FUNDAMENTALS OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER"This comprehensive text on the basics of heat and mass transfer provides a well-balanced treatment of theory and mathematical and empirical methods used for solving a variety of engineering problems. The book helps students develop an intuitive and practical under-standing of the processes by emphasizing the underlying physical phenomena involved. Focusing on the requirement to clearly explain the essential fundamentals and impart the art of problem-solving, the text is written to meet the needs of undergraduate students in mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, auto-mobile engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, and biotechnology. |
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Assume average heat transfer blackbody body boundary conditions boundary layer boundary layer thickness Calculate coefficient of heat cold fluid component condensation constant convective heat transfer coordinates Data defined Description Equation Equation diameter diffusion dimensionless drag force EXAMPLE film fin first flat plate fraction given heat conduction heat exchanger heat flow heat flux heat transfer coefficient hot fluid hot surface insulated internal heat kg/s kgmol kJ/kg-K length liquid logarithmic mean mass transfer maximum temperature molal mZ/s Nu)m Nusselt number one-dimensional plane wall pressure radiation energy rate of heat refer to Eq reflected Reynolds number shown in Figure slab solid solid angle Solution sphere steam surface area surface temperature Table temperature difference temperature distribution thermal boundary layer thermal conductivity thermal radiation thermal resistance Tmax tube turbulent uniform temperature velocity view factor wavelength