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General numerical scheme for heat exchanger thermal analysis and design
Author(s) -
Ribando Robert J.,
O'Leary Gerald W.,
CarlsonSkalak Susan
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0542(1997)5:4<231::aid-cae2>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - heat exchanger , discretization , computer science , shell and tube heat exchanger , scheme (mathematics) , thermal , numerical analysis , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , mathematics , engineering , mathematical analysis , physics
This article describes two personal computer–based teaching modules designed to instruct engineering students in the more fundamental thermal aspects of the analysis and design of heat exchangers. One module applies to shell‐and‐tube exchangers; the other applies to cross‐flow types. Enhanced numerical algorithms solve discretized forms of the governing differential energy‐conservation equations. Graphical user interfaces display temperature distributions along with traditional design and performance measures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 5: 231–242, 1997