Applied Optical Measurements

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIX

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2. Optical Measurements in Heat and Mass Transfer

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Enhanced Heat Transfer: Endless Frontier, or Mature and Routine?

      • Arthur E. Bergles

      Pages 3-17

   3. Ammonia Absorption Method and Liquid Crystal Thermography for Accurate Local Mass and Heat Transfer Measurements

      • Martin Fiebig, Karsten Schulz

      Pages 19-33

   4. Holographic Interferometry in Heat and Mass Transfer

      • Robert Tauscher

      Pages 35-63

   5. Optical Investigation of Transport Phenomena During Solidification Process

      • Yau-Ming Chen, Yuan-Jen Chang, Yeong-Tsuen Hsieh

      Pages 65-78

   6. Visual Investigation of Boiling Phenomena in CHF Subcooled Flow Boiling

      • Gian Piero Celata, Maurizio Cumo, Andrea Mariani, Giuseppe Zummo

      Pages 79-93

   7. Thermal Pattern and Boiling Enhancement of Water Containing Cationic Surfactants

      • G. Hetsroni, A. Mosyak

      Pages 95-105

   8. Bubble Nucleation and Growth During Saturated Pool Boiling on a Thin Vertical Plate

      • M. Wienecke, Y. Yan, D. B. R. Kenning

      Pages 107-120

   9. Optical Study of Bubble Dynamics in Microgravity Pool Boiling

      • Johannes Straub

      Pages 121-138

   10. Meso- and Micro-Scale Frontiers of Compact Heat Exchangers

       • S. S. Mehendale, A. M. Jacobi, R. K. Shah

       Pages 139-158

   11. Convective Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in Heat Exchanger Applications

       • Bengt Sundén

       Pages 159-170

   12. Interfacial and Plate Temperature Histories During Dropwise Condensation in the Presence of Noncondensibles

       • Frank Ganzevles, Cees van der Geld

       Pages 171-183

   13. Measurements of Transient Phenomena in Vapor-Liquid Systems

       • John C. Chen

       Pages 185-198

3. Optical Measurements in Multiphase Flow

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. Dynamic Simulations of Pressure-Drop Type Instabilities in a Two-Phase Upflow Boiling System Including the Effect of Thermal Non-Equilibrium

      • Liping Cao, Sadik Kakaç, Hongtan Liu

      Pages 201-216

   3. Fibre Optical Sensors for Measuring Local Quantities in Gas Liquid Two-Phase Flows

      • Klaus Spindler, Erich Hahne

      Pages 217-232

   4. Three-Phase Flow Measurements Using a Hot-Film Anemometer

      • Stephen D. Mayo, Richard T. Lahey Jr

      Pages 233-248

   5. The Tomographical Dual Wavelength Photometry—A New Tool to Distinguish Micro-and Macro-Mixing

      • Mathias Buchmann, Dieter Mewes

      Pages 249-261

   6. Short-Time Holography and Holographic PIV Applied to Engineering Problems

      • Oliver Feldmann

      Pages 263-278

This book provides a compilation of important optical techniques applied to experiments in heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow and combustion. The emphasis of this book is on the application of these techniques to various engineering problems. The contributions are aiming to provide practicing engineers, both in industry and research, with the recent state of science in the application of advanced optical measurements. The book is written by selected specialists representing leading experts in this field who present new information for the possibilities of these techniques and give stimulation of new ideas for their application.

• Absorption
• Emission
• combustion
• crystal
• development
• dynamics
• fluid dynamics
• heat transfer
• interferometry
• multiphase flow
• scaling
• sensors
• simulation
• transport phenomena
• water

• Rauschert Verfahrenstechnik, Steinwiesen, Germany

  Markus Lehner

• Institut für Verfahrenstechnik, Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  Dieter Mewes

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