Question: A triple tubes parallel flow shell and tube heat exchanger is used to cool the oil in the pump.The oil leaves the pump with 2

A triple tubes parallel flow shell and tube heat exchanger is used to cool the oil in the pump.The oil leaves the pump with 200\deg c to enter the heat exchanger at the same temperature. In the other side, the cooled water enters the heat exchanger at 20\deg c and increased by 30\deg c at the exit side. The mass flowrate of the oil equals the mass flowrate of the water. The inner radius of the tube side is 15 mm and the thickness is 2 mm while the length on the single tube is 55 cm.If the overall heat transfer coefficient from oil to water is 537 W/m?K,(CPoil=1.75 KJ/Kg.\deg C, Pwater =4195 J/kg.k). Note,juse the LMTD technique to solve the problem
1. The heat transfer rate?
2. Minimum flow rate of water in L/min?
3. The reduction in the length if we used counter flow heat exchanger with the same tube radius and thickness. And keep the same heat transfer rate between two fluids.

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