A. Triangular pitch
B. Square pitch
C. Diagonal square pitch
D. Heat transfer rate is independent of tube arrangement
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - 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 - In case of a shell and tube heat exchanger, the effect of L/D on inside film heat transfer coefficient (hi) vanishes after a Reynold number of_____________?
A. 1000
B. 3000
C. 5000
D. 10000 - 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 - If a single tube pass heat exchanger is converted to two passes; for the same flow rate, the pressure drop per unit length in tube side will _____________ times?
A. Increase by 1.8
B. Decrease by 22
C. Increase by 21.6
D. None of these - The average velocity in the tubes of a 1-4 heat exchanger is ______________ times that in 1-1 heat exchanger having the same size & number of tubes and operated at same liquid flow rate ?
A. 2
B. 1/2
C. 4
D. 1/4 - 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 - The ratio of tube length to shell diameter in case of liquid shell and tube heat exchanger ranges from__________________?
A. 2 to 3
B. 3 to 5
C. 4 to 8
D. 6 to 12 - 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
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