
Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange
Octave Levenspiel(Author)
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
2nd Edition
Published on 31. August 1998
Book
Hardback
XVIII, 378 pages
978-0-306-45682-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Professor Levenspiel's text remains the most practical volume available on the design of heat transfer equipment - an excellent introduction to real-world applications for advanced undergraduates and an indispensable reference for professionals. Each chapter includes illustrative examples and problems.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the First Edition:`The best introductory text on fluid mechanics and heat transfer...an excellent undergraduate text...will also be of interest to the practicing engineer who wants a broad picture of the subject or who wants to know what approach to take in solving a particular problem.'
Chemical Engineering.
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Series
Edition
2nd ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45682-4 (9780306456824)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-0104-0
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Content
Fluid Flow: Basic Equations for Flowing Streams. Flow of Incompressible Newtonians in Pipes. Compressible Flow of Gases. Molecular Flow. Non-Newtonian Fluids. Flow Through Packed Beds. Flow in Fluidized Beds. Solid Particles Falling Through Fluids. Heat Exchange: The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. Combination of Heat transfer Resistances. Unsteady State Heating and Cooling of Solid Objects. Introduction to Heat Exchangers. Recuperators: Through-the-Wall Nonstoring Exchangers. Direct-Contact Gas-Solid Nonstoring Exchanger. Heat Regenerators: Direct Contact Heat Storing Exchangers. Potpourri of Problems. Appendix: Dimensions, Units, Conversions, Physical Data, and Other Useful Information. Index.