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

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Vertical condenser is advantageous to the horizontal condenser from operation point of view, when

Both the functions of condensation & sub cooling are carried out in a single unit
Only the function of condensation is to be carried out
Sub cooling of condensate is desired
Hydrostatic head is required for refluxing the condensate

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