U.S. Department of Energy. Fundamentals Handbook. Heat transfer

Table of contents :
ABSTRACT……Page 3
FOREWORD……Page 5
OVERVIEW……Page 7
Module 2 Heat Transfer……Page 11
TABLE OF CONTENTS……Page 13
LIST OF FIGURES……Page 15
LIST OF TABLES……Page 16
REFERENCES……Page 17
OBJECTIVES……Page 19
Heat and Temperature……Page 23
Modes of Transferring Heat……Page 24
Log Mean Temperature Difference……Page 25
Bulk Temperature……Page 26
Summary……Page 27
Conduction……Page 28
Conduction-Rectangular Coordinates……Page 29
Equivalent Resistance Method……Page 31
Electrical Analogy……Page 32
Conduction-Cylindrical Coordinates……Page 33
Summary……Page 39
Convection……Page 40
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient……Page 42
Convection Heat Transfer……Page 45
Summary……Page 47
Black Body Radiation……Page 48
Radiation Configuration Factor……Page 49
Summary……Page 51
Heat Exchangers……Page 52
Parallel and Counter-Flow Designs……Page 53
Regenerative Heat Exchanger……Page 56
Cooling Towers……Page 57
Log Mean Temperature Difference Application To Heat Exchangers……Page 58
Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient……Page 59
Summary……Page 61
Nucleate Boiling……Page 62
Film Boiling……Page 63
Departure from Nucleate Boiling and Critical Heat Flux……Page 64
Summary……Page 65
Heat Generation……Page 66
Flux Profiles……Page 68
Average Linear Power Density……Page 69
Temperature Profiles……Page 70
Fuel Changes During Reactor Operation……Page 72
Summary……Page 73
Reactor Decay Heat Production……Page 74
Calculation of Decay Heat……Page 75
Decay Heat Limits……Page 77
Decay Heat Removal……Page 78
CONCLUDING MATERIAL……Page 79