These devices are added into plant designs during pinch analysis. One of these devices is the feed-forward element in a popular recuperation scheme that places it immediately before and after a compressor. Calculations involving these devices use log-means, rather than arithmetic or geometric means, between their inputs and outputs to estimate the average driving force. The effectiveness of these devices asymptotically approaches one as the N·T·U, or number of transfer units, increases. Corrugated plates are used in these devices to prevent fouling and maximize the Nusselt (“NOO-sult”) number. These devices are equipped with fins in the shell-and-tube configuration to increase surface area in the equation “Q equals U A delta T.” A distillation column’s reboiler is one of these devices that uses a counter·current flow of steam. For 10 points, name these devices that transfer thermal energy between fluids in pipes. ■END■
ANSWER: heat exchangers [or HEX or HX; prompt on exchangers; prompt on heaters; prompt on coolers; prompt on condensers; prompt on reboilers until read]
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