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

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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
None of these
Steam is fed to the shell, whereas the liquor is filled inside the tube

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