This book provides a userfriendly introduction to convection in porous mediasuch as fibrous insulation geological strata and catalytic reactors. Thepresentation... » 

This book provides a userfriendly introduction to convection in porous mediasuch as fibrous insulation geological strata and catalytic reactors. Thepresentation is selfcontained requiring only routine classical mathematicsand the basic elements of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. It will thus be ofuse not only to researchers and practicing engineers as a review and referencebut also to graduate students and others just entering the field. The ThirdEdition includes nearly 1000 new references and covers convection in deformingporous media designed porous media the theory of deformable media modelingviscous dissipation in hyperporous media and more. TOCPreface Mechanics ofFluid Flow Through a Porous Medium. Heat Transfer Through a Porous Medium.Mass Transfer Through a Porous Medium Multicomponent and Multiphase Flows.Forced Convection. External Natural Convection. Internal Natural ConvectionHeating From Below. Internal Natural Convection Heating from the Side. MixedConvection. Double Diffusive Convection. Convection with Change of Phase.Geophysical Aspects. References. «