A. Avoid buckling of tubes
B. Provide support for tubes
C. Decrease the pressure drop
D. Facilitate its lengthening, if needed
Related Mcqs:
- Air is to be heated by condensing steam. Two heat exchangers are available (i) a shell and tube heat exchanger and (ii) a finned tube heat exchanger. Tube side heat transfer area are equal in both the cases. The recommended arrangement is________________?
A. Finned tube heat exchanger with air inside and steam outside
B. Finned tube heat exchanger with air outside and steam inside
C. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air inside tubes and steam on shell side
D. Shell and tube heat exchanger with air on shell side and steam inside tubes - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, floating head is used for _________________?
A. Large temperature differentials
B. High heat transfer co-efficient
C. Low pressure drop
D. Less corrosion of tubes - In a heat exchanger, floating head is provided to____________________?
A. Facilitate cleaning of the exchanger
B. Increase the heat transfer area
C. Relieve stresses caused by thermal expansion
D. Increase log mean temperature gradient - In a shell and tube type heat exchanger, the floating tube bundle heat arrangement is used________________?
A. In low range of temperature differences
B. In high range of temperature differences
C. Because of its low cost
D. To prevent corrosion of the tube bundles - In a shell and tube heat exchanger, putting a longitudinal baffle across the shell, forces the shell side fluid to pass _____________ through the heat exchanger ?
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Thrice
D. Four times - The advantage of using a 1 – 2 shell and tube heat exchanger over a 1 – 1 shell and tube heat exchanger is_________________?
A. Lower tube side pressure drop
B. Lower shell side pressure drop
C. Higher tube side heat transfer co-efficient
D. Higher shell side heat transfer co-efficient - If all the conditions and dimensions are same, then the ratio of velocity through the tubes of a double pass heat exchanger to that through the single pass heat exchanger is_________________?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 1/2
D. 4 - LMTD correction factor which is to be applied for a cross-flow heat exchanger increases with increase in the number of shell passes. Its value for a single pass cross flow heat exchanger is __________________?
A. 0
B. 1
C. > 1
D. < 1 - Steam is to be condensed in a shell and tube heat exchanger, 5 m long with a shell diameter of 1 m. Cooling water is to be used for removing the heat. Heat transfer co-efficient for the cooling water, whether on shell side or tube side is the same. The best arrangement is_____________?
A. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on tube side
B. Vertical heat exchanger with steam on shell side
C. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on tube side
D. Horizontal heat exchanger with steam on shell side - For shell and tube heat exchanger, with increasing heat transfer area, the purchased cost per unit heat transfer area___________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. Passes through a maxima
