A comparison of optimization theories for energy conservation in heat exchanger groups

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 449-454

  Chen, Qun ^a,b   Wu, Jing ^c   Wang, MoRan ^d   Pan, Ning ^b   Guo, ZengYuan ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entransy dissipation maximization; Entropy generation minimization; Heat exchangers; Optimization criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952163542     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4297-7     Document Type: Article

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