Process Equipment and Plant Design
Which of the following is not a valid assumption in continuous binary distillation for calculating the number of equilibrium stages by Mc-Cabe-Thiele's method?

Heat of mixing of normal liquid is assumed to be zero
Molar latent heat of the two components are equal
Reflux is not a saturated liquid
Sensible heat changes for vapour & liquid are negligibly small

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Triangular pitch tube layout as compared to square pitch in a shell and tube heat exchanger

Permits the use of less tubes in a given shell diameter
Permits the use of more tubes in a given shell diameter
Facilitates comparatively easier external cleaning because of large clearance
Both B and C

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Number of evaporators which can be used in service in a multiple effect evaporation system is limited by the

Economic limit reached, when the plant cost exceeds the saving of steam
Practical limit reached, due to low heat transfer rate because of inadequate temperature difference
Both A & B
Neither A nor B

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