The concept of irreversibility in heat exchanger design: Counterflow heat exchangers for gas-to-gas applications
The thermal design of counterflow heat exchangers for gas-to-gas applications is based on the thermodynamic irreversibility rate or useful power no longer available as a result of heat exchanger frictional pressure drops and stream-to-stream temperature differences. The irreversibility (entropy production) concept establishes a direct relationship between the heat exchanger design parameters and the useful power wasted due to heat exchanger nonideality. The paper presents a heat exchanger design method for fixed or for minimum irreversibility (number of entropy generation units N
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
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Volume
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Related Subject Headings
- Mechanical Engineering & Transports
- 4012 Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
- 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
- 0913 Mechanical Engineering
- 0904 Chemical Engineering