(A) In a food processing plant a brine solution is heated from 6 C to 12°C in a double pipe heat exchanger by water entering at 50 C and leaving at 40°C at the rate of 0.166kg/s. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 850 W/(m².K), what heat exchanger area is required for (1) parallel flow heat exchanger and (2) counter flow heat exchanger. Discuss the results?. Take Cp (for water)= 4.180 kJ/kg.K

(A) In a food processing plant a brine solution is heated from 6 C to 12°C in a double pipe heat exchanger by water entering at 50 C and leaving at 40°C at the rate of 0.166kg/s. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 850 W/(m².K), what heat exchanger area is required for (1) parallel flow heat exchanger and (2) counter flow heat exchanger. Discuss the results?. Take Cp (for water)= 4.180 kJ/kg.K

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