Convection in Porous Media

• Main Authors: Nield, Donald A. (Author), Bejan, Adrian. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Catalysis.; GeologyxMathematics.; Thermodynamics.; Hydraulic engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Quantitative Geology.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5541-7

Convection in Porous Media, 4th Edition, provides a user-friendly introduction to the subject, covering a wide range of topics, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic reactors. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine mathematics and the basic elements of flui...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition�
• Nomenclature
• 1� Mechanics of Fluid Flow through a Porous Medium.-�2� Heat Transfer through a Porous Medium
• 3� Mass Transfer in a Porous Medium: Multicomponent and Multiphase Flows
• 4 Forced Convection
• 5.� External Natural Convection
• 6� Internal Natural Convection: Heating from Below
• 7 Internal Natural Convection: Heating from the Side
• 8 Mixed Convection
• 9� Double-Diffusive Convection
• 10� Convection with Change of Phase
• 11� Geophysical Aspects
• References
• Index.