Regarding heat exchanger leaks
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If a heat exchanger leaks, with the tube side being at low pressure and the shell side at high pressure, will the fluid flow from the low-pressure area into the high-pressure area?
No, the material will only leak from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area
Materials can only flow from high pressure to low pressure; this is also a method for detecting internal leaks in heat exchangers.