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Principles of Heat Transfer in Porous Media

Principles of Heat Transfer in Porous Media - Mechanical Engineering S.

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 available predicted results, 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 available, semi-empirical and empirical treatments are given.

Book information

ISBN: 9783540975939
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Pub date:
DEWEY: 621.4022
Language: English
Number of pages: 646
Weight: 1090g
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm