Design and Manufacturing of Heat Exchangers
Thermal Design Theory

Thermal design of a heat exchanging device is a complex endeavor and rather involved (see a generalized algorithm presented in the accompanied flowchart)

For more details on the procedures and issues involved refer to:

R.K. Shah and D.P. Sekulic
Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design
Wiley, Hobooken, NJ, 2003.

Design procedure char
Design procedure chart (source: Shah, R.K., and Sekulic, D.P., Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design, Wiley, Hoboken, NY, 2003; se also: Shah, R.K. And Sekulic, D.P. (1998) Heat Exchangers, Chapter 17 in Handbook of Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill, 3rd Edition (Edited by W.M. Rohsenow, J.P. Hartnett and Y.I. Cho), pp. 17.1-17.169.)

 


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References
Contact Dr. Dusan P. Sekulic, UK Center for Manufacturing, 210A CRMS Bldg., College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-257-2972 or 859-257-6262
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