Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for

Creating turbulence
Fixing the tubes
Reducing scale deposition
Increasing pressure drop

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

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