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A plate-tin heat exchanger is used to condense a saturated refrigerant vapor in an air-conditioning system.The vapor has a saturation temperature of
(a) The condenser design is to be based on a nominal air inlet temperature of
(b) From the manufacturer of the heat exchangercore, it is also known that
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