Trial Examination

for

GATE 2006
Department of Agricultural Process
Engineering

Group I
Question No. 1 to 20 will carry one mark each
Time for Each Question = 25 Seconds

Q 1. : The Tylers standard screen scale is based on

standard opening of ---------a. 28 mesh

b. 48 mesh

c. 100 mesh

d. 200 mesh

Q.2.: The paddy dehusking machine has two rubber

rolls that rotate with -------.
a.
b.
c.

identical speed in same direction

identical speed in opposite direction
differential speed in same direction

d.

differential speed in opposite direction

Q.3 : Oil content (whole mass basis) in rice bran

ranges between -------.
a.
b.
c.

8 to 10 %
11 to 16 %
17 to 22 %

d.

23 to 35 %

Q.4.: Energy requirement to grind a material is

expressed by -------a.
b.
c.

Ficks law
Newtons law
Kicks law

d.

Stokes law

Q.5: Soybean is mostly used in India for production of

-----------.

a.
b.
c.

edible oil
pulses
milk substitutes

d.

processed food

Q.6. : If the atmospheric air is heated -------------.

a.
b.
c.

its RH will increase

its RH will decrease
its AH will increase

d.

its AH will decrease.

Q.7 : Milling of paddy is done in the moisture (w.b.)

range of -----------.
a. 8 - 10 %

b. 10 - 12 %

c. 12 - 14 %

d. 14 - 16 %

Q.8 : Compared to raw rice, milled rice obtained from

parboiled paddy -----------------.
a. is whiter and contains more vitamin B1
b. requires less cooking time and contains more vitamin B1
c. gives higher head yield and contains more vitamin B1
d. has more oil in bran and contains less vitamin B1

Q.9.: In drying, FMC of grain is defined as the

difference between -----a. IMC & FMC
c. IMC & CMC

b. IMC & EMC

d. CMC & EMC

Q.10 : Machine used for dehusking of pulse is ---------------a. rubber roll dehusker
b. emery roll dehusker
c. centrifugal dehusker
d. under runner disc sheller

Q.11: Pressure drop in fluid flow through granular

material is the best estimated by --------.
a.
b.
c.

Black-Kozney equation
Burky-Plummer equation
Ergun equation

d.

Fourier equation

Q.12 : In multiple effect evaporator concentration of

liquid food is difficult in last effect because ------.

a.
b.
c.

the vacuum level is low

the temperature is low
flow rate is reduced

d.

viscosity of liquid is large

Q. 13 : In transient heat transfer problems, the

dimensionless number used is ------------a. Nusselt number

b. Prandit number

c. Biot number

d. Schmidt number.

Q.14 : ____________ indicates the relative

proportions of the coarse, medium and fine particles.
a)
b)
c)

Fineness modulus
Uniformity index
Average particle size

d)

Effectiveness

Q.15: If D is the cone diameter in mm then number

of brakes on a cone polisher is given by -------------.
a. (100/D)- 2

b. (D/ 100)- 2

c. 2+ (D/ 100)

d. (100/ D)+ 2

Q. 16 : The EMC at 100% RH is known as ----------.

a. bound water b. unbound water

c. free water

d. saturation water

Q.17 : Long term frozen storage of perishable must be

carried but below ----------------------.
a. 0o C
c. 18o C

b. 10o C
d. 25 o C

Q.18 : Pasteurization of milk is necessary for ___.

a. long shelf life at room temperature
b. destruction of all microorganisms
c. destruction of only pathogenic microorganisms
d. long shelf life under refrigeration

Q. 19 : The major protein in wheat flour is

a. zein
c. orygenin

b. gluten
d. hordonin

Q. 20 : Jenssens equation is related to _____.

a.
b.
c.

storage silo design

size reduction of particles
grain transportation system

d.

size separation of grains

Group II
Question No. 21 to 75 will carry two marks each

Q. 21. Total solids (TS) in fruit juice is to be

increased from 15 % to 50 % in an evaporator. The
% of initial water to be removed is about ------------.
a. 68
c. 78

b. 72
d. 82

Q. 22: Thermal resistance of 1 mm thick stainless

steel sheet of 1 m2 area with thermal conductivity
of 15 W/ m0K is ------------ 0 K/ W

a. 6.67 X10-5
c. 15

b. 9.1 X 10-2
d. 15000

Q.23: Three consecutive sieve and pan retain 20%,

50%, 20% &10 % of ground material respectively.
The fineness modulus of the ground material is--------------.
a. 1.2
c. 2.4

b. 1.8
d. 3.5

Q.24: A herd of 100 dairy cows are fed 1300 kg of

silage daily. The thickness of silage fed each day is
100 mm. If one m3 of silage weighs 650 kg, the
diameter of pit silo will be --------------.
a. 4.54 m
c. 5.64 m

b. 5.04 m
d. 6.04 m

Q. 25 Osmotic pressure of salt solution made up of

one litre and 10 gm sodium chloride at 30 oC is ----------.
a. 4.31 bar
c. 2 bar

b. 202.65 kPa
d. 15 mbar

Q.26 : If 5 HP are required to reduce a material

from 2 cm size to 0.5 cm size. How much energy
would require if the reduction were to be 0.4 cm.
Use only Kicks law.
a. 5.80
c. 3.66

b. 6.66
d. 3.33

Q. 27 : Find the equilibrium moisture content of

wheat at RH = 10 % and t= 60 oC. The value of C
and n are taken as 3.11 x 10-7 and 2.31 respectively.
using Hendersons equation.
a. 10.04
c. 30.04

b. 20.04
d. 40.04

Q.28 : A screw conveyer is mounted on 4 cm dia

shaft. It has pitch and diameter both equal to 30
cm. If its operating speed is 150 rpm then its
theoretical capacity is ------m3/ min.
a. 10.4
c. 2500

b. 3.12
d. 3.978

Q.29: The amount of juice concentrated containing

65 % solids & single strength juice containing 15 %
solids that must be mixed to produce 100 kg of
concentrate containing 45 % solids is -----------kg.

a. 40

b. 50

c. 60

d. 100

Q. 30: A single effect evaporator is required to

concentrate a solution from 10 % solids at the rate
of 250 kg of feed per hour . The rate of production
of juice concentrating 30 % solids is -----------kg/hr.
a. 225
c. 58.33

b. 167
d. 83

Q. 31: Potatoes are dried from 14 % total solids to

93 % total solids. The product yield from each 100
kg of raw potatoes assuming that 8 % by weight of
original potatoes are lost in peeling is -----------.
a. 92 %
c. 13.9%

b. 86.1%
d. 1.39%

Q.32 : A thermal process is accomplished by

instantaneous heating to 138 oC followed by a four
second hold & instantaneous cooling. Estimate the
leathality (F- value) at 121 oC when thermal
varison () for m.o. is 8.5 oC.
a. 4 sec

b. 40 sec

c. 400 sec

d. 0.4

sec

Q.33 A wet food product contains 70 % water.

After drying it is found that 80 % of original water
has been removed. The water removed during
drying per kg of wet food is ------------ kg.
a. 0.7 kg
c. 0.56 kg

b. 0.8 kg
d. 0.14 kg.

Q.34 : Food is milled from 6 mm to 0.0008 mm

using a 15 hp motor. The motor required to reduce
the size of particles 0.0012 mm will be ---------------hp. Assume only Rittingers law.
a. 5
c. 12

b. 10
d. 15

Q.35: The F value at 121.1 oC equivalent to 99.999

% in activation of a strain of C boiling is 1.2 min.
The Do value of this organism is -----a. 6 min
c. 1.2 min

b. 0.24 min
d. 2.4 min

Q.36 A thin walled pipe of stainless steel with Ks =

19 W/ moK with 2 cm 1D and 4 cm 0D is
maintained at 120oC & outside insulation at 90 oC.
The heat loss per meter pipe length is --------------.
a. 10.80 w/m
c. 30.80 w/m

b. 20.80 w/m
d. 40.80 w/m

Q.37 :Cream of 40 % fat and milk of 3 % fat is fed to

homogenizer to make 100 Kg standard milk of 5 %
fat . The quantity of cream to be mixed to milk is --------------Kg.
A) 3.6
C) 94.6

B) 5.4
D) 96.4

Q.38 : The amount of ice at 0oc to be mixed

adiabatically with 1 kg of water at 50oc such that the
temperature of the resulting water becomes ooc is
______kg.
A) 2.09
C) 0.626 kg

B) 1 kg
D) 0.374

Q.39 : A manometer is used to measure the

pressure difference between two points in a pipe
having water, the height of mercury column is 50
mm , other fluid used in manometer is water with
density of 1000 kg/m3 and the density of Hg is 13.6
X 103 kg/m3. The value of pressure difference is
_________ N/m2

A) 61.803
C) 61803

B) 123.606
D) 123606

Q.40 : Velocity of 2 micron diameter fat globules

inside a centrifuge operating at 5000 rpm has been
estimated to be 0.2 mm/s . The velocity of 1 micron
diameter fat globules inside the same centrifuge
operated at 6000 rpm will be ----------

A) 0.02 mm/s
C) 0.72 mm/s

B) 0.2 mm/s
D) 0.072 mm/s

Q. 41: Water at 20oc is being pumped through a 50

mm diameter pipe at the rate of 2.5 kg/s. The mean
velocity of water in the pipe will be ---------m/s

A) 1.276
C) 12.76

B) 25.05
D) 2.505

Q. 42 : Thermocouples attached at the two faces of

stainless steel plate of 2 cm thickness indicate the
temperature of 105 oc and 85 oc. assume no heat
transfer from sides and steady state heat transfer
prevails. Thermal conductivity of stainless steel may
be taken as 18 w/m k. Therefore the rate of heat
transfer through the plate is ----------.
A) 18 w/m2
C) 1800 w/m2

B) 180 w/m2
D) 18000w/m2

Q. 43 : Overall heat transfer coefficient of a

continuous ice cream freezer is 600w/m2k. The
temperature difference between ice cream mix and
evaporating refrigerant is 25 ok . speed of two scraper
blade s inside the freezer is 150 rpm . If density of ice
is 917 kg/m3 and latent heat of crystallization is 339
KJ/Kg . The maximum thickness of ice layer will be --------A) 10m
C) 10 cm

B) 10 mm
D) can not predict

Q.44: The amount of water to be evaporated from 1

kg of 5 % sugar solution at 30 oc to concentrate it
upto a level of 50 % is ---------

A) 0.1 kg
C) 0.5kg

B) 0.4 kg
D) 0.09 kg

Q. 45 1000 kg milk at 80 oc having specific heat

3900 J/kg is required to be heated to 140 oc by
injecting saturated steam at 150 oc . If the latent
heat of steam at 150 oc is 2115 KJ/kg and specific
heat of liquid water to be 4184 J/kg the amount of
steam required to be injected into the milk is ------.
A) 100 kg
C) 1000 kg

B) 108.5 kg
D) 10849 kg

Q.46 : The air in the room is at 26.7 oc and a

pressure of 101.325 kPa and contains water vapour
with partial pressure of 2.76 kPa . The value of
saturation vapour pressure is 3.5 kPa. The %
relative humidity of the air will be --------A) 62.23 %
C) 78.86 %

B) 65.35 %
D) 84.79 %

Q. 47: Air at 50 oc and 15 % relative humidity at

atmospheric pressure. The saturation vapour
pressure of water at 50 oc is 12.35 kPa. The specific
volume and absolute humidity of the given air will
be--------- respectively.
A) 0.0116 m3 /kg and 0.9419 kg/kg
B) 0.0116 kg/kg and 0.9419 m3 /kg
C) 0.9419 m3 /kg and 0.0116 kg/kg
D) 0.9419 kg/kg and 0.0116 m3 /kg

Q. 48: A sample of rice was dried at 45 oc . The

moisture content at 2 and 5 hrs were 21 % and 16
% dry basis respectively. If the drying constant K
equals to 0.426 per hr. The value of EMC of rice
will be ---------%.
A) 14.14
C) 21.21

B) 16.16
D) 35.35

Q. 49 : Orange juice has 16 % total solids initially.

If the concentration of the total solids of the juice is
to be increased to 40 %, the fraction of initial water
to be removed from the juice is ---------.
a. 0.42
c. 0.71

b. 0.63
d. 0.84

Q.50: Relative humidity of air at 100oC and one

atmospheric pressure is 10%. If the ratio of
molecular weights of water to air is 0.62, the
absolute humidity of the air will be..

a.
b.
c.
d.

0.0345 kg water/ kg dry air

0.0752 kg water/ kg dry air
0.0689 kg water/ kg dry air
0.0445 kg water/ kg dry air

Q. 51: If 10 W/m2 heat flux is conducted across a

wall of 2 cm thickness experiencing a temperature
gradient of 2o C, the thermal conductivity of the
wall will be ----W/ m0K.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1
1
1
1

X10-3
X 10-2
X10-1
X 100

Q. 52 A roller mill converts 100 kg h-1 of wheat

grits into flour. If the Bonds energy constant for
wheat grit is 3.02 kw h tonne-1 mm-1/2, the power
required to grind the grits from an average particle
diameter of 3 mm to 0.1 mm is ________
0.92 kW
b) 0.78 kW
c) 0.30 kW
d) 0.25 kW
a)

Q. 53 Average particle size of wheat flour having

3.53 fineness modulus is _______
a)
b)
c)
d)

1 mm
1.1 mm
1.2 mm
1.3 mm

Q.54 : At a certain stage of fluidization, the height

and porosity of a bed of granular material are 5 cm
& 0.4 cm respectively. If the height is increased to 6
cm by increasing air velocity, The porosity of bed
will be _______
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.30
0.45
0.50
0.60

Q. 55: If the capacity of bucket elevator is 80 kg /

sec. The spacing between the bucket is 500 mm.
The bulk weight of material is 600 kg / m3 & the
speed of the belt is cm / Sec. The buckets are filled
3/4th of its capacity. The capacity of each bucket in
liter is ________
a)
b)
c)
d)

17.7
23.6
27.7
13.6

Q. 56 : 40 kg syrup contains 20 wt % sucrose.

Citric acid is added into the syrup such that its
concentration in the resultant syrup is 3 wt %. The
amount of citric acid added to the syrup is
__________
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.96 kg
1.20 kg
1.24 kg
1.48 kg

Q. 57 A wet material is dried inside a tray using air at

650C(db) and 500C(wb). If the heat transfer coefficient
on the surface of material is 10 W/m2Kand latent heat
of vaporization of water at 650C(db) and 500C(wb) are
2346 and 2406 kJ/kg respectively. The rate of drying
in kg water removed per square meter of exposed
surface per hour is ___
a)
b)
c)
d)

2.302 kg of water /hr

0.2302 kg of water /hr
2.245 kg of water /hr
0.2245 kg of water /hr

Q. 58 In a sieve analysis, it is found that all

material retained a 48-mesh sieve. The average
diameter of particle is _________

a)
b)
c)
d)

0.164 mm
0.233 mm
0.355 mm
0.416 mm

Q.59 : Determine the diameter of pit silo having

depth 3 m and used to feed 100 cows for 15 days
each consuming 15 kg silage per day having density
650 kg / m3.

a)
b)
c)
d)

3.28 m
3.83 m
2.08 m
5.48 m

Q. 60 In sieve analysis 40 % material retained on

28 mesh & remaining on 100 mesh. The fineness
modulus for above sieve analysis is ________

a)
b)
c)
d)

0.8
1.0
1.2
1.8

Q. 61 : A solution of common salt in water is

prepared by adding 20 kg of salt to 100 kg of water
what is the concentration of weight faction.

a)
b)
c)
d)

20 %
11.7 %
16.7 %
15.8 %

Q. 62 : Calculated the radius of neutral zone so that

the feed inlet can be designed. If cream separator
has discharge radial of 4 cm and 8 cm & density of
skim milk is 1032 kg /m3 and cream is 865 kg /m3

a)
b)
c)
d)

0.012 m
0.018 m
0.12 m
0.18 m

Q.63 Cut and blanched pieces of cauliflower are

dehydrated in a cabinet dryer. The initial moisture
content was 80 % (wb) it is to be dried to 4 % (wb)
moisture content. The critical moisture content is
25 % (wb) constant rate drying continues for 6
minutes, estimate the total drying time for the
product.
a)
b)
c)
d)

7.133 minutes
8.313 minutes
6.454 minutes
5.118 minutes

Q. 64: A processing plant is producing minced

meat, which must contain 18 % of fat. If this is to
be made up from boneless cow beef with 24 % of
fat and from boneless bull beef with 8 % fat what
are the proportions in which these should be mixed.
a)
b)
c)
d)

55.6, 44.4
62.5, 37.5
64.0, 36.0
45.5, 54.5

Q. 65 Calculate the head of water equivalent to

standard atmospheric pressure of 1 atmosphere.
a)
b)
c)
d)

1m
10 m
10.33 m
9.6 m

Q. 66 Air contains 79 parts of nitrogen to 21 parts

of oxygen, what is the mole fraction of oxygen.
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.79
0.21
0.77
0.23

67

Match the pairs

Group A

Group B

Particle size distribution in a

mixture of comminuted solid.

1.

Ficks law

Molecular diffusion in solid

2.

Hagen-poiseulli equation

Thermal sterilization of food

3.

Q 10

Moisture sorption isotherm

4.

Fineness modulus

5.

Planks equation

6.

Henderson equation

a)

P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

b)

P-5, Q-1, R-4, S-6

c)

P-4, Q-5, R-3, S-6

d)

P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-6

68. Match the pairs

Group A

Group B

Roults law

1.

Describe the freezing of food with some

assumptions

Fannings factor

2.

Describe the drying of solid food with

some assumption

Stefan boltzman law

3.

Prediction of water activity for dilute

binary solution

Planks equation

4.

Estimates the total emissive power of black

body

5.

Used for laminar flow condition

6.

Used for turbulent flow condition

a)

P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-2

b)

P-3, Q-6, R-4, S-1

c)

P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1

d)

P-3, Q-6, R-4, S-2

69. Match the pairs

Group A

Group B

Scalping

1.

Classification of cleaned product into

quality fraction.

Grading

2.

Separation of cleaned product into quality

fraction on the basis of size, shape,
texture

Sorting

3.

Removal of foreign and undesirable

matters.

Cleaning

4.

Separation of stones from paddy.

5.

Removal of few large particles in an

initial process.

a)

P-5, Q-1, R-2, S-3

b)

P-5, Q-2, R-1, S-3

c)

P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

d)

P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3

70.Match the pairs

Group A

Group B

Killing
of
microorganism

vegetative

Sterilization

Killing of heat resistant pores

Pasteurization

Thermal
curve

Temperature Vs log (time)

Raults law

Time Vs temperature

Water activity

Death Time

(TDT)

a)

P 2 , Q 1 , R 4 , S 5

b)

P 1 , Q 2 , R 5, S 4

c)

P2 ,Q1 ,R 3 ,S5

d)

P5 ,Q4 ,R 1 ,S3

Q. 71: Given sample of 250 gm. After shaking a

sieve set for 5 min. The weight obtained on
different sieves are as follows.
Mesh
Weight of sample
(gm)

3/8

14

28

48

100

Pan

10

15

65

100

60

The average particle diameter of ground sample is

________.
a) 0.1 mm
b) 0.2 mm
c) 0.25 mm
d) 0.50 mm

Q. 72 : Given sample of 250 gm. After shaking a sieve

set for 5 min. The weight obtained on different sieves
are as follows.
Mesh

Weight of sample
(gm)

3/8

14

28

48

100

Pan

10

15

65

100

60

Estimate the uniformity index for the sieves

sample _________
a) 2 : 4 : 4 b) 0 : 3 : 7
c) 1 : 4 : 5 d)
2:5:3

Q.73 In a wheat milling experiment it was found that

to grind 4.33 mm sized grains to IS sieve 35 (0.351
mm opening), the power requirement was 8 kw. Feed
rate of milling is 200 kg / hr. Calculate the power
requirement for milling of wheat by same mill to IS
sieve 15 (0.157 mm) using Rittingers law.
a)
b)
c)
d)

8 kw
10.56 kw
18.75 kw
None of these

Q.74 In a wheat milling experiment it was found that

to grind 4.33 mm sized grains to IS sieve 35 (0.351
mm opening), the power requirement was 8 kw. Feed
rate of milling is 200 kg / hr. Calculate the power
requirement for milling of wheat by same mill to IS
sieve 15 (0.157 mm) using kicks law.
a)
b)
c)
d)

8 kw
10.56 kw
18.75 kw
15.275 kw

Q. 75: In pigeon pea milling experiment with concentric

cylinder abrasive will the following observation were
made.
i) Amount of unhulled grains = 2.5%
ii) Recovery of whole split kernels after milling = 71.4 %
iii) Amount of crushed kernels = 3.6 %
iv) Amount of power husk removed = 11.5 %
v) The cotyledon to grain ratio of grain was 86.5
Milling efficiency of the system kupritz formula is _____.
a)
b)
c)
d)

73.23 %
71.4 %
68.5 %
62.72 %

Group III
(Linked answer questions)
Question No. 76 to 85 will carry two mark
each

Q. 76 The air flow through a grain bed of 10 cm thick

with superficial velocity is 2 m/min. The grains are
spherical with 1200 kg/m3 true density and 800 kg/m3
bulk density. The density and viscosity of the air are
1.2 kg/m3 and 1.85 x 10-5 PaS respectively . The
porosity of the grain bed is _____
a. 33.33 %
c. 66.66 %

b. 50.00 %
d. 75.00%

Q.77: The air flow through a grain bed of 10 cm thick

with superficial velocity is 2 m/min. The grains are
spherical with 1200 kg/m3 true density and 800 kg/m3
bulk density. The density and viscosity of the air are
1.2 kg/m3 and 1.85 x 10-5 PaS respectively. The static
pressure drop in air flowing a grain bed is _____
a. 1177.20 Pa
c. 788.72 Pa

b. 1176.02 Pa
d. 787.94 Pa

Q.78 One kilogram of an air stream (A) at 300C and 90%

relative humidity is mixed with 2 kg of air stream (B) at 300C
having absolute humidity of 0.0103 kg/kg of dry air. The
mixture is then heated to 600C .The saturation vapour pressure
of water at 300C and 600C are 4.11 and 11.90 kPa
respectively. Total pressure of the system is 101.325 kPa.
Average molecular weight of air is 29 kg/kmol. The absolute
humidity of mixed air stream is __________.

a. 0.0103 kg/kg of dry air

c. 0.0236 kg/kg of dry air

b. 0.0147 kg/kg of dry air

d. 0.0206 kg/kg of dry air

Q.79: One kilogram of an air stream (A) at 300C and 90%

relative humidity is mixed with 2 kg of air stream (B) at 300C
having absolute humidity of 0.0103 kg/kg of dry air. The
mixture is then heated to 600C .The saturation vapour pressure
of water at 300C and 600C are 4.11 and 11.90 kPa
respectively. Total pressure of the system is 101.325 kPa.
Average molecular weight of air is 29 kg/kmol. The relative
humidity of mixed air stream is __________.

a. 11.75 %
c. 52.50 %

b. 25.55 %
d. 90.00 %

Q. 80 In sieve analysis of corn grits with respect to

any particular screen opening the mass fraction of
desired particle size in feed, overflow & underflow
streams are 0.47, 0.85 and 0.20 respectively. The feed
rate of material on the screen is 10 kg / hr. The mass
flow rate for the overflow stream is _______.
80

a)
b)
c)
d)

4.15 kg / hr
5.85 kg / hr
6.00 kg / hr
7.11 kg / hr

Q. 81 In sieve analysis of corn grits with respect to

any particular screen opening the mass fraction of
desired particle size in feed, overflow & underflow
streams are 0.47, 0.85 and 0.20 respectively. The feed
rate of material on the screen is 10 kg / hr. The overall
effectiveness of the screen is _________.
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.462
0.562
0.662
0.762

Q. 82 : In dryer 4 tonnes sorghum (final weight) is

dried from 18 % (d.b.) moisture content to 13 % (d.b.)
moisture content per hour. Given that
Dryer efficiency = 50 %
Latent heat of evaporation = 574 kcal / kg
Amount of moisture to be removed to _______.
a)
b)
c)
d)

144 kg
244 kg
344 kg
444 kg

Q. 83: In dryer 4 tonnes sorghum (final weight) is

dried from 18 % (d.b.) moisture content to 13 % (d.b.)
moisture content per hour. Given that
Dryer efficiency = 50 %
Latent heat of evaporation = 574 kcal / kg
Calculate the amount of heat requirement for drying is
_________
a)
b)
c)
d)

574 kcal /hr

140056 kcal / hr
280112 kcal / hr
560224 kcal / hr

Q.84 A thick walled tube of stainless steel (A) having

thermal conductivity k= 16 W/mK and dimensions of
0.0254 m ID and 0.0508 m OD is covered with
0.0254m layer of asbestos (B) having thermal
conductivity, k=0.025 WmK. The inside wall
temperature of the pipe is 1500C and the outside
surface of the insulation is at 300C.
The log mean area (AlmA) for stainless steel tube is
_________.
a. 0.1151 m2
c. 0.2303 m2

b. 0.1242 m2
d. 0.3454 m2

Q. 85 A thick walled tube of stainless steel (A) having

thermal conductivity k= 16 W/mK and dimensions of
0.0254 m ID and 0.0508 m OD is covered with
0.0254m layer of asbestos (B) having thermal
conductivity, k=0.025 WmK. The inside wall
temperature of the pipe is 1500C and the outside
surface of the insulation is at 300C.
The heat loss per meter length of the pipe is
_____________.
a. 54.32 W
c. 27.16 W

b. 54.32 kW
d. 27.16 kW

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