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Heat and mass transfer. Transl. from the German by Nicola Jane Park. (English) Zbl 0948.80001

Berlin: Springer. xx, 672 p. (1998).
This book is the English translation of the book titled “Wärme und Stoffübertragung” (first appeared in 1994 and the second edition 1996) published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin. The appearance of the English version of the book within a few years since its first publication shows the importance and popularity of the book and its subject matter. The translator Nicola Jane Park has done a commendable job. This book is mainly intended for students of mechanical and chemical engineering, and it is also useful to students of electrical engineering, physics, chemistry and applied mathematics. The text gives a clear exposition of the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer and helps in solving practical problems of interest. Special emphasis is placed on the systematic development of theoretical equations modeling the heat and mass transfer. Further, the book includes extensive discussions on essential solution methods of the governing equations. The material is explained with a large number of worked examples making the selfstudy easier.
The first chapter deals with fundamental concepts of heat and mass transfer. The problems are modeled through balance equations and heat and mass transfer coefficients, without requiring a deep knowledge of the theory. An overview of different models of heat and mass transfer is provided, so that the reader learns at an early stage how to solve problems and how to design heat and mass transfer apparatuses. The topics on heat exchangers are also given. This chapter is aimed at motivating the reader to study theoretical concepts in the subsequent chapters more closely.
In the second chapter, the authors consider steady-state and transient heat conduction and mass diffusion in quiescent media. After deriving the governing partial differential equations for the temperature field, the authors present analytical and numerical methods for solving problems. The Laplace transform method, separation of variables and numerical methods like Crank-Nicolson method are discussed. Analogous problems are also considered, for mass diffusion, together with the solidification of geometrically simple bodies resulting in Stefan problems.
Convective heat and mass transfer for a single phase flow is the subject of the third chapter. Mass, momentum and energy equations are derived for Newtonian fluids and for multi-component mixtures. Boundary layer equations are derived and applied to laminar and tubular flows over a flat plate, flows in circular tubes and tube bundles, flows through channels, packed and fluidized beds as well as to the free convection and to the superposition of free and forced convection. The authors also discuss here heat transfer in compressible fluids. Chapter four gives information on convective heat and mass transfer in free and forced flows. Heat transfer in condensation and boiling problems is modeled for pure substances and for mixtures, including two-phase flows. A very good discussion of thermal radiation heat transfer is presented in the fifth chapter. After a description of the fundamental issues in radiaton transfer, the authors consider emission, irradiation, absorption and reflection. Radiation from a black body, radiation properties of real bodies, and solar radiation are given as the main applications. The authors also provide an introduction to gas radiation important for combustion chambers and furnaces.
There are three appendices. Appendix A contains all tools required for the study of heat transfer problems such as: an introduction to tensor notation; a relationship between mean and thermodynamic pressure; Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluid in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates; entropy balance for mixtures; a relationship between partial and specific enthalpy and the calculation of the constants in Graetz-Nusselt problem. Appendix B gives extensive material property data, and the solutions to exercises are given in Appendix C. The literature cited and the index are quite adequate and comprehensive.
The text is written very well, keeping in mind the level of graduate students in mechanical and chemical engineering. The subject is systematically introduced in a nice way, classifying various aspects of heat and mass transfer just into five chapters. Another interesting feature is the historical information about scientists and engineers who have contributed to the subject. The text gives all necessary mathematical skills to solve the governing partial differential equations modeling practical problems. It is a good introductory text for graduate students interested to deepen the knowledge of the topic. It is also a useful reference text as it gives many important classical titles in the literature.

MSC:

80-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to classical thermodynamics
74-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids
76-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to fluid mechanics
80A20 Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010)
78A40 Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory
76R10 Free convection
76R05 Forced convection
80Mxx Basic methods in thermodynamics and heat transfer
80Axx Thermodynamics and heat transfer
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