What is the diff. between counter and co-current flow

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The flow is studied in liq-liq extraction etc.

Venkatesan S · Answer

Co current means a different liquids flow in a one direction..
Counter current means a different liquids flow in opposite direction

Venkatesh M · Answer

co-current flow is the flow in which both the fluid streams enter the equipment in the same direction whereas for in the counter-current flow the streams enter at opposite ends of the equipments. In Chemical engineering most of the operations are counter-current in nature because,  the mass transfer or heat transfer will be maximum in the counter-current flow. Co-current flow is preferred in rare cases of heat transfer where a quick heat transfer is required.

Pavan Pandey · Answer

Counter current is aposite direction while co current is same direcrion.

Surendra Pandharinath Jadhav · Answer

counter flow is opposite flow direction and co- current flow is same  direction flow

Amit Sharma · Answer

Counter current flow is flow in opposite directions wether co current flow is flow in one direction.

Pradnyapradeep Machindranath Balande · Answer

Counter flow is in opposite direction and Co-Current flow is in same direction

Sai Prudhviraj V · Answer

Co-Current and Counter current flow is generally used in heat and mass transfer. In heat transfer,
Co-current means both the hot and cold fluid flow in the same direction and for the counter flow vice versa. Counter current is mostly used in industrial applications. Remember, this should be used only in case of 1-1 shell and tube heat exchanger ( for 1-2, you have liquid flowing in both directions in the tubes)

Uday Verma · Answer

Simply keep the meaning of prefixes co and counter,as flow youmust be knowing.Co means in the same and counter means opposite.
So,co-current means flow of liquids in same direction;counterflow means in opposite directions.

These terms are used in extraction,heat transfer and Leaching operations

Gourav Mishra · Answer

Counterflow means process undergoing in opposite direction.Co-currentflow means processes in same direction.

Vivek Balachandra Naik · Answer

hot and cold fluid flow in same direction in cocurrent. where in cocurrent fluid flow in opposite direction..

Ashok Kumar Bobbili · Answer

Direction of Two fluids are same in counter flow. But in Co counter flow both fluids in opposite direction

Yogeshwaran A · Answer

fluids flow in the same direction is co-current flow and the fluids flow in the opposite direction is counter current flow

Akshay Janjire · Answer

1) I
 counter current flow fow is in opposite direction to each other and in co -current  flow flow is in same direction .2) In counter current heat transfer is maximum as compared co- current .3)  In counter current log mean temprature difference (LMTD) is more as compared to co- current.

Srishti Upadhyay · Answer

log mean temperature difference of counter current flow is greater than co current flow

Rehana Khatoon · Answer

When  to stream flow is same direction in each other then it is called co- current flow and when two stream flow opposite direction to each other is called counter current flow

Suraj Kumar · Answer

Counter means opposite to each other but co-current flow same in direction .Basically Thier is difference of direction

Vijay Patil · Answer

It is term use in heat exchanger. When both hot and cold fluid flow in same direction then come current flow. When direction of flow opposite then counter current flow.

Vidhi Rotliwala · Answer

co-current flow means when two liquids let say A and B both move in same direction let say from right to left or vice versa.
while counter current flow means both liquids move in opposite direction to each other for e.g. liquid A moves ffrom right to left and liquid B moves from left to right.

Sivanandham N · Answer

Heat exchanger ,liquid liquid heat exchanger