Advances in Thermal Design of Heat Exchangers: A Numerical Approach: Direct-sizing, Step-wise rating, and Transients
by Eric M. Smith
Product Description
The primary objective in any engineering design process has to be the
elimination of uncertainties. In thermal design of heat exchangers
there are presently many stages in which assumptions in mathematical
solution of the design problem are being made. Accumulation of these
assumptions may introduce variations in design. The designer needs to
understand where these inaccuracies may arise, and strive to eliminate
as many sources of error as possible by choosing design configurations
that avoid such problems at source.
In
this exciting text, the author adopts a numerical approach to the
thermal design of heat exchangers, extending the theory of performance
evaluation to the point where computer software may be written. The
first few chapters are intended to provide a development from
undergraduate studies regarding the fundamentals of heat exchanger
theory and the concepts of direct sizing. Later chapters on transient
response of heat exchangers and on the related single-blow method of
obtaining experimental results should also interest the practicing
engineer. Theory is explained simply, with the intention that readers
can develop their own approach to the solution of particular problems.
This
book is an indispensable reference text for higher level
(post-graduate) students and practicing engineers, researchers and
academics in the field of heat exchangers.
* Includes a whole new chapter on exergy and pressure loss
* Provides in the first few chapters a development from undergraduate
studies regarding the fundamentals of heat exchanger theory, and
continues in later chapters to discuss issues such as the transient
response of heat exchangers and the related single-blow method of
obtaining experimental results that are also of interest to the
practicing engineer.
* Adopts a numerical approach to the thermal design of heat
exchangers, extending the theory of performance evaluation to the point
where computer software may be written
* Contributes to the development of the direct ‘sizing’ approach in thermal design of the exchanger surface
* Explains theory simply, with the objective that the reader can
develop their own approach to the solution of particular problems
Product Details
* Hardcover: 544 pages
* Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (May 5, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0470016167
* ISBN-13: 978-0470016169
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