Category: Process Equipment and Plant Design

Pick out the wrong statement ?

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’

Pick out the wrong statement. In an agitated vertical cylindrical reaction vessel, the___________________?

A. Ratio of liquid depth to tank diameter (i.e. the filling ratio) recommended for most purposes is 1
B. Filling ratio for dispersing gas in a liquid is 2 for sufficiently long contact period
C. Flat bottom and conical bottom vessels have low agitation efficiency for agitation of heavy solids in liquids
D. Dished bottom vessel has very high power consumption