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  1. Intermittant tube cleaning is possible to be done in case of a __________ evaporator.

  2. A.
    basket type
    B.
    horizontal tube
    C.
    calendria
    D.
    none of these

  3. Harmonic mean temperature difference is given by

  4. A.
    ΔT1 . ΔT2
    B.
    C.
    D.

  5. Arithmetic mean area can be used in heat transfer problem to calculate the heat flow by conduction through a cylinder which is

  6. 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).

  7. Three solid objects of the same material and of equal mass-a sphere, a cylinder (length = diameter) and a cube are at 500°C initially. These are dropped in a quenching bath containing a large volume of cooling oil each attaining the bath temperature eventually. The time required for 90% change in temperature is the smallest for

  8. A.
    cube
    B.
    cylinder
    C.
    sphere
    D.
    equal for all the three

  9. Overall heat transfer co-efficient for cooling of hydrocarbons by water is about

  10. A.
    50 -100 Kcal/hr.m2.°C
    B.
    50 -100 W/m2 . °K
    C.
    50 -100 BTU/hr. ft.2°F
    D.
    1000 - 1500 BTU/hr. ft.2°F

  11. Absorptivity of a perfect black body is unity. Which of the following has maximum absorptivity ?

  12. A.
    aluminium foil
    B.
    refractory bricks
    C.
    iron plate
    D.
    coke breeze

  13. Thermal diffusivity is given by


  14. At what value of Prandtl number, the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers of a fluid flowing over a heated plate will be identical ?

  15. A.
    1
    B.
    < 1
    C.
    > 1
    D.
    none of these

  16. Fourier's law of heat conduction applies to __________ surfaces.

  17. A.
    isothermal
    B.
    non-isothermal
    C.
    both (a) and (b)
    D.
    neither (a) and (b)

  18. __________ chart is known as transient heat conduction chart.

  19. A.
    Dirhing's
    B.
    Heisler's
    C.
    Mollier's
    D.
    Cox