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A shell-and-tube heat exchanger must be designed to heat 2.5 kg/s of water from 15 to 85°C. The heating isto be accomplished by passing hot engine oil, whichis available at 160°C, through the shell side of theexchanger. The oil is known to provide an averageconvection coefficient of
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