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  1. The average velocity in the tubes of a 1-4 heat exchanger is __________ times that in 1-1 heat exchanger having the same size & number of tubes and operated at same liquid flow rate.

  2. A.
    2
    B.
    1/2
    C.
    4
    D.
    1/4

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  3. Hoop (circumferential) stress induced in a thin walled 'Horton Sphere' used for the storage of liquid ammonia under pressure is

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  5. When one of the fluids is highly corrosive and has fouling tendency, it should

  6. A.
    preferably flow inside the tube for its easier internal cleaning.
    B.
    perferably flow outside the tube.
    C.
    flow at a very slow velocity.
    D.
    flow outside the tube, when the flow is counter-current and inside the tube when the flow is co-current.

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  7. The raio, is normally taken as

  8. A.
    0.15-030
    B.
    0.5-0.65
    C.
    0.75-0.85
    D.
    0.60-0.90

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  9. A/an __________ is used for changing the direction of a pipeline.

  10. A.
    elbow
    B.
    union
    C.
    flange
    D.
    disc compensator

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  11. Maximum plate efficiency is achieved in case of __________ flow.

  12. A.
    split
    B.
    cross
    C.
    cascade
    D.
    reverse

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  13. The LMTD correction factor (FT) is defined as the

  14. A.
    ratio of true temperature difference to the LMTD.
    B.
    ratio of LMTD to the true temperature difference.
    C.
    differenced of true temperature difference and the LMTD.
    D.
    geometric mean of the true temperature difference and the LMTD.

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  15. The clearance between two tubes in a shell and tube heat exchanger is known as 'ligament', whose minimum value is __________ the outside diameter of the tube, but in no case it should be less than 4.5 mm.

  16. A.
    equal to
    B.
    half
    C.
    one fourth
    D.
    three fourth

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  17. The ratio for the rate of washing to the final rate of filtration in a washing type of plate and frame filter is

  18. A.
    0.25
    B.
    0.50
    C.
    0.75
    D.
    1.25

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  19. Normally, the length to diameter ratio of rotary dryers varies form 4 to 10 and for its economic operation, the number of transfer units (NTU) for such dryers varies from

  20. A.
    1.5-2.5
    B.
    3.5-5.5
    C.
    7.5-10.0
    D.
    10-15

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