250+ TOP MCQs on HT Equipment – Temperature Patterns in Multipass Heat Exchangers

Heat Transfer Operations Questions and Answers for Freshers on “HT Equipment – Temperature Patterns in Multipass Heat Exchangers”.

1. Multipass Heat Exchangers classify heat exchangers on the basis of construction.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Clarification: Multipass Heat exchanger classifies heat exchangers on the basis of number of flow passes or flow arrangements but not construction. If we talk about construction we can classify according to tubular, plate-type, extended surface and regenerative.

2. Which one of the following does not belong to the classes of multipass heat exchangers?
a) Compound flow extended surface
b) Regenerative
c) Split flow shell and tube
d) Parallel counter-flow shell and tube

Answer: b
Clarification: Regenerative heat Exchangers are classification based on construction of the heat exchangers and not on flow pattern.

3. Which of the following is not a subset of Multipass Extended Surface Heat Exchangers?
a) Cross Counter Flow
b) Cross Parallel Flow
c) Split Flow
d) Compound Flow

Answer: c
Clarification: A multipass extended surface heat exchanger can be classified according into three categories, they are Cross Counter flow, cross parallel flow and compound flow. Split flow is a category of multipass shell and tube HE.

4. How many Heat Exchangers can be classified on the basis of flow passes of the fluids?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: b
Clarification: For a heat exchanger to be classified on the basis of flow passage of participating fluids, they can be classified into Single pass and Multipass.

5. Which one of the following does not belong to Shell and tube heat exchangers?
a) Split Flow
b) Parallel counter-flow
c) Divided Flow
d) Compound Flow

Answer: d
Clarification: A multipass shell and tube surface heat exchanger can be classified according into three categories, they are Split flow, Parallel counter-flow and Divided Flow. Compound flow is a category of Extended fins multipass HE.

6. Which one of the following statement is correct?
a) Split flow has one input flow and two output flow
b) Divided flow has two output flow and one input flow
c) Double split flow has two input flow and one output
d) Cross flow has two input and two output flows

Answer: b
Clarification: Divided flow is the one that has two output passage and one input, whereas split flow and cross flow have single input and single output passages.

7. A double split shell and tube HE has two input and output flow passages respectively.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a

8. In how many practical classes can we divide shell and tube HE based on the number of tube passes?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Answer: b
Clarification: If we divide shell and tube HE based on the number of tube passes, we can divide it to 1-2, 2-4, and 3-6 shell and tube heat exchangers, i.e 3.

9. Which of the following statements are true about an m-shell n-tube Heat Exchanger?
a) It has m+1 shell partitions and n+1 tube passes
b) Temperature takes m-1 turns for shell and n-1 turns for tube
c) Temperature takes m+1 turns for shell and n+1 turns for tube
d) It has m-1 shell partitions and n-1 tube passes

Answer: b
Clarification: In a m-n shell and tube HE, there are m shell compartments and n tube passes, for which we observe m-1_n-1 temperature elbows on the temperature length plot. Hence, if we look at the plot of temperature-length plot, we can very easily determine the type of the Heat exchanger.