Conflation of ε-N tu and EGM design methods for heat exchangers with uniform wall temperature

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 3812-3817

  Hermes, Christian J L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Condenser; Design; Evaporator; Minimum entropy generation; Number of transfer units; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION; DESIGN METHOD; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; FLUID PROPERTY; FRICTION FACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN; MINIMUM ENTROPY; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; OPERATING CONDITION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; WALL TEMPERATURES; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); DESIGN; ENTROPY; EVAPORATORS; OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84859776684     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.02.076     Document Type: Article

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