Which of the following sentence is always true for a heat exchanger?   Product of overall heat transfer coefficient and an appropriate surface area is independent of the surface area of the tube Overall heat transfer coefficient is independent of the surface area of the tube Hot and cold fluids never come in contact       Flow direction of hot and cold fluids are either parallel or opposite

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Problem 10.6P: Mot water is used to heat air in a double-pipe heat exchanger as shown in the following sketch. If...
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Which of the following sentence is always true for a heat exchanger?

 

Product of overall heat transfer coefficient and an appropriate surface area is independent of the surface area of the tube

Overall heat transfer coefficient is independent of the surface area of the tube

Hot and cold fluids never come in contact

 

 

 

Flow direction of hot and cold fluids are either parallel or opposite

 

 

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Which states that flow direction of hot and cold fluids are either parallel or opposite.

 

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