Process Equipment and Plant Design
A stuffing box is used for

Absorbing the contraction/expansion of pipeline due to temperature changes
Prevention of fluid leakage around moving parts
Facilitating smooth opening and closing of a valve
Reducing the resistance of fluid flow

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement about the design of seive plate column and the bubble cap column.

Weir height for a bubble cap plate column is the same as that for a seive plate column
The downcomer design and the residence time in the downcomer is almost same for seive plate and bubble cap columns
Weir length for a bubble cap plate is the same as that for the seive plate
Weir height in case of a bubble cap plate ranges from 50 to 150 mm and is higher than the seive plate

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
When one of the fluids is highly corrosive and has fouling tendency, it should

Preferably flow inside the tube for its easier internal cleaning
Flow at a very slow velocity
Flow outside the tube, when the flow is counter-current and inside the tube when the flow is co-current
Perferably flow outside the tube

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