Process Equipment and Plant Design
The length of straight rectangular weir used on cross-flow trays is generally __________ the column diameter.

Twice
Equal to
0.6-0.8 times
2 ft irrespective of (for column > 3 ft diameter)

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to shell and tube heat exchanger.

Baffles are supported independently of the tubes by tie rods and positioned by spacers
Tie rods are fixed at one end in the tube sheet by making blind holes and the minimum number of tie rods is 4 with at least 10 mm diameter
Bracket supports are used for horizontal shell, while saddle support is used for vertical shell
Clearance between shell & baffles and between tube & baffles should be minimum to avoid by-passing of the fluid, but it should be enough to permit the removal of tube bundle

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Ponchon Savarit method is based on the use of enthalpy concentration diagram, which contains the bubble point curve (saturated liquid curve), dew point curve (saturated vapour curve) and equilibrium tie lines. As compared to McCabe-Thiele's method, this method

Accounts for the enthalpy changes in the process
Is more accurate in finding the number of equilibrium stages
All of these
Facilitates direct calculation of heat load on reboiler & condenser from, the diagram used in this method

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