Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to a shell and tube heat exchanger.

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
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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Triangular pitch tube layout as compared to square pitch in a shell and tube heat exchanger

Both B and C
Permits the use of more tubes in a given shell diameter
Facilitates comparatively easier external cleaning because of large clearance
Permits the use of less tubes in a given shell diameter

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

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
The tube bundle is suspended on bracket
There is no central downtake

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