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QUESTION ANSWER

1. Critical thickness insulation stands for b

a) Minimum rate of heat transfer
b) Maximum rate of heat transfer
c) Minimum as well as maximum rate of heat transfer
d) None

2. Thermal conductivity is the rate of heat transfer c

a) Per unit area per unit thickness
b) Per unit area per unit temperature difference
c) Per unit area per unit temperature difference and per unit wall
thickness
d) None

3. Which one is having highest value of overall heat transfer b

coefficient?
a) Steam condensers
b) Feed water heaters
c) Alcohol condensers
d) Steam
4. Which one is having lowest value of overall heat transfer C
coefficient?
a) Steam
b) Air condensers
c) Air to heavy tars
d) Ammonia condensers
5. Rate of heat flow in conduction. A
a) Is directly proportional to temperature gradient
b) Is inversely proportional to temperature gradient
c) Does not depend on temperature gradient
 d) Does not depend on temperature gradient & inversely
proportional to temperature gradient

6. The sun shines on a 150 m2 road surface so it is at 45°C. Below B

the 5cm thick asphalt (average conductivity of 0.06 W/m K), is a
layer of rubbles at 15°C. Find the rate of heat transfer to the
rubbles.
a) 5300 W
b) 5400 W
c) 5500 W
d) 5600 W
7. A water-heater is covered with insulation boards over a total B
surface area of 3 m2. The inside board surface is at 75°C and the
outside being at 20°C and the conductivity of material being 0.08
W/m K. Find the thickness of board to limit the heat transfer loss
to 200 W ?
a) 0.036 m
b) 0.066 m
c) 0.056 m
d) ) 0.046 m
8 All radiation in black body are D
a) Reflected
b) Refracted
c) Transmitted
d) Absorbed
9 Heat is transferred by all three modes of transfer, viz. C
conduction, convection and radiation in
a) Electric heater
b) Steam condenser
c) Boiler
d) Refrigerator condenser coils
10 A burning wood in the fireplace has a surface temperature of B
450°C. Assume the emissivity to be 1 and find the radiant
emission of energy per unit area.
a) 16.5 kW/m2
b) 15.5 kW/m2
c) 17.5 kW/m2
d) 18.5 kW/m2
11 A 2 m2 window has a surface temperature of 15°C and the D
outside wind is blowing air at 2°C across it with a convection
heat transfer coefficient of h = 125 W/m2K. What is the total
heat transfer loss?
a) 2350 W
b) 1250 W
c) 2250 W
d) 3250 W
12. Overall thermal resistance for conductive heat transfer through a C
series of flat resistances is equal to the____________________?
A. a) Maximum resistance in the series
B. b) Average of all resistances
C. c)sum of all resistances
D. d) Minimum resistance presents in the series

13. Baffles are provided in heat exchangers to____________? B

a) Remove dirt
b) Increase heat transfer rate
c) Reduce vibrations
d) Reduce heat transfer rate

14. Pick out the wrong statement? B

a) Heat transfer from a hot body to cold body by the emission of
heat waves is called radiation
b) Filmwise condensation takes place on non-wettable surfaces
 c) The boiling point of a solution is affected by liquid head as
well as boiling point elevation
d) None of these

15. When heat is transferred form C

hot body to cold body, in a straight line, without affecting the
intervening medium, it is referred as heat transfer by
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) conduction and convection
16. What is the purpose of using fins in a particular heat transfer B
system?

a) to decrease rate of heat transfer

b) to increase rate of heat transfer
c) to maintain rate of heat transfer at a constant rate
d) cannot say
17. Temperature at the end tip of the fin having uniform cross- B
sectional area is

a) maximum
b) minimum
c) similar to the heat generation temperature
d) unpredictable
18. In the process of heat transfer through extended surfaces or fins, B
the entire surface area is at

a) the same constant temperature

b) different temperatures
c) maximum base temperature
d) minimum temperature
19. What is effectiveness of fin? A
a) the ratio of actual heat transferred from fin area to the heat
which would be transferred if entire fin area was at base
temperature
b) the heat which would be transferred if entire fin area was at
base temperature to the ratio of actual heat transferred from fin
area
c) the heat which would be transferred if entire fin area was at
minimum temperature to the ratio of actual heat transferred from
fin area
d) the ratio of actual heat transferred from fin area to the heat
which would be transferred if entire fin area was at minimum
temperature
20. What is the effect of thermal conductivity k on fin effectiveness? B

a) fin is effective for smaller value of thermal conductivity k

b) fin is effective for larger value of thermal conductivity k
c) thermal conductivity k does not affect the fin effectiveness
d) cannot say
21. Which medium of surrounding is better for fin effectiveness? A

a) gas medium
b) liquid medium
c) fins have same effectiveness in both the gas and liquid
mediums
d) none of the above
22. Aluminum is used as a fin material because B

a) it has higher convection heat transfer coefficient

b) it has higher thermal conductivity
c) it has lower convection heat transfer coefficient
d) it has lower thermal conductivity
23 Common applications of finned surfaces are with A
(i) Electrical motors
(ii) Economizers for steam power plant
(iii) Convectors for steam and cold water heating systems
(iv) Cooling coils
Identify the correct option
a) i, ii and iv
b) i, ii and iii
c) i, ii, iii and iv
d) i and ii
24 The extended surface used for the enhancement of heat C
dissipation is
a) Convective coefficient
b) Fourier number
c) Fin
d) No finned surface
25 A steel rod (k = 30 W/m degree) 1 cm in diameter and 5 cm long B
protrudes from a wall which is maintained at 10 degree Celsius.
The rod is insulated at its tip and is exposed to an environment
with h = 50 W/m2 degree and t a = 30 degree Celsius. Calculate
the fin efficiency
a) 56.57%
b) 66.57%
c) 76.57%
d) 86.57%
26 The transient response of a solid can be determined by the D
equation. (Where, P is density, V is volume, c is specific heat
and A is area)
a) – 4 p V c = h A (t – t0)
b) – 3 p V c = h A (t – t0)
c) – 2 p V c = h A (t – t0)
d) – p V c = h A (t – t0)
27 Transient condition means A
a) Conduction when temperature at a point varies with time
b) Very little heat transfer
c) Heat transfer with a very little temperature difference
d) Heat transfer for a short time
28 Which of the following is not correct in a transient flow process? C
a) The state of matter inside the control volume varies with time
b) There can be work and heat interactions across the control
volume
c) There is no accumulation of energy inside the control volume
d) The rate of inflow and outflow of mass are different
29 Mark the system where heat transfer is given by forced D
convection
a) Heat flow from hot pavement to the surrounding atmosphere
b) Heat exchange on the outside of cold and warm pipes
c) Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
d) Fluid passing through the tubes of a condenser and other heat
exchange equipment
30 Upto the critical radius of insulation, A
a) Added insulation will increase heat loss
b) Added insulation will decrease heat loss
c) Convective heat loss will be less than conductive heat loss
d) Heat flux will decrease
31 Unit of thermal diffusivity is A
a) m²/hr
b) m²/hr °C
c) kcal/m² hr
d) kcal/m. hr °C
32 The rate of energy transferred by convection to that by B
conduction is called
a) Stanton number
b) Nusselt number
c) Biot number
 d) Peclet number

33 The product of Reynolds number and Prandtl number is known c

as
a) Stanton number
b) Biot number
c) Peclet number
d) Grashoff number
34 Sensible heat is the heat required to C
a) change vapour into liquid
b) change liquid into vapour
c) increase the temperature of a liquid of vapour
d) convert water into steam and superheat it
35 Which of the following is expected to have highest thermal B
conductivity
a) steam
b) solid ice
c) melting ice
d) water
36 A dimensionless quantity that connects the link between velocity B
flow field and temperature field is
a) Nusselt number
b) Prandtl number
c) Reynolds number
d) Grashof number
37 According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a D
hot body to a cold body is

a) Directly proportional to the surface area

b) Directly proportional to the difference of temperatures
between the two bodies
 c) Either (A) or (B)
d) Both (A) and (B)

38 The ratio of Nusselt number and the product of Reynold's A

number and Prandtl number is equal to

a) Stanton number
b) Biot number
c) Peclet number
d) Grashoff number
39 According to Stefan Boltzmann law, the total radiation from a D
black body per second per unit area is directly proportional to the

a) Absolute temperature
b) Square of the absolute temperature
c) Cube of the absolute temperature
d) Fourth power of the absolute temperature
40 The unit of overall coefficient of heat transfer coefficient is C
a) kcal/m²
b) kcal/hr °C
c) kcal/m² hr °C
d) kcal/m hr °C