Abstract
The basic criteria are derived in determining whether the heat transfer relationship for a given heat exchanger geometry is invariant to the interchanging of shell-side and tube-side fluids. It is shown that the total heat duty, LMTD correction factor, and other indices of exchanger performance remain unchanged for a stream-symmetric exchanger when the two flow streams are switched, provided the overall heat transfer coefficient is not changed.
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