The Fourier number (defined as a.t/L
2
) is used in the analysis of
problem involving heat transfer by
(A) Forced convection
(B) Natural convection
(C) Transient conduction
(D) Steady state conduction
Description : In which mode of heat transfer, the Biot number is important? (A) Transient heat conduction (B) Natural convection (C) Forced convection (D) Radiation
Last Answer : (A) Transient heat conduction
Description : View factor is important in heat transfer by (A) Steady state conduction (B) Natural convection (C) Forced convection (D) Radiation
Last Answer : (D) Radiation
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 : If heat transfer rate varies with the time, it is termed as (A) Forced convection (B) Steady state conduction (C) Monochromatic radiation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
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 : Mode of heat transfer in which the fluid moves under the influence of changes in fluid pressure produced by external work is called (A) Radiation (B) Natural convection (C) Forced convection (D) Conduction
Last Answer : (C) Forced convection
Description : Mode of heat transfer involved in the cooling of air cooled internal combustion engine is (A) Conduction (B) Natural convection (C) Forced convection (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Natural convection
Description : Heat transfer by __________ may not necessarily require the presence of a medium. (A) Conduction (B) Natural convection (C) Forced convection (D) Radiation
Description : In a furnace with heating element temperature at 1700°C, the dominant mechanism of heat transfer will be (A) Conduction (B) Radiation (C) Natural convection (D) Forced convection
Last Answer : (B) Radiation
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 : In pipe flow, heat is transferred from hot wall to the liquid by(A) Conduction only (B) Forced convection only (C) Forced convection and conduction (D) Free and forced convection
Last Answer : (C) Forced convection and conduction
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 : 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 : Heat transfer co-efficient equation for forced convection, Nu = 0.023 Re 0.8 . Pr n , is not valid, if the value of (A) n = 0.4 is used for heating (B) n = 0.3 is used for cooling (C) Reynolds number for the flow involved is > 10000 (D) Reynolds number for the flow involved is < 2100
Last Answer : (D) Reynolds number for the flow involved is < 2100
Description : Heat transfer in the laminar sub-layer in case of a liquid flowing through a pipe, is mostly by (A) Eddies current (B) Conduction (C) Convection (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Conduction
Description : Fourier's law applies to the heat transfer by (A) Convection (B) Radiation (C) Conduction (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (C) Conduction
Description : When warm and cold liquids are mixed, the heat transfer is mainly by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) Both (A) & (C
Last Answer : (B) Convection
Description : In furnaces operating at very high temperature (say) 1250°C, e.g. soaking pit), the maximum heat transfer takes place by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) Cannot be predicted
Last Answer : (C) Radiation
Description : Maximum heat transfer in high temperature furnaces is by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) Either (A), (B) or (C); depends on the type of furnace
Description : Gibbs phase rule finds application, when heat transfer occurs by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) Condensation
Last Answer : (D) Condensation
Description : Heat transfer by __________ is almost absent in case of fluidised bed drying operation. (A) Radiation (B) Conduction (C) Convection (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : A) Radiation
Description : Heat transfer to the water wall in a high pressure water wall type boiler furnace is mainly by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) Both 'a' & 'b'
Last Answer : Option C
Description : reduction in thermal resistance during heat transfer does not occur in the (A) Convection heat transfer by stirring the fluid and cleaning the heating surface (B) Conduction heat transfer by ... Radiation heat transfer by increasing the temperature and reducing the emissivity (D) None of these
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 : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In case of heat transfer by purely forced convection, GR /Re 2 ≤ 1 (B) The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of ... nucleate boiling depends basically on the ease with which the bubbles are formed and detached from the heating surface
Last Answer : (B) The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square crosssection (having each side as 'x') is equal to 4x
Description : In forced convection, the heat transfer depends on (A) Re, Pr (B) Re, Gr (C) Mainly Gr (D) Re only
Last Answer : (A) Re, Pr
Description : Forced recirculation of furnace gases is practised (A) To increase heat transfer by convection (B) To ensure uniform temperature (C) In furnaces, operating below 750°C (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : In reverberatory furnace, charge is heated mainly by (A) Conduction (B) Natural convection (C) Radiation of heat from the roof of the combustion chamber (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Radiation of heat from the roof of the combustion chamber
Description : Which form of heat transfer travels the fastest,convection or conduction?
Last Answer : Conductor. A solid object is much better at conducting than gas, that’s why wires are wired. Air has a higher resitance to change, but also changes more than a static object, with different currents and influencing variables like humidity, barometric pressure etc.
Description : Transfer of heat energy from a heater coil to the cooking vessel takes place through the process of- (1) Convection only (2) Conduction and convection only (3) Radiation and convection only (4) Convection, conduction and radiation
Last Answer : (3) Radiation and convection only Explanation: Conduction is the transfer of heat energy by direct contact, convection is the movement of heat by actual motion of matter; radiation is the transfer of energy with the help of electromagnetic waves.
Description : Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called – (1) Conduction (2) Convection (3) Absorption (4) Advection
Last Answer : (4) Advection Explanation: Convection transfers heat vertically into the atmosphere. In order for heat to be transferred to other regions, it must be transferred horizontally by the wind. The horizontal ... advection is the transport of pollutants or silt in a river by bulk water flow downstream.
Description : ____ is the transfer of heat from one particle to another by contact. a. Conduction c. Radiation b. Convection d. Combustion
Last Answer : a. Conduction
Description : Explain application of conduction and convection mode of heat transfer in automobile.
Last Answer : Applications of conduction1. Fins provided on motor cycle engine 2. Electric fuse cut off 3. Electric heater 4. Carbonisation of coal 5. Melting of iron in blast furnace 6. Fission reactions in ... 5. Radiator - Puts warm air out at the top and draws in cooler air at the bottom.
Description : Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called (1) Conduction (2) Convection (3) Absorption (4) Advection
Last Answer : Advection
Description : What is defined as a process during which a fluid flows through a control volume steadily? A. Transient-flow process B. Steady and uniform process C. Uniform-flow process D. Steady-flow process
Last Answer : Steady-flow process
Description : . __________ chart is known as transient heat conduction chart. (A) Dirhing's (B) Heisler's (C) Mollier's (D) Cox
Last Answer : (A) Dirhing's
Description : In natural convection heat transfer, the correlating parameter is the (A) Graetz number (B) Eckert number (C) Grashoff number (D) Bond number
Last Answer : (C) Grashoff number
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 : Steady state one dimensional heat flow by conduction as given by Fourier's low does not assume that (A) There is no internal heat generation (B) Boundary surfaces are isothermal (C) Material is anisotropic (D) Constant temperature gradient exists
Last Answer : (C) Material is anisotropic
Description : What refers to the transfer of energy between a solid surface and the adjacent fluid that is in motion? A. Conduction B. Convection C. Radiation D. Electrification
Last Answer : Convection
Description : ____ is the transfer of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves. a. Compulsion c. Convection b. Radiation d. Conduction
Last Answer : b. Radiation
Description : Heat transfer by natural convection is enhanced in system with (A) High viscosity (B) High co-efficient of thermal expansio
Last Answer : (B) High co-efficient of thermal expansion
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 : Heat transfer occurs by natural convection because change in temperature causes difference in (A) Viscosity (B) Density (C) Thermal conductivity (D) Heat capacity
Last Answer : (B) Density
Description : Fluid motion in the natural convection heat transfer between a solid surface and a fluid in contact with it, results from the (A) Existence of thermal boundary layer (B) Temperature gradient produced ... difference (C) Buoyancy of the bubbles produced at active nucleation site (D) None of these
Description : Heat flux increases with temperature drop beyond the Leiden frost point in the plot of heat flux vs. temperature drop for a boiling liquid, because (A) Convection becomes important (B) Conduction becomes important (C) Radiation becomes important (D) Sub-cooled boiling occurs
Last Answer : (C) Radiation becomes important
Description : Loss of heat from untagged steam pipe to the ambient air is by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : In salt bath furnace, heat is transferred to the charge mainly by (A) Conduction (B) Convection (C) Radiation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Conduction
Description : Upto the critical radius of insulation, added insulation, will (A) Increase the heat loss (B) Decrease heat loss and will have no effect beyond that (C) Decrease heat flux (D) Reduce convection heat loss compared to conduction heat less
Last Answer : Option B
Description : Arithmetic mean area can be used in heat transfer problem to calculate the heat flow by conduction through a cylinder which is (A) Thin walled having the value of Ao Ai /< 2 (B) Thick walled (C) Having the value of Ao /Ai > 2 (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Thin walled having the value of Ao Ai /< 2