A rigorous argument based on the characteristic of a monotonously increasing function is presented to establish the well-known fact of higher LMTD value of counter flow heat exchangers as compared to parallel flow ones.
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Technical Notes
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Incropera. F. P., and Dewit, P. D., 1994, Introduction to Heat Transfer, 3rd ed., Wiley, New York.
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Folland, G. B., 1999, Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications (Pure and Applied Mathematics), second edition, Wiley Intersciences, New York.
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