Applied Optical Measurements - Markus Lehner

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Résumé :
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.

Sommaire:
I: Optical Measurements in Heat and Mass Transfer.- Enhanced Heat Transfer: Endless Frontier, or Mature and Routine?.- Ammonia Absorption Method and Liquid Crystal Thermography for Accurate Local Mass and Heat Transfer Measurements.- Holographic Interferometry in Heat and Mass Transfer.- Optical Investigation of Transport Phenomena During Solidification Process.- Visual Investigation of Boiling Phenomena in CHF Subcooled Flow Boiling.- Thermal Pattern and Boiling Enhancement of Water Containing Cationic Surfactants.- Bubble Nucleation and Growth During Saturated Pool Boiling on a Thin Vertical Plate.- Optical Study of Bubble Dynamics in Microgravity Pool Boiling.- Meso- and Micro-Scale Frontiers of Compact Heat Exchangers.- Convective Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in Heat Exchanger Applications.- Interfacial and Plate Temperature Histories During Dropwise Condensation in the Presence of Noncondensibles.- Measurements of Transient Phenomena in Vapor-Liquid Systems.- II: Optical Measurements in Multiphase Flow.- Dynamic Simulations of Pressure-Drop Type Instabilities in a Two-Phase Upflow Boiling System Including the Effect of Thermal Non-Equilibrium.- Fibre Optical Sensors for Measuring Local Quantities in Gas Liquid Two-Phase Flows.- Three-Phase Flow Measurements Using a Hot-Film Anemometer.- The Tomographical Dual Wavelength Photometry-A New Tool to Distinguish Micro- and Macro-Mixing.- Short-Time Holography and Holographic PIV Applied to Engineering Problems.- The Development of the Phase Doppler Technique.- Development of a Conductance Sensor for Measuring Solids Concentration in Large Diameter Slurry Pipelines.- A Visualization Study of Jet Impingement on Cylindrical Surfaces.- III: Optical Measurements in Combustion.- Stable Vortex Structures in Axisymmetric Flame Under Oscillating Combustion.- Applications and Potentials of Optical Measurement Techniques for the Investigation of Transient Combustion Phenomena.- Measurements of Velocities, Temperatures, Emissions and Particle Sizes in Model Furnaces.- Evaluation of Noisy Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectra by Evolutionary Algorithms.- Investigation of Using Broadband Excitation and Detection in Evaluating Flowfield Temperatures and Pressures.- Porous Medium (PM) Combustion Technology and Its Application to Internal Combustion Engines.- Epilogue.- A General Method for Scaling and Analyzing Transport Processes.