JIMMA UNIVERSITY

JIMMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Quiz Examination-I Semester, Nov-2017

Student Name : ID No :

Course Title : THERMAL UNIT OPERATIONS Course Code : ChEg 3113

Program : III-Year Degree in Chemical Engineering Group :

Date of Exam : 17/11/2017 Duration of Exam : 60 min Max Marks : 15 Marks

Instructions: Choose any one of the option from A, B, C, D and write it in right side
parenthesis and over writing and selection of multiple answers for the same question cannot
be entertained and it can be treated as zero marks.

Take Stefen-Boltzmans Constant = 5.6678 108
2 4

1. The faces of 6- in. thick wall measuring 12- ft by 16- ft will be maintained at 1500 oF and 300 oF
respectively at inner and outer surfaces. The wall is made of Kaolin insulating brick [ k = 0.15 [ ]
Btu/(hr)(ft2)( oF/ft) ]. How much heat will escape through this wall?

A) 65, 300 Btu/hr B) 69, 200 Btu/hr

C) 61, 200 Btu/hr D) 59, 300 Btu/hr

2. Which of the following Heat Exchangers can be commonly used in Pharmaceutical industry? [ ]

A) Fluidized Bed Heat Exchangers B) Plate Type Heat Exchangers

C) Double Pipe Heat Exchangers D) Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers

3. What is the value of surface compactness() for Non-compact Liquid-to-liquid and Phase change
[ ]
type heat exchangers

2 2
A) < 700 B) > 700
3 3
2 2
C) < 400 3 D) > 400
3

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4. If a surface heating the liquid significantly hotter than the liquid, then we call such phase of boiling
[ ]
as__________

A) Film boiling B) Nucleate boiling

C) Pool boiling D) None of the above

5. What is the maximum pressure that is capable of handling by Plate type Heat exchangers? [ ]

A) 1 MPa B) 2 MPa
C) 3 Mpa D) 4 MPa

6. What is the maximum temperature that is capable of handling by Shell and Tube Type Heat
[ ]
Exchangers?

A) 1000 oC B) 1100 oC
C) 1200 oC D) 900 oC

7. Which of the following major disadvantage of Rotary type Regenerators? [ ]

A) Unavoidable trapping of fluid B) Limited range of Temperature

C) High Rate of Fouling D) Difficulty in maintenance

8. After sunset, radiant energy can be sensed by a person standing near a brick wall. Such walls
frequently have surface temperatures around 44 oC, and typical brick emissivity values are on the
[ ]
order of 0.92. What would be the radiant thermal flux per square meter from a brick wall at this
temperature?

A) 627 W/m2 B) 527 W/m2

C) 327 W/m2 D) 427 W/m2

9. In which of the following heat exchangers, the rate of fouling is higher? [ ]

A) Spiral Type Heat Exchangers B) Gasket Plate Heat Exchangers

C) Double Pipe Heat Exchangers D) Shell and Tube Type Heat Exchangers

10. The forced convective heat transfer coefficient for a hot fluid flowing over a cool surface is 225
W/m2.oC for a particular problem. The fluid temperature upstream of the cool surface is 120 oC, and
[ ]
the surface is held at 10 oC. Determine the heat transfer rate per unit surface area from the fluid to
the surface.
A) 22600 W/m2 B) 26700 W/m2
C) 28900 W/m2 D) 24750 W/m2

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11. Vertical Calendria type Heat exchangers are belongs to --------- type of Vaporizing Exchangers. [ ]

A) Steam Generators B) Waste Heat Boilers

C) Evaporators D) Reboilers

12. A laboratory furnace wall is constructed of 0.2 m thick fireclay brick having ka = 1.0 W/m.K. This is
covered on the outer surface with a 0.03m thick layer of insulating material having kb = 0.07 W/mK.
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The furnace inner brick surface is at 1250K and the outer surface of the insulation material is at 310
K. Calculate the steady state heat transfer rate through the wall in W/m2

A) 1395 B) 1595
C) 1495 D) 1295

13. Determine the interfacial temperature T2 between the brick and the insulation of a laboratory
[ ]
furnace wall described in Question no 12.

A) 678 oC B) 578 oC
C) 478 oC D) 558 oC

14. An insulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air is at 25 oC. The outside diameter of
the pipe is 70 mm and its surface temperature is at 200 oC. If the coefficient associated with free
[ ]
convection heat transfer from the surface to the air is 15 W/m2.oK, What is the rate of heat loss from
the surface per unit length of pipe?

A) 477 W/m B) 677 W/m

C) 577 W/m D) 377 W/m

15. An insulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air is at 25 oC. The outside diameter of
the pipe is 70 mm and its surface temperature and emissive powers are 200 oC and 0.8 respectively.
[ ]
If the heat transferred is associated with only radiation, What is the rate of heat loss from the
surface per unit length of pipe?

A) 521 W/m B) 421 W/m

C) 621 W/m D) 321 W/m