Process Equipment and Plant Design
Ratio of tube length to shell diameter for a shell and tube heat exchanger is

< 4 : 1 for gas-gas exchangers
8 : 1 to 12 : 1 for both liquid-liquid and gas-gas heat exchangers
4 : 1 to 8 : 1 for liquid-liquid exchanger
Both B & C

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
The centre to centre distance between two consecutive baffles in a shell and tube heat exchanger is called the baffle pitch or baffle spacing, which is more than 1/5th the I.D. of the shell. Which of the following is not a function of the baffles?

To increase the residence time of shell side fluid
To reduce the induced vibration in the tubes
To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence
To provide support to the tube bundle

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