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This paper focuses on the analysis of double-pipe heat exchangers under thermally developing concurrent and countercurrent flow conditions using a lumped-differential formulation. Applicability limits for this model and for the fully differential one are established for the whole thermal entry. Furthermore, the ideas of the so-called coupled integral equation approach are utilized to improve the overall performance of the simple lumped-differential formulation by approximately taking into account the effects of the radial temperature gradients in the outer stream. Heat transfer results are established for various governing parameters such as exchanger length, heat capacity flow rate ratio, thermal resistance of fluids and aspect ratio. These results are presented in terms of bulk temperatures, Nusselt numbers and exchanger effectivness. We also discuss comparisons with empirical correlations, limiting solutions for prescribed wall temperature and heat flux, and other results available in the literature. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0906.00025].