Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement about routing of fluids in a shell and tube heat exchanger.

Higher pressure fluid stream should be routed through the shell side
Lower flow rate fluid should be routed through the shell side
The corrosive and fouling fluid should be preferably routed through the tubes
The viscous fluid should be routed through the shell side

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
For a cylindrical shell, (subject to the thickness of uppermost course being more than the minimum for diaofthe tank in question), the thickness of the courses of shell

Remains same throughout
Decreases upwards
Increases upwards
May decrease or increase upwards depending upon whether vacuum or positive pressure would be maintained inside 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

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

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