Heat TranSFER Unit 1 : Introduction

(a)Steady state heat conduction with heat

Multiple Choice Questions generation
(b)Steady state heat conduction without heat
1. As the temperature increases, the thermal conductivity generation
of a gas (c)Unsteady state heat conduction without heat
(a)Increases (b)Decreases generation
(c)Remains constant (d)Increases upto a (d)Unsteady state heat conduction with heat
certain temperature and then decreases generation
Answer (a) Answer = (a)
2. In descending order of magnitude, the thermal 8. Which of the following properties of air increase with
conductivity (a) Pure iron (b) Liquid water (c) rise in temperature?
saturated water vapour (d) Pure aluminium can be Specific gravity, Specific heat, Thermal conductivity,
arranged as Kinematic viscosity
(a) abcd (b) bcad (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) dabc (d) dcba (c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1 and 4 only
Answer (c) kAl > kiron > kwater>kwater vapour Answer = (c) With increasing temperature, density of air
3. For a given heat flow and for the same thickness, the decrease and hence the specific gravity decreases.
temp, drop across the material will be maximum for 9. A satellite floats in deep space with very high velocity.
(a) Copper (b) Steel It will continuously lose heat by
(c) Glass wool (d) Refractory brick (a) Convection (b)Conduction and convection
Answer (c) Refractory brick has lowest conductivity hence used (c)Radiation (d)Radiation and convection
as furnace lining Answer (c) As there will be no mass surrounding
4. A cold storage has 23 cm brick wall on the outside and satellite it will lose heat by radiation only
8 cm plastic foam on the inside. The inside and outside 10.Which one of the following expresses the thermal
temperatures are 2°C and 22°C, respectively. If the diffusivity of a substance in terms of thermal
thermal conductivities of brick and foam are 0.98 conductivity of a substance (k), mass density (p) and
W/m–K and 0.02 W/m-K, and the inside and outside specific heat (c)?
heat transfer coefficients are 29 W/m2–K and 12 W/m2 (a) k2Pc (b) 1/pkc
– K, respectively, then the rate of heat removal for a
(c) k/Pc (d) pc/k2
(projected) wall area of 90 m2 will nearly be
Answer : (c)
(a) 503 W (b)497 W
11. In which one of the following materials, is the heat
(c)490 W (d)481 W
energy propagation minimum due to conduction heat
∆T
Q= transfer?
Answer (b) Rth =
(a) Lead (b) Copper
22−(−2) (c) Water (d) Air
1 1 0.23 .08 Answer : (d) Due to minimum thermal conductivity
( + +. +.
12 29 0.98 .02
∗1 =
¿
) 496.265 W = 497 W of air heat conduction is minimum in air.
12. A copper block and an air mass block having similar
90 dimensions are subjected to symmetrical heat transfer
¿ from one face of each block. The other face of the
5. The conduction heat diffuses in a material when the block will be reaching to the same temperature at a rate
materials has : (a)Faster in air block
High thermal conductivity (b)Faster in copper block
Low density (c)Equal in air as well as copper block
High specific heat (d)Cannot be predicted with the given information
High viscosity Answer: (b) Thermal conductivity of Copper is
Which of the above are correct? around 380 W/mK and air is around 0.026 W/mK.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 Since thermal conductivity of Copper is higher than
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 4 and 1 air, hence heat flow will be faster in Copper block.
Answer (a) 13. In case of liquids, what is the binary diffusion
6. Hot air at 150C flows over a flat plate maintained at coefficient proportional to?
50C .If the force convection heat transfer coefficient (a) Pressure only (b) Temperature only
is 75 W/m2K, the heat gain rate by the plate through an (c) Volume only (d) All the above
area of 2m2 will be Answer (d) Diffusion coefficient (D), in general, is
(a) 15kW (b)22.5kJ/s dependent upon temperature, pressure and nature of
(c)7.5kJ/s (d)None of the above the system component. However, for ideal gases and
Answer (a) Q = hAT = 75 × 2 × (150 – 50) = 15kW dilute liquids it can be assumed to remain practically
7. The Poisson’s equation of general conduction heat constant for a given range of temperature and
transfer applies to the case pressure
14. Heat transfer takes place according to
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 Heat TranSFER Unit 1 : Introduction
(a) Zeroth Law of thermodynamics
(b) First Law of the thermodynamics
(c) Second Law of thermodynamics
(d) Third Law of thermodynamics
Answer : (c) Heat transfer takes place according to
second law of thermodynamics. Second law of
thermodynamics states that "heat will flow
naturally from one reservoir to another at a lower
temperature, but not in opposite direction without
assistance".
15. Consider the following statements:
If a surface is pockmarked with a number of cavities,
then as compared to a smooth surface
Radiation will increase.
Nucleate boiling will increase.
Conduction will increase.
Convection will increase.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
Answer : (b) Radiation will increase Q α A, surface
convection will increase Q α A, surface nucleate
boiling will in increase as pocket will be the
favorable sites for onset of nucleation
16. On a summer day, a scooter rider feels more
comfortable while on the move than while at a stop
light because
(a)An object in motion captures less solar radiation
(b)Air is transparent to radiation and hence it is cooler
than the body
(c)More heat is lost by convection and radiation while
in motion
(d)Air has a low specific heat and hence it is cooler
Answer (c) More heat is lost by forced convection as
the value of heat transfer coefficient is large. And
while moving forced convection will occur.
17. Fourier law of heat conduction is best represented by
a) Q = -k A d t /d x b) Q = k A d x/d t
c) Q = -k A d) Q = k d t/d x
Answer ( a) According to Fourier law of heat conduction, Q =
-k A d t /d x.

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