Dr. R. P. Chhabra is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur. He received his M.Sc. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and his Ph.D. from Monash University, both in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Chhabra is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Science (India), and the Indian Academy of Engineering. His current research interests include hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems; multiphase flow in pipes and packed beds; interaction between non-linear properties of fluids and shapes of particles; and the modeling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow in fibrous media.

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• Chapter 1: Engineering Thermodynamics1.1 Fundamentals Michael J. Moran1.2 Control Volume Applications Michael J. Moran1.3 Property Relations and Data Michael J. Moran1.4 Combustion Michael J. Moran1.5 Exergy Analysis Michael J. Moran1.6 Vapor and Gas Power Cycles Michael J. Moran1.7 Guidelines for Improving Thermodynamic Effectiveness Michael J. Moran1.8 Exergoeconomics George Tsatsaronis1.9 Design Optimization George Tsatsaronis1.10 Economic Analysis of Thermal Systems George Tsatsaronis1.11 Exergoenvironmental Analysis George Tsatsaronis1.12 Advanced Exergy-Based Methods George TsatsaronisChapter 2: Fluid Mechanics 2.1 Fluid Statics Stanley A. Berger2.2 Equations of Motion and Potential Flow Stanley A. Berger2.3 Similitude: Dimensional Analysis and Data Correlation Stuart W. Churchill2.4 Hydraulics of Pipe Systems J. Paul Tullis and Blake Paul Tullis2.5 Open Channel Flow Frank M. White2.6 External Incompressible Flows John C. Leylegian2.7 Compressible Flow John C. Leylegian2.8 Multiphase Flow John C. Chen2.9 Non-Newtonian Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo CapobianchiChapter 3: Heat and Mass Transfer 3.1 Conduction Heat Transfer Robert F. Boehm3.2 Convection Heat Transfer 3.2.1 Natural Convection Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, George D. Raithby, and K.G. Terry Hollands3.2.2 Forced Convection: External Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.3 Forced Convection: Internal Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.4 Convection Heat Transfer in Non-Newtonian Fluids Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo Capobianchi3.3 Radiative Heat Transfer Michael F. Modest3.4 Phase-Change 3.4.1 Boiling and Condensation Van P. Carey3.4.2 Particle Gas Convection John C. Chen3.4.3 Melting and Freezing Vasilios Alexiades and Jan Kośny3.5 Mass Transfer Anthony F. MillsChapter 4: Applications 4.1 Heat Exchangers for the Process and Energy Industries Joshua D. Ramsey, Ken Bell, and Ramesh K. Shah4.2 Application of Nanofluids in Heat Exchangers: Performance and Challenges Bengt Sunden and Zan Wu4.3 Convection Heat Transfer in Conduits with Nanofluids Clement Kleinstreuer and Zelin Xu4.4 Fouling in Crude Oil and Food Related Heat-Transfer Equipment D. Ian Wilson and Graham T. Polley4.5 Bioheat Transfer John A. Pearce, Kenneth R. Diller, and Jonathan W. Valvano4.6 Thermal Insulation David W. Yarbrough4.7 Energy Audit for Buildings Moncef Krarti4.8 Advanced Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Systems Moncef Krarti and John Zhai4.9 Use of Phase Change Materials in Buildings Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.10 Thermal Bridges in Building Structures Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.11 Compressors Christian K. Bach, Ian H. Bell, Craig R. Bradshaw, Eckhard A. Groll, Abhinav Krishna, Orkan Kurtulus, Margaret M. Mathison, Bryce Shaffer, Bin Yang, Xinye Zhang, and Davide Ziviani4.12 Pumps and Fans Robert F. Boehm4.13 Cooling Towers Anthony F. Mills4.14 Pinch Technology Santanu Bandyopadhyay and Shankar Narasimhan4.15 Air-Conditioning Systems Donald L. Fenton4.16 Heat Transfer Enhancement Raj M. Manglik4.17 Heat Pipes Sameer Khandekar4.18 Liquid Atomization and Spraying Mario F. Trujillo and Rolf D. Reitz4.19 Heat Transfer in Plasma Sprays Milind A. Jog4.20 Thermal Processing and Preservation of Foods Prabhat Kumar and K.P. Sandeep4.21 Thermal Conduction in Electronic Microstructures and Nanostructures Sanjiv Sinha, Krishna Valavala and Jun Ma4.22 Role of Cooling in Electronics Reliability Pradeep Lall4.23 Direct Contact Heat Transfer Harold R. Jacobs4.24 Heat Transfer in Presence of Synthetic Jets Mangesh Chaudhari and Amit Agrawal4.25 Temperature and Heat Transfer Measurements Robert J. Moffat and Tadhg O’Donovan4.26 Flow Measurement Jungho Kim, S.A. Sherif, and Alan T. McDonald4.27 Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Methods in Thermal Engineering Arturo Pacheco-Vega, Gerardo Diaz, Mihir Sen, and K.T. Yang4.28 Thermal Aspects of Paper Making Martine Rueff and Evelyne Mauret4.29 Drying of Materials Pawel Wawrzyniak, Ireneusz Zbicinski, and Mariia Sobulska4.30 Heat Transfer in Rotary Kilns P.S. Ghoshdastidar4.31 Heat Transfer in Glass Manufacturing Processes Naveen Tiwari and Rajappa Tadepalli4.32 Solar Hydrogen as a "Renewable Reductant": Points and Counterpoints Raj Ganesh S. Pala4.33 Passive and Active Solar Distillation Desh Bandhu Singh and G.N. TiwariChapter 5: Numerical Methods and Computational Tools 5.1 Computer Aided Engineering Atul Sharma5.2 Finite Difference Methods Atul Sharma5.3 Finite Volume Method Atul Sharma5.4 Finite Element Method Salil S. Kulkarni5.5 Lattice Boltzmann Method K. Hrisheekesh and Amit Agrawal5.6 Immersed Boundary Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Rajneesh Bhardwaj and Atul Sharma5.7 Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows Shyamprasad Karagadde and Atul Sharma5.8 Large Eddy Simulation for Wall-Bounded Flows Amitabh Bhattacharya5.9 Software and Computer Codes Atul SharmaAppendix A: Properties of Gases and Vapors Paul NortonAppendix B: Properties of Liquids Appendix C: Properties of Solids Appendix D: SI Units and Conversion Factors Index

Dr. R. P. Chhabra is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur. He received his M.Sc. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and his Ph.D. from Monash University, both in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Chhabra is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Science (India), and the Indian Academy of Engineering. His current research interests include hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems; multiphase flow in pipes and packed beds; interaction between non-linear properties of fluids and shapes of particles; and the modeling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow in fibrous media.

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• Chapter 1: Engineering Thermodynamics1.1 Fundamentals Michael J. Moran1.2 Control Volume Applications Michael J. Moran1.3 Property Relations and Data Michael J. Moran1.4 Combustion Michael J. Moran1.5 Exergy Analysis Michael J. Moran1.6 Vapor and Gas Power Cycles Michael J. Moran1.7 Guidelines for Improving Thermodynamic Effectiveness Michael J. Moran1.8 Exergoeconomics George Tsatsaronis1.9 Design Optimization George Tsatsaronis1.10 Economic Analysis of Thermal Systems George Tsatsaronis1.11 Exergoenvironmental Analysis George Tsatsaronis1.12 Advanced Exergy-Based Methods George TsatsaronisChapter 2: Fluid Mechanics 2.1 Fluid Statics Stanley A. Berger2.2 Equations of Motion and Potential Flow Stanley A. Berger2.3 Similitude: Dimensional Analysis and Data Correlation Stuart W. Churchill2.4 Hydraulics of Pipe Systems J. Paul Tullis and Blake Paul Tullis2.5 Open Channel Flow Frank M. White2.6 External Incompressible Flows John C. Leylegian2.7 Compressible Flow John C. Leylegian2.8 Multiphase Flow John C. Chen2.9 Non-Newtonian Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo CapobianchiChapter 3: Heat and Mass Transfer 3.1 Conduction Heat Transfer Robert F. Boehm3.2 Convection Heat Transfer 3.2.1 Natural Convection Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, George D. Raithby, and K.G. Terry Hollands3.2.2 Forced Convection: External Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.3 Forced Convection: Internal Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.4 Convection Heat Transfer in Non-Newtonian Fluids Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo Capobianchi3.3 Radiative Heat Transfer Michael F. Modest3.4 Phase-Change 3.4.1 Boiling and Condensation Van P. Carey3.4.2 Particle Gas Convection John C. Chen3.4.3 Melting and Freezing Vasilios Alexiades and Jan Kośny3.5 Mass Transfer Anthony F. MillsChapter 4: Applications 4.1 Heat Exchangers for the Process and Energy Industries Joshua D. Ramsey, Ken Bell, and Ramesh K. Shah4.2 Application of Nanofluids in Heat Exchangers: Performance and Challenges Bengt Sunden and Zan Wu4.3 Convection Heat Transfer in Conduits with Nanofluids Clement Kleinstreuer and Zelin Xu4.4 Fouling in Crude Oil and Food Related Heat-Transfer Equipment D. Ian Wilson and Graham T. Polley4.5 Bioheat Transfer John A. Pearce, Kenneth R. Diller, and Jonathan W. Valvano4.6 Thermal Insulation David W. Yarbrough4.7 Energy Audit for Buildings Moncef Krarti4.8 Advanced Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Systems Moncef Krarti and John Zhai4.9 Use of Phase Change Materials in Buildings Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.10 Thermal Bridges in Building Structures Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.11 Compressors Christian K. Bach, Ian H. Bell, Craig R. Bradshaw, Eckhard A. Groll, Abhinav Krishna, Orkan Kurtulus, Margaret M. Mathison, Bryce Shaffer, Bin Yang, Xinye Zhang, and Davide Ziviani4.12 Pumps and Fans Robert F. Boehm4.13 Cooling Towers Anthony F. Mills4.14 Pinch Technology Santanu Bandyopadhyay and Shankar Narasimhan4.15 Air-Conditioning Systems Donald L. Fenton4.16 Heat Transfer Enhancement Raj M. Manglik4.17 Heat Pipes Sameer Khandekar4.18 Liquid Atomization and Spraying Mario F. Trujillo and Rolf D. Reitz4.19 Heat Transfer in Plasma Sprays Milind A. Jog4.20 Thermal Processing and Preservation of Foods Prabhat Kumar and K.P. Sandeep4.21 Thermal Conduction in Electronic Microstructures and Nanostructures Sanjiv Sinha, Krishna Valavala and Jun Ma4.22 Role of Cooling in Electronics Reliability Pradeep Lall4.23 Direct Contact Heat Transfer Harold R. Jacobs4.24 Heat Transfer in Presence of Synthetic Jets Mangesh Chaudhari and Amit Agrawal4.25 Temperature and Heat Transfer Measurements Robert J. Moffat and Tadhg O’Donovan4.26 Flow Measurement Jungho Kim, S.A. Sherif, and Alan T. McDonald4.27 Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Methods in Thermal Engineering Arturo Pacheco-Vega, Gerardo Diaz, Mihir Sen, and K.T. Yang4.28 Thermal Aspects of Paper Making Martine Rueff and Evelyne Mauret4.29 Drying of Materials Pawel Wawrzyniak, Ireneusz Zbicinski, and Mariia Sobulska4.30 Heat Transfer in Rotary Kilns P.S. Ghoshdastidar4.31 Heat Transfer in Glass Manufacturing Processes Naveen Tiwari and Rajappa Tadepalli4.32 Solar Hydrogen as a "Renewable Reductant": Points and Counterpoints Raj Ganesh S. Pala4.33 Passive and Active Solar Distillation Desh Bandhu Singh and G.N. TiwariChapter 5: Numerical Methods and Computational Tools 5.1 Computer Aided Engineering Atul Sharma5.2 Finite Difference Methods Atul Sharma5.3 Finite Volume Method Atul Sharma5.4 Finite Element Method Salil S. Kulkarni5.5 Lattice Boltzmann Method K. Hrisheekesh and Amit Agrawal5.6 Immersed Boundary Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Rajneesh Bhardwaj and Atul Sharma5.7 Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows Shyamprasad Karagadde and Atul Sharma5.8 Large Eddy Simulation for Wall-Bounded Flows Amitabh Bhattacharya5.9 Software and Computer Codes Atul SharmaAppendix A: Properties of Gases and Vapors Paul NortonAppendix B: Properties of Liquids Appendix C: Properties of Solids Appendix D: SI Units and Conversion Factors Index

Dr. R. P. Chhabra is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur. He received his M.Sc. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and his Ph.D. from Monash University, both in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Chhabra is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Science (India), and the Indian Academy of Engineering. His current research interests include hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluid-particle systems; multiphase flow in pipes and packed beds; interaction between non-linear properties of fluids and shapes of particles; and the modeling of Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow in fibrous media.

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• Chapter 1: Engineering Thermodynamics1.1 Fundamentals Michael J. Moran1.2 Control Volume Applications Michael J. Moran1.3 Property Relations and Data Michael J. Moran1.4 Combustion Michael J. Moran1.5 Exergy Analysis Michael J. Moran1.6 Vapor and Gas Power Cycles Michael J. Moran1.7 Guidelines for Improving Thermodynamic Effectiveness Michael J. Moran1.8 Exergoeconomics George Tsatsaronis1.9 Design Optimization George Tsatsaronis1.10 Economic Analysis of Thermal Systems George Tsatsaronis1.11 Exergoenvironmental Analysis George Tsatsaronis1.12 Advanced Exergy-Based Methods George TsatsaronisChapter 2: Fluid Mechanics 2.1 Fluid Statics Stanley A. Berger2.2 Equations of Motion and Potential Flow Stanley A. Berger2.3 Similitude: Dimensional Analysis and Data Correlation Stuart W. Churchill2.4 Hydraulics of Pipe Systems J. Paul Tullis and Blake Paul Tullis2.5 Open Channel Flow Frank M. White2.6 External Incompressible Flows John C. Leylegian2.7 Compressible Flow John C. Leylegian2.8 Multiphase Flow John C. Chen2.9 Non-Newtonian Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo CapobianchiChapter 3: Heat and Mass Transfer 3.1 Conduction Heat Transfer Robert F. Boehm3.2 Convection Heat Transfer 3.2.1 Natural Convection Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, George D. Raithby, and K.G. Terry Hollands3.2.2 Forced Convection: External Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.3 Forced Convection: Internal Flows Anoop K. Gupta, Raj P. Chhabra, and N.V. Suryanarayana3.2.4 Convection Heat Transfer in Non-Newtonian Fluids Swati A. Patel, Raj P. Chhabra, Thomas F. Irvine, Jr., and Massimo Capobianchi3.3 Radiative Heat Transfer Michael F. Modest3.4 Phase-Change 3.4.1 Boiling and Condensation Van P. Carey3.4.2 Particle Gas Convection John C. Chen3.4.3 Melting and Freezing Vasilios Alexiades and Jan Kośny3.5 Mass Transfer Anthony F. MillsChapter 4: Applications 4.1 Heat Exchangers for the Process and Energy Industries Joshua D. Ramsey, Ken Bell, and Ramesh K. Shah4.2 Application of Nanofluids in Heat Exchangers: Performance and Challenges Bengt Sunden and Zan Wu4.3 Convection Heat Transfer in Conduits with Nanofluids Clement Kleinstreuer and Zelin Xu4.4 Fouling in Crude Oil and Food Related Heat-Transfer Equipment D. Ian Wilson and Graham T. Polley4.5 Bioheat Transfer John A. Pearce, Kenneth R. Diller, and Jonathan W. Valvano4.6 Thermal Insulation David W. Yarbrough4.7 Energy Audit for Buildings Moncef Krarti4.8 Advanced Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Systems Moncef Krarti and John Zhai4.9 Use of Phase Change Materials in Buildings Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.10 Thermal Bridges in Building Structures Jan Kośny and David W. Yarbrough4.11 Compressors Christian K. Bach, Ian H. Bell, Craig R. Bradshaw, Eckhard A. Groll, Abhinav Krishna, Orkan Kurtulus, Margaret M. Mathison, Bryce Shaffer, Bin Yang, Xinye Zhang, and Davide Ziviani4.12 Pumps and Fans Robert F. Boehm4.13 Cooling Towers Anthony F. Mills4.14 Pinch Technology Santanu Bandyopadhyay and Shankar Narasimhan4.15 Air-Conditioning Systems Donald L. Fenton4.16 Heat Transfer Enhancement Raj M. Manglik4.17 Heat Pipes Sameer Khandekar4.18 Liquid Atomization and Spraying Mario F. Trujillo and Rolf D. Reitz4.19 Heat Transfer in Plasma Sprays Milind A. Jog4.20 Thermal Processing and Preservation of Foods Prabhat Kumar and K.P. Sandeep4.21 Thermal Conduction in Electronic Microstructures and Nanostructures Sanjiv Sinha, Krishna Valavala and Jun Ma4.22 Role of Cooling in Electronics Reliability Pradeep Lall4.23 Direct Contact Heat Transfer Harold R. Jacobs4.24 Heat Transfer in Presence of Synthetic Jets Mangesh Chaudhari and Amit Agrawal4.25 Temperature and Heat Transfer Measurements Robert J. Moffat and Tadhg O’Donovan4.26 Flow Measurement Jungho Kim, S.A. Sherif, and Alan T. McDonald4.27 Applications of Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Methods in Thermal Engineering Arturo Pacheco-Vega, Gerardo Diaz, Mihir Sen, and K.T. Yang4.28 Thermal Aspects of Paper Making Martine Rueff and Evelyne Mauret4.29 Drying of Materials Pawel Wawrzyniak, Ireneusz Zbicinski, and Mariia Sobulska4.30 Heat Transfer in Rotary Kilns P.S. Ghoshdastidar4.31 Heat Transfer in Glass Manufacturing Processes Naveen Tiwari and Rajappa Tadepalli4.32 Solar Hydrogen as a "Renewable Reductant": Points and Counterpoints Raj Ganesh S. Pala4.33 Passive and Active Solar Distillation Desh Bandhu Singh and G.N. TiwariChapter 5: Numerical Methods and Computational Tools 5.1 Computer Aided Engineering Atul Sharma5.2 Finite Difference Methods Atul Sharma5.3 Finite Volume Method Atul Sharma5.4 Finite Element Method Salil S. Kulkarni5.5 Lattice Boltzmann Method K. Hrisheekesh and Amit Agrawal5.6 Immersed Boundary Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Rajneesh Bhardwaj and Atul Sharma5.7 Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows Shyamprasad Karagadde and Atul Sharma5.8 Large Eddy Simulation for Wall-Bounded Flows Amitabh Bhattacharya5.9 Software and Computer Codes Atul SharmaAppendix A: Properties of Gases and Vapors Paul NortonAppendix B: Properties of Liquids Appendix C: Properties of Solids Appendix D: SI Units and Conversion Factors Index