The process of heat transfer from one particle of the fluid to another by the actual movement of the fluid particles due to difference of density caused by temperature of the particle is known as
Conduction
Free convection
Forced convection
Radiation
Correct Answer :
B. Free convection
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The automobile radiator is a heat exchanger of
Parallel flow type
Counter flow type
Cross flow type
Regenerator type
In convection heat transfer from hot flue gases to water tube, even though flow may be turbulent, a laminar flow region (boundary layer of film) exists close to the tube. The heat transfer through this film takes place by
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
Both convection and conduction
Sensible heat is the heat required to
Change vapour into liquid
Change liquid into vapour
Increase the temperature of a liquid of vapour
Convert water into steam and superheat it
Which of the following property of air does not increase with rise in temperature?
Thermal conductivity
Thermal diffusivity
Density
Dynamic viscosity
A cube at high temperature is immersed in a constant temperature bath. It loses heat from its top, bottom and side surfaces with heat transfer coefficients of h₁, h₂ and h₃ respectively. The average heat transfer coefficient for the cube is
h₁ + h₂ + h₃
(h₁.h₂.h₃)1/3
1/h₁ + 1/h₂ + 1/h₃
None of these
A steam pipe is to be insulated by two insulating materials put over each other. For best results
Better insulation should be put over pipe and better one over it
Inferior insulation should be put over pipe and better one over it
Both may be put in any order
Whether to put inferior OIL over pipe or the better one would depend on steam temperature
Which of the following statement is correct?
A grey body is one which absorbs all radiations incident on it.
At thermal equilibrium, the emissivity and absorptivity are same.
The energy absorbed by a body to the total energy falling on it, is called emissivity.
A perfect body is one which is black in colour.
The thermal diffusivities for gases are generally
More than those for liquids
Less than those for liquids
More than those for solids
Dependent on the viscosity
Which of the following has least value of conductivity?
Glass
Water
Plastic
Air
Thermal conductivity of solid metals with rise in temperature normally
Increases
Decreases
Remain constant
May increase or decrease depending on temperature
The heat transfer by conduction through a thick cylinder (Q) is given by (where T₁ = Higher temperature, T₂ = Lower temperature, r₁ = Inside radius, r₂ = Outside radius, l = Length of cylinder, and k = Thermal conductivity)
Q = [2πlk (T₁ - T₂)]/2.3 log (r₂/r₁)
Q = 2.3 log (r₂/r₁)/[2πlk (T₁ - T₂)]
Q = [2π (T₁ - T₂)]/2.3 lk log (r₂/r₁)
Q = = 2πlk/2.3 (T₁ - T₂) log (r₂/r₁)
The radiation emitted by a black body is known as
Black radiation
Full radiation
Total radiation
All of these
Film coefficient is defined as the ratio of
Thermal conductivity to the equivalent thickness of the film of fluid
Temperature drop through the films of fluids to the thickness of film of fluids
Thickness of film of fluid to the thermal conductivity
Thickness of film of fluid to the temperature drop through the films of fluids
According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a hot body to a cold body is
Directly proportional to the surface area
Directly proportional to the difference of temperatures between the two bodies
Either (A) or (B)
Both (A) and (B)
Kirchhoff's law states that
The total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is directly proportional to the fourth power of the absolute temperature
The wave length corresponding to the maximum energy is proportional to the absolute temperature
The ratio of the emissive power and absorptive power of all bodies is the same and is equal to the emissive power of a perfectly black body
None of the above
According to Prevost theory of heat exchange
It is impossible to transfer heat from low temperature source to t high temperature source
Heat transfer by radiation requires no medium
All bodies above absolute zero emit radiation
Heat transfer in most of the cases takes place by combination of conduction, convection and radiation
The process of heat transfer from one particle of the fluid to another by the actual movement of the fluid particles due to difference of density caused by temperature of the particle is known as
Conduction
Free convection
Forced convection
Radiation
The time constant of a thermocouple is
The time taken to attain the final temperature to be measured
The time taken to attain 50% of the value of initial temperature difference
The time taken to attain 63.2% of the value of initial temperature difference
Determined by the time taken to reach 100°C from 0°C
Planck's law holds good for
Black bodies
Polished bodies
All coloured bodies
All of the above
The ratio of the emissive power and absorptive power of all bodies is the same and is equal to the emissive power of a perfectly black body. This statement is known as
Kirchoffs law
Stefan's law
Wien' law
Planck's law
Metals are good conductors of heat because
Their atoms collide frequently
Their atoms are relatively far apart
They contain free electrons
They have high density
Depending on the radiating properties, body will be transparent when
P = 0, x = 0 and a = 1
P=1, x = 0, and a = 0
P = 0, T= 1, and a = 0
X = 0, a + p = 1
The transfer of heat by molecular collision is smallest in
Solids
Liquids
Gases
None of these
The rate of energy transferred by convection to that by conduction is called
Stanton number
Nusselt number
Biot number
Peclet number
In regenerator type heat exchanger, heat transfer takes place by
Direct mixing of hot and cold fluids
A complete separation between hot and cold fluids
Flow of hot and cold fluids alternately over a surface
Generation of heat again and again
The rate of energy emission from unit surface area through unit solid angle, along a normal to the surface, is known as
Emissivity
Transmissivity
Reflectivity
Intensity of radiation
A grey body is one whose absorptivity
Varies with temperature
Varies with the wave length of incident ray
Varies with both
Does not vary with temperature and wave length of the incident ray
Depending on the radiating properties, a body will be opaque when
P = 0, x = 0 and a = 1
P=1, x = 0 and a = 0
P = 0, x = 1 and a = 0
X = 0, a + p = 1 Where a = absorptivity, p = reflectivity, X = transmissivity.
Thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids with decrease in temperature
Increases
Decreases
Remain constant
May increase or decrease depending on temperature
The unit of Stefan-Boltzmann constant is
Watt/mK
Watt/m²K²
Watt/m²K4
Watt/mK²