Category: Process Equipment and Plant Design

Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the design of a horizontal tube evaporator ?

A. It is unsuitable for concentrating those liquids, which form a scale or deposit salt
B. It is suitable for process, in which the final product is a liquor instead of solid
C. Its usual dimensions are: tube dia = 2-3 cms; evaporator body dia = 1-4 metres and evaporator
height = 2.5-4 metres
D. Liquor flows inside the tube, while the steam is outside submerging the tube

Pick out the correct statement ?

A. When highly corrosive fluids are to be handled, the plate towers prove to be cheaper and easier to construct than packed tower
B. Packed towers are generally preferred over plate towers, if the liquids have a foaming tendency
C. The pressure drop through the packed towers is generally more than the pressure drop through plate towers designed for same duty
D. None of these