Page 13 - Design and Operation of Heat Exchangers and their Networks

Nomenclature xvii

tb tube bundle
tp two phase
tur turbulent
T uniform wall temperature
ub upper bound
v vapor
w wall
wo outer wall
ws shell wall
x local value

Function

int (x) round x down to the nearest integer
round (x) round x to the nearest integer
roundup (x) round x up to the nearest integer

Abbreviation

diag diagonal matrix
FFT fast Fourier transform
FPI number of fins per inch
FPM number of fins per meter
HEN heat exchanger network
HENS heat exchanger network synthesis
LP linear programming
MILP mixed-integer linear programming
MINLP mixed-integer nonlinear programming
RefProp NIST Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database
SC set of cold streams
SH set of hot streams
TAC total annual cost
yr year