Heat and mass transfer in porous media [electronic resource] / J.M.P.Q. Delgado, editor.

This book, "Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media", presents a set of new developments in the field of basic and applied research work on the physical and chemical aspects of heat and mass transfer phenomena in a porous medium domain, as well as related material properties and their measu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Delgado, João M. P. Q.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg ; New York : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ©2012.
Series:Advanced structured materials ; 13.
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Table of Contents:
  • Treatment of Rising Damp in Historical Buildings
  • The Evaluation of Hygroscopic Inertia and Its Importance to the Hygrothermal Performance of Buildings
  • Two-phase flow and heat transfer in micro-channels and their applications in micro-system cooling
  • Numerical Methods for Flow in Fractured Porous Media
  • Lungs as a Natural Porous Media: Architecture, Airflow Characteristics and Transport of Suspended Particles
  • On Analogy between Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in a Porous Medium and a Hele-Shaw Cell
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Materials with Complex Geometry: Fundamentals and Applications
  • Contribution to Thermal Properties of Multi-Component Porous Ceramic Materials used in High-Temperature Processes in the Foundry Industry
  • Metal Foams Design for Heat Exchangers: Structure and Effectives Transport Properties
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Matrices of Hygroscopic Wheels.