Chemical Engineering - Heat Transfer - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Heat Transfer - Section 6 (Q.No. 43)
43.
For a multipass shell and tube heat exchanger, the LMTD correction factor is always
1
> 1
< 1
between 1 & 2
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Kiran Gohel said:   3 years ago
The value of the corrected LMTD should be less than the theoretical LMTD considering countercurrent flow.

Thus the LMTD correction factor is less than 1.
(2)

Sachin Kumar said:   4 years ago
Answer B is the right option.

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