Comments on "second law thermodynamic study of heat exchangers: A review" (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2014; 40: 348-374)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 608-610

  Cheng, Xue Tao ^a   Chen, Qun ^a   Liang, Xin Gang ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Entransy; Entransy dissipation based thermal resistance; Heat exchanger analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921503687     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.030     Document Type: Letter

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