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  1. The equivalent diameter for the annulus of a double pipe heat exchanger, whose inner pipe has fins on the outside is __________ compared to the same size pipes without fins.

  2. A.
    more
    B.
    less
    C.
    same
    D.
    unpredictable

  3. Natural convection is characterised by

  4. A.
    Grashhoff number
    B.
    Peclet number
    C.
    Reynolds number
    D.
    Prandtl number

  5. Nusselt number for full developed, laminar, constant property flow in a pipe at uniform heat flux is

  6. A.
    0.72
    B.
    4.364
    C.
    18
    D.
    83

  7. Thickness of thermal boundary layer is more compared to that of hydrodynamic boundary layer, when the value of Prandtl number is

  8. A.
    1
    B.
    < 1
    C.
    > 1
    D.
    > 5

  9. The critical radius of insulation for cylindrical pipe is (where, hi = heat transfer coefficient at inside of the pipe )

  10. A.
    K/h0
    B.
    2K/h0
    C.
    hi/K
    D.
    2hi/K

  11. The heat flux in the nucleate boiling regimes is proportional to (where, ΔT = excess temperature)

  12. A.
    (ΔT)2
    B.
    (ΔT)4
    C.
    (ΔT)3
    D.
    (ΔT)

  13. A body is called grey if the monochromatic emissivity of the body is

  14. A.
    zero
    B.
    unity
    C.
    same for all wavelengths
    D.
    different for all wavelengths

  15. In an extended surface heat exchanger, fluid having lower co-efficient

  16. A.
    flows through the tube.
    B.
    flows outside the tubes.
    C.
    can flow either inside or outside the tubes.
    D.
    should not be used as it gives very high pressure drop.

  17. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the tube side heat transfer co-efficient just at the entrance of the tube is

  18. A.
    infinity.
    B.
    zero.
    C.
    same as average heat transfer co-efficient for tube side.
    D.
    none of these.

  19. Grashoff number, which is defined as g . β(Ts - T) ρ2. L32, is proportional to the ratio of buoyancy force to __________ force.

  20. A.
    viscous
    B.
    elastic
    C.
    inertial
    D.
    none of these