Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange

Professor Levenspiel's text remains the most practical volume available on the design of heat transfer equipment - an excellent introduction to real-world applications for advanced undergraduates and an indispensable reference for professionals. Each chapter includes illustrative examples and problems.

List of contents

Fluid Flow: Basic Equations for Flowing Streams. Flow of Incompressible Newtonians in Pipes. Compressible Flow of Gases. Molecular Flow. Non-Newtonian Fluids. Flow Through Packed Beds. Flow in Fluidized Beds. Solid Particles Falling Through Fluids. Heat Exchange: The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. Combination of Heat transfer Resistances. Unsteady State Heating and Cooling of Solid Objects. Introduction to Heat Exchangers. Recuperators: Through-the-Wall Nonstoring Exchangers. Direct-Contact Gas-Solid Nonstoring Exchanger. Heat Regenerators: Direct Contact Heat Storing Exchangers. Potpourri of Problems. Appendix: Dimensions, Units, Conversions, Physical Data, and Other Useful Information. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Octave Levenspiel
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780306456824
• ISBN: 978-0-306-45682-4
• No. of pages: 378
• Weight: 735 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 378 p.
• Series: The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series; The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering