Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena

Part 1 consists of two chapters. Chapter one introduces the subject of transport phenomena with important practical applications. Chapter two reviews the necessary mathematical background dealing with vector and tensor operations and important theorems required in the development of microscopic equations of transport phenomena.Part 2 deals with momentum transport (fluid mechanics). It consists of seven chapters (chapters three to nine). Chapter three presents introductory concepts and definitions of momentum transport (fluid mechanics). Chapter four develops the microscopic equations of motions. The applications of the microscopic equations of motion are illustrated in chapter five. Chapter six is devoted to friction factor, friction factor correlations, and friction loss calculations in practical systems. The settling behaviour of particles is covered along with drift flux theory in chapter seven. Chapter eight is devoted to non-Newtonian flow. The flow of power law, Bingham plastic, and general time-independent non-Newtonian fluids is covered. Chapter nine deals with the flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through packed beds and consolidated porous media.Part 3 deals with heat transport. It consists of six chapters (chapters ten to fifteen). Chapter ten presents general introduction to heat transfer dealing with different modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction, and radiation). Chapter eleven is fully devoted to heat transfer in a stationary medium, that is, conductive heat transfer. Chapter twelve deals with heat transfer in a moving fluid. The microscopic equations of total energy and thermal energy are developed. The solutions of the thermal energy equation are illustrated for different situations. Chapter thirteen is devoted to heat transfer coefficient, heat transfer coefficient correlations, and applications of convective heat transfer including heat exchangers. Heat transfer with phase change such as in boiling and condensation is covered in chapter fourteen. The last chapter of part 3 is devoted to radiative heat transfer which covers the nature of thermal radiation and radiative heat exchange between surfaces at different temperatures.Part 4 deals with mass transport. It consists of five chapters (chapters sixteen to twenty). Chapter sixteen covers mass transfer in a stationary medium. Mass transfer in a moving fluid is presented in chapter seventeen. Chapter eighteen is devoted to mass transfer coefficient, mass transfer coefficient correlations, and interphase mass transfer. The analysis and design of packed towers for mass transfer are covered in detail in chapter nineteen. The last chapter of the book, that is, chapter twenty is devoted to multicomponent diffusion in gases and liquids. The available textbooks in transport phenomena rarely provide satisfactory coverage of multicomponent diffusion.For more details, please visit https://centralwestpublishing.com