Q. The average heat transfer co-efficient for laminar film condensation on vertical surface is inversely proportional to (where, ΔT = Temperature drop across condensate film )

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Q. Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is

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Q. Which of the following is concerned with both heat and mass transfer ?

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Q. A backward feed multiple effect evaporator is better than forward feed for concentrating cold feed, because it provides

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Q. A 10 cm diameter steam pipe, carrying steam at 180°C, is covered with an insulation (conductivity = 0.6 W/m.°C). It losses heat to the surroundings at 30°C. Assume a heat transfer co-efficient of 0.8 W/m².°C for heat transfer from surface to the surroundings. Neglect wall resistance of the pipe and film resistance of steam. If the insulation thickness is 2 cms, the rate of heat loss from this insulated pipe will be

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Q. Fouling factor

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Q. In case of vertical tube evaporator, with increase in liquor level, the overall heat transfer co-efficient

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Q. The steam ejector is used to

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Q. For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area

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Q. The thermal efficiency of a reversible heat engine operating between two given thermal reservoirs is 0.4. The device is used either as a refrigerator or as a heat pump between the same reservoirs. Then the coefficient of performance as a refrigerator (COP)R and the co-efficient of performance as a heat pump (COP)HP are

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Q. Crystal size in a continuous crystalliser depends upon the

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Q. Heat waves

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Q. Air is best heated with steam in a heat exchanger of

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Q. Which of the following is generally considered as opaque surface towards radiations?

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Q. Black liquor generated during paper manufacture is concentrated in a

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Q. When vaporisation takes place directly at the heating surface, it is called

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Q. Steam consumption in kg/hr in case of an evaporator is given by (where, C & E are capacity the economy of the evaporator respectively)

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Q. With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids

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Q. Fourier's law applies to the heat transfer by

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Q. The equivalent diameter for pressure drop is __________ that for heat transfer.

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