Process Equipment and Plant Design
The function of manholes provided in the shell of a distillation column is to

Keep a check on the liquid gradient over the plate by direct visual observation
Give access to the individual trays for cleaning, maintenance and installation
Guard against foaming & entrainment by dumping antifoaming agent through it
All of these

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

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