Process Equipment and Plant Design
Tube wall thickness depends on the cor-rosiveness of the fluids and their operating pressure & temperature and is specified by Birmingham wire gauge (B.W.G)-a number which varies from 8 to 18 with the numbers 14 and 16 being more commonly used. Outside diameter of tubes varies from about 15 to 50 mm; however a tube of less than __________ mm outside diameter is generally not recommended for fouling fluids.

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19
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16

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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
The viscous fluid should be routed through the shell side
Lower flow rate fluid should be routed through the shell side
Higher pressure fluid stream should be routed through the shell side

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