Process Equipment and Plant Design
Baffles are provided in a shell and tube heat exchanger to increase the turbulence and velocity of the shell side fluid. Which of the following shaped baffles does not fall in the category of transverse baffle?

Disk type baffle
Segmental baffle
Flat plate extending across the wall
Helical type baffle

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
The centre to centre distance between two consecutive baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is called the baffle pitch or baffle spacing, which is more than 1/5th the I.D. of the shell. Which of the following is not a function of the baffles?

To provide support to the tube bundle
To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence
To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes
To increase the residence time of shell side fluid

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