Heat exchanger optimization.
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Authors
Hedderich, Conrad P.
Subjects
heat exchanger design using numerical optimization
HEDSUP
design
heat exchanger
optimization
HEDSUP
design
heat exchanger
optimization
Advisors
Kelleher, Matthew
Vanderplaats, G.N.
Date of Issue
1980-09
Date
September 1980
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A computer code was developed for the analysis of air-cooled
heat exchangers and was coupled with a constrained
function minimization code to produce an automated air-cooled
heat exchanger design and optimization program with many
new capabilities.
A general iteration free approximation method was used
for the analysis which calculates the mean overall heat
transfer coefficient and the overall pressure drop for many
flow arrangements, taking into account the variation of the
heat transfer coefficients and the pressure drop with temperature
and/or length of flow path.
The code is not limited to surfaces found in the literature,
but will accommodate any triangular pitch bank of finned
tubes in multiple-pass configurations.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.