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Beyond the Basics: Thermodynamic Availability in Xchanger Suite
June 26, 2024
Energy efficiency has always been an important consideration for process heat exchanger design. Current design approaches implement steady-state conservation laws only for mass and energy (the first law of thermodynamics) and are limited because the efficiency value always approaches unity. This webinar explores a new, more discriminating efficiency analysis in Xchanger Suite® that...
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RR-6 The Second Law Efficiency of Process Heat Exchangers
April 12, 2024
An efficiency is defined for process heat exchangers using the second law of thermodynamics. This parameter accounts for the unavoidable sources of irreversibility in a real heat exchanger—e.g., heat transfer over a finite temperature difference and flow friction. Its definition is based on the destruction of flow availability, which is a function of the...
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Insights From the Second Law
January 08, 2024
In the December issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Thomas G. Lestina and Kevin J. Farrell examine how using a second-law approach can help to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of process heat exchangers. If you're having difficulty viewing the article above, you can visit this link instead....
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