Although the empirical treatment of fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media is over a century old, only in the last three decades has the transport in these heterogeneous systems been addressed in detail. So far, single-phase flows in porous media have been treated or at least formulated satisfactorily, while the subject of two-phase flow and the related heat-transfer in porous media is still in its infancy. This book identifies the principles of transport in porous media and compares the avalaible predictions based on theoretical treatments of various transport mechanisms with the existing experimental results. The theoretical treatment is based on the volume-averaging of the momentum and energy equations with the closure conditions necessary for obtaining solutions. While emphasizing a basic understanding of heat transfer in porous media, this book does not ignore the need for predictive tools; whenever a rigorous theoretical treatment of a phenomena is not avaliable, semi-empirical and empirical treatments are given.

The imminent need to mitigate the global warming potential (GWP) and the impact of the ozone depletion potential (ODP) demand seeking more efficient uses of energy, new energy sources, and new technologies. Heat transfer plays a vital role in efficient power production with minimum investment, installation, and maintenance costs. This book deals with issues related to efficiently utilizing available energy by integrating the technology of heat exchangers into power production units. Further, it provides detailed descriptions of heat transfer applications commonly used in modern everyday life and industrial contexts, supported by practical and worked-out examples presented to facilitate learning.

This is a modern, example-driven introductory textbook on heat transfer, with modern applications, written by a renowned scholar.

The Presentation Adopted In The Preparation Endeavors To Convey To The Student In A Simple Manner, A Physical Understanding Of The Processes By Which Heat Is Transmitted And Provide Him Or Her With The Tools Necessary To Get Quantitative Solutions To Engineering Problems Involving One Or More Of The Basic Modes Of Heat Flow. Sufficient Material Has Been Included In The Text To Cater To The Requirements Of The Undergraduate Curriculum. Illustrations Pertaining To The Different Modes Of Heat Transfer And The Design Calculations Of Heat Exchangers Have Been Liberally Included In The Text.The Purpose Of This Book Is To Present A Basic Introduction To The Field Of Engineering Heat Transfer. The Book Begins With A Brief Presentation Of The Importance Of Heat Transfer In Chemical And Processing Industry And The Modes Of Heat Transfer. Chapter 2, Dealing With Conduction, Includes A Few Aspects Of Conduction Phenomenon, Analogy Between Heat Flow And Electricity Flow, Critical Thickness And Conduction With Internal Generation Of Heat. In Chapter 3, The Concept Of Film Coefficients Is Presented And The Relationship Between The Individual And Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients Are Dealt With. The Phenomenon Of Unsteady State Heat Transfer And The Methods Of Solving One Dimensional Transient Heat Conduction Problems Have Been Discussed In Chapter 4, Which Is On Unsteady State Heat Conduction. Also The Application Of Molecular Transport Theory To The Unsteady State Heat Conduction Is Included.In Chapter 5, Which Is On Convection, A General Basic Concept, The Application Of Dimensional Analysis In The Case Of Forced And Free Convection, The Heat Transfer From Fins, The Heat Transfer To Fluids In Laminar Flow Inside Tubes, Heat Transfer From Condensed Vapours And Boiling Heat Transfer Are Included. The Various Types Of Heat Exchangers, The Concept Of Capacity Ratios, The Effectiveness Of Heat Exchanger, The Log Mean Temperature Difference, The Number Of Transfer Units (Ntu) And Calculations Pertaining To Heat Exchanger Design And The Effectiveness-Ntu Relationship Have Been Discussed In Chapter 6, Which Bears The Title 'Industrial Heat Exchange Equipment'.In Chapter 7, Which Is On Thermal Energy Transfer By Radiation, The Basic Concepts And Theory Of Radiation Are Presented. In Chapter 8, Which Deals With Evaporation, The Basic Concepts And Definitions, Boiling Point Elevation, Types Of Evaporators, Single And Multiple Effect Evaporation, The Occurrence Of Heat Transfer In Evaporators And The Analysis Of Performance Calculations Of Multiple Effect Evaporators Are Discussed At Some Length. Chapter 9, The Final Chapter, Presents A Brief Review Of Heat Transfer Principles.

Over the past few decades there has been a prolific increase in research and development in area of heat transfer, heat exchangers and their associated technologies. This book is a collection of current research in the above mentioned areas and discusses experimental, theoretical and calculation approaches and industrial utilizations with modern ideas and methods to study heat transfer for single and multiphase systems. The topics considered include various basic concepts of heat transfer, the fundamental modes of heat transfer (namely conduction, convection and radiation), thermophysical properties, condensation, boiling, freezing, innovative experiments, measurement analysis, theoretical models and simulations, with many real-world problems and important modern applications. The book is divided in four sections : "Heat Transfer in Micro Systems", "Boiling, Freezing and Condensation Heat Transfer", "Heat Transfer and its Assessment", "Heat Transfer Calculations", and each section discusses a wide variety of techniques, methods and applications in accordance with the subjects. The combination of theoretical and experimental investigations with many important practical applications of current interest will make this book of interest to researchers, scientists, engineers and graduate students, who make use of experimental and theoretical investigations, assessment and enhancement techniques in this multidisciplinary field as well as to researchers in mathematical modelling, computer simulations and information sciences, who make use of experimental and theoretical investigations as a means of critical assessment of models and results derived from advanced numerical simulations and improvement of the developed models and numerical methods.

Fundamental Principles of Heat Transfer introduces the fundamental concepts of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. It presents theoretical developments and example and design problems and illustrates the practical applications of fundamental principles. The chapters in this book cover various topics such as one-dimensional and transient heat conduction, energy and turbulent transport, forced convection, thermal radiation, and radiant energy exchange. There are example problems and solutions at the end of every chapter dealing with design problems. This book is a valuable introductory course in heat transfer for engineering students.

Incropera's Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer has been the gold standard of heat transfer pedagogy for many decades, with a commitment to continuous improvement by four authors’ with more than 150 years of combined experience in heat transfer education, research and practice. Applying the rigorous and systematic problem-solving methodology that this text pioneered an abundance of examples and problems reveal the richness and beauty of the discipline. This edition makes heat and mass transfer more approachable by giving additional emphasis to fundamental concepts, while highlighting the relevance of two of today’s most critical issues: energy and the environment.

This book serves as a training tool for individuals in industry and academia involved with heat transfer applications. Although the literature is inundated with texts emphasizing theory and theoretical derivations, the goal of this book is to present the subject of heat transfer from a strictly pragmatic point of view. The book is divided into four Parts: Introduction, Principles, Equipment Design Procedures and Applications, and ABET-related Topics. The first Part provides a series of chapters concerned with introductory topics that are required when solving most engineering problems, including those in heat transfer. The second Part of the book is concerned with heat transfer principles. Topics that receive treatment include Steady-state Heat Conduction, Unsteady-state Heat Conduction, Forced Convection, Free Convection, Radiation, Boiling and Condensation, and Cryogenics. Part three (considered the heart of the book) addresses heat transfer equipment design procedures and applications. In addition to providing a detailed treatment of the various types of heat exchangers, this part also examines the impact of entropy calculations on exchanger design, and operation, maintenance and inspection (OM&I), plus refractory and insulation effects. The concluding Part of the text examines ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) related topics of concern, including economies and finance, numerical methods, open-ended problems, ethics, environmental management, and safety and accident management.