TABLE OF CONTENTS Heat-Transfer Calculations opens with eight brief industrial heat-transfer calculations. While they are short, especially when compared to the calculations that make up the bulk of this handbook, these opening calculations are not trivial. And they deal with real life, which is the hallmark of the calculations throughout the book:
A chemical processing technology that needs a thinner liquid film coating for better adhesive properties of a new product
A new passive method of cooling an electronic assembly that uses a closed-loop thermosyphon
During casting of an industrial metal component, a more efficient gating and risering system that minimizes the amount of metal poured to produce a good casting
A furnace wall in a coal-fired power plant
A reinforced-concrete smokestack that must be lined with a refractory on the inside
The condenser in a large steam power plant
The duct of an air conditioning plant
A concentric tube heat exchanger with specified operating conditions
Greg F. Naterer
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
A chemical processing technology needs a thinner liquid film coating for better adhesive properties of a new product. The film flows down under gravity along an inclined plate. Effective thermal control is needed to achieve a specified level of adhesive quality. This goal is accomplished by changing the wall temperature at a certain point along the plate, which affects the thermal boundary layer within the film. Before...
