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For a cylinderical vessel of moderate height, the weld joint efficiency for joints parallel to the cylinderical axis is given as 1.0, while for joints along the girth (circumference) it is given as 0.8. In calculating the shell wall thickness using code formula for an internally pressurised cylinderical vessel, what value of weld joint efficiency should be used?

(0.8)0.5
0.8
0.9
1

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High pressure fluid in a shell and tube heat exchanger should preferably be routed through the

Shell side, if the flow is counter-current and tube side if the flow is co-current
Tubes to avoid the expansion of high pressure shell construction
Shell side for smaller total pressure drop
Shell side for large overall heat transfer co-efficient

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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to a shell and tube heat exchanger.

The minimum value of baffle spacing is 50 mm
Disk and doughnut baffle is the most commonly used baffle
The maximum value of baffle spacing is equal to the I.D. of the shell
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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