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Using the smith method for calculating the mean temperature difference in a cross-flow heat exchanger with a single-pass motion of nonmixing media through both cavities

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Methods for calculating the mean temperature difference in cross-flow heat exchangers with single-pass motion of nonmixing media through both cavities are considered. An algorithm implementing the Smith method is proposed.

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  1. Moscow Aviation Institute, sh. Volokolamskoe 4, Moscow, 125993, Russia

    B. B. Fleytlikh & I. E. Lobanov

  2. Institute for Research and Development of Tractors, ul. Verkhnyaya 34, Moscow, 125040, Russia

    E. V. Dubrovskii

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  1. B. B. Fleytlikh
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Original Russian Text © B.B. Fleytlikh, E.V. Dubrovskii, I.E. Lobanov, 2011, published in Teploenergetika.

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Fleytlikh, B.B., Dubrovskii, E.V. & Lobanov, I.E. Using the smith method for calculating the mean temperature difference in a cross-flow heat exchanger with a single-pass motion of nonmixing media through both cavities. Therm. Eng. 58, 263–267 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601511030049

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