Overview
- Introduces a numerical computational methodology for thermal performance modeling and evaluation of cross-flow heat exchangers
- With application in contemporary chemical, refrigeration and automobile industries
- Provides a computational code that can be used for computing the thermal effectiveness of new flow arrangements
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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This monograph introduces a numerical computational methodology for thermal performance modeling of cross-flow heat exchangers, with applications in chemical, refrigeration and automobile industries. This methodology allows obtaining effectiveness-number of transfer units (e-NTU) data and has been used for simulating several standard and complex flow arrangements configurations of cross-flow heat exchangers. Simulated results have been validated through comparisons with results from available exact and approximate analytical solutions. Very accurate results have been obtained over wide ranges of NTU and C* values in all cases. The proposed procedure constitutes a useful research tool for both theoretical and experimental studies of cross-flow heat exchangers.
The following are the unique features of the book:
- The monograph includes the computational code named HETE (Heat Exchanger Thermal Effectiveness) in Chapter 5. A version of this code is available for downloading.
- The computational procedure could be used for reducing experimental data using the effectiveness - NTU (e-NTU) method in research and industrial laboratories.
- Even after more than one century in heat exchanger research, the search for new flow arrangements with higher effectiveness still is an unsolved problem. The present methodology could be a useful tool in pursuing that goal.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thermal Performance Modeling of Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers
Authors: Luben Cabezas-Gómez, Hélio Aparecido Navarro, José Maria Saíz-Jabardo
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09671-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09670-4Published: 28 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09671-1Published: 18 August 2014
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 226
Number of Illustrations: 106 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Automotive Engineering