Liquid-vapor phase-change phenomena : an introduction to the thermophysics of vaporization and condensation processes in heat transfer equipment /

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Main Author: Carey, V. P. (Van P.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Taylor and Francis, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Thermodynamic and mechanical aspects of interfacial phenomena and phase transitions
  • 1. Liquid-vapor interfacial region - A nanoscale perspective
  • 1.1. Molecular perspective on liquid-vapor transitions
  • 1.2. Interfacial region - Molecular theories of capillarity
  • 1.3. Nanoscale features of the interfacial region
  • 1.4. Molecular dynamics simulation studies of interfacial region thermophysics
  • 2. Liquid-vapor interface - a macroscopic treatment
  • 2.1. Thermodynamic analysis of interfacial tension effects
  • 2.2. Determination of interface shapes at equilibrium
  • 2.3. Temperature and surfactant effects on interfacial tension
  • 2.4. Surface tension in mixtures
  • 2.5. Near critical point behavior
  • 2.6. Effects of interfacial tension gradients
  • 3. Wetting phenomena and contact angles
  • 3.1. Equilibrium contact angles on smooth surfaces
  • 3.2. Wettability, cohesion, and adhesion
  • 3.3. Effect of liquid surface tension on contact angle
  • 3.4. Adsorption
  • 3.5. Spread thin films
  • 3.6. Contact angle hysteresis
  • 3.7. Other metrics for wettability
  • 3.8. Nanoscale view of wettability
  • 4. Transport effects and dynamic behavior at interfaces
  • 4.1. Transport boundary conditions
  • 4.2. Kelvin-Helmholtz and Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
  • 4.3. Interface stability of liquid jets
  • 4.4. Waves on liquid films
  • 4.5. Interfacial resistance in vaporization and condensation processes
  • 4.6. Maximum flux limitations
  • 5. Phase stability and homogeneous nucleation
  • 5.1. Metastable states and phase stability
  • 5.2. Thermodynamic Aspects of Homogeneous Nucleation in Superheated Liquid
  • 5.3. Kinetic Limit of Superheat
  • 5.4. Comparison of Theoretical and Measured Superheat Limits
  • 5.5. Thermodynamic aspects of homogeneous nucleation in supercooled vapor
  • 5.6. Kinetic limit of supersaturation
  • 5.7. Wall interaction effects on homogeneous nucleation
  • Pt. 2. Boiling and condensation near immersed bodies
  • 6. Heterogeneous nucleation and bubble growth in liquids
  • 6.1. Heterogeneous nucleation at a smooth interface
  • 6.2. Nucleation from entrapped gas or vapor in cavities
  • 6.3. Criteria for the onset of nucleate boiling
  • 6.4. Bubble growth in an extensive liquid pool
  • 6.5. Bubble growth near heated surfaces
  • 6.6. Bubble departure diameter and the frequency of bubble release
  • 7. Pool boiling
  • 7.1. Regimes of pool boiling
  • 7.2. Models of transport during nucleate boiling
  • 7.3. Correlation of nucleate boiling heat transfer data
  • 7.4. Maximum heat flux conditions
  • 7.5. Minimum heat flux conditions
  • 7.6. Film boiling
  • 7.7. Transition boiling
  • 8. Other aspects of boiling and evaporation in an extensive ambient
  • 8.1. Additional parametric effects on pool boiling
  • 8.2. Leidenfrost phenomenon
  • 8.3. Fluid-wall interactions and disjoining pressure effects
  • 8.4. Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer
  • 8.5. Pool boiling of binary mixtures
  • 9. External condensation
  • 9.1. Heterogeneous nucleation in vapors
  • 9.2. Dropwise condensation
  • 9.3. Film condensation on a flat, vertical surface
  • 9.4. Film condensation on cylinders and axisymmetric bodies
  • 9.5. Effects of vapor motion and interfacial waves
  • 9.6. Condensation in the presence of a noncondensable gas
  • 9.7. Enhancement of condensation heat transfer
  • Pt. 3. Internal flow convective boiling and condensation
  • 10. Introduction to two-phase flow
  • 10.1. Two-phase flow regimes
  • 10.2. Basic models and governing equations for one-dimensional two-phase flow
  • 10.3. Determination of the two-phase multiplier and void fraction
  • 10.4. Analytical models of annular flow
  • 10.5. Effects of flow passage size and geometry
  • 11. Internal convective condensation
  • 11.1. Regimes of convective condensationin conventional (macro) tubes
  • 11.2. Analytical modeling of downflow internal convective condensation
  • 11.3. Correlation methods for convective condensation heat transfer
  • 11.4. Convective condensation in microchannels and channels with noncircular cross sections
  • 11.5. Internal convective condensation of binary mixtures
  • 12. Convective boiling in tubes and channels
  • 12.1. Regimes of convective boiling in conventional (macro) tubes
  • 12.2. Onset of boiling in internal flows
  • 12.3. Subcooled flow boiling
  • 12.4. Saturated flow boiling
  • 12.5. Critical heat flux conditions for internal flow boiling
  • 12.6. Post-CHF internal flow boiling
  • 12.7. Internal flow boiling in microchannels and complex enhanced flow passages
  • 12.8. Internal flow boiling of binary mixtures
  • App. I. Basic elements of the kinetic theory of gases
  • App. II. Saturation properties of selected fluids
  • App. III. Analysis details for the molecular theory of capillarity.