Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 7th International Meeting on Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT 2014), November 26-27, 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 105 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Keynote Papers Chapter 2: Heat Transfer and Thermal Management Chapter 3: Ventilation and Air Conditioning Chapter 4: Combustion and Detonation Chapter 5: Fluid Mechanics Chapter 6: Engines Chapter 7: Engineering Tribology Chapter 8: Renewable and Alternative Energy System Chapter 9: Research and Design of Related Machines and Technologies

Advances in Heat Transfer

Augmentation of heat transfer is important in energy conservation and developing sustainable energy systems. This book provides the science necessary to understand the basics of heat transfer augmentation in single-phase engineering systems. It considers theory and practice including computational and experimental procedures, evaluation techniques for performance, and new trends. Several applications of augmentation methods like surface modification, introduction of vortex flow and impinging jets, opportunities of ultrasound and magnetic fields, pulsatile flows, heat exchangers, and nanofluids are provided. Details of basic phenomena and mechanisms are highlighted. Key features: • Provides the fundamental science needed to understand and further develop heat transfer augmentation for future energy systems. • Give examples of how ultrasound and magnetic fields, vortex flow, impinging jets, surface modification and nanofluids can augment heat transfer. • Considers basic issues of computational and experimental methods for analysis, design, and evaluation of efficient and sustainable heat transfer. It is an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers working in the fields of mechanical, aerospace, industrial, manufacturing, and chemical engineering.

Professor Levenspiel's text remains the most practical volume available on the design of heat transfer equipment - an excellent introduction to real-world applications for advanced undergraduates and an indispensable reference for professionals. Each chapter includes illustrative examples and problems.

Advances in Heat Transfer presents review articles on topics of current interest. Each contribution starts from widely understood principles and brings the reader up to the forefront of the topic being addressed. The favorable response by the international scientific and engineering community to the 37 volumes published to date is an indication of the success of our authors in fulfilling this purpose. This is recommended reading for all mechanical engineers and researchers. - Provides an overview of review articles on topics of current interest - Bridges the gap between academic researchers and practitioners in industry - A long-running and prestigious series

Advances in Heat Transfer is designed to fill the information gap between regularly scheduled journals and university level textbooks by providing in-depth review articles over a broader scope than is allowablein either journals or texts.

"Augmentation of heat transfer is important in energy conservation and developing sustainable energy systems. This book provides the science necessary to understand the basics of heat transfer augmentation in single phase engineering systems. It considers theory and practice including computational and experimental procedures, evaluation techniques for performance and new trends. Several applications of augmentation methods like surface modification, introduction of vortex flow and impinging jets, opportunities of ultrasound and magnetic fields, pulsatile flows, heat exchangers and nanofluids are provided. Details of basic phenomena and mechanisms are highlighted. Features: Provides the fundamental science needed to understand and further develop heat transfer augmentation for future energy systems. Give examples of how ultrasound and magnetic fields, vortex flow, impinging jets, surface modification and nanofluids can augment heat transfer. Considers basic issues of computational and experimental methods for analysis, design, and evaluation of efficient and sustainable heat transfer. It is an ideal reference text for graduate students and academic researchers working in the fields of mechanical, aerospace, industrial, manufacturing, and chemical engineering"--

The primary objective in any engineering design process has to be the elimination of uncertainties. In thermal design of heat exchangers there are presently many stages in which assumptions in mathematical solution of the design problem are being made. Accumulation of these assumptions may introduce variations in design. The designer needs to understand where these inaccuracies may arise, and strive to eliminate as many sources of error as possible by choosing design configurations that avoid such problems at source. In this exciting text, the author adopts a numerical approach to the thermal design of heat exchangers, extending the theory of performance evaluation to the point where computer software may be written. The first few chapters are intended to provide a development from undergraduate studies regarding the fundamentals of heat exchanger theory and the concepts of direct sizing. Later chapters on transient response of heat exchangers and on the related single-blow method of obtaining experimental results should also interest the practicing engineer. Theory is explained simply, with the intention that readers can develop their own approach to the solution of particular problems. This book is an indispensable reference text for higher level (post-graduate) students and practicing engineers, researchers and academics in the field of heat exchangers. Includes a whole new chapter on exergy and pressure loss Provides in the first few chapters a development from undergraduate studies regarding the fundamentals of heat exchanger theory, and continues in later chapters to discuss issues such as the transient response of heat exchangers and the related single-blow method of obtaining experimental results that are also of interest to the practicing engineer. Adopts a numerical approach to the thermal design of heat exchangers, extending the theory of performance evaluation to the point where computer software may be written Contributes to the development of the direct ‘sizing’ approach in thermal design of the exchanger surface Explains theory simply, with the objective that the reader can develop their own approach to the solution of particular problems