Vapor Liquid Two Phase Flow and Phase Change

This comprehensive textbook highlights features of two phase flows and introduces the readers to flow patterns and flow maps. It covers a wide range of fundamental and complex subjects focusing on phase change processes like boiling, condensation or cavitation, and boiling phenomenon starting from pool boiling curves to heat transfer under nucleate boiling, film, and flow boiling. It also discusses themes such as numerical techniques for solving boiling and condensation as well as equipment used in industry for evaporation, boiling, and condensation. It includes pedagogical aspects such as end-of-chapter problems and worked examples to augment learning and self-testing. This book is a valuable addition for students, researchers, and practicing engineers.

Presents features of two phase flows and introduces the reader to flow patterns and flow maps Highlights topics like numerical techniques for solving boiling and condensation Provides comprehensive treatment of two phase flow and liquidvapor phase change

Autorentext
Prof. Sarit Kumar Das is currently an institute professor of IIT Madras, in the Mechanical Engineering Department. After obtaining B.E. (Mechanical) in 1984 and M.E. (Heat Power) in 1987 from Jadavpur University, he completed his Ph.D. in the area of heat transfer from Sambalpur University in 1994 and joined University of BW Hamburg, Germany, where he did his post-doctoral research in the area of plate and liquid metal heat exchangers. He has published four books and more than 300 research papers. His current research interests include heat transfer in nanöuids, micröuidics, biological heat transfer, nanoparticle mediated drug delivery in cancer cells, heat exchangers, boiling in mini/microchannels, fuel cells, jet instabilities, heat transfer in porous media and computational uid dynamics.
Dr. Dhiman Chatterjee is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. He received his B.E. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M.S. and Ph.D. from IISc, Bangalore, India. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Delaware, USA, before joining IIT Madras in 2004. His area of research includes bubble dynamics and cavitation and turbomachines. He has published 75 papers in journals and international conferences. At IIT Madras, he is involved in teaching courses like turbomachines, cavitation, energy conversion system, and incompressible uid ow.

Inhalt
Introduction to Two Phase Flow - Flow Patterns and Maps.- Two Phase Flow- Pressure Drop and Flow Friction.- Thermodynamics of Phase Change.- Nucleation and Bubble Dynamics.- Cavitation.- Types of Boiling-The Pool Boiling Curve.- Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Correlations in Nucleate Pool Boiling.- Pool Boiling Crisis and Film Boiling.- Flow Boiling Heat Transfer.- Flow Boiling Crisis and Post Dryout Heat Transfer.- Boiling of Mixtures.- Boiling in Mini and Micro Channel.- Condensation: Nusselt Theory and External Condensation.- In-Tube and Dropwise Condensation.- Computational Techniques for Boiling and Condensation.- Equipment for boiling, evaporation and condensation.