Emerging Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media: From Bioengineering and Microelectronics to Nanotechnology / Edition 1

by Peter Vadasz

Overview

This book is a synthesis of emerging topics in heat and mass transfer in porous media. It brings together some of the world leaders in research on transport p- nomena in porous media to present the state of the art of its theory as well as the applicationof thetheoryinemerging fieldssuchasbioengineering,microelectronics and nanotechnology. The well renowned scientists presenting their findings in the review chapters presented are not only among the best world leaders in their field, they also capture the research that is undertaken in all the parts of the globe, from the Far East (Hong-Kong), the Southern Hemisphere (New Zealand and South Africa) to Europe and America. The book is separated into two parts. The first presents the state of the art of the theory of heat and mass transfer in porous media and can be used in both the traditional (underground flow,—ltering and reservoir engineering) as well as in the more recent emerging applications. The second part deals with emerging topics and applications of the theory to bioengineering, microelectronics, and nanotechnology. Traditionally,thetopicoftransportphenomenainporousmediawasalmostexc- sivelyreservedtothe fieldofunderground?ow(water,oil,gas,etc.) and?ltering.With some singular exceptions on applications to drying processes of fabric, the devel- ment of the theory of transport phenomena in porous media was historically driven by the needs of technologies linked to reservoir engineering or civil engineering. A turningpointinthisdevelopmentwasreachedintheearlypartof thesecondhalfinthe twentycenturywhenspecialattentiontoheattransferinporousmediayieldedan- ceedingexpansionofinterest.Thisdevelopmentcontinuedinthetwentyürstcentury and reached recently such an impressive use in a diverse collection oftechnological applications that created the motivation behind the preparation of this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048177943
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/14/2010
Series:	Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media , #22
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Pages:	329
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Dual-Phase-Lagging and Porous-Medium Heat Conduction Processes.- Heat Transfer Analysis Under Local Thermal Non-equilibrium Conditions.- General Heterogeneity Effects on the Onset of Convection in a Porous Medium.- The Instability of Unsteady Boundary Layers in Porous Media.- Analytical Transition to Weak Turbulence and Chaotic Natural Convection in Porous Media.- Natural Convection in Gravity-Modulated Porous Layers.- Thermal Vibrational Convection in a Porous Medium Saturated by a Pure or Binary Fluid.- New Developments in Bioconvection in Porous Media: Bioconvection Plumes, Bio-Thermal Convection, and Effects of Vertical Vibration.- Macromolecular Transport in Arterial Walls: Current and Future Directions.- Flow and Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues: Application of Porous Media Theory.- Metal Foams as Passive Thermal Control Systems.- Nanofluid Suspensions and Bi-composite Media as Derivatives of Interface Heat Transfer Modeling in Porous Media.