1. The theory presented here is based on Ref. 1. Please refer to this book for more details.
2. Subscripts h and c refer to the hot and cold fluids, respectively, and subscripts i and o refer to the inlet and outlet of the heat exchanger, respectively. E.g., Th,i denotes temperature of the
hot fluid at the inlet and Tc,o denotes temperature of the cold fluid at the outlet.