Q. The index which corelates the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity and air velocity on the human body, is known as

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Q. The ratio of Nusselt number and the product of Reynold's number and Prandtl number is equal to

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Q. The alignment circle is marked on the psychrometric chart at

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Q. The operating temperature of a cold storage is - 2° C. The heat leakage from the surrounding is 30 kW for the ambient temperature of 40° C. The actual C.O.P. of refrigeration plant used is one fourth that of ideal plant working between the same temperatures. The power required to drive the plant is

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Q. In chemical dehumidification process,

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Q. A one tonne refrigerating machine means that

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Q. The air cooling system mostly used in transport type aircrafts is

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Q. The critical thickness of insulation is the ratio of thermal conductivity of the insulating material (k) to the heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface of the insulation (h0).

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Q. The heat transfer by conduction through a thick cylinder(Q) is given by (where T1 = Higher temperature, T2 = Lower temperature, r1 = Inside radius, r2 = Outside radius, l = Length of cylinder, and k = Thermal conductivity)

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Q. The heat is transferred by conduction, convection and radiation in

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Q. A thermostatic expansion valve in a refrigeration system

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Q. The temperature rise, between the condenser outlet and expansion valve in ammonia vapour compression system, should be as low as possible.

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Q. The ratio of the actual mass of water vapour in a unit mass of dry air to the mass of water vapour in the same mass of dry air when it is saturated at the same temperature and pressure, is called

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Q. The __________ point of ammonia is -77.7°C.

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Q. Sulphur dioxide has the lowest boiling point.

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Q. For a given dry bulb temperature, as the relative humidity __________ the wet bulb temperature will increase.

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Q. The lowest thermal diffusivity is of

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Q. A low wet bulb temperature indicates very __________ humidity.

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Q. In counter-current flow heat exchanger, the logarithmic temperature difference between the fluids is __________ as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger.

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Q. Environmental protection agencies advice against the use of chloro-fluoro-carbon refrigerants since

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