Advances in Heat Transfer (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 14 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
List of Contributors 10
Preface 12
Contents of Previous Volumes 14
Chapter 1. Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems 18
I. Introduction 18
II. Governing Equation for Convective Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems 20
III. Heat Transfer in Hot-Water Geothermal Systems 32
IV. Heat Transfer in Water–Steam Two-Phase Geothermal Systems 94
V. Heat Transfer in Geopressured Geothermal Systems 105
VI. Lumped Parameter Analyses 108
VII. Heat Transfer in Other Geothermal Systems 114
VIII. Heat Transfer in a Geothermal Wellbore 115
IX. Concluding Remarks 116
References 117
Chapter 2. Electrohydrodynamically Enhanced Heat Transfer in Liquids—A Review 124
I. Introduction 124
II. Summary of Electrohydrodynamic Coupling Mechanisms 125
III. Important Parameters in EHD Heat Transfer Research 130
IV. EHD Coupled Convective Heat Transfer 133
V. Boiling Heat Transfer 144
VI. Condensation Heat Transfer 154
VII. Devices and Concepts 156
VIII. Conclusions 158
References 161
Chapter 3. Heat Transfer between a Gas Fluidized Bed and Immersed Tubes 166
I. Introduction 167
II. Local Heat Transfer Coefficients for Horizontal and Slanted Tubes 177
III. Total Heat Transfer Coefficients for Horizontal and Slanted Tubes 189
IV. Local Heat Transfer Coefficients for Vertical Tubes 224
V. Total Heat Transfer Coefficients for Vertical Tubes 229
VI. Packed-Fluidized Beds 248
VII. General Conclusions 253
References 259
Chapter 4. Influence of Radiative Transfer on Certain Types of Motions in Planetary Atmospheres 266
I. Introduction 266
II. Rate of Radiative Decay of Temperature Perturbations for Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium 268
III. Radiative Decay of Temperature Perturbations for non-LTE 272
IV. Rate of Radiative Decay of Turbulent Temperature Fluctuations for LTE 276
V. Influence of Radiative Decay on Turbulence 280
VI. Damping of Acoustic-Gravity Waves 285
References 296
Chapter 5. Homogeneous Nucleation 298
I. Introduction 298
II. Supersaturation 299
III. Formation of Aggregates, Embryos, Nuclei, and Droplets 301
IV. Description of the Problem 302
V. Formation of Embryos and Nuclei (Classical Theory) 305
VI. Equilibrium Size Distribution of Embryos (Classical Theory) 310
VII. Steady-State Nucleation Rate (Classical Theory) 315
VIII. Modifications of the Classical Theory 322
IX. Time to Reach Steady State. The Time Lag 330
X. Comparisons of Steady-State Solutions with Experiments 334
XI. Concluding Remarks 355
References 358
Author Index 364
Subject Index 376