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Analogy between Heat Transfer and Electric Circuits
There exists an analogy between the diffusion of heat and electrical charge. Just as an electrical resistance is associated with…
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Radiation Heat Transfer (Heat transfer by thermal radiation)
All bodies radiate energy in the form of photons moving in a random direction, with random phase and frequency. When…
advanced_concepts 8 min read
PARTICULATE SOLIDS IN BULK
General characteristics The properties of solids in bulk are a function of the properties of the individual particles including their…
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Heat Exchangers
from one fluid to another. The basic component of a heat exchanger can be viewed as a tube with one…
advanced_concepts 16 min read
Particulate Solids
The behaviour of fluids, both liquids and gases is considered, with particular reference to their flow properties and their heat…
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Some Considerations in Modeling Complex Physical Processes
In Sections 5 and 6, a number of assumptions were made about the processes that we were attempting to describe.…
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Transient Heat Transfer (Convective Cooling or Heating)
All the heat transfer problems we have examined have been steady state, but there are often circumstances in which the…
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Heat Transfer From a Fin
Fins are used in a large number of applications to increase the heat transfer from surfaces. Typically, the fin material…
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External Transport Effects
For a solid-catalyzed reaction to take place, a reactant in the fluid phase must first diffuse through the stagnant boundary…
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Changing Business Landscape
Size Matters Due to globalization, organizations have now become interdependent and hence accountable for the social, environmental, and political challenges…
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Mechanical Design Features of Major Units
This section is included to outline some of the basic mechanical design features of the major process units as a…
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Temperature Distributions in the Presence of Heat Sources
There are a number of situations in which there are sources of heat in the domain of interest. Examples are:…
