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 ?

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To increase the tube side heat transfer co-efficient by inducing turbulence. Baffles are placed in the shell side to increase turbulence and support tubes. They do not directly affect the tube side heat transfer coefficient.