Process Equipment and Plant Design
Optimum reflux ratio in a continuous distillation column is determined by the

None of these
Maximum permissible vapour velocity
Total cost consideration (fixed cost of the column plus the cooling water & steam cost)
Flooding limit of the column

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In case of design of a shell and tube heat exchanger,

O.D. of the tube is 6 to 40 mm while the tube lengths used are 0.5, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6 metres
Minimum tube sheet thickness (in which tubes are fixed) is equal to the O.D. of the tube upto 15 mm tube diameter; and for > 15 mm tube diameter, tube sheet thickness is smaller than tube diameter
Minimum cleaning lane of 6.5 mm is provided, when tubes are on a square pitch
All 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.

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

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