Introduction to Heat Transfer

Presenting the basic mechanisms for transfer of heat, Introduction to Heat Transfer gives a deeper and more comprehensive view than existing titles on the subject. Derivation and presentation of analytical and empirical methods are provided for calculation of heat transfer rates and temperature fields as well as pressure drop. The book covers thermal conduction, forced and natural laminar and turbulent convective heat transfer, thermal radiation including participating media, condensation, evaporation and heat exchangers.

This book is aimed to be used in both graduate and undergraduate courses in heat transfer and thermal engineering. It can successfully be used in R & D work and thermal engineering design in industry and by consultancy firms.

Bengt Sundén

Bengt Sundén received his M.S. in 1973, Ph.D. in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in 1979, and docent in applied thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in 1980, all from Chalmers Universities of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden. He became Professor of Heat Transfer in 1992 at Lund University. Since 1995 he serves as the head of the Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.

His research topics are enhancement of heat transfer in compact heat exchangers, computational methods of convective flow and heat transfer in complex narrow geometries, combustion-related heat transfer including thermal radiation, gas turbine heat transfer (impinging jets, film cooling, ribbed ducts), evaporation and condensation in plate heat exchangers, thermal imaging techniques, PIV, and multiscale and multiphysics transport phenomena in fuel cells.

He has published more than 500 journal papers, books, and proceedings. He has also delivered many keynote and invited lectures. He has been editor of 25 books published by international publishing houses and author of two textbooks (one in Swedish, one in English).

He is involved in referee tasks for more than 40 international journals and has been active in several international and organizing committees and boards. He is also editor-in-chief for a book series, Developments in Heat Transfer (also published by WIT Press). In addition, he is active editor for four journals. He is a fellow of the ASME and a 2011 recipient of the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award.

[The book] is a relatively concise, although surprisingly comprehensive, text addressing virtually all practical aspects of heat transfer.

CHOICE, Vol. 50, No. 1, September 2012.

Many figures illustrate the different chapters which make the book easy to read. The author indeed presents both the physical concepts and some mathematical computations, both being illustrated with appropriate figures.

ZENTRALBLATT MATH, Vol. 1259, 2013.

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