Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given heat transfer surface area, smaller diameter tubes are favoured as compared to larger diameter ones ; because the smaller diameter tubes

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Are easier to clean
Are less prone to fouling
Can be fitted into a smaller shell diameter hence the cost of the heat exchanger would be less

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In case of design of a shell and tube heat exchanger,

Minimum tube sheet thickness (in which tubes are fixed) is equal to the O.D. of the tube upto 15 mm tube diameter; and for > 15 mm tube diameter, tube sheet thickness is smaller than tube diameter
Minimum cleaning lane of 6.5 mm is provided, when tubes are on a square pitch
O.D. of the tube is 6 to 40 mm while the tube lengths used are 0.5, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6 metres
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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of the distillation column.

The purpose of the slot is to disperse the gas into the liquid in the form of small bubbles
None of these
Generally, a skirt clerance of 0.5" to 1.5' is recommended to prevent plugging of the slots by residue build up
If sufficient slot area is not provided, the gas may pass through the skirt clearance

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