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The thickness of thermal and hydrodynamic boundary layer is equal if Prandtl number is

A. Equal to one

B. Greater than one

C. Less than one

D. Equal to Nusselt number

Correct Answer :

A. Equal to one


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Heat conducted through per unit area and unit thick face per unit time when temperature difference between opposite faces is unity, is called

A. Thermal resistance

B. Thermal coefficient

C. Temperature gradient

D. Thermal conductivity

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Which of the following has least value of conductivity?

A. Glass

B. Water

C. Plastic

D. Air

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Thermal conductivity of water at 20°C is of the order of

A. 0.1

B. 0.23

C. 0.42

D. 0.51

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The ratio of Nusselt number and the product of Reynold's number and Prandtl number is equal to

A. Stanton number

B. Biot number

C. Peclet number

D. Grashoff number

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The critical radius is the insulation radius at which the resistance to heat flow is

A. Maximum

B. Minimum

C. Zero

D. None of these

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Film coefficient is defined as Inside diameter of tube

A. Equivalent thickness of film

B. Thermal conductivity Equivalent thickness of film Specific heat × Viscosity

C. Thermal conductivity Molecular diffusivity of momentum Thermal diffusivity

D. Film coefficient × Inside diameter Thermal conductivity

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The transfer of heat by molecular collision is known as

A. Conduction

B. Convection

C. Radiation

D. None of these

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A non-dimensional number generally associated with natural convection heat transfer is

A. Grashoff number

B. Nusselt number

C. Weber number

D. Prandtl number

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The unit of overall coefficient of heat transfer is

A. kcal/m²

B. kcal/hr °C

C. kcal/m² hr °C

D. kcal/m hr °C

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Thermal conductivity of wood depends on

A. Moisture

B. Density

C. Temperature

D. All of the above

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According to Stefan Boltzmann law, ideal radiators emit radiant energy at a rate proportional to

A. Absolute temperature

B. Square of temperature

C. Fourth power of absolute temperature

D. Fourth power of temperature

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The logarithmic mean temperature difference (tm) is given by (where Δt1 and Δt2 are temperature differences between the hot and cold fluids at entrance and exit)

A. tm = (Δt1 - Δt2)/ loge (Δt1/Δt2)

B. tm = loge (Δt1/Δt2)/ (Δt1 - Δt2)

C. tm = tm = (Δt1 - Δt2) loge (Δt1/Δt2)

D. tm = loge (Δt1 - Δt2)/ Δt1/Δt2

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The energy distribution of an ideal reflector at higher temperatures is largely in the range of

A. Shorter wavelength

B. Longer wavelength

C. Remain same at all wavelengths

D. Wavelength has nothing to do with it

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The emissivity for a black body is

A. 0

B. 0.5

C. 0.75

D. 1

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The rate of heat flow through a body is Q = [kA (T₁ - T₂)]/x. The term x/kA is known as

A. Thermal coefficient

B. Thermal resistance

C. Thermal conductivity

D. None of these

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Two plates spaced 150 mm apart are maintained at 1000°C and 70°C. The heat transfer will take place mainly by

A. Convection

B. Radiation

C. Forced convection

D. Free convection

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According to Prevost theory of heat exchange

A. It is impossible to transfer heat from low temperature source to t high temperature source

B. Heat transfer by radiation requires no medium

C. All bodies above absolute zero emit radiation

D. Heat transfer in most of the cases takes place by combination of conduction, convection and radiation

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The emissive power of a body depends upon its

A. Temperature

B. Wave length

C. Physical nature

D. All of the above

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According to Newton's law of cooling, the heat transfer from a 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)

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According to Wien's law, the wavelength corresponding to maximum energy is proportion to

A. Absolute temperature (T)

B.

C. F

D. T

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The ratio of the energy absorbed by the body to total energy falling on it is called

A. Absorptive power

B. Emissive power

C. Absorptivity

D. Emissivity

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Heat flows from one body to other when they have

A. Different heat contents

B. Different specific heat

C. Different atomic structure

D. Different temperatures

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The highest thermal diffusivity is of

A. Iron

B. Lead

C. Concrete

D. Wood

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Depending on the radiating properties, a body will be black when

A. P = 0, x = 0 and a = 1

B. P= 1, T = 0 and a = 0

C. P = 0, x = 1 and a = 0

D. X = 0, a + p = 0 Where a = absorptivity, p = reflectivity, X = transmissivity.

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Thermal conductivity of a material may be defined as the

A. Quantity of heat flowing in one second through one cm cube of material when opposite faces ^re maintained at a temperature difference of 1°C

B. Quantity of heat flowing in one second through a slab of the material of area one cm square, thickness 1 cm when its faces differ in temperature by 1°C

C. Heat conducted in unit time across unit area through unit thickness when a temperature difference of unity is maintained between opposite faces

D. All of the above

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The critical temperature is the temperature

A. Below which a gas does not obey gas laws

B. Above which a gas may explode

C. Below which a gas is always liquefied

D. Above which a gas will never liquefied

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When heat is transferred from 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

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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. A grey body is one which absorbs all radiations incident on it.

B. At thermal equilibrium, the emissivity and absorptivity are same.

C. The energy absorbed by a body to the total energy falling on it, is called emissivity.

D. A perfect body is one which is black in colour.

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Stefan Boltzmann law is applicable for heat transfer by

A. Conduction

B. Convection

C. Radiation

D. Conduction and radiation combined

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Metals are good conductors of heat because

A. Their atoms collide frequently

B. Their atoms are relatively far apart

C. They contain free electrons

D. They have high density