Principles of Enhanced Heat Transfer [Hardcover]

Ralph L. Webb (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1591690145 | ISBN-13: 978-1591690146 | Publication Date: June 23, 2005 | Edition: 2

This book is essential for anyone involved in the design of high-performance heat exchangers or heat devices, also known as "second generation heat transfer technology." Enhanced surfaces are geometrics with special shapes that promote much higher rates of heat transfer than smooth or plain surfaces. This revision presents the subject matter just beyond the introductory level and traces the advancement of heat transfer research in areas such as integral-fin and micro-fin tubes, complex plate-fin geometries, and micro-channels for single-phase and two-phase applications.

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Reflects engineering and design techniques to enhance heat transfer characteristics of heat exchangers in new design as well as in-service equipment being upgraded or retrofitted. Uses basic physical theory to model the flow and heat transfer associated with surfaces modified to improve performance. Contains a wealth of design data and numerous examples which demonstrate application of the mathematical methods presented. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Ralph L. Webb is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and has published over 275 papers in the general area of heat transfer enhancement and has eight U.S. patents on enhanced heat transfer surfaces. He has performed research on enhanced heat transfer in boiling, condensation, fouling, air-cooled heat exchangers, electronic equipment cooling, forced convection for gases and liquids, wetting coatings to promote drainage of thin liquid films, and frost formation.
Prof. Webb is the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer and is an editor of Heat Transfer Engineering journal. He is a recipient of the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, the UK Refrigeration Institute Hall-Thermotank Gold Medal, and the AIChE Donald Q. Kern award. He is also a Fellow of ASME and ASHRAE and a Life Member of ASME.

Nae-Hyun Kim is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Incheon, Korea. He earned his Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University in 1989 under the supervision of Prof. Webb. Since then, he has been closely working with air-conditioning and refrigeration industries, where enhanced heat transfer technology has been successfully employed. Prof. Kim has published more than 30 international journal and conference papers related to boiling, condensation, fouling, and forced convection of liquids and gases. He is a member of ASME and ASHRAE.

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• Hardcover: 824 pages
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 2 edition (June 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591690145
• ISBN-13: 978-1591690146
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.9 inches
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This review is from: Principles of Enhanced Heat Transfer (Hardcover)

This second edition is published 11 years after the first edition. Many changes have occurred in the field of "enhanced" heat transfer since December 1993, which was the cut-off date for the 1st edition. The 2nd edition provides a general update to the initially published 17 chapters and adds two new chapters: Micro-Channels (Ch 18) and Cooling of Electronic Equipment (Ch 19). The net additions to the book include 188 pages, 126 new figures, 18 tables, and a doubling of the number of problems (from 25 to 50) in the Problem Supplement.
A major addition to the book includes a Reference Bibliography CD. This CD contains 9500 references. We have attempted to include all published journal papers since about 1960, with a number of earlier references. The references on the CD are in pdf format and are listed in Author-Date format. One may use the CD to search by author, journal, year, or subject key word.
The subject of "enhanced" heat transfer has become much more important to industry with progressing time. Use of relatively complex geometries were initially limited by manufacturing process. However, new manufacturing methods now allow manufacture of many complex surface geometries. Some enhanced surfaces (e.g., boiling and condensing tubes) are now in their 4th generation. As noted in Chapter 1, nearly all heat exchangers used in the air-conditioning and automotive industries are "enhanced" geometries. Further inroads are being seen in the electronic cooling, process and power industries.
This book is primarily directed at practitioners of high performance heat transfer concept. However, it is also suitable for use as a text in a second level (or graduate level) heat transfer course. The 50 problems in the Problem Supplement can be used by readers to test their understanding, or to support teaching an academic course. The book also contains a number of "example problems." The senior author taught a course on "Enhanced Heat Transfer" for a number of years at Penn State University. The present book and the problems are a product of this course.
Fundamental and even graduate level courses in heat transfer typically focus on simple geometries, such as flat plates and circular tubes. "Enhanced" heat transfer surfaces typically involve complex geometries. Study of material on "enhanced" heat transfer will enhance the student's ability to address such complex geometries. Tools to address or analyze such geometries are a key element of the material in the book.
The book is now jointly co-authored with Prof. Nae-Hyun Kim, who completed his PhD with Prof. Webb in 1987.