A. Permits the use of less tubes in a given shell diameter
B. Facilitates comparatively easier external cleaning because of large clearance
C. Permits the use of more tubes in a given shell diameter
D. Both B. and C.
Related Mcqs:
- Shell side heat transfer co-efficient in case of square pitch as compared to the triangular pitch under similar condition of fluid flow and tube size is_____________?
A. More
B. Same
C. Less
D. Twice - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, triangular pitch arrangement as compared to square pitch arrangement ?
A. Results in higher shell side pressure drop
B. Can accomodate less number of tubes for a given shell diameter
C. Facilitates easier shell side cleaning; hence is more suitable for handling high dirt factor shell
side fluid
D. Creates relatively lower turbulence on the shell side resulting in lower shell side heat transfer
co-efficient - In a shell and tube heat exchanger having square pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by (where, P = pitch, d = outside diameter of the tube) ?
A. 4(P2 – πd2/4)/πd
B. (P2 – rd2/4)/rd
C. 4P2/πd
D. πd/4P2 - In a shell and tube heat exchanger having triangular pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by________________?
A. 4(0.86P2 – πd2/4)/πd
B. (P2 – πd2/4)/πd
C. 4(0.86P2 – πd2)/πd
D. (4P2 + πd2/4)/πd - In most of the shell and tube heat exchangers, the tube pitch is generally ______________ the tube diameter?
A. Less than
B. 1.25-1.50 times
C. 2.5 times
D. one-fourth of - Minimum tube pitch recommended for shell and tube heat exchangers is about _______________ times the outside diameter of the tube?
A. 1.25
B. 1.75
C. 2.5
D. 3.5 - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the overall heat transfer co-efficient is proportional to the tube side (volumetric flow rate)0.8. This is valid, only when the ratio of the tube side film resistance to the total resistance is almost equal to____________________?
A. ∞
B. 1
C. 20.8
D. 2 - 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 ?
A. To increase the residence time of shell side fluid
B. To provide support to the tube bundle
C. To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes
D. To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the ‘tube pitch’ is defined as the _____________________?
A. O.D. of the tube for square pitch
B. Shortest distance between two adjacent tube holes
C. Shortest centre to centre distance between adjacent tubes
D. None of these - In case of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the minimum shell thickness for carbon steel (inclusive of corrosion allowance) depends on shell diameter and is in the range of ________________ mm?
A. 3-5
B. 5-11
C. 8-15
D. 12-18
