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 : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Catalysis.; Geology > Statistical methods.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Quantitative Geology.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Convection in Porous Media, 4th Edition, provides a user-friendly introduction to the subject, covering a wide range of topics, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic reactors. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine mathematics and the basic elements of flui...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition 
• Nomenclature
• 1  Mechanics of Fluid Flow through a Porous Medium.- 2  Heat Transfer through a Porous Medium
• 3  Mass Transfer in a Porous Medium: Multicomponent and Multiphase Flows
• 4 Forced Convection
• 5.  External Natural Convection
• 6  Internal Natural Convection: Heating from Below
• 7 Internal Natural Convection: Heating from the Side
• 8 Mixed Convection
• 9  Double-Diffusive Convection
• 10  Convection with Change of Phase
• 11  Geophysical Aspects
• References
• Index.