Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design

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1. To introduce and apply concepts learned in first courses in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and calculus, to develop heat exchanger design theory. Thus, the book will serve as a link between fundamental subjects mentioned and thermal engineering design practice in industry.

2. To introduce and apply basic heat exchanger design concepts to the solution of industrial heat exchanger problems. Primary emphasis is placed on fundamental concepts and applications. Also, more emphasis is placed on analysis and less on empiricism.

3. The book is also intended for practicing engineers in addition to students. Hence, at a number of places in the text, some redundancy is added to make the concepts clearer, early theory is developed using constant and mean overall heat transfer coefficients, and more data are added in the text and tables for industrial use.