Advances in Heat Transfer (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 18 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Chapter 1. Natural Convection in Active and Passive Solar Thermal Systems 8
I. Introduction 8
II. Natural Convection in Active System Configurations 17
III. Natural Convection in Solar Buildings 53
IV. Summary and Conclusions 82
Nomenclature 84
References 86
Chapter 2. Heat Transfer from Tubes in Crossflow 94
I. Introduction 94
II. Flow past a Single Tube 96
III. Flow past a Tube in a Bank 106
IV. Influence of Fluid Properties on Heat Transfer 114
V. Heat Transfer of a Single Tube 117
VI. Heat Transfer of a Tube in a Bank 138
VII. Hydraulic Drag of Banks 155
VIII. Calculation of Banks of Tubes in Crossflow 161
Nomenclature 164
References 164
Chapter 3. Thermal Conductivity of Structured Liquids 168
I. Introduction 168
II. Background Information 169
III. Experimental Techniques 173
IV. Nonpolymeric Liquids: Suspensions 185
V. Other Nonpolymenc Liquids 216
VI. Polymeric Liquids: Single-Component Systems 220
VII. Polymeric Liquids: Multicomponent Systems 230
VIII. Concluding Remarks 237
Nomenclature 241
References 243
Chapter 4. Transition Boiling Heat Transfer 248
I. Introduction 248
II. Statement of the Problem 250
III. Theoretical Studies of Transition Boiling 251
IV. Experimental Studies of Transition Boiling 261
Nomenclature 326
References 327
Chapter 5. Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Pure and Saline Water 332
I. Introduction 332
II. Property Information 333
III. Summary and Conclusions 358
Appendix A: Data Tables 360
Appendix B: Calculation Techniques 366
Nomenclature 368
References 368
Index 372