Entropy Generation Extrema and Their Relationship With Heat Exchanger Effectiveness—Number of Transfer Unit Behavior for Complex Flow Arrangements
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Heat Transfer
- Vol. 126 (6), 994-1002
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1846694
Abstract
While the concept of minimum irreversibility is associated with the maximum energy efficiency for energy conversion processes in thermal systems, we have found that it is not quite applicable to the heat exchanger analysis. We have shown that the heat exchanger effectiveness can be maximum, having an intermediate value or minimum at the maximum irreversibility operating point depending on the flow arrangement of the two fluids. Similarly, the heat exchanger effectiveness can be minimum or maximum at the minimum irreversibility operating point. The objective of this paper is to illustrate and discuss such heat exchanger performance and irreversibility trends by combining the temperature difference irreversibility with the P-NTU results for complex flow arrangements.Keywords
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