Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a shell and tube heat exchanger, triangular pitch arrangement as compared to square pitch arrangement

Can accomodate less number of tubes for a given shell diameter
Facilitates easier shell side cleaning; hence is more suitable for handling high dirt factor shell side fluid
Creates relatively lower turbulence on the shell side resulting in lower shell side heat transfer co-efficient
Results in higher shell side pressure drop

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

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

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