Entransy theory for the optimization of heat transfer–a review and update

Q Chen, XG Liang, ZY Guo - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat transfer optimization methods to effectively improve heat transfer performance is of
great importance for energy conservation and pollution reduction. A recently developed heat …

Progress in entransy theory and its applications

LG Chen - Chinese science bulletin, 2012 - Springer
The entransy and entransy dissipation extremum principle proposed have opened up a new
direction for the heat transfer optimization. The emergence and development of entransy …

Numerical study on novel airfoil fins for printed circuit heat exchanger using supercritical CO2

X Cui, J Guo, X Huai, K Cheng, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger (PCHE) has attracted a lot of attentions recently
due to its high efficiency and compactness, and the airfoil fin has excellent thermal …

Experimental and numerical studies on novel airfoil fins heat exchanger in flue gas heat recovery system

ZX Han, J Guo, H Zhang, J Chen, X Huai… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
To improve the performance of waste heat recovery, a novel airfoil fins heat exchanger was
applied to flue gas waste heat recovery. Two groups of experimental conditions were …

Investigation of the flow and heat transfer characteristics of helium gas in printed circuit heat exchangers with asymmetrical airfoil fins

CY Zhu, Y Guo, HQ Yang, B Ding, XY Duan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a numerical investigation on the flow and heat transfer performance of
printed circuit heat exchangers with asymmetrical airfoil fins, and the influence of the …

Design analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide recuperator

J Guo - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The segmental design method is employed to accurately capture the drastic variations of
properties in the supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2) recuperator. The local heat capacity …

Experimental study of effects of baffle helix angle on shell-side performance of shell-and-tube heat exchangers with discontinuous helical baffles

B Gao, Q Bi, Z Nie, J Wu - Experimental thermal and fluid Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Flow resistance and heat transfer of several shell-and-tube heat exchangers with
discontinuous helical baffles are experimentally studied and compared at the five helix …

Technoeconomic optimization of superalloy supercritical CO2 microtube shell-and-tube-heat exchangers

AB Krishna, K Jin, PS Ayyaswamy, I Catton… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat exchangers are critical components of aerospace systems and improve efficiency of
operation by providing waste heat recovery. Supercritical CO 2 has emerged as a promising …

The application of entransy dissipation theory in optimization design of heat exchanger

J Guo, M Xu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
The optimization of heat exchanger design is investigated by applying the entransy
dissipation theory and genetic algorithm. It is found that the role played by the fluid friction is …

Analyses of entransy dissipation, entropy generation and entransy–dissipation-based thermal resistance on heat exchanger optimization

X Cheng, Q Zhang, X Liang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
Heat exchangers are widely used in industries and daily life. The optimization design of heat
exchangers is of great significance to the consumption reduction of energy. This paper …