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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
Extended heat transfer surface like fins are used to increase the heat transfer rate. Fin efficiency is defined as the ratio of heat transferred across the fin surface to the theoretical heat transfer across an equal area held at the
A Surrounding temperature
B Average temperature of the fin
C Temperature of the fin end
D Constant temperature equal to that of the base
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
For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area
A Increases
B Decreases
C Remains constant
D Passes through a maxima
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
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
In counter current flow heat exchanger, the logarithmic temperature difference between the fluids is ________ as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger.
A Same
B Less
C Greater
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
The scales form in heat exchanges after a period of operation and provide additional resistance to heat transfer with some heat transfer coefficient . The reciprocal of this scale heat transfer coefficient is called .
A scaling factor
B forming factor
C resisting factor
D fouling factor

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