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Principles of Enhanced Heat Transfer

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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.