modelSizing_EffectivenessNTU

Information

Implemtation of a the effectiveness-NTU method for sizing single phase heat exchangers.


Source:

Incropera, Frank P., David P. DeWitt, Theodore L. Bergman, and Adrienne S. Lavine, eds. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. 6. ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007.

Chapter 11

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Advanced
BooleaninputNTUtrue=true for u=NTU else u=epsilon

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
CalcTypecalcType
EffectivenessNTUeffectivenessNTU
SI.ThermalConductanceC_1Stream 1 heat capacity rate
SI.ThermalConductanceC_2Stream 2 heat capacity rate
SI.HeatFlowRateQ_flow_maxMaximum heat transfer rate

Contents

NameDescription
CalcType
EffectivenessNTU