Heat transfer applications for the practicing engineer / Louis Theodore.

"This book serves as a training tool for individuals in industry and academia involved with heat transfer applications. Although the literature is inundated with texts emphasizing theory and theoretical derivations, the goal of this book is to present the subject of heat transfer from a strictl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Theodore, Louis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
Series:Essential engineering calculations series.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. History of heat transfer
  • 2. History of chemical engineering: transport phenomena vs unit operations
  • 3. Process variables
  • 4. Conservation laws
  • 5. Gas laws
  • 6. Heat exchanger pipes and tubes
  • 7. Steady-state heat conduction
  • 8. Unsteady-state heat conduction
  • 9. Forced convection
  • 10. Free convection
  • 11. Radiation
  • 12. Condensation and boiling
  • 13. Refrigeration and cryogenics
  • 14. Introduction to heat exchangers
  • 15. Double pipe heat exchangers
  • 16. Shell and tube heat exchangers
  • 17. Fins and extended surfaces
  • 18. Other heat exchange equipment
  • 19. Insulation and refractory
  • 20. Operation, maintenance, and inspection (OMI)
  • 21. Entropy consideration and analysis
  • 22. Design principles and industrial applications
  • 23. Environmental management
  • 24. Accident and emergency management
  • 25. Ethics
  • 26. Numerical methods
  • 27. Economics and finance
  • 28. Open-ended problems.