| Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Porous Media Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ingham, Derek B. (Editor), Bejan, Adrian (Editor), Mamut, Eden (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402018746 ISBN-13: 9781402018749 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $427.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: The study of heat and fluid flow in fluid-saturated porous media is applicable in a very wide range of fields, with practical applications in modern industry and environmental areas, such as nuclear waste management, the construction of thermal insulators, geothermal power, grain storage and many more. The vast amount of theoretical and experimental work reported has attracted the attention of industrialists, engineers, applied mathematicians, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical and nuclear engineers, physicists, food scientists, medical researchers, etc. This book covers the full range of theoretical, computational and experimental approaches to the subject, grouped into reviews of: fundamentals, stability, anisotropy, permeability and non-equilibrium, applications, and experimental porous media. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Mechanics - Solids - Technology & Engineering | Mechanical |
| Dewey: 620.116 |
| Series: NATO Science Series II: |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.62 lbs) 507 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Heat and fluid flow in fluid-saturated porous media has become increas- ingly more attractive to researchers and thus it has become a very pro- ductive field for many researchers and practical engineers in very diverse range of fields. The great interest in the topic stems from its widespread number of different practical applications in modern industries and in many environmental issues, such as nuclear waste management, build- ing thermal insulators, geothermal power plants, grain storage, etc. In building sciences and thermal insulation engineering, an appreciable in- sulating effect has been derived by placing porous material in the gap between the cavity walls and multishield structures of nuclear reactors between the pressure vessel and the reactor. Geophysical applications include modeling of the spread of pollutants (e. g. radioactive mater- ial), water movements in geothermal reservoirs, enhanced recovery of petroleum reservoirs, etc. These, and many other, important practical applications have resulted in a rapid expansion of research in the general area of porous media and thus generated a vast amount of both theor- etical and experimental research work. It has attracted the attention of industrialists, engineers and scientists from many varying disciplines, such as applied mathematics, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical and nuclear engineering, geothermal physics, food science, medicine, etc. This book contains some of the contributions to the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Porous Media that was held in Neptun-Olimp, Constanta, Black Sea, Romania on 9-20 June, 2003. |