This monograph introduces a numerical computational methodology for thermal performance
modeling of cross-flow heat exchangers with applications in chemical refrigeration and
automobile industries. This methodology allows obtaining effectiveness-number of transfer units
(e-NTU) data and has been used for simulating several standard and complex flow arrangements
configurations of cross-flow heat exchangers. Simulated results have been validated through
comparisons with results from available exact and approximate analytical solutions. Very
accurate results have been obtained over wide ranges of NTU and C* values in all cases. The
proposed procedure constitutes a useful research tool for both theoretical and experimental
studies of cross-flow heat exchangers. The following are the unique features of the book: - The
monograph includes the computational code named HETE (Heat Exchanger Thermal Effectiveness) in
Chapter 5. A version of this code is available for downloading. - The computational procedure
could be used for reducing experimental data using the effectiveness - NTU (e-NTU) method in
research and industrial laboratories. - Even after more than one century in heat exchanger
research the search for new flow arrangements with higher effectiveness still is an unsolved
problem. The present methodology could be a useful tool in pursuing that goal.
