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What is the primary function of a super heater?
What is the primary function of a super heater?
- To decrease the combustion requirements
- To regulate the water temperature entering the boiler
- To transfer heat from one fluid to another
- To increase the total energy content of the flow (correct)
What is the term for the series of processes that eventually bring the system back to its original condition?
What is the term for the series of processes that eventually bring the system back to its original condition?
- Isentropic process
- Cycle (correct)
- Irreversible process
- Reversible process
What is the name of the theoretical body that emits a continuous light-ray spectrum when heated to incandescence?
What is the name of the theoretical body that emits a continuous light-ray spectrum when heated to incandescence?
- Black body radiation
- Black body (correct)
- White body
- Blue body
Why are pipes usually insulated?
Why are pipes usually insulated?
What type of heat transfer occurs due to density differential?
What type of heat transfer occurs due to density differential?
What is the unit of exposure in radiological effects?
What is the unit of exposure in radiological effects?
What is the process of heat transfer through a substance?
What is the process of heat transfer through a substance?
What type of heat exchanger is used to heat water to a point that dissolved gases are liberated?
What type of heat exchanger is used to heat water to a point that dissolved gases are liberated?
What is the term used to describe the condition when the change in temperature of one steam is numerically equal to the average driving force?
What is the term used to describe the condition when the change in temperature of one steam is numerically equal to the average driving force?
In which type of flow can the Dritus Boelter equation be applied?
In which type of flow can the Dritus Boelter equation be applied?
What is the term used to describe a type of radiation consisting of singly charged particles that generate to intermediate distance?
What is the term used to describe a type of radiation consisting of singly charged particles that generate to intermediate distance?
What is the energy of a body that can be transmitted in the form of heat?
What is the energy of a body that can be transmitted in the form of heat?
In an isometric process, the heat transferred is equal to the change in which thermodynamic property?
In an isometric process, the heat transferred is equal to the change in which thermodynamic property?
What is the term used to describe a substance that is able to absorb liquids or gases and is used for removing them from a given medium or region?
What is the term used to describe a substance that is able to absorb liquids or gases and is used for removing them from a given medium or region?
What type of heat exchanger is referred to as a 1-2 heat exchanger?
What type of heat exchanger is referred to as a 1-2 heat exchanger?
Which of the following is used as an entrainer in acetic acid – water separation?
Which of the following is used as an entrainer in acetic acid – water separation?
What is the primary reason why metals are good conductors of heat?
What is the primary reason why metals are good conductors of heat?
Which of the following does not affect the rate of heat flow through a slab of material?
Which of the following does not affect the rate of heat flow through a slab of material?
What is the primary function of a thermal radiator?
What is the primary function of a thermal radiator?
What makes styrofoam a good insulating material?
What makes styrofoam a good insulating material?
What happens to the surrounding when water vapor condenses?
What happens to the surrounding when water vapor condenses?
What does the rate of radiation not depend on?
What does the rate of radiation not depend on?
Which of the following is not a good conductor of heat?
Which of the following is not a good conductor of heat?
Which of the following is not a unit of the rate of heat transfer?
Which of the following is not a unit of the rate of heat transfer?
What is the value of 'a' for triatomic gases according to Maxell's theory for thermal conductivity of gases and vapors?
What is the value of 'a' for triatomic gases according to Maxell's theory for thermal conductivity of gases and vapors?
Which of the following thermal conductivities uses the Sutherland equation?
Which of the following thermal conductivities uses the Sutherland equation?
What happens to the thermal conductivity of pure metals at extremely high temperatures?
What happens to the thermal conductivity of pure metals at extremely high temperatures?
Which of the following liquids has the highest thermal conductivity?
Which of the following liquids has the highest thermal conductivity?
Which of the following is not a type of heat exchanger?
Which of the following is not a type of heat exchanger?
What type of heat exchanger involves fluid flow in the same direction with changing temperatures?
What type of heat exchanger involves fluid flow in the same direction with changing temperatures?
How does the thermal conductivity of diatomic gases change with increasing temperature?
How does the thermal conductivity of diatomic gases change with increasing temperature?
What device is used to measure the amount of infrared radiation emitted by each portion of a person's skin?
What device is used to measure the amount of infrared radiation emitted by each portion of a person's skin?
What is necessary for an object to float in a fluid?
What is necessary for an object to float in a fluid?
At what temperature must an object be at in order to emit electromagnetic radiation?
At what temperature must an object be at in order to emit electromagnetic radiation?
What is the process called when a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid?
What is the process called when a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid?
At what temperature can freeze drying take place?
At what temperature can freeze drying take place?
What happens when a vapor condenses into a liquid?
What happens when a vapor condenses into a liquid?
What is the term for the ratio of the radiation of an actual body to the radiation of a blackbody?
What is the term for the ratio of the radiation of an actual body to the radiation of a blackbody?
How is water mainly cooled in a cooling tower?
How is water mainly cooled in a cooling tower?
What type of heat transfer occurs when heat is transferred from one point to another by actual movement of substance?
What type of heat transfer occurs when heat is transferred from one point to another by actual movement of substance?
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Study Notes
Heat Exchangers
- A 1-2 heat exchanger refers to a single pass on the shell side and a double pass on the tube side.
- In sugar mills, juice is evaporated in short vertical tube evaporators.
- A correction of LMTD (Log Mean Temperature Difference) is essential in case of cross flow heat exchangers.
Radiation
- Alpha radiation consists of singly charged particles that generate to intermediate distances.
- The energy of a body that can be transmitted in the form of heat is referred to as internal energy.
- A black body is a theoretical body that, when heated to incandescence, would emit a continuous light-ray spectrum.
- The radiant heat transfer depends on temperature.
- An object must be at a temperature above 0°C to emit electromagnetic radiation.
Heat Transfer
- Heat transfer due to density differential is known as convection.
- The rate of heat transfer through a slab of material does not depend on the specific heat of the material.
- The primary function of a thermal radiator is to transfer heat from a hot body to a cold body.
- Styrofoam is a good insulating material because it contains many tiny pockets of air.
Conduction
- The passing of heat energy from molecule to molecule through a substance is known as conduction.
- Metals are good conductors of heat because they contain free electrons.
- The thermal conductivity of metals does not change significantly with temperature.
Miscellaneous
- The function of a superheater is to increase the total energy content of the flow.
- A series of processes that eventually bring the system back to its original condition is known as a cycle.
- Insulating pipes helps to minimize heat loss.
- The rate of radiation does not depend on the thickness of the radiating body.
- Asbestos is not a good conductor of heat.
- The thermal conductivity of gases and vapors can be calculated using Maxwell's theory.
- Sutherland's equation is used to calculate the thermal conductivity of gases.
- Water has the highest thermal conductivity among liquids.
- A thermograph is used to measure the amount of infrared radiation emitted by each portion of a person's skin.
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