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In a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given heat transfer surface area, smaller diameter tubes are favoured as compared to larger diameter ones ; because the smaller diameter tubes
A Are easier to clean
B Are less prone to fouling
C Can be fitted into a smaller shell diameter hence the cost of the heat exchanger would be less
D None of these
A concentric double pipe heat exchanger as compared to the shell and tube heat exchanger for the same heat load requires
A Less heating surface
B More space
C Lower maintenance cost
D None of these
LMTD correction factor which is to be applied for a cross-flow heat exchanger increases with increase in the number of shell passes. Its value for a single pass cross flow heat exchanger is
A 0
B 1
C >1
In a shell and tube heat exchanger, putting a longitudinal baffle across the shell, forces the shell side fluid to pass __________ through the heat exchanger.
A Once
B Twice
C Thrice
D Four times
If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two pass, then for the same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will
A Increase by 1.8 times
B Decrease by 22
C Increase by 216
D Remain unchanged
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
A single pass air heater is connected to a two pass unit. For the air flow rate and other conditions remaining the same, the film heat transfer co-efficient for air will vary in the ratio of
A 2
B 20.8
C 20.2
D 20.5
In a co-current double pipe heat exchanger used for condensing saturated steam over the inner tube, if the entrance and exit conditions of the coolant are interchanged, then the rate of condensation will
A Increase
B Decrease
C Remain unchanged
D Either increase or decrease; depends on the coolant flow rate
In a double pipe (concentric) heat exchanger, the hydraulic radius for heat transfer (for a fluid flowing through the annulus) would be
A Same as that for fluid flow
B Less than that for fluid flow
C More than that for fluid flow
D D2 - D1 (D1 and D2 are I.D. of inner and outer pipes respectively)
In PHP, the difference between double quote and single quote is that variables . . . . in single quoted strings whereas they . . . . . in double quoted strings.
A are not parsed, are parsed
B are parsed, are not parsed
C are class, are not class
D are variables, are not variables

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