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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
The condensing pressure due to the presence of non-condensable gases, as compared to that actually required for condensing temperatures without non-condensable gases,
A Will be higher
B Will be lower
C Will remain unaffected
D May be higher or lower depending upon the nature of non-condensable gases
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 air (a non-condensing gas) is present in a condensing vapor stream, it will __________ the condensation rate of vapor.
A Increase
B Decrease
C Not affect
D Increase the condensing film co-efficient as well as
Presence of a non-condensing gas in a condensing vapour
A Increases the rate of condensation
B Decreases thermal resistance
C Is desirable to increase the film co-efficient
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
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 heat exchanger, the rate of heat transfer from the hot fluid to the cold fluid
A Varies directly as the area and the LMTD
B Directly proportional to LMTD and inversely proportional to the area
C Varies as square of the area
D None of these
LMTD in case of counter flow heat exchanger as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger is
A Higher
B Lower
C Same
D Depends on the area of heat exchanger
If all the conditions and dimensions are same, then the ratio of velocity through the tubes of a double pass heat exchanger to that through the single pass heat exchanger is
A 1
B 2
C $$\frac{1}{2}$$
D 4

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