Abstract

The effects of several types and patterns of maldistribution in heat exchangers on the exchanger thermal performance are investigated. For turbulent flow most exchangers show only a small reduction in performance; however, for laminar flow the reduction can be large. It is shown that substantial errors in the apparent heat transfer coefficient occur for nonuniform flows.

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