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An approximate solution for countercurrent heat exchangers
Author(s) -
Tien Chi,
Srinivasan Seshadri
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690150113
Subject(s) - countercurrent exchange , laminar flow , heat exchanger , work (physics) , mechanics , thermodynamics , flow (mathematics) , mathematics , physics
An approximate solution is presented for the countercurrent parallel plate exchanger with laminar flow. With the use of the integral method, the problem is reduced to one of solving a pair of first‐order differential equations in a straightforward manner. Comparisons between the results of this work and those obtained from a more elaborate orthogonal expansion technique are found to be excellent.