This book is an attempt to introduce the enormous amount of literature on solidification heat transfer. Many of the applications have been directed to water/ice soil systems.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview on the vast amount of literature on solidification heat transfer. Chapter one develops important basic equations and discusses the validity of considering only conductive heat transfer, while ignoring convection, in the large class of materials which make up the porous media. Chapters 2 to 4 deal with problems that can be expressed in plane (Cartesian) coordinates. These problems are further divided into boundary conditions of temperature, prescribed heat flux, and surface convection. Chapter 5 examines some plane geometries involving three-dimensional freezing or thawing. Problems in the cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems are covered in chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 8 is an introduction to solidification in porous media.Many of the applications have been directed to water/ice soil-systems, but it should be clear that the basic techniques and solutions can be applied to such diverse areas as metallurgy, biological systems, latent heat storage, and the preservation of food.

This volume of papers has been produced in memory of Professor R.R. Gilpin, who was a pioneer in the field of freezing phenomena in ice-water systems. The subject has applications in ice formation in industrial plants, technologies for manufacturing crystals in space for semiconductors and computer chips and atmospheric physics and geophysics.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers interested in freeze/thaw conditions in soil. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. DEFINITIONS AND THERMAL PROPERTIES 3. ONE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR AND PERIODIC HEAT FLOW 4. ABBREVIATIONS 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Presents mathematical models of melting and solidification processes that are the key to the effective performance of latent heat thermal energy storage systems, utilized in a wide range of heat transfer and industrial applications.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and geotechnical engineers interested in design for facilities and infrastructure in freeze-thaw soil conditions. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. DEFINITIONS AND THERMAL PROPERTIES 3. TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIAL HEAT FLOW 4. ABBREVIATIONS.

Written by international experts from industry, research centers, and academia, Mathematical Modeling of Food Processing discusses the physical and mathematical analysis of transport phenomena associated with food processing. The models presented describe many of the important physical and biological transformations that occur in food during proces