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Optimum design of double pipe heat exchanger.

Author(s) : SWAMEE P. K., AGGARWAL N., AGGARWAL V.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Heat exchangers are used in industrial processes to recover heat between two process fluids. Although the necessary equations for heat transfer and the pressure drop in a double pipe heat exchanger are available, using these equations the optimization of the system cost is laborious. In this paper the optimal design of the exchanger has been formulated as a geometric programming with a single degree of difficulty. The solution of the problem yields the optimum values of inner pipe diameter, outer pipe diameter and utility flow rate to be used for a double pipe heat exchanger of a given length, when a specified flow rate of process stream is to be treated for a given inlet to outlet temperature. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2007].

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  • Original title: Optimum design of double pipe heat exchanger.
  • Record ID : 2008-2093
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 51 - n. 9-10
  • Publication date: 2008/05

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