Entransy dissipation-based thermal resistance method for heat exchanger performance design and optimization

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Chen, Qun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design method; Entransy dissipation based thermal resistance; Heat exchanger performance; Irreversibility

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETICAL MEAN; CAPACITY RATE; COLD FLUID; COUNTERFLOW; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN METHOD; FLOW ARRANGEMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGER PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; IRREVERSIBILITY; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SHELL AND TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL RESISTANCE METHOD;

OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84873281946     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.12.062     Document Type: Article

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