Entropic Invariants of Two-Phase Flows

A new approach to the theory and practice of two-phase systems based on a global invariant – entropy– and other related invariants, is formulated and experimentally confirmed.

Eugene Barsky (Author)

9780128014585, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 21 August 2014

266 pages, Illustrated
23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.84 kg

In this book, a new approach to the theory and practice of two-phase systems based on a global invariant – entropy, – and other invariants is formulated and experimentally confirmed.

Chapter I. Modern conceptions of thermodynamic entropyChapter II. Invariants for continuous flowsChapter III. Modern notions of two-phase flows.Chapter IV. Empirical invariants for two-phase flowsChapter V. Entropy of mixture compositionChapter VI. Two-phase flow as a statistical systemChapter VII. Main statistical parameters of a two-phase flowChapter VIII. Substantiation of statistical parameters of mass transfer in two-phase flowsChapter IX. Specific properties of entropy of two-phase flowsChapter X. Invariants for separation curvesChapter XI. Basic physics of cascade separationChapter XII. Application of the obtained results

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Biochemical engineering [TC], Physical chemistry [PNR]