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Plate Heat Exchanger
Fundamentals Course
Quiz
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Plate Heat Exchanger Fundamentals Course Quiz
QUESTION 1
When multiple plates are pressed together, they form a…
QUESTION 3
Hot fluids usually flow into heat exchangers at the…
QUESTION 4
What type of gasket is shown in this image
(there may be more than one correct answer)?
QUESTION 2
What is the name of the hole in the gasket that
the arrow is pointing to?
a) Plate Matt
b) Plate Sack
c) Plate Tap
d) Plate Stack
a) Top
b) Bottom
c) Side
a) Start
b) End
c) Middle
a) Sellsale
b) Telltale
c) Turtle Tail
d) Spurt Hole
QUESTION 5
What is the name of the pattern
shown in this image?
a) Fish bone.
b) Dinosaur bone.
c) Herringbone.
d) Hermitbone.
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QUESTION 7
There may be more than one correct answer to this question. The
words ‘plate heat exchanger’ are sometimes expressed as…
QUESTION 8
What type of plate heat exchanger
design is shown in this image?
QUESTION 6
What type of plate heat
exchanger design is shown
in this image?
a) PHX
b) PHE
c) PHR
d) PHH
a) Three pass.
b) Four pass.
c) Two pass.
d) Single pass.
a) Three pass.
b) Four pass.
c) Two pass.
d) Single pass.
QUESTION 9
Select ALL of the reasons for using corrugated plates rather than
flat plates.
a) Stiffens the plate allowing for a thinner plate.
b) Promotes turbulent flow.
c) Looks good.
d) Reduces the likelihood of deposits forming on the plates.
e) Reduces the heat transfer rate.
f) Increases the heat transfer rate by creating turbulent flow.
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QUESTION 10
Which of these are NOT components of a plate heat exchanger?
QUESTION 11
Which heat exchanger is more efficient?
QUESTION 12
What is ONE disadvantage of plate heat exchangers compared to
other heat exchanger types?
a) Tube sheet.
b) Tubes.
c) Plate.
d) Carry bar.
e) Guide bar.
f) Baffle.
a) Plate heat exchanger.
b) Shell and tube heat exchanger.
a) They are not as efficient.
b) They transfer less heat.
c) They are larger.
d) They generally cost more.
QUESTION 14
What is ONE advantage associated with the plate heat exchanger
design?
a) Leaks are easy to find.
b) They require no maintenance.
c) They are very cheap.
d) The cooling capacity can be varied.
QUESTION 13
What is ONE disadvantage of plate heat exchangers compared to
other heat exchanger types?
a) Leaks are easy to find.
b) They are cheap.
c) Leaks are difficult to find.
d) They are difficult to maintain.
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QUESTION 15
What is ONE disadvantage associated with a GASKETED plate
heat exchanger design?
QUESTION 16
What is ONE advantage associated with the plate heat exchanger
design?
a) They are cheaper than shell and tube heat exchangers.
b) They are not suitable for high pressures and temperatures.
c) Their cooling capacity cannot be varied.
a) Leaks are easy to find.
b) They require no maintenance.
c) They require comparatively less space compared to other
heat exchanger designs.
d) They are very cheap
QUESTION 17
What is ONE advantage associated with the plate heat exchanger
design?
a) They have a comparatively high heat transfer rate.
b) They require no maintenance.
c) They require no spare parts.
d) They are very cheap.
QUESTION 18
Which of the below answers increases the heat transfer rate of a
heat exchanger?
a) Laminar flow.
b) Tubular flow.
c) Turbulent flow.
d) Corpulent flow.
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QUESTION 19
Why are some plate heat exchangers brazed or welded, rather
than sealed using gaskets? There may be more than one answer.
QUESTION 20
A plate heat exchanger can consist of a maximum of 64 plates.
a) Because its cheaper.
b) It makes maintenance easier.
c) Because gasketed heat exchangers are no longer available.
d) Because the heat exchanger has a corrosive, toxic, or
poisonous fluid flowing through it.
e) Because the heat exchanger must withstand higher
pressures and temperatures.
a) True
b) False
QUESTION 21
There are only two heat exchanger designs available on the
market.
QUESTION 22
You should always cross-tighten when assembling a plate stack.
a) True
b) False
a) True
b) False
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QUESTION 24
You should check the torque when reassembling the plate stack
to ensure you have not crushed the plates.
QUESTION 23
There may be more than one correct answer to this question.
You should ensure the plate stack has been correctly
reassembled by…
a) True
b) False
a) Measuring the distance between the fixed and movable plates
before and after maintenance.
b) ‘Feeling’ if the stack has been assembled again correctly.
c) Putting a diagonal line on the plate stack and checking it once
the stack is reassembled.
d) Checking the plate tags/indicators and that they are in
alignment and the correct order.
QUESTION 25
Which of these is NOT a component of a plate heat exchanger.
a) Tie bar.
b) Carry bar.
c) Crowbar.
d) Plate
e) Moveable Plate
f) Fixed Plate
QUESTION 26
What flow type is shown in this image
(there may be more than one answer)?
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Contra Flow
f) Counter Flow
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QUESTION 27
What flow type is shown in this image
(there may be more than one answer)?
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Contra Flow
f) Counter Flow
QUESTION 28
What flow type is shown in this image
(there may be more than one answer)?
QUESTION 29
Which flow type is the most efficient flow type?
QUESTION 30
Which flow type is represented
by this graph?
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Contra Flow
f) Counter Flow
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Counter Flow
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Counter Flow
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QUESTION 31
Which flow type is represented
by this graph?
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Counter Flow
QUESTION 32
Which flow type is represented by this graph?
a) Parallel Flow
b) Cross Flow
c) Uni Flow
d) Fast Flow
e) Counter Flow
QUESTION 33
Hot fluids usually flow in at the top of a heat exchanger whilst
cold fluids flow in at the bottom.
a) True
b) False
QUESTION 34
Select ALL the correct answers. Turbulent flow…
a) Should be reduced as much as possible.
b) Reduces the heat transfer rate.
c) Increases the heat transfer rate.
d) Helps prevent deposits forming on the plates.
QUESTION 35
Any deposits or foreign material on the plate surfaces will reduce
the heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger.
a) True
b) False
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QUESTION 36
There may be more than one answer to this question. Varying
the cooling capacity can be achieved by…
QUESTION 37
Its possible to vary the cooling capacity of the plate heat
exchanger by blocking/isolating individual plates.
QUESTION 38
Gaskets control the flow direction through the heat exchanger.
QUESTION 39
By definition, a heat exchanger exchanges heat without allowing
the two flowing mediums to come into contact with each other.
QUESTION 40
Heat exchanger plates are often manufactured from titanium
alloy or stainless steel.
a) Throttling/regulating the discharge valves.
b) Throttling/regulating the inlet valves.
c) Varying the number of plates in the plate stack.
d) Varying the number of gaskets used.
e) Varying the torque when the plate stack is assembled.
a) True
b) False
a) True
b) False
a) True
b) False
a) True
b) False