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

If sufficient slot area is not provided, the gas may pass through the skirt clearance
None of these
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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
The centre to centre distance between two consecutive baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is called the baffle pitch or baffle spacing, which is more than 1/5th the I.D. of the shell. Which of the following is not a function of the baffles?

To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes
To increase the residence time of shell side fluid
To provide support to the tube bundle
To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence

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