Two-Phase Flow, Boiling, and Condensation
In Conventional and Miniature Systems

A graduate-level text on the fundamentals of flow and heat transfer, with end-of-chapter problems, recent research trends and applications.

S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan (Author)

9781107153301, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 January 2017

794 pages, 266 b/w illus. 46 tables
26.1 x 18.5 x 4.1 cm, 1.78 kg

Providing a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals and applications of flow and heat transfer in conventional and miniature systems, this fully enhanced and updated edition covers all the topics essential for graduate courses on two-phase flow, boiling, and condensation. Beginning with a concise review of single-phase flow fundamentals and interfacial phenomena, detailed and clear discussion is provided on a range of topics, including two-phase hydrodynamics and flow regimes, mathematical modeling of gas-liquid two-phase flows, pool and flow boiling, flow and boiling in mini and microchannels, external and internal-flow condensation with and without noncondensables, condensation in small flow passages, and two-phase choked flow. Numerous solved examples and end-of-chapter problems that include many common design problems likely to be encountered by students, make this an essential text for graduate students. With up-to-date detail on the most recent research trends and practical applications, it is also an ideal reference for professionals and researchers in mechanical, nuclear, and chemical engineering.

Part I. Two-Phase Flow: 1. Thermodynamic and single-phase flow fundamentals
2. Gas-liquid interfacial phenomena
3. Two-phase mixtures, fluid dispersions, and liquid films
4. Two-phase flow regimes - I
5. Two-phase flow modeling
6. The drift flux model and void-quality relations
7. Two-phase flow regimes - II
8. Pressure drop in two-phase flow
9. Countercurrent flow limitation
10. Two-phase flow in small flow passages
Part II. Boiling and Condensation: 11. Pool boiling
12. Flow boiling
13. Critical heat flux and post-CHF heat transfer in flow boiling
14. Flow boiling and CHF in small passages
15. Fundamentals of condensation
16. Internal-flow condensation and condensation on liquid jets and droplets
17. Choking in two-phase flow.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Industrial chemistry [TDC], Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies [TD], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Classical mechanics [PHD], Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P]