Question: ( a ) The data in TABLE 1 below relates to a specific heat exchanger. A reliable colleague has looked up an effectiveness chart and

(a) The data in TABLE 1 below relates to a specific heat exchanger. A
reliable colleague has looked up an effectiveness chart and says that
the effectiveness in the given operating conditions is 0.82.
Data:
'Hot' fluid 'Cold' fluid
Mass flowrate
kg s10.70.6
Specific heat capacity kJ kg1 K11.84.2
Inlet temperature \deg C 14015
TABLE 1
Area of heat transfer surface 14 m2.
Overall heat transfer coefficient 360 W m2 K1.
Determine:
(i) the two outlet temperatures (ii)
the heat transfer rate.
(b) Another colleague, who is not altogether reliable, has analysed theheat exchanger, referred to in Question 2(a), using the correctionfactor method and he claims that the correction factor is 0.595.
Confirm whether he is correct or not.

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