Convective heat transfer 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.Intended for graduate students and for researchers entering the field, this text 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 and 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 transfers, 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.The emphasis on the presence multiple phases and on energy-conversion mechanisms, such as phase changes or chemical reactions, will make this text a valuable reference for practicing engineers. This new edition has been updated throughout and contains new examples and problems.

ToC: Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction and Preliminaries. Part I: Single-Medium Treatments. 2 Single-Phase Fluid Streams. 3 Fluid Streams in Two-Phase Systems. Part II: Two-Medium Treatments. 4 Solid-Fluid Systems with Simple, Continuous Interface. 5 Solid-Fluid Systems with Large Specific Interfacial Area. 6 Fluid-Fluid Systems. Part III: Three-Medium Treatments. 7 Solid-Solid-Fluid Systems. 8 Solid-Liquid-Gas Systems