Numerical Simulation of Heat Exchangers

W.J. Mikowycz is the James P. Hartnett professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. E.M. Sparrow is a member of the National Academy of Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. J.P. Abraham is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota. J.M. Gorman is research associate at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Preface

Editors

Contributors

Chapter 1 Heat Exchangers and Their Fan/Blower Partners Modeled as a Single Interacting System by Numerical Simulation

E. M. Sparrow, J. M. Gorman, J. P. Abraham, and W. J. Minkowycz

Chapter 2 On Computational Heat Transfer Procedures for Heat Exchangers in Single-Phase Flow Operation

Bengt Sundén

Chapter 3 Utilization of Numerical Methods and Experiments for the Design and Tests of Gasketed Plate Heat Exchangers

Selin Aradag, Sadik Kakac, and Ece Özkaya

Chapter 4 Numerical Methods for Micro Heat Exchangers

Bengt Sundén, Zan Wu, and Mohammad Faghri

Chapter 5 Review of Advances in Heat Pipe Analysis and Numerical Simulation

Amir Faghri and Theodore L. Bergman

Index