Article | REF: BM6201 V1

Designing water fluid circuits

Author: Olivier COSTE

Publication date: January 10, 2010

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4. Heat transfers and exchangers

4.1 Heat capacity

Mass heat capacity (also known as calorific capacity or mass heat) is the amount of energy required in thermal form to raise the temperature of a 1 kg mass of a substance by 1 °C (or 1 K). It is expressed in J · kg –1 · K –1 .

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4.2 Heat transfer mode

There are three main modes of heat transfer (see figure 6...

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