Address the following questions related to heat exchanger effectiveness. Recall that the maximum heat transfer possible...

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Address the following questions related to heat exchangereffectiveness. Recall that the maximum heat transfer possible isthe product of the minimum heat capacity (mass flow rate timesspecific heat) times the difference between the hot and cold sideinlet temperatures. a. sketch the temperature profiles for a 50%and 80% effectiveness heat exchanger. make sure you have thecorrect shape which includes the degree of steepness at each end.b. What is the effectiveness for a heat exchanger with thefollowing characteristics: the hot side is water entering at 160Fand 21Ib/s, and the cold side is air entering at 20F and 4Ib/s. theheat exchanger has been designed to achieve an air outlet of110F.

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