Computation of effectiveness of two-stream heat exchanger networks based on concepts of entropy generation, entransy dissipation and entransy-dissipation- based thermal resistance

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-170

  Cheng, Xuetao ^a   Liang, Xingang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Entransy dissipation; Entropy generation; Thermal resistance; Two stream heat exchanger networks

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; ENTRANSY DISSIPATION; ENTROPY GENERATION; GENERAL EXPRESSION; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK; TWO-STREAM;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84857208152     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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