What can we infer from the name 2-4 Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger?

What can we infer from the name 2-4 Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger? Correct Answer Partition of the Shell into two and four passes of the tube

The diagram for a 2-4 Shell and Tube HE is as shown, we can observe that it has a partition in the shell side dividing it into two parts and four passes of the tube, two in one shell part and the rest in the other two.

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