Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the 'tube pitch' is defined as the

Shortest distance between two adj acent tube holes
O.D. of the tube for square pitch
Shortest centre to centre distance between adjacent tubes
None of these

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

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

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