (A) Grashoff number
Description : Transition from laminar to turbulent zone in free convection heat transfer is governed by the critical value of (A) Grashoff number (B) Grashoff number & Reynolds number (C) Reynolds number (D) Grashoff number & Prandtl number
Last Answer : Option D
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 : 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 : 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 : When the ratio of the Grashoff number and to the square of Reynolds number is one, the dominant mechanism of heat transfer is: (A) Free convection (B) Entry length problem in laminar forced ... (developing thermal boundary layer) (C) Mixed convection (both free and forced) (D) Forced convection
Last Answer : (C) Mixed convection (both free and forced)
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 : 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 : __________ 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 : In case of cooling towers, the ratio of the rates of heat and mass transfer is indicated by the __________ number. (A) Lewis (B) Grashoff (C) Sherwood
Last Answer : (A) Lewis
Description : 1. __________ of air does not increase with increase in temperature. (A) Density (B) Thermal diffusivity (C) Viscosity (D) Thermal conductivi
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 : 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 : Thickness of thermal boundary layer is more compared to that of hydrodynamic boundary layer, when the value of Prandtl number is (A) 1 (B) < 1 (C) > 1 (D) > 5
Last Answer : (B) < 1
Description : At what value of Prandtl number, the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers of a fluid flowing over a heated plate will be identical? (A) 1 (B) < 1 (C) > 1 (D) None of these
Description : If mass diffusivity in a mixture is equal to the thermal diffusivity, then the Lewis number is (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) < 1 (D) > 1
Last Answer : (B) 1
Description : NSc /NPr is called the (A) Psychrometric ratio (B) Lewis number (C) Sherwood number (D) Stanton number
Last Answer : (B) Lewis number
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 : 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 : 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 : Thermal diffusivity is the most important in heat transfer by (A) Conduction (B) Radiation
Last Answer : (A) Conduction