Showing posts with label Fluid Flow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fluid Flow. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Engineering Fluid Mechanics

"Engineering Fluid Mechanics" by T. Al-Shemmeri 
BoBoCoAe, TAS & Ventus Publishing ApS | 2012 | ISBN: 8740301144 9788740301144 | 140 pages | PDF | 5 MB


The book tackles the many laws and principles in a very clear and easy way describing the pertinent parameters that control the particular situation. The book is complimented by many worked examples, tutorial problems to help students get further practice in problem solving, a typical examination paper, and finally presents a case study of a typical hydropower plant. 

Fluid Mechanics is an essential subject in the study of the behaviour of fluids equally when at rest and when in motion whether a house hold application such as the mains water supply, the natural gas supply or industrial such as the design of the body of an automotive car, airplane, train or the provision of electricity from a hydropower plant. 


Non-Newtonian Flow: Fundamentals and Engineering Applications

Non-Newtonian Flow: Fundamentals and Engineering Applications by R. P. Chhabra 
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (October 13, 1999) | ISBN: 0750637706 | Pages: 436 | PDF | 3.02 MB

Non-Newtonian materials are encountered in virtually all of the chemical and process industries and a full understanding of their nature and flow characteristics is an essential requirement for engineers and scientists involved in their formulation and handling. This book will bridge the gap between much of the highly theoretical and mathematically complex work of the rheologist and the practical needs of those who have to design and operate plants in which these materials are handled and processed. At the same time, numerous references are included for the benefit of those who need to delve more deeply into the subject.

The starting point for any work on non-newtonian fluids is their characterisation over the range of conditions to which they are likely to be subjected during manufacture or utilisation, and this topic is treated early on in the book in a chapter commissioned from an expert in the field of rheological measurements. Coverage of topics is extensive and this book offers a unique and rich selection of material including the flow of single phase and multiphase mixtures in pipes, in packed and fluidised bed systems, heat and mass transfer in boundary layers and in simple duct flows, and mixing etc.



Monday, 23 April 2012

Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Mass Transfer

K. S. N. Raju, "Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Mass Transfer: Chemical Engineering Practice" 
English | ISBN: 0470637749 | 2011 | 768 pages | PDF | 85,7 MB

This broad-based book covers the three major areas of Chemical Engineering. Most of the books in the market involve one of the individual areas, namely, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer or Mass Transfer, rather than all the three. This book presents this material in a single source. This avoids the user having to refer to a number of books to obtain information. Most published books covering all the three areas in a single source emphasize theory rather than practical issues. This book is written with emphasis on practice with brief theoretical concepts in the form of questions and answers, not adopting stereo-typed question-answer approach practiced in certain books in the market, bridging the two areas of theory and practice with respect to the core areas of chemical engineering. Most parts of the book are easily understandable by those who are not experts in the field.

Fluid Mechanics chapters include basics on non-Newtonian systems which, for instance find importance in polymer and food processing, flow through piping, flow measurement, pumps, mixing technology and fluidization and two phase flow. For example it covers types of pumps and valves, membranes and areas of their use, different equipment commonly used in chemical industry and their merits and drawbacks.

Heat Transfer chapters cover the basics involved in conduction, convection and radiation, with emphasis on insulation, heat exchangers, evaporators, condensers, reboilers and fired heaters. Design methods, performance, operational issues and maintenance problems are highlighted. Topics such as heat pipes, heat pumps, heat tracing, steam traps, refrigeration, cooling of electronic devices, NOx control find place in the book.

Mass transfer chapters cover basics such as diffusion, theories, analogies, mass transfer coefficients and mass transfer with chemical reaction, equipment such as tray and packed columns, column internals including structural packings, design, operational and installation issues, drums and separators are discussed in good detail. Absorption, distillation, extraction and leaching with applications and design methods, including emerging practices involving Divided Wall and Petluk column arrangements, multicomponent separations, supercritical solvent extraction find place in the book.


Saturday, 14 January 2012

Fluid Power Design Handbook


This book presents engineering and application information to incorporate, control, predict, and measure the performance of all fluid power components in hydraulic or pneumatic systems. Detailing developments in the ongoing "electronic revolution" of fluid power control, the third edition offers new and enlarged coverage of microprocessor control, "smart" actuators, virtual displays, position sensors, computer-aided design, performance testing, noise reduction, on-screen simulation of complex branch-flow networks, important engineering terms and conversion units. It has a different approach in many of the hydraulics case studies, for example: in evaluating flow through orifices/local resistance to flow, or has good formulas to calculate internal leakage in a spool valve when the spool is centered, or in the case it is eccentric. The book has some interesting comments on cavitation.

It is useful for a beginner to mid career engineer trying to stretch their wings and fly solo; it is a wise/reference type book for an experienced engineer.


Sunday, 18 December 2011

Principles Of Gas Solid Flows

Principles of Gas-Solid Flows
Cambridge University Press | 2005-10-13 | ISBN: 0521021162 | PDF | 11 Mb | 576 pages

Gas-solid flows are involved in numerous industrial processes and occur in various natural phenomena. This authoritative book addresses the fundamental principles that govern gas-solid flows and the application of these principles to various gas-solid flow systems. The book is arranged in two parts: Part I deals with basic relationships and phenomena, including particle size and properties, collision mechanics, momentum transfer, heat and mass transfer, basic equations, and intrinsic phenomena in gas-solid flows. Part II discusses gas-solid flow systems of industrial interest such as gas-solid separators




Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Engineering Fluid Mechanics


Engineering Fluid Mechanics By William Graebel
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Number Of Pages:   752
Publication Date:   2001-01-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1560327111
ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781560327110
Size: 11.8 MB





Monday, 5 December 2011

Fluid Flow Measurement

Control of Fluid Flow


Petros D. Koumoutsakos, Igor Mezic, "Control of Fluid Flow"
Springer | English | 2006-07-11 | ISBN: 3540251405 | 239 pages | PDF | 6.6 mb

This monograph presents the state of the art of theory and applications in fluid flow control, assembling contributions by leading experts in the field. The book covers a wide range of recent topics including vortex based control algorithms, incompressible turbulent boundary layers, aerodynamic flow control, control of mixing and reactive flow processes or nonlinear modeling and control of combustion dynamics.