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  1. A heat exchanger with heat transfer surface area A and overall heat transfer coefficient U handles two fluids of heat capacities Cmax and Cmin. The number of transfer units (NTU) used in the analysis of heat exchanger is specified as

  2. A.

     A.Cmin/U

    B.

     U/A.Cmin

    C.

     A.U.Cmin

    D.

     A.U/Cmin


  3. Reynolds number is the ratio of

  4. A.

     Energy transferred by convection to that by conduction

    B.

     Kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity

    C.

     Inertia force to viscous force

    D.

     None of the above


  5. If the temperature of a solid surface changes form 27°C to 627°C, then its emissive power changes in the ratio of

  6. A.

     3

    B.

     9

    C.

     270

    D.

     81


  7. Kirchhoff's law states that

  8. A.

     The total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is directly proportional to the fourth power of the absolute temperature

    B.

     The wave length corresponding to the maximum energy is proportional to the absolute temperature

    C.

     The ratio of the emissive power and absorptive power of all bodies is the same and is equal to the emissive power of a perfectly black body

    D.

     None of the above


  9. Metals are good conductors of heat because

  10. A.

     Their atoms collide frequently

    B.

     Their atoms are relatively far apart

    C.

     They contain free electrons

    D.

     They have high density


  11. Thermal conductivity of water at 20°C is of the order of

  12. A.

     0.1

    B.

     0.23

    C.

     0.42

    D.

     0.51


  13. Thermal conductivity of air at room temperature in kcal/m hr °C is of the order of

  14. A.

     0.002

    B.

     0.02

    C.

     0.01

    D.

     0.1


  15. According to Stefan's law, the total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is proportional to

  16. A.

     Absolute temperature

    B.

     T2

    C.

     T5

    D.

     T


  17. The critical temperature is the temperature

  18. A.

     Below which a gas does not obey gas laws

    B.

     Above which a gas may explode

    C.

     Below which a gas is always liquefied

    D.

     Above which a gas will never liquefied


  19. Thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids with decrease in temperature

  20. A.

     Increases

    B.

     Decreases

    C.

     Remain constant

    D.

     May increase or decrease depending on temperature