Heat and mass transfer processes : new developments and applications : special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only / / edited by J. M. P. Q. Delgado

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460321703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Pfaffikon, Switzerland : , : TTP, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-03826-758-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Collana: Diffusion Foundations, , 2296-3642 ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 621.4022
• Soggetti: Heat - Transmission; Heat exchangers - Fluid dynamics; Heat exchangers; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Heat and Mass Transfer Processes: New Developments and Applications; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter I; Simulating Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying Process: Applications in Grains; Chapter II; Determination of Radial Dispersion Coefficient in Beds of Sand from Measurements of the Rate of Dissolution of Buried Cylinders Aligned with the Flow; Chapter III; Flow Past a Sphere Buried in a Porous Media: Concentration Boundary Layer Thickness; Chapter IV; Modelling the Pore Level Heat Transfer in Porous Media Using the Immersed Boundary Method; Chapter V; Moisture Diffusion in Unsaturated Polyester Composites Reinforced with Macambira Natural Fiber: A Finite-Volume ApproachChapter VI; Determination of Hydraulic Permeability Based on the Measurements of Outflow; Chapter VII; Drying Kinetics Evaluation of Solid Red Bricks; Chapter VIII; Hygrothermal Performance and Degradation of Gypsum Houses in Different Brazilian Climates; Chapter IX; Key Mechanisms behind Pedestrian Dynamics: Individual and Collective Patterns of Motion; Chapter X; Simulation of Precipitates Evolution in Steels with V and Nb at Annealing; Chapter XI; Performance over Time of Adhesive Systems for Bonding Ceramic Tiles - A Detailed Case StudyKeywords Index; Authors Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The purpose of this Volume is to provide a collection of recent contributions in the field of heat and mass transfer in porous media. It includes a set of new developments in the field of basic and applied research work on the physical and chemical aspects of heat and mass transfer phenomena in a porous medium domain, as well as related material properties and their measurements. This volume contents include both theoretical and experimental developments, providing a self-contained major reference that is appealing to both the scientists and the engineers.The topics that will be presented in t