Counterflow logarithmic mean temperature difference is actually the upper bound: A demonstration

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 1172-1175

  Cartaxo, Samuel J M ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Design; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Logarithmic mean temperature difference; Transport processes; Unit operations

Indexed keywords

COUNTER CURRENT; COUNTERFLOW; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING FRAMEWORKS; HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT; LOGARITHMIC-MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PROCESS CONDITION; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; UNIT OPERATIONS; UPPER BOUND;

DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; PARALLEL FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 79951774824     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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