A general expression for the determination of the log mean temperature correction factor for shell and tube heat exchangers

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-530

  Fakheri, Ahmad ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; Optimization; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EQUATION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037667930     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1571078     Document Type: Article

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