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thermal efficiency [′thər·məl i′fish·ən·sē]

(chemical engineering)

In a tube-and-shell heat-exchange system, the ratio of the actual temperature range of the tube-side fluid (inlet versus outlet temperature) to the maximum possible temperature range.

(thermodynamics)

efficiency

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