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

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

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

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