Liquid Vapor Phase Change Phenomena

Van P. Carey has experience in both industry and education. Prior to his appointment at Berkeley, he was a senior Project Engineer at the Harrison division of General Motors. He began his career in education as an Assistant Professor in the Berkeley Mechanical Engineering department in 1982 before becoming Vice-Chair for instruction in 1992, which he served until 1995. In 1990, Carey received his appointment as full Professor. He has received numerous awards throughout his career and is a member of AAAS, AIAA, ASME (honored as a Fellow in 2000), APS, ASEE, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, and SAE.

PART 1: THERMODYNAMIC AND MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA AND PHASE TRANSITIONS


1 The Liquid-Vapor Interfacial Region – A Nanoscale Perspective


2 The Liquid-Vapor Interface – A Macroscopic Treatment


3 Wetting Phenomena and Contact Angles


4 Transport Effects and Dynamic Behavior of Interfaces


5 Phase Stability and Homogeneous Nucleation


PART 2: BOILING AND CONDENSATION NEAR IMMERSED BODIES


6 Heterogeneous Nucleation and Bubble Growth in Liquids


7 Pool Boiling


8 Other Aspects of Boiling and Evaporation in an Extensive Ambient


9 External Condensation


PART 3: INTERNAL FLOW CONVECTIVE BOILING AND CONDENSATION


10 Introduction to Two-Phase Flow


11 Internal Convective Condensation


12 Convective Boiling in Tubes and Channels


Appendix I Basic Elements of the Kinetic Theory of Gases


Appendix II Saturation Properties of Selected Fluids


Appendix III Analysis Details for the Molecular Theory of Capillarity


Index