Advances in Heat Transfer 37 1st Edition by James Hartnett † 0080524427 9780120200344

Chapter 1. Transport Phenomena in Heterogeneous Media Based on Volume Averaging Theory

I. Introduction

II. Fundamentals of Hierarchical Volume Averaging Techniques

III. Nonlinear and Turbulent Transport in Porous Media

IV. Microscale Heat Transport Description Problems and VAT Approach

V. Radiative Heat Transport in Porous and Heterogeneous Media

VI. Flow Resistance Experiments and VAT-Based Data Reduction in Porous Media

VII. Experimental Measurements and Analysis of Internal Heat Transfer Coefficients in Porous Media

VIII. Thermal Conductivity Measurement in a Two-Phase Medium

IX. VAT-Based Compact Heat Exchanger Design and Optimization

X. New Optimization Technique for Material Design Based on VAT

XI. Concluding Remarks

Nomenclature

References

Chapter 2. Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels

I. Introduction

II. Characteristics of Microchannel Flow

III. Two-Phase Flow Regimes and Void Fraction in Microchannels

IV. Pressure Drop

V. Forced Flow Subcooled Boiling

VI. Critical Heat Flux in Microchannels

VII. Critical Flow in Cracks and Slits

VIII. Concluding Remarks

Nomenclature

References

Chapter 3. Turbulent Flow and Convection: The Prediction of Turbulent Flow and Convection in a Round

I. Introduction

II. The Quantitative Representation of Turbulent Flow

III. The Quantitative Representation of Fully Developed Turbulent Convection

IV. Summary and Conclusions

References

Chapter 4. Progress in the Numerical Analysis of Compact Heat Exchanger Surfaces

I. Introduction

II. Physics of Flow and Heat Transfer of CHE Surfaces

III. Numerical Analysis

IV. Turbulence Models

V. Numerical Results of the CHE Surfaces

VI. Conclusions

Nomenclature

References

Author Index

Subject Index