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This chapter presents two fundamental methods of thermal calculations which can be applied to various types of heat exchangers. The first to be discussed is the method based on the logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD), which is commonly used in Europe, and the second is the ε-NTU method (ε—heat exchanger effectiveness, NTU—the number of heat transfer units), which is mainly popular in the USA.
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Taler, D. (2019). Engineering Methods for Thermal Calculations of Heat Exchangers. In: Numerical Modelling and Experimental Testing of Heat Exchangers. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 161. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91128-1_8
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