Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of the distillation column.

Generally, a skirt clerance of 0.5" to 1.5' is recommended to prevent plugging of the slots by residue build up
The purpose of the slot is to disperse the gas into the liquid in the form of small bubbles
None of these
If sufficient slot area is not provided, the gas may pass through the skirt clearance

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a vertical short tube evaporator (Calendria type), the

All of these
Area of central downtake is equal to 40 to 100% of total cross-sectional area of the surrounding tube
Tube dia of 2.5-7.5 cms, tube length of 75-200 cms and cylinderical drum dia of 1-6 metres are normally used
Liquor is inside the tube while the steam is outside the tube

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

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

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