Process Equipment and Plant Design - Section 1 (3)

Correct use of 'factor of safety' is very important in equipment design. It is defined as the ratio of the

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

Smaller sized packings are generally dumped to the packed columns, and the large ones of size greater than __________ mm are stacked individually, which provides better control over bed porosity and offers lower gas pressure drop.

In chemical process equipments, the conical bottom heads used, usually has an apex angle of

Lessing ring is formed by the addition of a partition across the centre of a raschig ring, which results in an area increase of about __________ percent.

Pick out the wrong statement

Steam side heat transfer co-efficient for design consideration under ordinary condition can be assumed to be about __________ kcal/hr.m2.°C.

Two iron pipes of the same nominal diameter but different schedule numbers will have the same