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Chapter 7 Problem 7144

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In a dairy plant, milk at 48C is pasteurized continuously at 728C at a rate of 12 L/s for 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. The milk is heated to the pasteurizing temperature by hot water heated in a natural-gas-fired boiler that has an efficiency of 82 percent. The pasteurized milk is then cooled by cold water at 188C before it is finally refrigerated back to 48C. To save energy and money, the plant installs a regenerator that has an effectiveness of 82 percent. If the cost of natural gas is $1.30/therm (1 therm 5 105,500 kJ), determine how much energy and money the regenerator will save this company per year and the annual reduction in entropy generation.

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

In a dairy plant, milk at 48C is pasteurized continuously

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