A distributed parameter model and its application in optimizing the plate-fin heat exchanger based on the minimum entropy generation

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1427-1436

  Zhang, Lina ^a   Yang, Chunxin ^a   Zhou, Jianhui ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distributed parameter model; Minimum entropy generation; Optimization; Plate fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CLASSICAL CORRELATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER MODEL; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 80054056670     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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