1231. Thermal shock produced by cooling is more dengerous/deleterious than that produced by heating a surface, because of the reason that

A. Cooling produces tension on the surface
B. Cooling produces compression on the surface
C. Heating does not produces any thermal stress
D. Heating produces compression on the surface
✅ The correct answer is option A.

1236. In a 1-1 cocurrent heat exchanger, if the tube side fluid outlet temperature is equal to the shell side fluid outlet temperature, then the LMTD is

0
Equal to the difference between hot and cold fluids inlet temperature
Equal to the difference between hot fluid inlet temperature and cold fluid outlet temperature
✅ The correct answer is option B.