Index:

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• "Nabla" operator (see Differential vector operators)
• Naharandi and Weinstein method for calculation of regenerator thermal performance, 3.15.7-6/3.15.7-7
• Nahme-Griffith number, 2.5.12-6
• Naphthalene:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-58
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-61
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-58
• Napthenes:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-39/5.5.10-46
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-42/5.5.1-49
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-39/5.5.11-46
• National practice, in mechanical design, guide to, 4.3.5-1/4.3.5-9
• Natural circulation type fire tube waste heat boiler, 3.16.2-5
• Natural convection:
• as precursor to nucleate boiling, 2.7.2-1
• in finned tube banks, 2.5.3-23
• in porous media, 2.11.5-1/2.11.6-9
• external flow, 2.11.5-1/2.11.5-6
• internal flow, 2.11.6-1/2.11.6-9
• (See also Free convection)
• Natural draft cooling towers:
• dry, 3.8.2-2/3.8.2-3, 3.8.8-1
• main features, 3.12.1-2
• thermal performance and design of, 3.12.2-1/3.12.2-15
• Natural draft heat exchangers:
• (see also Cooling towers), 3.8.2-2/3.8.2-3
• Natural frequency of tube vibration in heat exchangers, 4.6.2-1/4.6.2-4
• Navier-Stokes equation, 2.2.1-5
• Neon:
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-167
• superheated gaseous: physical properties, 5.5.11-167
• thermodynamic properties, 5.5.2-28
• transport properties at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-26
• Neopentane:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-17
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-21
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-17
• Net free area, in double-pipe heat exchangers, 3.2.3-1
• Netherlands, guide to national mechanical design practice, 4.3.5-5
• Networks, of heat exchangers, pinch analysis method for design of, 1.7.1-1/1.7.6-1
• Neumann boundary conditions, finite difference method, 2.4.7-2/2.4.7-3
• Newton (SI unit), xxvii
• Newton's law, for momentum transfer, 2.1.1-2
• limitations in, 2.1.1-1/2.1.1-4
• NFA (see Net free area)
• Nickel, thermal and mechanical properties, 4.5.8-1/4.5.8-19, 5.5.12-8/5.5.12-9
• Nickel alloys, 4.5.8-1/4.5.8-19
• as materials of construction, 4.5.2-5
• corrosion resistance of, 4.5.8-4/4.5.8-11
• fabrication, 4.5.8-11/4.5.8-13
• thermal and mechanical properties, 5.5.12-8/5.5.12-9
• Nickel steels, 4.5.4-6/4.5.4-7
• Niessen, R., 3.12.1-1/3.12.4-2
• Nitric acid plants, waste heat boilers for, 3.16.2-4
• Nitric oxide:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-161
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-160
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-160
• Nitriles:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-149/5.5.10-151
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-148/5.5.11-150
• Nitrobenzene:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-71
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-152
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-152
• Nitro derivatives:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-152/5.5.10-153
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-151/5.5.1-152
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-151/5.5.11-152
• Nitroethane:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-152
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-151
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-151
• Nitrogen:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-167
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-169
• superheated gaseous: physical properties, 5.5.11-169
• thermodynamic properties, 5.5.2-32
• transport properties at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-52
• Nitrogen dioxide:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-162
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-161
• Nitrogen peroxide:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-76
• thermal conductivity at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-43
• Nitromethane:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-152
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-151
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-151
• m-Nitrotoluene:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-153
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-152
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-152
• Nitrous oxide
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-161
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-161
• Noise:
• in air-cooled heat exchangers, 3.8.9-1/3.8.9-2, 3.18.3-4/3.18.36
• in cooling towers, 3.18.6-2
• Nomenclature, xxxiiixl
• alphabetical list of quantities, xxxivxxxvii
• alphabetical list of symbols, xxxviiixxxix
• Nonadecane:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-14
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-18
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-14
• Nonadecene:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-28
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-32
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-28
• Nonane:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-9
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-13
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-9
• transport properties at elevated pressures, 5.5.14-11
• Nonene:
• liquid properties, 5.5.10-23
• saturation properties, 5.5.1-27
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-23
• Nonanol:
• Liquid properties, 5.5.10-65
• superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-65
• Nonaqueous fluids, critical heat flux in, 2.7.3-34/2.7.3-37
• Noncircular cylinders (see Cylinders)
• Non-circular microchannels:
• boiling and evaporation in, 2.13.4-1/2.13.4-27
• condensation in, 2.13.6-1/2.13.6-30
• single-phase heat transfer in, 2.13.3-8
• two-phase flow in, 2.13.5-1/2.13.5-20
• Noncondensables:
• in boiling, 2.7.2-11
• in condensation, 2.1.6-2, 2.6.1-2, 2.6.3-5/2.6.3-7, 2.6.4-5/2.6.4-6, 2.6.5-2
• effect in direct-contact condensers, 3.20.4-2
• Nondestructive testing, of heat exchangers, 4.7.6-1/4.7.6-2, 4.7.11-5/4.7.11-7
• Nongray media, interaction phenomena with, 2.9.8-10/2.9.8-11
• Nonmetallic materials:
• for heat exchangers, 4.5.2-6
• for regenerators and thermal energy storage, 3.15.0-3/3.15.0-4
• Non-Newtonian flow:
• free convective heat transfer from: spheres, 2.5.7-25
• vertical plates, 2.5.7-10/2.5.7-11
• properties of rheologically complex fluids in, 5.3.1-1/5.3.8-3
• single-phase fluid flow and pressure drop in, 2.2.8-1/2.2.8-16
• dimensionless relationships for laminar non-Newtonian flows, 2.2.8-13
• experimental characterization of non-Newtonian fluids, 2.2.8-1/2.2.8-6
• models for non-Newtonian fluids, 2.2.8-6/2.2.8-10
• turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids, 2.2.8-13/2.2.8-15
• visco-elastic fluids, 2.2.8-15
• volume flow rate/pressure drop relations, 2.2.8-10/2.2.8-13
• heat transfer with, 2.5.12-1/2.5.12-19
• in dilute polymer solutions, 2.5.12-16
• in steady confined channel flows, 2.5.12-7/2.5.12-11
• influence of viscous heating, 2.5.12-11/2.5.12-16
• non-dimensional correlations for, 2.5.12-16/2.5.12-17
• physical properties in, 2.5.12-2/2.5.12-7
• Nonparticipating media, radiation interaction in, 2.9.8-3/2.9.8-4
• Nonuniform heat flux, critical heat flux with, 2.7.3-23/2.7.3-25
• Non-wetting surfaces, in condensation augmentation, 2.6.6-5/2.6.6-6
• Normal boiling point, see Boiling point
• Normal paraffins (see Paraffins)
• North, C., 4.8.3-1/4.8.3-3
• No-tubes-in-window shells, calculation of heat transfer and pressure drop in, 3.3.11-1/3.3.11-3
• Nozzles:
• comparison of codes for, 4.3.4-3/4.3.4-4
• design to EN13445, 4.3.3-13
• design to PD 5500, 4.3.2-11
• flanges for, 4.14.2-1, 4.14.7-1/4.14.7-2
• impinging jets from, heat transfer in, 2.5.6-1/2.5.6-11
• arrays of nozzles, 2.5.6-5/2.5.6-6
• optimal spatial arrangement, 2.5.6-6/2.5.6-9
• single nozzles, 2.5.6-4/2.5.6-5
• loads in, 4.3.7-1/4.3.7-13
• cylindrical shells, 4.3.7-1/4.3.7-3
• spherical shells, 4.3.7-3/4.3.7-6
• stress limits in, 4.3.7-7
• loss coefficients in, 2.2.2-21
• in shell-and-tube heat exchangers: constructional features, 4.2.5-12, 4.2.6-2/4.2.6-3
• description, 2.2.7-1
• impingement protection for, 3.3.5-10/3.3.5-11
• pressure change across inlet nozzle, 2.2.7-2/2.2.7-3
• pressure change across outlet nozzle, 2.2.7-3/2.2.7-4
• Nowell, D. G., 4.5.5-1/4.5.5-6
• NTU (see Number of transfer units)
• Nuclear fuel suspensions, properties, 5.3.1-2/5.3.1-3
• Nucleate boiling:
• augmentation of, 2.7.9-1/2.7.9-4
• in axial flow reboilers, 3.6.2-8/3.6.2-9
• in evaporators, 3.5.7-3/3.5.7-4
• in forced convective boiling of binary and multicomponent mixtures, 2.7.8-1/2.7.8-2
• in forced convective heat transfer in vertical tubes, 2.7.3-1/2.7.3-17
• in horizontal tubes, 2.7.4-1/2.7.4-8
• in kettle reboilers, 3.6.2-1/3.6.2-4
• in microchannels, 2.13.4-14/2.13.4-16
• outside tubes and tube bundles in crossflow, 2.7.5-6/2.7.5-9
• in pool boiling of binary and multicomponent mixtures, 2.7.7-1/2.7.7-4
• in pool boiling systems, 2.7.2-3/2.7.2-13
• correlations for, 2.7.2-4/2.7.2-10
• hysteresis in, 2.7.2-12
• influence of dissolved gases on, 2.7.2-11
• influence of gravitational acceleration on, 2.7.2-12/2.7.2-13
• influence of liquid subcooling on, 2.7.2-12
• influence of size and orientation of surface on, 2.7.2-12
• influence of surface conditions on, 2.7.2-10/2.7.2-11
• influence of system pressure on, 2.7.2-10
• influence of wettability of surface on, 2.7.2-10/2.7.2-11
• Nuclear industry, fouling problems in, 3.17.9-1/3.17.9-14
• Nucleation:
• augmentation devices for, 2.7.9-1/2.7.9-2
• in binary systems, 2.7.6-5/2.7.6-6
• heterogeneous, in boiling, 2.7.1-5/2.7.1-7
• simulation of using molecular dynamics, 2.13.7-21/2.13.7-22
• homogeneous, of vapor bubble in liquid, 2.7.1-3/2.7.1-4
• simulation of using molecular dynamics, 2.13.7-20/2.13.7-21
• in supersaturated vapor, 2.6.7-1/2.6.7-2
• problems of, in vaporizers, 3.18.5-1
• Nucleation sites:
• critical size for nucleation: in pool boiling, 2.7.2-2/2.7.2-3
• in subcooled forced convective boiling, 2.7.3-7
• enhancement of number and activity of, 2.7.9-1/2.7.9-2
• size in binary mixtures, 2.7.6-5/2.7.6-7
• sizing of active, 2.7.1-5/2.7.1-7
• Nuclei, formation in supersaturated vapor, 2.6.7-1/2.6.7-2
• Number of transfer units (NTU):
• in air-cooled heat exchangers, 3.8.5-3/3.8.5-6
• average value in nonuniform heat transfer in shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 2.1.4-1/2.1.4-3
• as basis for design of plate heat exchangers, 3.7.2-2, 3.7.2-3
• in cooling of slab, 2.1.3-1/2.1.3-2
• in cooling towers, 3.12.2-4/3.12.2-5
• in heat exchangers, 1.2.4-3
• in particle-to-fluid heat transfer in fluidized beds, 2.5.5-2/2.5.5-3
• in transient heat transfer, definition, 2.1.2-2/2.1.3-7
• (See also theta or theta-NTU method)
• Numerical methods:
• application in furnace prediction, 3.11.7-5
• for cases in which flow patterns must be calculated, 1.4.2-1/1.4.2-2
• applications, 1.4.2-3/1.4.2-4
• discretization, 1.4.2-1
• finite difference equations for, 1.4.2-1/1.4.2-2
• solution procedure, 1.4.2-2/1.4.2-3
• for the solution of heat exchangers with a prescribed flow pattern, 1.4.1-1/1.4.1-6
• discretization, 1.4.1-1/1.4.1-3
• finite difference equations for, 1.4.1-3/1.4.1-4
• influence of fineness of discretization, 1.4.1-5/1.4.1-6
• special applications of, 1.4.3-1/1.4.3-6
• calculations of heat transfer coefficients, 1.4.3-3/1.4.3-4
• flows with chemical reactions, 1.4.3-2/1.4.3-3
• flows with radiation, 1.4.3-3
• turbulent flow in empty spaces, 1.4.3-2
• two-phase flows, 1.4.3-1
• in transient conduction calculations, 2.4.3-8/2.4.3-10
• Nusselt:
• description of modes of heat transfer, 2.1.9-2
• equations for condensation: inside horizontal tube, 2.6.2-13
• outside horizontal tube, 2.6.2-8
• vertical surface, 2.6.2-3
• Nusselt-Graetz problem, in laminar heat transfer in ducts, 2.5.1-2
• Nusselt number:
• in combined and free and forced convection: around immersed bodies, 2.5.9-1/2.5.9-6
• in channels, 2.5.10-2/2.5.10-11
• definition, 1.2.3-2
• in finned tube banks, 2.5.3-20
• in flow over tube banks, 2.5.3-5, 2.5.3-9/2.5.3-10
• forms of correlation for, 2.1.3-4
• in free convection over immersed bodies, 2.5.7-2
• for heat transfer in tubes, 2.1.3-6
• in laminar flow in ducts:
• concentric annular ducts, 2.5.1-13/2.5.1-14
• parallel plates, 2.5.1-9/2.5.1-13
• smooth straight tubes, 2.5.1-2/2.5.1-6
• in liquid metal flow, 2.5.13-1/2.5.13-4
• in non-Newtonian flows, 2.5.12-7/2.5.12-17
• in nonuniform heat transfer in packed beds, 2.1.4-3/2.1.4-4
• in particle to fluid heat transfer in fixed beds, 2.5.4-1
• in plate heat exchangers, 3.7.3-1/3.7.3-4
• in single-phase flow over immersed bodies, 2.5.2-1/2.5.2-8
• in systems with heat transfer augmentation, 2.5.11-1/2.5.11-12
• in turbulent flow in ducts:
• smooth straight tubes, 2.5.1-6/2.5.1-8
• parallel plates, 2.5.1-13
• concentric annular ducts, 2.5.1-14/2.5.1-18