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 ?

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. 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

3. In a shell and tube heat exchanger for a given heat transfer surface area, smaller diameter tubes are favoured as compared to larger diameter ones; because the smaller diameter tubes ______________?

   A. Are easier to clean
   B. Are less prone to fouling
   C. Can be fitted into a smaller shell diameter hence the cost of the heat exchanger would be less
   D. None of these

4. 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

5. Tube side pressure drop in a 1-2 heat exchanger (for turbulent flow of fluids through the tubes) is about __________ times, that in a 1-1 heat exchanger having the same size & number of tubes and operated at the same liquid flow rate ?

   A. 2
   B. ½
   C. 4
   D. 8

6. Multiple blade paddle agitator is used for mixing high viscosity liquids/paste in which the paddle diameter is commonly 0.8 times the tank diameter. However, the width of the blade is in the range of ______________ times the paddle diameter?

   A. 0.1 to 0.25
   B. 0.3 to 0.5
   C. 0.5 to 0.6
   D. 0.65 to 0.80

7. 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

8. 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

9. For given number of passes, pitch & tube diameter, the maximum number of tubes that can be accommodated in a shell of tripled inside diameter will be ____________ times?

   A. About 9
   B. Considerably more than 9
   C. Considerably less than 9
   D. About 3

10. Normally, the length to diameter ratio of rotary dryers varies from 4 to 10 and for its economic operation; the number of transfer units (NTU) for such dryers varies from ?

    A. 1.5-2.5
    B. 3.5-5.5
    C. 7.5-10.0
    D. 10-15