The book “Heat and Mass Transfer: Modeling and Simulation” covers a number of topics in heat and mass transfer processes for a variety of industrial applications. This book provides advances in knowledge and design guidelines in terms of theory, mathematical modeling and experimental findings in multiple research areas relevant to many industrial processes and related equipment design. The design of equipment includes air heaters, cooling towers, chemical system vaporization, high temperature polymerization and hydrogen production by steam reforming. All chapters of this book will serve as an important reference for scientists and academics working in the research areas mentioned above, especially in the aspects of heat and mass transfer, analytical/numerical solutions and optimization of the processes. This book is quite useful in explaining all of the details of heat and mass transfer modelling and simulation to readers. I'm hoping that this book will serve as a resource for readers and pique their curiosity in this topic. My colleagues and students also put forth a lot of effort and support to help me create this title. This title's publisher is also ecstatic about the prospect of publishing it. I'd like to express my gratitude to all of the people that helped make this incredible book a reality.

Preface

1. Introduction 1

1. Introduction to Heat and Mass Transfer 1

2. Fundamentals of Heat Transfer 1

3. Relation of Heat transfer to Thermodynamics 2

4. Conclusion 16

References: 16

2. Concepts of Heat Conduction and Coefficient of Heat Transfer 19

1. Introduction to Heat Conduction 19

2. Heat Conduction Modelling 27

3. Steady problems in 2-D 30

4. Thermal Resistance and the electrical analogy 35

5. Conclusion 42

References: 42

3. Design Concepts of Heat Exchanger 44

1. Introduction to Heat Exchanger 44

2. Heat Exchanger in Thermodynamics 44

3. Thermal Analysis of Heat Exchanger 47

4. Types of Heat Exchangers 48

5. Selection Considerations for Heat Exchanger 52

6. Basic Principles Underlying Heat Exchangers 54

7. Design Characteristics of Heat Exchanger 55

8. Heat Transfer Mechanism 60

9. Conclusion 62

References 63

4. Analysis of Heat Conduction 66

1. Introduction to Conduction Analysis 66

2. Heat Conduction Problems 67

3. Solution of Heat Conduction Problems 69

4. Transient Heat Transfer 70

5. Transient Analysis on a Slab with Specified Heat Generation 74

6. Lumped System Analysis 88

7. Epilogue 94

References: 94

5. Boundary Layers in Heat Transfer 98

1. Introduction to Boundary layers 98

2. Types of boundary layer 98

3. Physical Attributes of a Boundary Layer 100

4. Boundary Layer Equation 101

5. Prandtl Number 109

6. Boundary layer thickness 112

7. Reynold’s Colborn Analogy 119

References 120

6. Heat and Mass Convection 124

1. Introduction to Heat Convection 124

2. Types of heat convection 124

3. Boundary layer flow 126

4. Forced Convection Heat Transfer 127

5. Connective heat Transfer 132

6. Laminar Flow 140

7. Turbulent Flow 140

8. Heat transfer in Cross Flow 150

9. Epilogue 157

References: 157

7. Natural Convection 159

1. Introduction to natural convection 159

2. Mechanisms of Natural Convection 173

3. Grashof Number 175

4. Laminar natural convection on a vertical isothermal surface 183

5. Heat transfer from general submerged bodies 186

6. Epilogue 186

References: 186

8. Heat Transfer in Boiling and other Phase-change Configurations 190

1. Introduction to Heat Transfer and Phase Change 190

2. Heat Transfer in Boiling 190

3. Transition Boiling – Partial Film Boiling 211

4. Epilogue 212

References: 213

9. Radiative Heat Transfer 216

1. Introduction to Thermal Radiation 216

2. Problem of radiative exchange 226

3. EPilogue 230

References: 231

10. Solar Energy and Mass Transfer 234

1. Introduction to Solar energy in heat radiation 234

2. Convective Heat Transfer in Solar Energy Collectors 235

3. Introduction to Mass Transfer 247

4. Fick’s law of diffusion 252

5. The diffusion coefficient 253

6. Why Heat and Mass Transfer 256

7. Epilogue 257

References: 257

Delcie Bernstein obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Public University, Canberra.  He is a Guest Lecturer at Technical Institute, Keele. He has published numerous books and research papers on nuclear reactor theory and mechanical system. His areas of research are in reactor theory, thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer and plant systems.