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A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
A 6 hours
B 10 hours
C 15 hours
D 30 hours
For a given ambient air temperature with increase in the thickness of insulation of a hot cylinderical pipe, the rate of heat loss from the surface would
A Decrease
B Increase
C First decrease and then increase
D First increase and then decrease
Pipe A alone can fill a tankin 8 hours .Pipe B can fill it in 6 hours . If both the pipes are operated and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in.
A 6 hours
B 3 1/2 hours
C 4 hours
D 1 1/2 hours
A pipe fills a tank in P minuties and another pipe fills the tank in Q minutes. A different pipe makes the tank empty in R minutes. If all these three pipe are opened then in how many minutes the tank will be full?
A p+q-qpqr
B pq+pr-pqpqr
C pq+qr-prpqr
D pqrqr+pr-pq
A water tank with 64-gallon capacity is filled by pipe A and emptied by pipe B. If the rate of water flow through pipe A is 2 gallons per hour, how many gallons per hour should flow through pipe B so that when both pipes are open, the initially empty tank shold be full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 4/3
C 2/3
D 8/3
Pipe A can fill an empty cistern in 4 hours while along with Pipe B it can fill it up in 3 hours. Only Pipe A is turned on for an hour after which Pipe B is also turned on. How much total time will it take to fill up the cistern?
A 3 hrs 20 min
B 3 hrs 25 min
C 3 hrs 15 min
D 3 hrs
Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is
A Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes
Vapour actuated pressure spring thermometer does not require ambient temperature compensation. Ambient temperature compensation is provided in gas or liquid expansion pressure spring thermometer by
A Making the volume of thermometer bulb as large as conveniently possible
B Reducing the volume of the capillary to a minimum
C Reducing the volume of the receiving element to a minimum
D All of the above
Which of the following parameters is not responsible for the heat loss from a hot steam carrying bare pipe surface located in a room without fans ?
A Emissivity of pipe surface
B Diameter & length of the pipe
C Temperature of hot pipe surface & that of air in the room
D None of these
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in :
A 81 min
B 108 min
C 144 min
D 192 min

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