Contributors | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Fundamentals of Thermal Design and Analysis | |
Elements of Thermal Design | |
Conduction Heat-Transfer Solutions | |
Natural Convection Heat Transfer | |
Forced Convection Heat Transfer | |
Two-Phase Heat Transfer | |
Radiation Heat Transfer | |
Numerical Analysis in Thermal Design | |
Thermophysical Properties of Selected Engineering Materials | |
Thermophysical Properties of Selected Engineering Materials | |
Thermal Insulation | |
Characteristics and Application of Thermal Insulation | |
Fibrous Insulations | |
Granular and Powdered Insulations | |
Cellular Insulations | |
Reflective Insulation | |
Structural Materials in Thermal Design | |
Metals and Alloys for Low Temperatures | |
Metals and Alloys for High Temperatures | |
Plastics for Elevated Temperatures | |
Glass and Ceramics for Elevated Temperature Applications | |
Heat-Transfer Fluids | |
Water and Brine Heat-Transfer Media | |
Treatment of Water in Heat-Exchanger Systems | |
Common Gases as Heat-Transfer Fluids | |
Organic Heat-Transfer Fluids | |
Molten Salts | |
Special-Purpose Materials | |
Phase-Change Thermal Storage Materials | |
Fusible Alloys | |
Low-Expansion Materials | |
Refractories | |
Thermally Conductive Plastics | |
Bimetallic Materials | |
Heat-Transfer Compounds | |
Heat Exchangers and Related Devices | |
Heat-Exchanger Technology | |
Heat-Exchanger Design and Rating | |
High-Performance Heat-Transfer Surfaces | |
Heat Pipes | |
Air- and Liquid-Cooled Heat Sinks | |
Electric Powered Heating | |
Electric Resistance Heating-Element Materials | |
Characteristics and Application of Electric Resistance Heaters | |
Dielectric and Microwave Heating | |
Induction Heating | |
Plasma Heating | |
Laser Heating | |
Refrigeration | |
Vapor Compression Refrigeration | |
Thermoelectric Refrigeration | |
Heat-Driven Refrigeration | |
Expendable Coolants | |
Combustion Heat from Clean Fuels | |
Combustion Heat from Clean Fuels | |
Cryogenic Fluids and Design Practice | |
Cryogenic Fluids and Design Practice | |
Thermal Sensors | |
Fusible and Color-Changing Temperature Indicators | |
Thermocouple Thermometry | |
Resistance Thermometry | |
Bimetallic Thermometers | |
Liquid-In-Glass Thermometers | |
Filled-System Thermometers | |
Radiation Thermometry | |
Infrared Thermography | |
Humidity Detectors | |
Liquid Crystals | |
Heat-Flow Transducers | |
Automatic Temperature Controls | |
Self-Operated Temperature Controls | |
Electronic Temperature Controllers | |
App.: Classified Unit Conversions | |
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