The equation, (h.D/K) is called the __________ number.
(A) Nusselt
(B) Peclet
(C) Rayleigh
(D) Grashoff
Description : Cpµ/K is termed as the __________ number. (A) Grashoff (B) Nusselt (C) Prandtl (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (C) Prandtl
Description : NGr × NPr ) is called the __________ number. (A) Graetz (B) Rayleigh (C) Nusselt (D) Stanton
Last Answer : (B) Rayleigh
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 : 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 : 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 : The ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity is the __________ number. (A) Prandtl (B) Nusselt (C) Stanton (D) Grashoff
Last Answer : (A) 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 : The Dittus-Boelter equation for convective heat transfer [(i.e. h = 0.023 (K/D) (Re) 0.8 (Pr) 0.4 ] cannot be used for (A) Low Reynold's number (B) Very low Grashoff number (C) Molten metals (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Natural convection is characterised by (A) Grashoff number (B) Peclet number (C) Reynolds number (D) Prandtl number
Last Answer : (A) Grashoff 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 : 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 : What is Nusselt number? (A) CP . µ/k (B) hD/k (C) h. CP /µ (D) CP . µ/h
Last Answer : (B) hD/k
Description : Rayleigh equation applies to __________ distillation. (A) Differential (B) Flash (C) Equilibrium (D) Molecular
Last Answer : (A) Differential
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 : 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 : NRe . NPr ) (D/L) is called the __________ number (A) Peclet (B) Stanton (C) Graetz (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Graetz
Description : Value of Nusselt number [Nu = (hD/k)] for the heat transfer byconduction from a droplet or a spherical particle to a surrounding stagnant film is (A) 0.5 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 100
Last Answer : (B) 2
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 : 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 : __________ 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 : (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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : In a boiling curve, the peak heat flux is called the __________ point. (A) Nusselt (B) Leidenfrost (C) Boiling (D) Burnout
Last Answer : (D) Burnout
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 : . (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 : Which of the following is not concerned with the heat transfer? (A) Brinkman number (B) Stanton number (C) Schmidt number (D) Peclet number
Last Answer : (C) Schmidt number
Description : Peclet number (Pe) is given by (A) Pe = Re.Pr (B) Pe = Re/Pr (C) Pe = Pr /Re (D) Pe = Nu.Re
Last Answer : (A) Pe = Re.Pr
Description : For an ideal plug flow reactor, the value of Peclet number is (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 10 (D) ∞
Last Answer : (A) 0
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 : In natural convection heat transfer, the correlating parameter is the (A) Graetz number (B) Eckert number (C) Grashoff number (D) Bond number
Description : Which of the following is directly concerned with the heat transfer? (A) Strouhal number (B) Sherwood number (C) Euler number (D) Grashoff number
Last Answer : (D) Grashoff number
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 : 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 : 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 : The sky appears blue due to – (1) Rayleigh scattering (2) Mie scattering (3) Back scattering (4) None of the above
Last Answer : (1) Rayleigh scattering Explanation: The blue colour of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little ... absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky.
Description : Loss due to the diffraction of light when it strikes on the irregularities formed during the manufacturing process of the fiber optics. A. Absorption loss B. Attenuation C. Bending loss D. Rayleigh scattering loss
Last Answer : D. Rayleigh scattering loss
Description : Radio fading resulting from obstruction losses. A. Log normal fading B. None of these C. Multi-path fading D. Rayleigh fading
Last Answer : A. Log normal fading
Description : Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay got Nobel Prizefor the discovery of Argon in?
Last Answer : 1904
Description : The first critical speed of an automobile running on a sinusoidal road is calculated by (modeling it as a single degree of freedom system) A Resonance B Approximation C Superposition D Rayleigh quotient
Last Answer : A Resonance
Description : The first critical speed of an automobile running on a sinusoidal road is calculated by (modeling it as a single degree of freedom system) a) Resonance b) Approximation c) Superposition d) Rayleigh quotient
Last Answer : a) Resonance
Description : It is caused by the difference in the propagation time of light rays that take different paths down the fiber. ∙ A. modal dispersion ∙ B. microbending ∙ C. Rayleigh scattering ∙ D. chromatic dispersion
Last Answer : A. modal dispersion
Description : The dominant loss mechanisms in silica fiber are ∙ a. Absorption and radiation losses ∙ b. Absorption and Rayleigh scattering ∙ c. Coupling and radiation losses ∙ d. Radiation and modal dispersion
Last Answer : b. Absorption and Rayleigh scattering
Description : .In Rayleigh law of scattering ,The intensity of scattered light is proportional to A. λ B. λ -2 C. λ -4 D. λ-1
Last Answer : C. λ -4
Description : The sky appears blue due to (1) Rayleigh scattering (2) Mie scattering (3) Back scattering (4) None of the above
Last Answer : Rayleigh scattering
Description : Nusselt number for full developed, laminar, constant property flow in a pipe at uniform heat flux is (A) 0.72 (B) 4.364 (C) 18 (D) 83
Last Answer : (B) 4.364