High pressure fluid in a shell and tube heat exchanger should preferably be routed through the________________?

A. Shell side for smaller total pressure drop

B. Shell side for large overall heat transfer co-efficient

C. Shell side, if the flow is counter-current and tube side if the flow is co-current

D. Tubes to avoid the expansion of high pressure shell construction

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