Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to 'Horton sphere' used for the storage of liquid ammonia.

Horton sphere is used for the storage of gases and volatile liquid at a moderate pressure of 1 to 10 kg/cm²
Diameter of Horton sphere is normally 6 to 25 metres and it is supported by 6 to 12 nos. tubular or rolled section column
Horton sphere is used for the storage of liquid at sub-zero temperature at very high pressure upto 200 kg/cm²
Thickness of spherical shell is half that of the cylinderical vessel under same operating pressure condition. Besides, the ratio of surface area to volume is less for sphere than any other shape ; hen

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the

Liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant
All of these
Sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small
Trouton's rule is applicable

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a long tube vertical evaporator.

Liquor level is maintained at l/3rd to 1/2 of the height of the tube
Tube dia is 3-6 cms, while tube length in 3-6 metres
Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube
None of these

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