Process Equipment and Plant Design Questions

• 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
• In chemical process equipments, the conical bottom heads used, usually has an apex angle of
• Two iron pipes of the same nominal diameter but different schedule numbers will have the same
• Wall thickness of schedule 40 pipe as compared to that of schedule 80 pipe is
• What is the value of 'q' for saturated liquid feed to a distillation column?
• In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the 'tube pitch' is defined as the
• With increase in the number of shell passes, the value of FT
• Which of the following material is seldom used for pressure vessel construction?
• Liquid/petroleum fuel storage tanks are built underground (as in case of petrol pumps), when the storage capacity is less than __________ kilolitres.
• Pick out the correct statement.
• Triangular pitch tube layout as compared to square pitch in a shell and tube heat exchanger
• Lug support is
• 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.
• The operating pressure drop range in a bag filter is about __________ mm water gauge.
• Speed of the drum of the rotary vacuum filter normally ranges from __________ rpm.
• A stuffing box is used for
• Pick out the wrong statement. In an agitated vertical cylinderical reaction vessel, the
• The operating velocity in the absorption tower is usually 40-50% of the flooding velocity. Packed absorption towers are normally designed for a pressure drop of about __________ mm of water column per metre height of packing.
• Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a basket type evaporator.
• Where does the maximum tensile strength occur in a thick cylindrical vessel subjected to internal pressure?