In which of the following evaporators, steam is fed inside the tube while the liquor is outside the tube ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Tubes are fixed to the tube sheet (a thick circular metallic plate) by the method of tube rolling and brazing (non-removable) or ferrule connection (removable). Thickness of the tube, sheet is normally ____________ the outside diameter of the tube but in no case it should be less than 22 mm (7/8″)?

   A. Half
   B. Three fourth
   C. Equal to
   D. 1.5 times

2. Tube wall thickness depends on the corrosiveness 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 ?

   A. 16
   B. 19
   C. 28
   D. 38

3. 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

4. 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

5. The clearance between two tubes in a shell and tube heat exchanger is known as ‘ligament’, whose minimum value is _____________ the outside diameter of the tube, but in no case it should be less than 4.5 mm?

   A. Equal to
   B. Half
   C. One fourth
   D. Three fourth

6. 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

7. 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

8. Low pressure steam (with saturation temperature between 105 to 120°C) is usually used in the vacuum evaporators, which normally employ a vacuum of about _______________ mm Hg (referred to a 760 mm mercury barometer)?

   A. 250
   B. 450
   C. 650
   D. 750

9. ________________ liquor is best handled in a long tube vertical evaporator ?

   A. Foamy
   B. Scaling
   C. Viscous
   D. Salting

10. For turbulent flow (NRe > 2100) of low viscosity fluid (μ > 20cp) in steel pipes, the optimum inside pipe diameter is given by(where, Q = fluid flow rate, ft3/sec, ρ = fluid density, lb/ft3 μ = fluid viscosity, centipoise Di = optimum inside pipe diameter, inches) ?

    A. Di, opt = 3.9 Q0.45 ρ0.13
    B. Di, opt = 3.9 Q0.45. μ0.95
    C. Di, opt = 4.7 Q0.36. μ3.2ρ0.13
    D. Di, opt = 3 Q0.36. μ0.88