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The entransy dissipation extremum principle (EDEP) is applied in constructal optimizations, and this paper is divided into three parts. The first part is constructal entransy dissipation rate minimizations of heat conduction and finned cooling problems. It includes constructal optimization for a \u201cvolume-to-point\u201d heat-conduction assembly with a tapered element, constructal optimizations for \u201cdisc-to-point\u201d heat-conduction assemblies with the premise of an optimized last-order construct and without this premise, and constructal optimizations for four kinds of fin assemblies: T-, Y-, umbrella-, and tree-shaped fins. The second part is constructal entransy dissipation rate minimizations of cooling channel and steam generator problems. It includes constructal optimizations for heat generating volumes with tree-shaped and parallel channels, constructal optimization for heat generating volume cooled by forced convection, and constructal optimization for a steam generator. The third part is constructal entransy dissipation rate minimizations of mass transfer problems. It includes constructal optimizations for \u201cvolume-to-point\u201d rectangular assemblies with constant and tapered channels, and constructal optimizations for \u201cdisc-to-point\u201d assemblies with the premise of an optimized last-order construct and without this premise. The results of the three parts show that the mean heat transfer temperature differences of the heat conduction assemblies are not always decreased when their internal complexity increases. The average heat transfer rate of the steam generator obtained by entransy dissipation rate maximization is increased by 58.7% compared with that obtained by heat transfer rate maximization. Compared with the rectangular mass transfer assembly with a constant high permeability pathway (HPP), the maximum pressure drops of the element and first-order assembly with tapered HPPs are decreased by 6% and 11%, respectively. The global transfer performances of the transfer bodies are improved after optimizations, and new design guidelines derived by EDEP, which are different from the conventional optimization objectives, are provided.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e20010074","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,22]],"date-time":"2018-01-22T04:51:13Z","timestamp":1516596673000},"page":"74","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Constructal Optimizations for Heat and Mass Transfers Based on the Entransy Dissipation Extremum Principle, Performed at the Naval University of Engineering: A Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Lingen","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"Military Key Laboratory for Naval Ship Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"College of Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qinghua","family":"Xiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"Military Key Laboratory for Naval Ship Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"College of Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huijun","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"Military Key Laboratory for Naval Ship Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"},{"name":"College of Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"294","DOI":"10.3390\/app5030294","article-title":"Electrohydrodynamic nanofluid hydrothermal treatment in an enclosure with sinusoidal upper wall","volume":"5","author":"Sheikholeslami","year":"2015","journal-title":"Appl. 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