CONDUCTION THROUGH PLANE/COMPOSITE WALLS 4.

A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brickwork

1.Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6 inches wall of firebrick 110 mm thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The
with a temperature difference across the wall of. 50 C°. The thermal fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick. The
conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65 Btu/hr-ft-°F at the temperature coefficient of thermal conductivity for the three are as follows:
interest. Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
A. 285 W/m? B.369 W/m? Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
C. 112 W/m2 D. 429 W/m? Insulating board 0.06 W/m-K
The surface transfer coefficients of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m2-K while
that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m2-K. Take the internal ambient
temperature as 10°C and the external temperature is 27°C. Determine
the heat loss through such wall 6 m high and 10 m long.
A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W

2. A dry ice storage chest is a wooden box lined with glass fiber 5. Calculate the heat loss per linear ft from 2 in. nominal pipe (2.375 in.
insulation 5 cm thick. The wooden box (k = 0.069) is 2 cm thick and outside diameter) covered with 1. in. of an insulating material having
cubical 60 cm on an edge. The inside surface temperature is -76°C and an average thermal conductivity of 0.0375 Btu/hr-ft-OF. Assume that
the outside surface temperature is 18°C. Use k = 0.035 for glass fiber the inner and outer surface temperatures of the insulation are 380°F
insulation. Determine the heat gain per day. and 80°F
A. 10,211 Kj B. 11,195 kJ respectively.
C. 12,211 kJ D. 9,185 kJ A. 110 Btu/hr-ft C. 120 Btu/hr-ft
B. 116 Btu/hr-ft D. 126 Btu/hr-ft

3. A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm 6. A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is
thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of steel insulated with a 2 in. layer of asbestos (Ka = 0.396 Btu-in./hr-f?.°F),
1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the followed by a layer of cork 1.5 in. thick (kc = 0.30 Btu in./hr-f?-°F). If the
combustion chamber is 1200°C while that of the outer surface of steel temperature of the outer surface of the cork is 90°F, calculate the heat
is 50°C. The thermal conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are: lost per 100 ft of insulated pipe. (Tin,asbastos = 290°F)
firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. Neglecting the film A. 847.64 BTU/hr C. 2847.42 BTU/hr
resistances and contact resistance of joints, determine the heat loss per B. 3847.51 BTU/hr D. 1847.14 BTU/hr
sq.m. of wall area.
A. 1.93 W/m? C. 1.55 W/m?
B. 2.93 W/m? D. 2.55 W/m?
CONVECTIVE MEAT TRANSFER 10. A hollow sphere is heated by means of a heating coil having a
7.During a steady state operation, a gearbox receives 60 kW through resistance of 100 ohms placed in the inside cavity. The average thermal
the input shaft and delivers power through the output shaft. For the conductivity of the sphere is 30 Btu/hr. ft.F. Calculate the current
gearbox as the system, the rate of energy transfer is by convection, necessary to maintain the temperature difference between the inside
where the heat transfer coefficient, h = 0.171 kW/m?-K, the outer and outside surfaces of 8F. The inside and outside diameters of the
surface area of the gearbox is A = 1.0 m?, Tb = 300K (27°C) is the sphere are 20.32 cm and 22.86 cm respectively.
temperature at the outer surface, T,= 293K (20°C) is the temperature of A. 5.12 C. 6.18
the surrounding air away from the immediate vicinity of the gearbox. B. 4.21 D. 3.69
What is the heat transfer rate in kW ?
A. 2.1 Kw C. - 1.5 kW
B. - 1.2 kW D. 1.7 kW

8. An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature is 11. At an average temperature of 100°C, hot air flows through a 2.5 m
32°C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall. The long tube with an inside diameter of 50 mm. The temperature of the
outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125 mm and tube is 20°C along its entire length. Convective film coefficient Is 20.1
the surface coefficient of still air, ho = 12 W/m?K. W/m?-K. Determine the convective heat transfer from air to the tube.
Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature of A. 900 W C. 624 W
150°C with film coefficient. hi = 6000 W/m2-K. B. 909 W D. 632 W
Thermal conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12
W/m-K respectively.
Determine the heat loss per unit length of pipe.
A. 110 W B. 120 W
C. 130 W D. 140 W

9. Find the critical radius in cm for an asbestos-cement covered pipe RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER
[Kasb = 0.208 W/m-°K ]. The extremal heat-transfer coefficient is 1.5 12. A 5 em diameter spherical ball whose surface is maintained at a
Btu/h-f2-OF. temperature of 70°C is suspended in the middle of a room at 20°C.
A. 2.44 cm B. 2.55 cm Determine the total heat transfer from the ball if the convection heat
C. 2.33 cm D. 2.22 cm transfer coefficient is 15
W/m2-°C and the emissivity of the surface is 0.8.
A. 23.84 Watts C. 7.22 watts
B. 32.77 Watts D. 48.25 watts
13. The hot combustion gases of a furnace are separated from the 16. What is the log mean temperature difference In deg.C of a double-
ambient air and its surrounding which are at 25°C, by a brick wall 0. 15 piped counterflow heat exchanger where a fluid enters at 90 deg. C and
m thick. The brick has a thermal conductivity of 1.2 W/m-K and a exists at 50 deg. C. Inside the inner pipe another fluid enters at 20deg.C
surface emissivity of 0.80. Under steady state conditions and outer and exits at 60 deg. C.
surface temperature of 100°C is measured. Free convection heat A .0 C. 30
surface temperature of 100°C is measured. Free convection heat B. 75 D.35
transfer to the air adjoining this surface is characterized by a
convection coefficient of 20 W/m<-K. What is the inner temperature in
°C?
A. 623.7°C C. 461.4°C
B: 352°C D. 365.04°C

HEAT EXCHANGERS 17. A counterflow bank of boiler tubes has a total area of 900 f2 and its
14. A turbo-generator, 16-cylinder, Vee type diesel engine has an air over-all efficiency of heat transfer ig 13 Btu/hr-f2.°F. Calculate the heat
consumption of 3000 kg/hr per cylinder at rated load and speed. This transferred if the log mean temperature difference is 1380°F.
air is drawn in thru a filter by a centrifugal compressor direct connected A. 16,146,000 Btu/hr C. 18,148,000 Btu/hr
to the exhaust gas turbine. The temperature of the air from the B. 17,147,000 Btu/hr D. 15,145,000 Btu/hr
compressor is 145°C and a counterflow air cooler reduces the air
temperature to 45°C before it goes to the engine
suction header. Cooling water enter air cooler at 30°C and leaves at
38°C. Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference.
A.41°C C. 61°C
B. 51°C D. 71°C

3 TAKE HOME PROBLEMS

15. An economizer receives hot gas (1.13 kJ/kg-K) and water in the ratio 1.Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6 m
1.5 kg gas/kg water. The gas enters at 454°C and leaves at 179°C, the long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5° C
water enters at 48°C. Find the LMTD for parallel flow. and the inner surface 17°C, the coefficient of thermal conductivity of
A. 127.62°C C. 130.45°C the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
B. 132.49°C D. 124.78°C A. 2,004.48 Kj C. 2,400.48 kJ
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ
2. Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20 deg C. What is the 6. In heat exchanger design, one transfer unit implies:
total rate transfer from this person of the exposed surface area and the A. one fluid which is exchanging with another fluid of the same
average outer surface temperature of the person are 1.6 m° and 29 deg chemical composition
C, respectively, and the convection heat transfer coefficient is 6 W/m? B. the section of heat exchanger which will cause temperature drop of
with emissivity af 0.95? one degree centigrade
A. 186.20 watts C. 178.1 watts C. the section of heat exchanger where heat transfer surface area has
B.181.70 watts D.168.1 watts been one square meter
D. condition when the change in temperature of one steam is
numerically equal to the average driving force

7.What is thermal diffusivity?

A. a mathematical formula
B. a physical property of the material
C. a configuration for heat conduction
D. a dimensionless parameter

8. Which of the following is a unit of thermal diffusivity?

A. m?/hr C. kcal/m? hr
B. kcal/m? hr °C D. m?/hr °C

9. Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side of a metal plate of 10 mm

thickness and air at 35°C flows on the other side. The heat transfer
coefficient of the gases is 31.5 wim?-K and that of the air is 32 W/m°-K.
Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient if the value of thermal
3. It is the return of radiation by a surface without change of frequency, conductivity is 0. 01
the radiation is "bounced" off of the surface. A. 15.82 W/m?-K C. 14.82 W/m?-K
A. Absorption C. Fenestration B. 16.82 W/m°-K D. 17.82 W/m°-K
B. Transmission D. Reflection

4. Heat is conducted in the direction of

A. increasing temperature
B. decreasing temperature
C. increasing and decreasing temperature
D. constant temperature

5. A furnace wall consist of 35 cm firebrick (k = 1.557 W/m- K), 12 cm

insulating refractory ( k = 0.346 ) and 20 cm common brick (k = 0.692 )
covered with 7 cm steel plate (k = 45). The temperature at the inner
surface of
the firebrick is 1,230°C and at the outer face of the steel plate is 60°C.
Atmosphere 27°C. What is the value of the combined coefficient for
convection and radiation from the outside wall?
A. 31.13 W/m?-K C. 41.3 W/m?-K
B. 30.13 W/m-K D. 40.13 W /m -K

10. The hot gas temperature In a heat exchanger is

350°C (ho = 220 W/m°-K). What is the surface temperature on the wall
if the heat transferred is 1500 W/m??
A. 350°C C. 343°C
B. 338°C D. 358°C
11. A pipe 200 mm outside diameter and 20 m length is covered with a 14. A liquid to liquid counterflow heat exchanger is used to heat a cold
layer, 70 mm thick of insulation having a thermal conductivity of 0.05 fluid from 120°F to 310°F. Assuming that the hot fluid enters at 500°F
W/m-K and a thermal conductance of 10 W/m?-K at the outer surface If and leaves at 400°F, calculate the log mean temperature difference for
the temperature of the pipe is 350°C and the ambient temperature the heat exchanger.
15°C, calculate the external surface temperature of the lagging.
A. 32.6°C C. 42.6°C A. 132°F C. 332°F
B. 22.6°C D. 53.6°C B. 232°F D. 432°F

12. Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6 in. wall of firebrick with a 15. Which of the following is the S.l. unit of thermal conductivity?
temperature difference across the wall of 50°C. The thermal A. W/m-hr-°K C. W/m°K
conductivity of the firebrick is 0.65 Btu/hr-ft-OF at the temperature B. KJ/m-hr-°C D. W/m-hr-°C
interest.
A. 285 W/m? C. 112 W/m? 16. Calculate the heat loss per linear foot from a 10 in. nominal pipe
B. 369 W/m? D. 429 Wim? ( outside diameter = 10.75 in. ) covered with a composite pipe
insulation consisting of 1 ½ in of insulation I placed next to the pipe and
2 in. of insulation I placed upon insulation I. Assume that the inner and
outer surface temperatures of the composite insulation are 700°F and
110°F respectively, and that the thermal conductivity of material I is
0.05 Btu/hr-ft-OF and for material Il is 0.039 Btu/hr-f-°F.
A. 323.13 Btu/hr-ft C. 120 Btu/hr-ft
B. 123.13 Btu/hr-ft D. 126 Btu/hr-ft

13. A thin square steel plate, 10 cm on a side, is heated in a blacksmiths

forge to a temperature of 800°C. If the emissivity Is 0.60, what is the
total rate of radiation of energy?
A. 900 Watts C. 300 Watts 17. At what rate does to sun lose energy by radiation? The temperature
B. 400 Watts D. 700 Watts of the sun is about 6000 K and its radius is 6.95 x 10° km.
A. 3.48 x 1028 W C. 5.48 x 103 W
B. 4.48 x 1028 W D. 6.48 x 102 W
18. How many watts will be radiated from a spherical A. black body 15 23. A cubical tank of 2 m sides is constructed of metal plate 12 mm and
cm In diameter at a temperature of B. contains water at 75°C. The surrounding air temperature is 16°C.
800°C? Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient from water to air. Take
A. 5.34 Kw C. 6.34 kW the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the
coefficient of heat transfer of water is 2.5 kW/m?-K and the coefficient
of heat transfer of the air is 16 W/m?-K.
A. 15.84 W/m2°C C. 16.84 W/m2°C
B. 14,84 W/m2.c D. 13.84 W/m2°C

19. A surface condenser serving a 50,000KW steam turbo-generator

unit receives exhaust steam at the rate of 196,000 kg/hr. Vacuum in
condenser is 702 if mm Hg. Sea water for cooling enters at 29.5°C and
leaves at 37.5°C. For steam turbine condenser, manufacturers congruer
you blend or steam turbine condensed as heat given up to cooling
water. Calculate the logarithmic mean temperature difference.
A. 4.57°C C. 6.57°C
B. 5.57°C D. 7.57°C

24. Calculate the quantity of heat conducted per minute through a

duralumin circular disc 127 mm diameter and 19 mm thick when the
temperature drop across the thickness of the plate Is 5°C. Take the
coefficient of thermal conductivity of duralumin as 150 W/m-K.
A. 30 kJ C. 35 kJ
B. 40 kJ D. 45 kJ

20. All heat transfer processes require a medium of energy exchange

except
A. conduction C. natural convection
B. forced convection D. radiation

21. At an average temperature of 100°C, hot air flows through a 2.5 m

long tube with an inside diameter of 50 mm. The temperature of the
tube is 20°C along its entire length. Convective film coefficient is 20.1 25. Water enters the condenser at 20°C and leaves at 35°C. What is the
W/m?. Determine the convective heat transfer from air to the tube. log mean temperature difference if the condenser temperature is 45°C.
A. 900 W C. 624 W A. 16.37°C C. 15.37°C
B. 909 W D. 632 W B. 13.37°C D. 17.37°C

22. It refers to the ratio of the internal thermal resistance of a solid to 26. The radiant heat transfer depends on,
the boundary layer thermal resistance (or external resistance of the A. Temperature
body). B. heat rays
A. Biot number C. Prandti number C. heat flow from cold to hot
B. Nusselt number D. Reynolds number D. humidity
27. A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm 30. How much is the part of light that is absorbed by the body that
thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of steel transmits and reflects 80% and 10% respectively?
1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the A. 10% C. 30%
combustion chamber is 1200°C while that of the outer surface of steel B.20% D. 5%
is 50°C. The thermal conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are :
firebrick, 10; insulating brick,
0.26; and steel, 45. Neglecting the film resistances and contact
resistance of joints, determine the heat loss per sq.m. of wall area.
A. 1.93 W/m? C. 1.55 W/m?
B. 2.93 W/m? D. 2.55 W/m?

31. The transfer of energy. from the more energetic particles of a

substance to the adjacent. less energetic ones as a result of interactions
between the particles.
A. Heat transfer C. Radiation
B. Conduction D. Convection

32. What do you call a substance that is able to absorb liquids or gases
and is usually used for removing liquids (or gases) from a given medlum
or region?
A.Absorbent C. liquefier
28. "The boiling point of a solution is a linear function of water at the B.Adsorbent D. Adhesive
same pressure." The above statement is called
A. Dubring's rule C. Petit and Dulong's law 33. A cubical tank of 2 m sides Is constructed of metal plate 12 mm and
B. Fick's rule D. Reynolds law contains water at 75°C. The surrounding air temperature is 16°C.
Calculate the overall heat transfer coefficient from water to air. Take
29. A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brickwork the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the
110 mm thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the
fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick. The coefficient of heat transfer of water is 2.5 kW/m?-K and the coefficient
coefficient of thermal conductivity for the three are as follows: of heat transfer of the air is 16 W/m?-K.
Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K A.19.84 W/m?°C C. 16.84 W/m2°C
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K B. 14.84 W/m2°C D. 13.84 W/m?°C
Insulating board 0.06 W/m-K
The surface transfer coefficients of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m?-K while
that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m?- K. Take the internal ambient
temperature as 10°C and the external temperature is 27°C. Determine
the heat loss through such wall 6 m high and 10 m long.

A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W

34. Heat exchangers typically involve

A. no work interactions C. no heat interactions
B. no energy interactions D. none of these
35. One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is 8 m long by 2.5 41. A tank contains liquid nitrogen at -190 deg C is suspended in a
m high and consists of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An inner wood vacuum shell b three stainless steel rods 0.80 cm in diameter and 3
wall 22.5 mm thick, the steel and wood are 90 mm apart to form a meters long with a thermal conductivity of 16.3 W/m?-deg C. If the
cavity which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop across the ambient air outside the vacuum shell is 15 deg C, calculate the
extreme faces of the composite wall is 15°C. magnitude of the conductive heat flow in watts along the support rods.
Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the wall and the A. 0.168 C. 0.187
temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. Take the coefficients B. 0.156 D. 0.5074
of thermal conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18
W/m-K respectively.
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12°C
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12°C D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12°C

42. Which of the following requires the greatest amount of heat per
kilogram for a given increase in temperature?
A. Ice C. Water
B. Steam D. Copper

36. A wall with an area of 10 m? is made of a 2 cm thickness of white 43. A 5 cm diameter spherical ball whose surface is maintained at a
pine (k= 0.113 W/m°C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k = 0.649 W/m°C). temperature of 70°C is suspended in the middle of a room at 20°C.
The pine is on the inside where the temperature is 30°C while the Determine the total heal transfer from the ball if the convection heat
outside temperature is 10°C. Assuming equilibrium conditions exist, transfer coefficient is 15 W/m2-°C and the emissivity of the surface. is
what is the temperature at the interface between the two metals? 0.8.
A. 15.65°С C. 18.21°C A. 23.84 Watts
B. 17.64°C D. 19.31°C B. 32.77 Watts
C. 7.22 watts
37. What is the value of the Prandt'i number for air? D. 48.25 watts
A. 10 C. 6.7
B. 67 D.0.7

38. According to Prevost theory of heat exchange:

A. It is impossible to transfer heat from low temperature source to high
temperature source
B. Heat transfer by radiation needs no medium
C. All bodies above absolute zero emit radiation
D. Heat transfer in most of the cases occurs by combination of
conduction, convection and radiation

39. Is the mode of energy transfer between a solid surface and the
adjacent liquid or gas which is in motion, and it involves combine
effects of conduction and fluid motion.
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convection
D. none of these
40. The temperature of the flame in a furnace is 1277°C and the
temperature of its surrounding is 277°C. Calculate the maximum
theoretical quantity of heat energy radiated per minute per square
meter to the surrounding surface area. 44. Heat transfer processes which include a change of phase of a fluid
A. 19,321.65 kJ are considered
B. 18,321.65 kJ A. convection C. thermal radiation
C. 17,321.65 kJ B. conduction D. radiation
D. 16,321.65 kJ
45. A hot block is cooled by blowing cool air over its top surface. The
heat that is first transferred to the air layer close to the block is by
conduction. It is eventually carried away from the surface by:
A. convection C. radiation
B. conduction D. thermal radiation
46. An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is 237 W/m-°C has a 49. A 4 cm diameter insulated steel pipe with 3 cm of insulation carries
flat bottom whose diameter is 20 cm and thickness0.4 cm. Heat is steam at 120oC. The thermal conductivity of the insulation is 0.04
transferred steadily to boiling water in the pan through its bottom at a W/m°C. Neglect the resistance to heat transfer from the steel pipe.
rate of 500 Watts. Compute the temperature at surface of the bottom Calculate the thermal resistance of the insulation per unit length of
of the pan if its inner surface is 105°C. pipe.
A. 97.52 deg C C.105.27 deg C A. 0.90 °C / W C. 6.9 °C / W
B. 107.32 deg C D.125.27 deg C B. 3.6 °C / W D. 12 °C / W

47. During a steady state operation, a gearbox receives 60 kW through 50. Which of the following is the emissivity of white body?
the input shaft and delivers power through the output shaft. For the A .Zero C. 0.5
gearbox as the system, the rate of energy transfer is by convection, B.1 D. 0 < e <1
where the heat transfer coefficient, h = 0.171 kW/m2_K the outer 51. What is the usual value of transmissivity for opaque materials?
surface area of the gearbox is A = 1.0 m°, Th = 300K (27°C) is the A. 0 C. Indeterminate
temperature at the outer surface, Tr = 293K (20°C) is the temperature B.1 D. Infinity
of the surrounding air away from the immediate vicinity of the gearbox. 52. The surface of household radiator has an emissivity of 0.55 and an
If the rate of heat transfer is given to be -1.2 kW, evaluate the power area of 1.5 m?. What is the rate of radiation emitted by the radiator
delivered to the output shaft in kW. when its temperature is 50°C ?
A. 78.8 kW A. 390 W C. 508 W
B. 48.8 kW B. 509 W D. 409 W
C. 68.8 kW
D. 58.8 kW

48.Compute the energy transfer rate across a 6" wall of firebrick with a 53. For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be modeled as a 30
temperature difference across the wall of 50 °C. The thermal cm diameter, 170 cm long vertical cylinder with bottom both the top
conductivity of firebrick is 0.65 BTU/hr-ft-°F at the temperature of and bottom surfaces insulated and with the side surface at an average
interest. temperature of 34°C. Determine the rate of the heat loss from this man
A. 114 W/m? C. 369 W/m? by convection in an environment at 20 °C given the convection heat
B. 235 W/m? D. 479 W/m? transfer coefficient of
15 W/m?.°C.
A. 306.46 watts C.336.46 watts
B. 316.46 watts D.346.46 watts
54. Which of the following is not a heat exchanger? 58. A frictionless piston-cylinder device and a rigid tank contains 1.2
A. Condenser C. Boilers kmol of an ideal gas at the same temperature, pressure, and volume.
B. Evaporators D. Water hammer Now heat is transferred, and the temperature of both system is raised
by 15 deg C. What must be the amount of extra heat that must be
55. Which of the following is not a unit of the rate of heat transfer? supplied to the gas in the cylinder that is maintained at constant
A. Watt C. Btu per hour pressure?
B. Cal/s D. Btu/Hp-hr A. 50 Kj C. 100 KJ
B. 75 KJ D.150 KJ
56. The interior of an oven is maintained at a temperature of 1500°F by
means of suitable control apparatus. The walls of the oven are 9 in.
thick and constructed from a material having a thermal conductivity of
0.18 Btu/hr-ft-°F. Calculate the heat loss for each square foot of wall
surface per hour. Assume that the inside and outside wall temperatures
are 1500°F and 400°F respectively.
A. 264 Btu/hr-ff?
B. 364 Btu/hr-ff?
C. 164 Btu/hr-ft?
D. 64 Btu/hr-ft?

59. What is the heat transfer due to density differential?

A. Convection C. Conduction
B. Nuclear D. Radiation

60. Which of the following requires the greatest amount of heat per
kilogram for a given increase in temperature?
A. Ice C. Water
B. Steam D. Copper

61. A student living in a 4 m x 6m x 6m dormitory room turns on her

150 watts fan before she leaves the room on a summer day, hoping
57. With three different quantities x, y, and z of the same kind of liquid that the room will be cooler when she comes back in the evening.
of temperatures 9, 21 and 38°C respectively, it is found that when x and Assuming all the doors and windows are tightly closed and disregarding
y are mixed together the resultant temperature is 17°C and when y and any heat transfer through the walls and the windows, determine the
z are mixed together the resultant temperature is 28°C. Find the temperature in the room when she comes back 10 hours later. Use
resultant temperature if x and z were mixed. specific heat value at room temperature, and assume the room to be at
A. 29.87°C C. 20.85°C 100 ka and 15 deg C in the morning when she leaves.
B. 25.92°С D. 24.86°C A. 18.13 deg C
B. 28.13 deg C
C.48.13 deg C
D.58.13 deg C
62. A house has brick walls 15 millimeters thick. On a cold winter day, 70. A machine or equipment used for drying process.
the temperature of the inner and outer surfaces of the walls are A. Dewaterer C. Evaporator
measured and found to be 20 °C and -12 °C, respectively. If there is 120 B. Dryer D. Filter
m° of exterior wall space, and the thermal conductivity of bricks is
0.711 J/m.s.°C, how much heat is lost through the walls per hour? 71. The combustion gases of a furnace are separated from its
A. 178 J surrounding or ambient air which is 29°C. The brick wall is 130 mm and
C. 675 kJ has a thermal conductivity of 1.23 W/m-°C with a surface emissivity of
B. 14.5 kJ 0.81. The outer surface temperature of the wall is 130 °C and with
D. 655 MJ surface air conductance of 15 W/m°-°C. For steady state conditions,
what is the total heat transmitted for a surface area of 30 m°?
A. 70.33 kW C. 73.30 kW
B. 33.07 kW D. 37.30 kW

63. The function of a heat exchanger is to :

A. increase the water temperature entering the boiler and decrease
combustion requirements
B. transfer heat from one fluid to another
C. increase the total energy content of the flow
D. exchange heat to increase energy to the flow

64. theoretical body which when heated to incandescence would emit a 72. It is the passage of radiation through a medium without change of
continuous light-ray spectrum, frequency.
A. Black body radiation C. Black body A. Absorption C. Fenestation
B. Blue body D. White body B. Transmission D. Reflection

65. Which of the following is the reason for insulating the 73. The forced convective heat transfer coefficient for a hot fluid
pipes? flowing over a cold surface is 225 W/m?.°C for a particular problem.
A. They may not break under pressure The fluid temperature upstream of the cold surface is 120 °C, and the
B. There is minimum corrosion surface is held at 10 °C. Determine the heat transfer rate per unit
C. Capacity to withstand pressure surface from the fluid to the surface.
D. Heat loss from the surface is minimized A. 34 570 W/m? C. 54 470 W/m?
B. 24 700 W/m? D. 24 750 W/m?
66. What kind of heat exchanger where water is heated to a point that
dissolved gases are liberated?
A. Evaporator C. Condenser
B. Intercooler D. Deaerator

67. A body that is hot compared to its surroundings illuminates more

energy than it receives, while its surrounding absorbs more energy than
they give. The heat is transferred from one to another by energy wave
motion. What is this mode of heat transfer?
A. Radiation C. Conduction
B. Convection D. Condensation

68. In convection heat transfer, what mechanism heat transfer where

the fluid moves due to the decrease in its density caused by increase in
temperature?
A. Forced convection C. Natural convection
B. Density convection D. Radial convection

69. A form of thermal convection when the bulk of the fluid is moving
relative to the heat transfer surface because such motion is usually
caused by a blower, fan, or pump that is forcing the flow.
A. Slow convection C. Free convection
B. Forced convection D. Thermal convection
74. Heat may be transferred in how many ways? 87. A correction of LMTD is essential in case of:
A one C. two A. parallel flow heat exchanger
B. three D. four B. counter current heat exchanger
C. cross flow heat exchanger
75. Which of the following is not a heat exchanger? D. none of the above.
A. Condenser C. Boilers
B. Evaporators D. Water hammer 88. A form of thermal convection when the motion of the fluid is due
entirely to boyancy forces, usually confined to a layer near the heated
76. Which of the following heat exchangers where fluid flow in the or cooled surface.
same direction and both are of changing temperatures? A. Slow convection C. Free convection
A. Parallel flow C. Cross flow B. Forced convection D. Thermal convection
B. - Counter flow D. Mixed flow
89. A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 45°C
77. Which of the following is the color of iron when it is heated to a to 100°C while the heating fluid enters at 150°C and leaves at 115°C.
highest temperature? Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference.
A. White C. Red A.40°C C. 60°C
B. Orange D. Yellow B. 50°C D. 70°C

78. Which of the following is the science of low temperatures?

A. Cryogenics
C. Thermo-kinetics
B. Thermodynamics
D. Ergonomics

79. Which of the following is the usual geometric view factor for a black
body?
A. Zero C. Infinity
B. One D. Indeterminate

80. What happens to the heat transferred radially across insulated pipe
per unit area?
A. The heat will flow at constant rate.
B. Decreases with the increase in thermal conductivity.
C. Decrease from pipe wall to insulated surface.
D. Partially Increases from pipe wall to insulated surface.

81. What do you call a change of phase directly from vapor to solid
without passing through the liquid state? 90. The statement that the emissivity and absorptivity of a surface is
A. Sublimation C. Solidification surrounded by its own temperature are the same for both
B. Vaporization D. Deposition monochromatic and total radiation is called:
A. Lambert's law C. Kirchhoff's law
82. Which of the following is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant? B. D'Alembert's D. Law of emissivity
A. 5.77 x 107 W/m?K*
B. 7.67 x 10-9 W/m?K4 91. What is the usual value of transmissivity for opaque materials?
C. 4.78 x 10-10 W/m?K4 A. 0 C. Indeterminate
D. 5.67 x 109 W/m?K4 B. 1 D. Infinity
92. An air-cooled condenser has an expected U value of 30 W/m?-K
83. In order to emit electromagnetic radiation, an object must be at a based on the air side area. The condenser is to transfer 60 kW with an
temperature: airflow rate of 15 kg/S entering at 35°C. If the condensing temperature
A. above 0 K is to be 48°C, what is the required air-side area?
B.. above 0°C A. 184 m C. 174 m2
C. above that of its surroundings B. 194 m? D. 164 m?
D. high enough for it to glow

84. Thermal conduction is described by:

A. Newton's law
B. The logarithmic mean temperature difference
C. The Stefan - Boltzmann law
D. Fourier's law
85. Convection is described by which of the following laws?
A. Newton's law
B. The logarithmic mean temperature difference
C. The Stefan - Boltzmann law
D. Fourier's law

86. Radiation heat transfer is described by

A. Newton's law
B. The logarithmic mean temperature difference
C. Fourier's law
D. Kirchoff's law
93. Heat is transferred from hot water to an oil in a double-pipe 97. How do you classify a body that has an emissivity factor of 0.77
counter-flow heat exchanger. Water enters the outer pipe at 120°C and A. Gray body C. Black body
exits at 55°C while the oil enters the inner pipe at 26°C and exits at B. White body D. Theoretical boy
65°C. Compute the log-mean temperature difference (LMTD).
A. 42.80°C C. 40.62°C 98. Heat transfer due to density differential
B. 46.20°C D. 42.06°C A. Convection C. Nuclear
B. Conduction D. Radiation

99. The forced convective heat transfer coefficient for a hot fluid
flowing over a cold surface is 225 W/m?.°C for a particular problem.
The fluid temperature upstream of the cold surface is 120 °C, and the
surface is held at 10 °C. Determine the heat transfer rate per unit
surface from the fluid to the surface.
A. 24,570 W/m? C. 52,470 W/m?
B. 27,400 W/m° D. 24,750 W/in?

94. It is the passage of radiation through a medium without change of

frequency.
A. Absorption C. Fenestation
B. Transmission D. Reflection

95. Radiation is usually considered as 100. A 30 cm thick wall has an inside and outside surface temperatures
A. surface phenomenon C. surface interaction of 300°C and 50°C respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the wall is
B. surface corrosion D. none of these 8 W/m-K. Calculate the heat transferred in kW/m?
A. 6.67 C. 7.67
96. The combustion gases of a furnace are separated from its B. 5.67 D. 8.67
surrounding or ambient air which is 29°C. The brick wall is 130 mm and
has a thermal conductivity of 1.23 W/m°C with a surface emissivity of
0.81. The outer surface temperature of the wall is 130°C and with
surface air conductance of 15 W/m?°C. For steady state conditions,
determine is the total heat transmitted for a surface area of 30 m°
A. 70.33 Kw C. 73.30 kW
B. 83.07 kW D. 77.30 kW

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