Techno-economic study on compact heat exchangers

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1119-1127

  Gua Yan, Zhou ^a   En, Wu ^b   Shan Tung, Tu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JINLING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Annual cost; Annual worth; Compact heat exchanger; Optimization; Present worth; Techno economic study

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL COST; ANNUAL WORTH; COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; PRESENT WORTH; TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWDERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 55949096875     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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