Process Equipment and Plant Design
The wall thickness of thin cylindrical shell with hemispherical ends is __________ that of the spherical ends.

Either B or C; depends on maximum permissible internal pressure
Less than
Equal to
More than

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
In a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given heat transfer surface area, smaller diameter tubes are favoured as compared to larger diameter ones ; because the smaller diameter tubes

None of these
Can be fitted into a smaller shell diameter hence the cost of the heat exchanger would be less
Are less prone to fouling
Are easier to clean

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement about routing of fluids in a shell and tube heat exchanger.

The corrosive and fouling fluid should be preferably routed through the tubes
Lower flow rate fluid should be routed through the shell side
Higher pressure fluid stream should be routed through the shell side
The viscous fluid should be routed through the shell side

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a basket type evaporator.

It is used for high viscosity liquor having large rate of scaling
The tube bundle is suspended on bracket
There is no central downtake
Downtake is formed by the annular space between the bundle and the shell

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