Two-phase flow, boiling, and condensation: in conventional and miniature systems

This text is an introduction to gas-liquid two-phase flow, boiling and condensation for graduate students, professionals, and researchers in mechanical, nuclear, and chemical engineering. The book provides a balanced coverage of two-phase flow and phase change fundamentals, well-established art and science dealing with conventional systems, and the rapidly developing areas of microchannel flow and heat transfer. It is based on the author's more than 15 years of teaching experience. Instructors teaching multiphase flow have had to rely on amultitude of books and reference materials. This book remedies that problem by covering all the topics essential for a graduate course. Important areas include: two-phase flow model conservation equations and their numerical solution; condensation with and without noncondensables; and two-phase flow, boiling, and condensation in mini and microchannels. INDICE: Part I: 1. Thermodynamic and single-phase flow fundamentals; 2. Gas-liquid interfacial phenomena; 3. Two-phase mixtures, fluid dispersions, and liquid films; 4. Two-phase flow regimes - I; 5. Two-phase flow modeling; 6. Drift flux model and void-quality relations; 7. Two-phase flow regimes - II; 8. Pressure drop in two-phase flow; 9. Countercurrent flow limitations (flooding); 10. Two-phase flow in small flow passages; Part II. Boiling and Condensation: 11. Pool boiling; 12. Flow boiling; 13. Critical heat flux (CHF) and post CHF heat transfer in flow boiling; 14. Flow boiling and CHF in mini and microchannels; 15. Fundamentals of condensation and external flow condensation; 16. Internal flow condensation; 17. Choking in two-phase flow.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-88276-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 636
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés