Heat exchanger effectiveness
Heat exchanger effectiveness
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Hi,
can anybody help if i heat exchangers effectiveness is closer to 1 does this make it more efficient, for example a heat exchanger with a effectiveness of 0.8 is more efficient than one with 0.7 effectiveness???
can anybody help if i heat exchangers effectiveness is closer to 1 does this make it more efficient, for example a heat exchanger with a effectiveness of 0.8 is more efficient than one with 0.7 effectiveness???





RE: Heat exchanger effectiveness
When comparing different exchangers, IMO it all depends on what you mean by "efficient"...
See also:
thread391-157263: heat exchanger effectiveness
thread391-99241: Heat Exchanger Calculation.
thread391-100355: How do I determine the efficiency of heat exchanger?
RE: Heat exchanger effectiveness
Are you working on bare tube, fin-tube or other calculation?
RE: Heat exchanger effectiveness
RE: Heat exchanger effectiveness
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