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Working principle of manometer comprises of balancing a coloumn of liquid against the pressure to be measured. Inclined tube manometer is especially used for the measurement of __________ pressure.
A Small differential
B Atmospheric
C Absolute
D Gage
Minimum diameter of the tube used for making water manometer should be __________ mm to avoid a correction for the effect of capillarity.
A 1
B 2.5
C 4
D 6
The angle of contact between a glass capillary tube of length 10 cm and a liquid is 90 degree . If the capillary tube is dipped vertically in the liquid, then the liquid:
A Will rise in the tube
B Will get depressed in the tube
C Will rise -up to 10 cm in the tube and will over flow
D Will neither rise nor fall in the tube.
The angle of contact between a glass capillary tube of length 10 cm and a liquid is 90 Degree. If the capillary tube is dipped vertically in the liquid, then the liquid:
A Will rise in the tube
B Will get depressed in the tube
C Will rise-up to 10 cm in the tube and will over flow
D Will neither rise not fall in the tube
Pressure difference between two points in vessels, pipelines or in two different pipelines can be measured by a differential manometer. The pressure difference measured as the mm of water coloumn in case of mercury-water, differential manometer is equal to (where, H = difference in height of mercury column in mm).
A H
B 12.6 H
C 13.6 H
D 14.6 H
Capillary rise of mercury in a small diameter tube is proportional to (where, d = diameter of the tube, σ = surface tension of mercury)
A d
B $$\frac{1}{{\text{d}}}$$
C $$\sigma $$
D $$\frac{l}{\sigma }$$
Applying a pressure drop across a capillary results in a volumetric flow rate 'Q' under laminar flow conditions. The flow rate for the same pressure drop, in a capillary of the same length but half the radius is
A $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{2}$$
B $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{4}$$
C $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{8}$$
D $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{{16}}$$
Manometers measure the __________ pressure.
A Vacuum as well as the atmospheric
B Difference in
C Absolute
D Gage
In most of the shell and tube heat exchangers, the tube pitch is generally __________ the tube diameter.
A Less than
B 1.25-1.50 times
C 2.5 times
D One-fourth of
Minimum tube pitch recommended for shell and tube heat exchangers is about __________ times the outside diameter of the tube.
A 1.25
B 1.75
C 2.5
D 3.5

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