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

There is no central downtake
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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Weep holes provided in the plates of a distillation column

All of these
Are normally located near the overflow weir so that any delivery of liquid during operation follows approximately the same path as the overflow fluid
Facilitate draining out liquid from a tray when the unit is not in operation
Must be large enough (usually 1/4" to 5/8" dia) to prevent plugging but should not deliver excessive amount of fluid during operation

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In the design of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the corrosion allowance

For carbon steel and cast iron pressure parts is 1.5 mm (except for tubes) and for severe conditions it is 3 mm
Need not be provided for non-pressure parts like tie rods, spacers, baffles, supports etc
All of these
For internal cover and tube sheet is provided on both the sides

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a double pipe (concentric) heat exchanger, the hydraulic radius for heat transfer (for a fluid flowing through the annulus) would be

More than that for fluid flow
D₂ - D₁ (D₁ and D₂ are I.D. of inner and outer pipes respectively)
Less than that for fluid flow
Same as that for fluid flow

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