Herwig, HeinzHeinzHerwig2020-06-032020-06-032016-05-31http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6222In all convective heat transfer situations, losses occur in the flow field (by dissipation) as well as in the temperature field (by conduction). Typically these losses are more or less quantified by the friction factor f with respect to losses in the flow field, and the Nusselt number Nu for the heat transfer quality. Assessing the process of convective heat transfer as a whole, then becomes problematic because two different non-dimensional quantities, f and Nu, have to be combined somehow. From a thermodynamics point of view, there is a reasonable alternative: Since all losses become manifest in corresponding entropy generation rates, these rates are determined in the velocity as well as in the temperature field. Based on the integration of the entropy generation fields, an energy devaluation number is introduced. It basically determines how much of the so-called entropic potential of the energy involved in a convective heat transfer process is used within it. This approach is called SLA (second law analysis).en1934-736720165283286David Publ.Second Law AnalysisEnergy Devaluation NumberEntropic PotentialPhysikTechnikIngenieurwissenschaftenJournal Article10.17265/1934-8975/2016.05.002Other