Process Equipment and Plant Design
Floating head heat exchangers are used for the

Counter-current heat transfer systems
Co-current heat transfer systems
Cases where temperature difference between the shell and the tubes is more (>50°C)
Heat transfer between corrosive fluids

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
The LMTD correction factor (FT) is defined as the

Ratio of true temperature difference to the LMTD
Differenced of true temperature difference and the LMTD
Ratio of LMTD to the true temperature difference
Geometric mean of the true temperature difference and the LMTD

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Triangular pitch tube layout as compared to square pitch in a shell and tube heat exchanger

Permits the use of more tubes in a given shell diameter
Facilitates comparatively easier external cleaning because of large clearance
Permits the use of less tubes in a given shell diameter
Both B and C

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to a shell and tube heat exchanger.

The maximum value of baffle spacing is equal to the I.D. of the shell
Disk and doughnut baffle is the most commonly used baffle
The minimum value of baffle spacing is 50 mm
The maximum unsupported tube span is generally about 75 times tube diameter, but is reduced to about 60 times for aluminium, copper & alloys of these

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