... microchannel flow nanofluidics water computer simulation nanofluid flow entropy minimization microchannel geometry microchannel operation Minimization of entropy generation is potentially a design tool to determine best device geometry and operation for heat exchangers, and has been...

... heat exchangers efficiency heat exchanger efficiency entropy minimization exergy exergy maximization The concept of efficiency is used to assess the performance of components and systems. Efficiency is a comparison between the actual (real) and ideal (best) performances. The ideal behavior...

... be and if further improvements are feasible and justified. Despite much effort, the application of the second law to heat exchangers has not yielded a consistent method for assessing the performance of heat exchangers. heat exchangers efficiency heat exchanger efficiency entropy minimization arithmetic...