Convective heat tranfer is the result of fluid flowing between objects of different temperatures. Thus it may be the objective of a process (as in refrigeration) or it may be an incidental aspect of other processes. This monograph reviews in a concise and unified manner recent contributions to the principles of convective heat transfer for single- and multi-phase systems: It summarizes the role of the fundamental mechanism, discusses the governing differential equations, describes approximation schemes and phenomenological models, and examines their solutions and applications. After a review of the basic physics and thermodynamics, the book divides the subject into three parts. Part 1 deals with single-medium transfer, specifically with intraphase transfers in single-phase flows and with intramedium transfers in two-phase flows. Part 2 deals with fluid-solid transfer processes, both in cases where the interface is small and in cases where it is large, as well as liquid-liquid transfer processes. Part 3 considers three media, addressing both liquid-solid-solid and gas-liquid-solid systems.

This monograph reviews in a concise and unified manner recent contributions to the principles of convective heat transfer for single - and multi-phase systems: It summarizes the role of the fundamental mechanism, discusses the governing differential equations, describes approximation schemes and phenomenological models, and examines their solutions and applications.

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Historical Background.- 1.2 Length, Time, and Temperature Scales.- 1.3 Scope.- 1.4 References.- I Single-Phase Flow.- 2 Fluid Mechanics.- 3 Conduction Heat Transfer.- 4 Convection Heat Transfer.- 5 Radiation Heat Transfer.- 6 Mass Transfer in Gases.- 7 Thermal Nonequilibrium Between Fluid and Solid Phases.- II Two-Phase Flow.- 8 Fluid Mechanics.- 9 Thermodynamics.- 10 Conduction and Convection.- 11 Transport Through Bounding Surfaces.- 12 Phase Change.- Nomenclature.- Citation Index.