Question: Water stream (density 998.5 kg/m3, viscosity 0.656 mPas) is fed to the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger. The inner diameter of

Water stream (density 998.5 kg/m3, viscosity 0.656 mPas) is fed to the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger. The inner diameter of the shell is 45 cm, it contains 70 tubes of diameter 25/30 mm. Linear velocity is 0.5 m/s. Calculate the Reynolds number.

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