Text for thermo beginner!
Text for thermo beginner!
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Looking for advice on a good text for mechanical technologist new to thermodynamics. Would like something that starts with basics of heat transfer and progresses to intermediate (basic design of heat exchangers etc.). Have Applied Thermodyanmics (Eastop & McKonkey, 5th edition) but would like something more thorough and user-friendly. Thanks a lot.





RE: Text for thermo beginner!
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
Regards,
Bob
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
Are you looking at this from the standpoint of interest, or are you actually wanting to design heat exchangers?
If you are intending to do design, then I would recommend registering for the appropriate course(s) at your local University. Heat transfer can be quite complex and requires a strong background in mathematics, fluid mechanics, physical properties...as well as understanding the principles of conduction, convection, radiation, etc.
If you are looking for a text to "broaden" your knowledge base, I have an old copy of "Heat Transfer" by J.P. Holman that I like. "Process Heat Transfer" by Kern is a bit outdated...but still proves to be a good reference.
Good luck!
Bob
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
Just want to broaden my base for now (more courses later!!!) and looking for a shortcut to the right material. Thanks for the suggestion.
RV
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
Try "Compact Heat Exchangers" by Kays and London. I have found that text to be the most useful of all for heat exchanger design. If you start looking through it, however, I think you'll see what Bob is talking about regarding the need to have sufficient theoretical and mathematical preparation for heat exchanger design (and thermal sciences in general).
Tunalover
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
If you are interested, some professors at MIT have posted a full copy of their heat transfer texbook online at the URL below. Actually this URL contains the link to the text.
http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahttproject.pdf
Regards,
Gunnar
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
A couple of places to learn heat transfer are http://www.HeaterDesign.com and http://www.HRSGdesign.com. The first site will walk you through the radiant and covection heat transfer concepts for direct fired heaters, where the second will do the same for waste heat boiler and HRSG design. These are both free educational sites which contain numerous JavaScripts to help you learn the computational methods.
Jack
RE: Text for thermo beginner!
Goodluck!
saxon