A gas is to be cooled from 100C to 45C using cooling water that enters the heat

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A gas is to be cooled from 100°C to 45°C using cooling water that enters the heat exchanger at 30°C and leaves at 40°C. What is the LMTD for the heat exchanger if the flow of the streams is 

1. Countercurrent?

2. Cocurrent?

3. How much more heat-exchange area would be required for the cocurrent exchanger compared to the countercurrent exchanger?

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Analysis Synthesis And Design Of Chemical Processes

ISBN: 9780134177403

5th Edition

Authors: Richard Turton, Joseph Shaeiwitz, Debangsu Bhattacharyya, Wallace Whiting

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