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  • 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


  • Options
  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • can be fitted into a smaller shell diameter hence the cost of the heat exchanger would be less. 


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    • 1. For a 25 mm hole drilled in plates to be rivetted, the shank diameter of the rivet should be __________ mm.

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    • A. 25
    • B. 23
    • C. 26
    • D. 27
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    • 2.  for 90° elbow (medium radius) and 90°square elbow would be respectively around

    • Options
    • A. 25 and 60
    • B. 3 and 5
    • C. 100 and 250
    • D. 250 and 600
    • Discuss
    • 3. What is the value of 'q' for saturated vapor feed to a distillation column?(where q = fraction of the feed stream that is liquid.)

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    • A. 0
    • B. 1
    • C. <0
    • D. > 1
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    • 4. Mc Cable Thiele method used for finding theoretical stages in a distillation column assumes that the

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    • A. sensible heat differences are small, because the temperature changes from tray to tray is small.
    • B. Trouton's rule is applicable.
    • C. liquid/vapor loading across the column remains constant.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 5. In a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the baffles on shell side is primarily provided for

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    • A. reducing scale deposition.
    • B. increasing pressure drop.
    • C. fixing the tubes.
    • D. creating turbulence.
    • Discuss
    • 6. __________ closure is the weakest enclosure for cylindrical vessels.

    • Options
    • A. Hemispherical
    • B. Torispherical
    • C. Conical or flat plate
    • D. Elliptical
    • Discuss
    • 7. In hydrostatic testing of welded pipe (for leakage, strength etc.) the ratio of minimum hydrostatic test pressure to internal design pressure is around

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    • A. 0.5
    • B. 1.5
    • C. 2.5
    • D. 3.5
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    • 8. In a pressure vessel containing multiple openings of various dimensions at different parts, stress concentration at the edges of the opening is maximum which becomes negligibly small beyond the area covered by __________ times the hole diameter.

    • Options
    • A. two
    • B. five
    • C. ten
    • D. twenty
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    • 9. Pick out the wrong statement.

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    • A. Lug supports are less expensive than other type of supports.
    • B. A pipe is differentiated from a tube by the fact that a pipe has a greater wall thickness compared to the tube.
    • C. A reducer is used to change the direction of a pipe in a straight run.
    • D. The method of fixing tubes to a tube sheet by expanding is called 'tube rolling'.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following efficiencies can be greater than 100%?

    • Options
    • A. Overall plate efficiency.
    • B. Murphree plate efficiency.
    • C. Point efficiency.
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss


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