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Saturated water vapor leaves a steam turbine at a flowrate of 1.5 kg/s and a pressure of 0.51 bar. The vapor isto be completely condensed to saturated liquid in ashell-and-tube heat exchanger that uses city water as the cold fluid. The water enters the thin-walled tubesat 17°C and is to leave al 57°C. Assuming an overall heat transfer coefficient of
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