Que.1. For 5000 < Re < 200000, the friction factor f= 0.046 (Re)-0.2.

Find
the Colburn factor, JH, at Re =10000.
GATE 1991
Que.2. The Reynolds analogy for mass transfer is given by ____________ and
is applicable when Schmidt number is ___________
GATE 1994
Que.3. The dimensionless group in mass transfer that is equivalent to Prandtl
number in heat transfer is –
(A) Nusselt number (B) Sherwood number
(C) Schmidt number (D) Stanton number GATE 2002
Que.4. The Reynolds analogy for momentum, heat and mass transfer is best
applicable for
A) Gases in turbulent flow
B) Gases in laminar flow
C) Liquids in turbulent flow
D) Liquids and gases in laminar flow GATE 2002
Que.5. Air flows through a smooth tube, 2.5 cm diameter and 10 m long, at 37 0C. If
the pressure drop through the tube is 10000 Pa, estimate
(a) the air velocity through the tube and the friction factor
(b) the heat transfer coefficient using Colburn Analogy
[ jH = (St)(Pr)0.67],
where St is the Stanton Number and Pr is the Prandtl Number.
Gas constant, R = 82.06 cm3 atm/mol K.
Darcy friction factor, f = 0.184 / Re0.2.
Other relevant properties of air under the given conditions :
viscosity = 1.8 x 10-5kg/m s,
density = 1.134 kg/m3,
specific heat capacity, Cp = 1.046 kJ/kg 0C,
thermal conductivity = 0.028 W/m 0C. GATE 2002
Que.6. For turbulent flow past a flat plant, when no form drag is present, the
friction factor f and the Chilton Colburn factor jD are related as
(A) f and jD cannot be related
(B) f is equal to jD
(C) f is greater than jD
(D) f is less than jD GATE 2005
Que.7. Experiments conducted with a sparingly dissolving cylinder wall in a
flowing liquid yielded the following correlation for the Sherwood number.
Sh = 0.023 (Re)0.83(Sc)1/3. Assuming the applicability of the Chilton-Colburn
analogy, the corresponding correlation for heat transfer is
(A) St = 0.023 (Gr)0.83(Pr)1/3
(B) Nu= 0.023 (Re)0.83(Pr)1/3
(C) jH = 0.023 (Re)0.83(Pr)2/3
(D) Nu = 0.069 (We)0.5(Pr)4/3 GATE 2006
Que.8. The ratio of the thermal boundary layer thickness to the concentration
boundary layer thickness is proportional to
(A) Nu (B) Le (C) Sh (D) Pr GATE 2010
Que.9. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer is occurring in a fluid flowing over a
flat plant. The flow is laminar. The concentration boundary layer will
COINCIDE with the thermal boundary layer, when
(A) Sc = Nu
(B) Sh = Nu
(C) Sh = Pr
(D) Sc = Pr GATE 2011
Que.10. The Sherwood number (ShL) correlation for laminar flow over a flat
plate of length L is given by

Where ReL and Sc represent Reynolds number and Schmidt number,

respectively. This correlation, expressed in the form of Chilton-Colburn jD factor,
is

GATE 2017
Que.11. The correct expression for the Colburn j-factor for mass transfer that
relates Sherwood number (Sh), Reynolds number (Re) and Schmidt number (Sc)
is

GATE 2019