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

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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of the distillation column.

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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a basket type evaporator.

Downtake is formed by the annular space between the bundle and the shell
It is used for high viscosity liquor having large rate of scaling
The tube bundle is suspended on bracket
There is no central downtake

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