Question

Pick out the wrong statement.

a.

Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger.

b.

Pressure drop on the shell side of a heat exchanger depends upon tube pitch also.

c.

In a horizontal tube evaporator, surface blanketing by air is avoided.

d.

Split ring type and pull through type floating heads are two commonly used floating heads is heat exchangers.

Answer: (a).Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger.

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