Thermal Performance Modeling of Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers

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<p>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 (<i>e</i>-<i>NTU</i>) 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<i>NTU</i> and<i>C*</i> values in all cases. The proposed procedure constitutes a useful research tool for both theoretical and experimental studies of cross-flow heat exchangers.</p><p>The following are the unique features of the book:</p><p>- The monograph includes the computational code named HETE (<i>Heat Exchanger Thermal Effectiveness</i>) in Chapter 5. A version of this code is available for downloading.</p><p>- The computational procedure could be used for reducing experimental data using the effectiveness - NTU (<i>e</i>-<i>NTU</i>) method in research and industrial laboratories.</p><p>- 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.</p>

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