Convection in Porous Media

• Main Authors: Nield, Donald A. (Author), Bejan, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Mechanical engineering.; Energy industries.; Mechanical Engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Energy Economics.

This book provides a user-friendly introduction to convection in porous media, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic reactors. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine classical mathematics and the basic elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. It will...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanics of Fluid Flow through a Porous Medium
• Heat Transfer through a Porous Medium
• Mass Transfer in a Porous Medium: Multicomponent and Multiphase Flows
• Forced Convection
• External Natural Convection
• Internal Natural Convection: Heating from Below
• Internal Natural Convection: Heating from the Side
• Mixed Convection
• Double-Diffusive Convection
• Convection with Change of Phase
• Geophysical Aspects.