Heat transfer processes

Climate change is a major challenge facing the modern world.

The book presents a detailed discussion of nanomaterials, nanofluids and application of nanofluids as a coolant to reduce heat transfer.

This comprehensive introduction to centrifugal pumps used in sodiumcooled fast reactors discusses the special attributes of centrifugal pumps, design features, manufacturing requirements, instrumentation, and operating experience.

Professionals recognize entropy-enthalpy compensation as an important factor in molecular recognition, lead design, water networks, and protein engineering.

The vapor compression cycle (VCC) underpins the vast majority of refrigeration systems throughout the world.

Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena presents the basic thermophysics and transport principles that underlie the mechanisms of condensation and vaporization processes.

The Art and Science of Dome-Shaped Wood-Fired Ovens, from history to your backyard or commercial shop, is a carefully crafted guide that explains the tradition and science of wood-fired cooking.

Since the low energy efficiency and rise in emissions by using fossil fuels, the hydrogen economy has been considered as a unique approach to resolve these problems, making hydrogen an attractive fuel.

This book addresses smoke management in enclosures and provides a platform for understanding the principles of smoke propagation and spread, heat release rate, and the effect of sprinklers on suppression.

Thermal Radiation: An Introduction is a complete textbook for a one-semester introductory graduate course on radiative energy transfer.

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a promising and rapidly emerging technology for a wide range of applications, from daily life to industry.

This edited volume on combustion technology covers recent developments and provides a broad perspective of the key challenges in this emerging field.

Heat Exchangers: Classification, Selection, and Thermal Design, Third Edition discusses heat exchangers and their various applications, such as refrigeration, air conditioning, automobiles, gas turbines, process industries, refineries, and thermal power plants.

Equipping readers with the ability to analyze the aerodynamic forces on an aircraft, the book provides comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of subsonic and supersonic airflow.

This book provides the basis of simulating a nuclear plant, in understanding the knowledge of how such simulations help in assuring the safety of the plants, thereby protecting the public from accidents.

This book deals with certain aspects of material science, particularly with the release of thermal energy associated with bond breaking.

Essentials & Applications of Food Engineering provides a comprehensive understanding of food engineering operations and their practical and industrial utility.

Superheated steam drying (SSD) has long been recognized for several major advantages it offers over other convective dryers, including high energy efficiency by utilization of energy in the exhaust steam, higher product quality due to the absence of oxygen, and avoidance of fire and explosion hazards.

This book elucidates the important role of conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer, mass transport in solids and fluids, and internal and external fluid flow in the behavior of materials processes.

Thermal Radiation: An Introduction is a complete textbook for a one-semester introductory graduate course on radiative energy transfer.

Nearly 40% of the world's population use open fires or simple stoves that burn wood or coal for heating.

This book explores the prospective applications of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in energy storage systems, thermal system temperature control, peak shifting, and energy management.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, Second Edition pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

Heat Exchanger Technologies for Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems serves as a comprehensive resource on the cutting-edge advancements and applications of heat exchanger technologies in the realm of renewable energy.

Thermal Spray Coatings for High-Temperature Conditions provides an in-depth analysis of thermal spray coatings covering a wide range of types and applications in aerospace, automotive, and heavy-duty equipment maintenance.

The text presents fundamental principles and analysis of the separation of particulate matter.

The text thoroughly discusses the fundamentals of flow resistance over a solid body, the frictional resistance of flow through a granular bed, and the flow phenomena of particles, which are essential requirements for solid-fluid operations in various process units, especially in mineral and chemical industries.

Plasma Assisted Combustion and Chemical Processing provides an introduction to the opportunities of plasma-assisted combustion and chemical processing for green energy conversion using renewable electricity.

This book is a concise, self-contained treatment of the finite element method and all the computational techniques needed for its efficient use and practical implementation.

The text comprehensively discusses the transport mechanism, storage, and conveying of the material, which are essential requirements for transporting solids in various process units, especially in mineral and chemical industries.

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.

This book is a concise, self-contained treatment of the finite element method and all the computational techniques needed for its efficient use and practical implementation.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, Second Edition pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

Artificial Intelligence in Heat Transfer shows how artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques, such as artificial neural networks, machine learning algorithms, genetic algorithms, etc.

This book explores the prospective applications of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in energy storage systems, thermal system temperature control, peak shifting, and energy management.

Artificial Intelligence in Heat Transfer shows how artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques, such as artificial neural networks, machine learning algorithms, genetic algorithms, etc.

Plasma Assisted Combustion and Chemical Processing provides an introduction to the opportunities of plasma-assisted combustion and chemical processing for green energy conversion using renewable electricity.

The text presents fundamental principles and analysis of the separation of particulate matter.

Thermal Spray Coatings for High-Temperature Conditions provides an in-depth analysis of thermal spray coatings covering a wide range of types and applications in aerospace, automotive, and heavy-duty equipment maintenance.

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.

Heat Exchanger Technologies for Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems serves as a comprehensive resource on the cutting-edge advancements and applications of heat exchanger technologies in the realm of renewable energy.

The text thoroughly discusses the fundamentals of flow resistance over a solid body, the frictional resistance of flow through a granular bed, and the flow phenomena of particles, which are essential requirements for solid-fluid operations in various process units, especially in mineral and chemical industries.

The text comprehensively discusses the transport mechanism, storage, and conveying of the material, which are essential requirements for transporting solids in various process units, especially in mineral and chemical industries.

Der Vorläufer der Heizung war das Lagerfeuer.

A Dictionary of Energy Science covers terms related to energy technologies and their impact on the world's energy use.