Entransy dissipation minimization for optimization of heat exchanger design

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2174-2178

  Li, XueFang ^a   Guo, JiangFeng ^a   Xu, MingTian ^a   Cheng, Lin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

entransy; heat exchanger; optimization design

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959806108     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4489-9     Document Type: Article

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