Convection in Porous Media

• Main Authors: Nield, Donald A. (Author), Bejan, Adrian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 5th ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Catalysis.; Geology > Statistical methods.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Quantitative Geology.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This updated edition of a widely admired text provides a user-friendly introduction to the field that requires only routine mathematics. The book starts with the elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and covers a wide range of applications from fibrous insulation and catalytic reactors to g...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• 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.