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Examples
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Parallel and counterflow heat exchangers.

:doc:`Units, assumptions and numerical validation </guides/heat_transfer>`
provides the interpretation and physical validity limits.

Each script is self-contained; run it with
``python examples/heat_transfer/plot_heat_transfer_models.py``.


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      :download:`Download all examples in Python source code: heat_transfer_python.zip </api/gallery/heat_transfer/heat_transfer_python.zip>`

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