Emerging Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media From Bioen
This book provides a unique collection of articles reviewing the state-of-the-art in the field of heat and mass transfer in porous media with particular emphasis to emerging technologies, from bioengineering and bio-tissues and microelectronics to nanotec
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Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media Series Editor: Jacob Bear, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Isreal
Volume 22
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of the volume.
Emerging Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media From Bioengineering and Microelectronics to Nanotechnology
Peter Vad´asz Editor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Editor Peter Vad´asz Department of Mechanical Engineering Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A. [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8177-4
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8178-1
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Cover illustration: A fractal resulting from evaluating the projection of the trajectory of differences between numerical solutions of natural convection in porous media within the weak turbulent (chaotic) regime window at different accuracy levels (see pages 128–129). Figure 6d (modified) was published in P. Vad´asz and S. Olek, Convergence and Accuracy of Adomian’s Decomposition Method for the Solution of Lorenz Equations, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 43(10), pp. 1715–1734, 2000. Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Preface
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 phenomena in porous media to present the state of the art of its theory as well as the application of the theory in emerging fields such as bioengineering, 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, filtering 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, the topic of transport phenomena in porous media was almost exclusively reserved to the field of underground flow (water, oil, gas, etc.) and filtering. With some singular exceptions on applications to drying processes of fabric, th
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