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Unit 13 - Week 11

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Week 0 1) Identify the correct statement regarding fouling 1 point

Assignment 0
a. Fouling is accumulation of undesirable material or deposits on heat exchanger surfaces

Week 1 b. Fouling affects heat transfer and flow

c. Fouling affects viscosity, thermal conductivity and density of fluid
Week 2 d. Fouling results in increase in pressure drop
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 3 Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 4 a. Fouling is accumulation of undesirable material or deposits on heat exchanger surfaces
b. Fouling affects heat transfer and flow
Week 5 d. Fouling results in increase in pressure drop

2) Which of the following is/are liquid-side fouling mechanism 1 point

Week 6
i. Particulate fouling
ii. Chemical reaction fouling
Week 7
iii. Freezing fouling
iv. Corrosion fouling
Week 8
a. i, and iv only
Week 9 b. ii, and iii only
c. i, and iii, only
Week 10
d. All of the above
N h i i

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No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 11 Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Lecture 57 : d. All of the above
Fouling in Heat
Exchangers 3) Fouling may occurs in shell and tube heat exchangers 1 point
(unit?
unit=92&lesson=93) a. Only inside the tubes
b. Inside as well as outside the tubes
Lecture 58 :
Fouling in Heat c. Only outside the tubes
Exchangers d. None of these
(Contd.) (unit?
unit=92&lesson=94) No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Lecture 59 : Accepted Answers:
Fouling in Heat b. Inside as well as outside the tubes
Exchangers
(Contd.) (unit? 4) Which of the following is/are correct 1 point
unit=92&lesson=95)
a. Reciprocal of scale heat transfer coefficient is known as fouling factor
Lecture 60 :
b. Fouling decreases convective heat transfer coefficient and hence the overall heat transfer
Direct Contact
heat exchanger decreases because of the overall thermal resistance increases
(unit? c. In practice the increase in convective heat transfer is ignored, rather the increase in thermal
unit=92&lesson=96) resistance due to insulating layer is considered and hence heat transfer decreases
Lecture 61 : d. Both a and b may be correct depending on the situation
Direct Contact
No, the answer is incorrect.
heat exchanger Score: 0
(Contd.) (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=92&lesson=97)
a. Reciprocal of scale heat transfer coefficient is known as fouling factor
Lecture c. In practice the increase in convective heat transfer is ignored, rather the increase in thermal resistance
Materials (unit? due to insulating layer is considered and hence heat transfer decreases
unit=92&lesson=98)
5) Identify the correct 1 point
Quiz :
Assignment 11 a. In general gas-side fouling is less than liquid-side fouling
(assessment?
b. In general liquid-side fouling is less than gas-side fouling
name=147)
c. In compact heat exchangers, the shear rate is very high
Feedback for
d. If there is suspended particulates in the fluid, then maximum particle size should be less than
Week 11 (unit?
one third of the minimum opening area
unit=92&lesson=99)
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 12 Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Assignment a. In general gas-side fouling is less than liquid-side fouling
Solution c. In compact heat exchangers, the shear rate is very high
d. If there is suspended particulates in the fluid, then maximum particle size should be less than one third o
the minimum opening area

6) Which of the following is/are the physical devices for cleaning/mitigation methods of liquid-side 1 point
fouling

a. Sponge-ball cleaning
b. Use of reverse-flow shuttle brushes
c. Water flow reduction
d. Use of tube inserts, such as wire mesh
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
a. Sponge-ball cleaning

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b. Use of reverse-flow shuttle brushes

7) Which of the following is true regarding fouling in cooling tower freezing fouling 1 point

a. Cooling towers are very prone to biological fouling

b. Cooling towers are very prone to particulate fouling
c. Cooling towers are very prone to corrosion fouling
d. Cooling towers are very prone to
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
a. Cooling towers are very prone to biological fouling

8) Examples of offline techniques for cleaning (without opening a heat exchanger) include 1 point

a. Chemical cleaning
b. Mechanical cleaning by circulating particulate slurry
c. High-pressure steam or water spray for a shell and tube heat exchanger
d. Thermal baking to melt frost/ice deposits
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
c. High-pressure steam or water spray for a shell and tube heat exchanger

9) Particulate fouling can be minimised by which of the following 1 point

a. Decreasing the gas stream velocity if it flows parallel to surface and increasing the velocity if it
impinges on the surface
b. Increasing the gas stream velocity if it flows parallel to surface and decreasing the velocity if it
impinges on the surface
c. Increasing the gas exhaust temperature above the melting point of particulate
d. Decreasing the gas exhaust temperature below the melting point of particulate
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
b. Increasing the gas stream velocity if it flows parallel to surface and decreasing the velocity if it impinges
on the surface
c. Increasing the gas exhaust temperature above the melting point of particulate

10)Cooling tower performance depends on which of the following 1 point

a. DBT and Approach

b. WBT, Approach and L/G ratio
c. WBT, Approach, Range and L/G ratio
d. DBT, Approach, Range and L/G ratio
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
c. WBT, Approach, Range and L/G ratio

11)In a cooling tower the hot and cold water temperatures are 45℃ and 37℃ repectively. The 2 points
wet bulb temperature is 23℃, then the value of approach, range and efficiency of cooling tower (in
percentage), respectively.

a. 8℃, 14℃, 63.63%

b. 22℃, 8℃, 26.66%

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c. 14℃, 8℃, 36.36%

d. 8℃, 22℃, 73.33%
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
c. 14℃, 8℃, 36.36%

12)Fouling is generally defined as the deposition and accumulation of unwanted materials such 2 points
as scale, algae, suspended solids and insoluble salts on the internal or external surfaces of processing
equipment including boilers and heat exchangers. The passage diameter is decreased by half due to
deposition of a heat exchanger. Considering that friction factor before and after the fouling remains same,
the ratio of pressure drop of a fouled heat exchanger passage and that of a clean passage for the same
mass flow rate is

a. 64
b. 16
c. 32
d. 4
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
c. 32

13)The given data is related to fouling of the heat exchanger 2 points

Determine the ratio of heat transfer coefficient as well as ratio of pressure drop of a fouled heat exchanger
passage to the cleaned heat exchanger passage.

a. 5 and 406
b. 2 and 486
c. 3 and 162
d. 3 and 486
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
d. 3 and 486

14) 2 points

a. Packing fraction
b. Markel integral
c. Cauchy integral
d. Riemann integral
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
A dA

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Accepted Answers:
b. Markel integral

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