A generalised mean temperature difference method for thermal design of heat exchangers

International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-31

  Utamura, Motoaki ^a   Nikitin, Konstantin ^a   Kato, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generalised Mean Temperature Difference (GMTD) method; Heat exchanger; Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) method; Nusselt number; OHTC; Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient; Supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL LOAD;

GENERALISED MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE; THERMAL DESIGN;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 40949101374     PISSN: 17416361     EISSN: 1741637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNEST.2008.017545     Document Type: Article

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