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  • Packaged units, specification of, 4.9.2-6
  • Packed-bed condensers, 3.20.1-3
  • Packed beds (see Fixed beds)
  • Packing characteristic, in cooling towers, 3.12.2-5
  • Packings, for cooling towers, 3.12.1-4/3.12.1-6, 3.12.3-1/3.12.3-2
  • Packings, for fixed beds:
    • characteristics, 2.2.5-2
        • effective conductivity of various in fixed beds: beds with gas
      • flow, 2.8.2-2/2.8.2-5
      • stagnant beds, 2.8.1-4/2.8.1-5
    • for regenerators, 3.15.2-1/3.15.2-3
  • Packinox heat exchanger, 3.1.2-5/3.1.2-6
  • Paikert, P., 3.8.1-1/3.8.9-7, 3.10.8-1/3.10.8-11
  • Paintings and coatings, for heat exchangers, 4.15.5-1/4.15.5-6
    • application and testings, 4.15.5-4/4.15.5-5
    • corrosion protection by, 4.15.5-1
    • insulation, corrosion protection under by, 4.15.5-6
    • maintenance of, 4.15.5-5/4.15.5-6
    • metallic coatings, 4.15.5-5
    • surface preparation, 4.15.5-2/4.15.5-4
    • types of paints and coatings, 4.15.5-1/4.15.5-2
  • Paints, spectral characteristics of reflectance of surfaces treated with, 2.9.2-14/2.9.2-17
  • Pair potentials:
    • effective, for water, 2.13.7-4/2.13.7-5
    • for solid metals, 2.13.7-7/2.13.7-10
  • Palen, J. W., 3.6.1-1/3.6.5-7, 3.17.7-14/3.17.7-18
  • Palm, B., 2.13.3-1/2.13.3-17
  • Pancake (flat) waste heat boiler, 3.16.2-4
  • Panchal, C. B., 3.17.7-19/3.17.7-21
  • Panel immersion exchangers, 4.4.4-2/4.4.4-3
  • Paraffins, normal and isonormal:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-5/5.5.10-14
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-9/5.5.1-18
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-5/5.6.11-14
    • transport properties at elevated pressures, 5.5.14-3/5.5.14-12
  • Paraldehyde:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-87
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-88
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-87
  • Parallel channel instability, in condensers, 3.4.5-3
  • Parallel flow (see Cocurrent flow)
  • Parallel plates (see Plates)
  • Partial boiling in subcooled forced convective heat transfer, 2.7.3-9/2.7.3-10
  • Participating media, radiation interaction in, 2.9.8-4/2.9.8-5
  • Particle convective component, in heat transfer from fluidized beds, 2.8.4-2/2.8.4-3
  • Particle emissivity, 2.9.7-2
  • Particle Reynolds number in fixed beds, 2.2.5-2
  • Particles:
    • fluid-to-particle heat transfer in fluidized beds, 2.5.5-1/2.5.5-6
    • free fall velocity of, 2.3.3-3
    • in direct contact heat transfer, 2.10.2-4/2.10.2-6
    • particle-to-wall heat transfer in fluidized beds, 2.8.4-1/2.8.4-8
  • Particulate fluidization, 2.2.6-1
  • Particulate fouling, 3.17.2-2
  • Pascal (SI unit), xxvii
  • Pass arrangements, in plate heat exchangers, 3.7.2-5/3.7.2-7
  • Passes, tube side, 4.2.5-3/4.2.5-4
    • "boxed in," 4.2.5-4
    • number of, 4.2.5-3/4.2.5-4
    • partition plates between, 4.2.5-3
  • Passive fire protection, 4.15.6-1/4.15.6-2
    • fireproofing materials and systems, 4.15.6-2
    • types of fires, 4.15.6-1
  • Passive methods, for augmentation of heat transfer, 2.5.11-1/2.5.11-3
    • in forced convection, 2.5.11-4/2.5.11-8
    • in free convection, 2.5.11-3
  • PD 5500 mechanical design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers to, 4.3.2-1/4.3.2-17
    • design by rule, 4.3.2-4/4.3.2-13
      • cones under internal pressure, 4.3.2-4/4.3.2-5
      • cylinders under external pressure, 4.3.2-6
      • design formulae, 4.3.2-4
      • dished heads under external pressure, 4.3.2-7
      • dished heads under internal pressure, 4.3.2-5/4.3.2-6
      • flanges, 4.3.2-7/4.3.2-9
      • flat ends, 4.3.2-11/4.3.2-12
      • jackets, 4.3.2-9
      • limpet (or hemi) coils, 4.3.2-9
      • nozzles, 4.3.2-11
      • saddle supports, 4.3.2-9/4.3.2-10
      • shell bellows, 4.3.2-12/4.3.2-13
      • stiffeners, 4.3.2-7
      • tubesheets, 4.3.2-10/4.3.2-11
    • general bases, 4.3.2-1/4.3.2-4
      • basis of design, 4.3.2-3
      • introduction, 3.4.3-1
      • purchases, 4.3.2-2
      • safety factor, 4.3.2-3/4.3.2-4
      • scope and structure, 4.3.2-1/4.3.2-2
      • specification of the duty, 4.3.2-2/4.3.2-3
    • manufacture and tests (design aspects), 4.3.2-16/4.3.2-17
      • drawing, 4.3.2-16
      • inspection, 4.3.2-16
      • pressure testing, 4.3.2-16/4.3.2-17
      • tolerances, 4.3.2-16
    • other design matters, 4.3.2-13/4.3.2-6
      • brittle fracture, 4.3.2-16
      • design by analysis, 4.3.2-13
      • fatigue, 4.3.2-15
      • gross plastic deformation, 4.3.2-13/4.3.2-14
      • incremental collapse, 4.3.2-14
      • thermal stresses, 4.3.2-14/4.3.2-15
      • welds, 4.3.2-16
  • Peacock, D. K., 4.5.9-1/4.5.9-15
  • Pearson number, 2.5.12-6
  • Peclet number, 1.2.3-2/1.2.3-3, 2.1.5-2
    • heat and mass transfer at low, in fluidized beds, 2.5.5-3/2.5.5-5
    • in heat transfer in liquid metal systems, 2.5.13-1/2.5.13-4
    • in non-Newtonian flow, 2.5.12-7
  • Penetrative convection, in porous media, 2.11.6-9
  • Peng, X. F., 2.13.3-1/2.13.3-17
  • Peng-Robinson equation of state, application to hydrocarbons, 5.2.2-2
  • Penner's rule, in absorption of radiation by gases, 2.9.5-7
  • Pentachloroethane (Refrigerant 120):
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-122
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-123
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-122
  • Pentadecane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-12
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-16
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-12
  • Pentadecene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-26
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-40
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-26
  • Pentadiene 1,2:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-33
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-37
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-33
  • Pentadiene 1, trans 3:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-34
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-38
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-34
  • Pentadiene 1,4:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-35
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-38
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-35
  • Pentadiene 2-3:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-35
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-35
  • Pentamethylbenzene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-56
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-59
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-56
  • Pentane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-7
    • normal, critical heat flux for flow boiling of, in vertical tube, 2.7.3-29
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-11
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-7
    • transport properties of gases at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-7
  • Pentanoic acid:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-96
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-97
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-96
  • 1-Pentanol:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-63
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-66
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-63
  • 1-Pentene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-21
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-25
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-21
  • cis-2-Pentene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-30
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-34
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-30
  • trans-2-Pentene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-30
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-34
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-30
  • Pentylacetate:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-79
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-80
  • Pentylbenzene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-50
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-53
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-50
  • Pentylcyclohexane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-24
  • Pentylcyclopentane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-22
  • Pentylcyclopropane, liquid properties, 5.5.10-16
  • Perfect gas (see Ideal gas)
  • Perfluorocyclobutane, see Octafluorocyclobutane
  • Performance curves, for regenerators, 3.15.11-1/3.15.11-3
  • Perforated fins, in plate fin heat exchangers, 3.9.3-1
  • Perforated plates, loss coefficients in, 2.2.2-20
  • Periodic operation, of regenerator, 1.1.6-1
  • Periodic variations in temperature, thermal conduction in bodies with, 2.4.5-1/2.4.5-4
  • Permeability, in porous media, 2.11.1-3
  • Personell protection, by insulation of heat exchanger, 4.15.4-1
  • Petroleum properties, 5.3.1-3
  • PFR correlation, for heat transfer in high fin tube banks, 2.5.3-33
  • Pharmaceutical industry, fouling of heat exchangers in, 3.17.6-10/3.17.6-11
  • Phase change heat transfer in porous media, 2.11.7-2
  • Phase change number, 2.4.4-1
  • Phase equilibrium:
    • in binary mixtures, 2.7.6-1/2.7.6-3
    • in multicomponent mixtures, 2.7.6-3/2.7.6-5
        • (See also Equilibrium, phase)
  • Phase inversion
    • in liquid-liquid flows, 2.3.5-19/2.3.5-20
    • in liquid-liquid-gas flows, 2.3.6-9
  • Phase separation, as source of corrosion problems, 4.5.3-5
  • PHE (see Plate heat exchanger)
  • Phenol:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-72
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-74
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-72
  • Phenols:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-72/5.5.10-74
    • saturation properties, 5.5.10-74/5.5.10-75
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-72/5.5.11-74
  • Phenylhydrazine:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-149
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-148
  • Phonons, in thermal conductivity of solids, 5.4.3-1/5.4.3-3
  • Phosgene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-165
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-165
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-166
  • Physical constants, nomenclature and values for, xxxiii
  • Physical properties:
    • index to data given, 5.5.0-1/5.5.0-12
    • of mixtures of fluids, 5.2.1-1/5.2.5-5
    • of pure fluids, 5.1.1-1/5.1.5-3
    • of rheologically complex media, 5.3.1-1/5.3.8-3
    • of solids, 5.4.0-1/5.4.5-5
    • tables of, 5.5.1-1/5.5.15-41
      • index to, 5.5.0-1/5.5.0-12
    • variation with temperature: effect in developing flow, 2.2.2-11
      • effect on flow over cylinder, 2.2.3-6
      • effect on flow in tube banks, 2.2.4-10/2.2.4-12
      • effect on friction factor in circular pipe flow, 2.2.2-7/2.2.2-8
      • effect in heat transfer of flat plates, 2.5.2-7
      • effect in laminar flow heat transfer in channels, 2.5.1-5
      • effect in turbulent flow heat transfer in channels, 2.5.1-8, 2.5.1-16
      • nature of variation, 2.2.1-9
      • in polymers, 2.5.12-2/2.5.12-5
  • Physical quantities, Maxwell principle for, xx
  • Pi theorum, in dimensional analysis, 2.2.1-13/2.2.1-14
  • Pinch analysis, for heat exchanger network design, 1.7.1-1/1.7.6-1
    • capital costs in, 1.7.2-9/1.7.2-10
    • cogeneration in, 1.7.5-5/1.7.5-7
        • composite curves
      • grand composite curve, 1.7.5-2
      • hot and cold, 1.7.2-3/1.7.2-4
    • design methods in, 1.7.3-1/1.7.3-10
      • pinches, 1.7.4-1/1.7.4-11
      • problem table algorithm in, 1.7.3-1/1.7.3-6
      • without pinch or with multiple pinches, 1.7.4-1/1.7.4-11
    • heat pumping in, 1.7.5-5
    • maximum energy recovery, 1.7.2-6/1.7.2-9
    • pinch principle, 1.7.2-4/1.7.2-6
    • utility selection in, 1.7.5-1/1.7.5-11
  • Pin fins (see Spine fins)
  • Pipe fittings (see Piping components)
  • Pipe leads, 4.3.2-11/4.3.2-12
  • Piperidine:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-145
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-145
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-144
  • Pipes, circular:
    • augmentation of heat transfer in, 2.5.11-4/2.5.11-9
      • internally finned for, 2.5.11-5/2.5.11-6
    • boiling of binary and multicomponent mixtures in, 2.7.8-1/2.7.8-14
      • critical heat flux, 2.7.8-9/2.7.8-11
      • forced convective (including mass transfer effects), 2.7.8-2/2.7.8-6
      • nucleate boiling, 2.7.8-9/2.7.8-2
    • combined free and forced convection in, 2.5.10-1/2.5.10-12
      • in condensers, 3.4.1-1/3.4.9-5
      • horizontal channels, 2.5.10-7/2.5.10-11
      • vertical pipes, 2.5.10-2/2.5.10-7
    • flow boiling in: horizontal pipes, 2.7.4-1/2.7.4-10
      • vertical pipes, 2.7.3-1/2.7.3-50
    • free convective heat transfer from outside of, 2.5.7-20/2.5.7-24
      • horizontal, 2.5.7-20/2.5.7-23
      • vertical and inclined, 2.5.7-23/2.5.7-24
    • heat transfer to, in fluidized beds, 2.8.4-6/2.8.4-7
    • heat transfer to liquid metals in, 2.5.13-1
    • laminar heat transfer in, 2.5.1-2/2.5.1-6
      • constant heat flux, 2.5.1-3/2.5.1-5
      • constant wall temperature, 2.5.1-2/2.5.1-3
      • free convection effects in, 2.5.1-5
      • variable physical property effects on, 2.5.1-5
    • pneumatic conveyance (gas solids flow) in, 2.3.3-1/2.3.3-2
    • radiative heat transfer along, 2.9.3-15/2.9.3-16
    • roughened surface, radiative heat transfer along, 2.9.4-9/2.9.4-10
        • single-phase fluid flow and pressure drop in fully developed
      • flow in, 2.2.2-1/2.2.2-8
      • effect of free convection on, 2.2.2-5/2.2.2-7
      • effect of temperature dependent fluid properties on, 2.2.2-7
      • friction factor, 2.2.2-1/2.2.2-4
      • influence of additives on, 2.2.2-8
      • turbulence characteristics in, 2.2.2-1/2.2.2-5
    • transition between laminar and turbulent flows, heat transfer in turbulent heat transfer in, 2.5.1-6/2.5.1-8
      • entrance effects in, 2.5.1-8
      • variable physical property effects on, 2.5.1-8
    • two-phase gas-liquid flow in, 2.3.2-1/2.3.2-33
      • flow regimes in, 2.3.2-1/2.3.2-5
      • hydrodynamics of flow in, 2.3.2-7/2.3.2-26
    • use in shell-and-tube heat exchangers for single-phase flow, 3.3.1-1/3.3.11-5
  • Pipes, noncircular:
    • triangular ducts: laminar flow, 2.2.2-8/2.2.2-10
      • single-phase fluid flow and pressure drop in, 2.2.2-8/2.2.2-10
      • turbulent flow, 2.2.2-9/2.2.2-10
        • (See also Rectangular ducts; Square ducts)
  • Piping components:
    • gas-liquid flow and pressure drop in, 2.3.2-15/2.3.2-18
      • bends, 2.3.2-17
      • open valves, 2.3.2-18
      • orifice plates, 2.3.2-17/2.3.2-18
      • slow changes in cross section, 2.3.2-15/2.3.2-16
      • sudden contractions, 2.3.2-16/2.3.2-17
      • sudden enlargements, 2.3.2-16
    • single-phase fluid flow and pressure drop in, 2.2.2-15/2.2.2-21
      • curved ducts, 2.2.2-15/2.2.2-18
      • enlargements, 2.2.2-18/2.2.2-19
      • miscellaneous fittings, 2.2.2-19/2.2.2-21
  • Pitting corrosion, in stainless steels, 4.5.6-11/4.5.6-12
  • Plain tube banks (see Tube banks, plain)
  • Planck's constant, 2.9.1-3
  • Planck's law, for spectral distribution of blackbody radiation, 2.9.1-3
  • Plane shells, steady-state thermal conduction in, 2.4.2-1/2.4.2-3
  • Plastic analysis, in mechanical design, 4.1.2-1/4.1.2-2
  • Plastic deformation
        • gross
    • PD 5500 guidelines for, 4.3.2-13/4.3.2-14
    • EN13445 guidelines for, 4.3.3-19/4.3.3-20
        • progressive
    • EN13445 guidelines for, 4.3.3-20/4.3.3-21
  • Plate-and-frame heat exchangers (see Plate heat exchangers)
  • Plate coil baffles, in agitated vessels, 3.14.2-3/3.14.2-4
  • Plate fin heat exchangers, 1.1.4-2, 3.9.1-1/3.9.1-2
    • approximate overall heat transfer coefficients in, 2.1.2-4
    • approximate volumetric heat transfer coefficients for, 4.8.1-5/4.8.1-6
    • augmentation of condensation in, 2.6.6-23
    • calculation procedure for a rating problem, 3.9.9-1
    • correlation of heat transfer and friction data for, 3.9.6-1/3.9.6-2
    • definition of geometric terms for, 3.9.2-1
    • description of, 3.1.2-5
    • fouling in, 3.17.7-5/3.17.7-7
    • goodness factor comparisons for, 3.9.7-1/3.9.7-3
    • laminar flow surfaces, 3.9.5-1/3.9.5-3
    • mechanical design, 4.4.3-1/4.4.3-9
      • brazing, 4.4.3-3/4.4.3-4
      • construction, 4.4.3-1/4.4.3-3
      • flow distributors, 4.4.3-3
      • materials, 4.4.3-7/4.4.3-8
      • plate fin-tube construction, 4.4.3-5/4.4.3-7
    • multifluid service in, 3.9.12-1/3.9.12-2
    • pressure drop calculation in, 3.9.10-1/3.9.10-2
    • procedures for the thermal sizing problems in, 3.9.11-1/3.9.11-2
    • recent theory and data on vaporization and condensation in, 3.9.13-1/3.9.13-4
    • specifications of, 4.9.2-6
    • specifications of sizing and rating problems in, 3.9.8-1/3.9.8-2
    • surface geometries for, 3.9.3-1
    • surface performance data for, 3.9.4-1/3.9.4-2
  • Plate fins, efficiency, 2.5.3-9/2.5.3-10
  • Plate heat exchangers:
    • approximate overall heat transfer coefficients in, 2.1.2-4, 4.8.1-4
    • advantages and limitations of, 3.7.1-1/3.7.1-2
    • condensing/boiling in, 3.7.3-5
    • corrugation design, 3.7.1-4/3.7.1-5
    • costing, 4.8.4-1/4.8.4-2, 4.8.1-8/4.8.1-9
      • comparison of costs with those for shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 4.8.1-8/4.8.1-9
    • description, 3.1.2-4/3.1.2-6
      • gasketed plate, 3.1.2-4
      • lamella (Ramen), 3.1.2-5
    • distribution of flowin, 3.7.2-2
    • entry loss in, 3.7.2-2
    • factors affecting plate specification, 3.7.2-1/3.7.2-2
      • corrugation geometry, 3.7.2-1/3.7.2-2
      • distribution, 3.7.2-2
    • fouling in, 3.7.3-4/3.7.3-5
    • heat transfer and pressure drop in, 3.7.3-1/3.7.3-4
    • mechanical design, 4.4.2-1/4.4.2-5
      • brazed plate design, 4.4.2-5
      • double-wall gasketed plates, 4.4.2-4
      • frame design, 4.4.2-3/4.4.2-4
      • gasket design and properties, 4.4.2-3
      • plate construction features, 4.4.2-2/4.4.2-4
      • plate design features, 4.4.2-2/4.4.2-3
      • welded pair plate, 4.4.2-4
      • welded plate, 4.4.2-5
    • multiple duties in, 3.7.1-2
    • Packinox, 3.1.2-5/3.1.2-6
    • pass arrangement in, 3.7.2-5/3.7.2-7
    • performance calculations for, 3.7.3-5/3.7.3-7
    • plate arrangements and correction factors for, 3.7.2-5/3.7.2-8
      • concurrency corrections, 3.7.2-5/3.7.2-6
      • distribution along port manifolds, 3.7.2-7
      • end effects, 3.7.2-6/3.7.2-7
      • types of pass arrangements, 3.7.2-5
    • plate design, overall in, 3.7.2-2/3.7.2-3
      • NTU rating, 3.7.2-2/3.7.2-3
      • performance characteristics, 3.7.2-3
    • port arrangements in, 3.7.2-2
    • shell-encased, 4.4.2-5
    • specifications, 4.9.2-5
    • spiral plate, 3.1.2-4/3.1.2-5
    • thermal mixing in, 3.7.2-3/3.7.2-5
  • Plate evaporator, 3.5.2-9, 3.7.4-1/3.7.4-7
    • advantages and limitations, 3.7.4-1/3.7.4-2
    • thermal configuration, 3.7.4-2/3.7.4-4
      • mechanical vapour recompression, 3.7.4-3/3.7.4-4
      • multiple effect plate evaporators, 3.7.4-2/3.7.4-3
      • thermo vapour recompression, 3.7.4-3
    • types of, 3.7.4-4/4.7.4-7
      • falling film, 3.7.4-7/3.7.4-7
      • rising film, 3.7.4-4/3.7.4-6
      • rising/falling film, 3.7.4-4/3.7.4-6
  • Plates:
    • characteristics of, as packings for fixed beds, 2.2.5-2
    • direct-contact condensation on films flowing on, 3.20.3-1/3.20.3-3
        • parallel, laminar heat transfer in flow between
      • in laminar flow, 2.5.1-9/2.5.1-13
      • in turbulent flow, 2.5.1-13
  • Plug flow:
    • regions of occurrence: in horizontal flow, 2.3.2-2/2.3.2-4
      • in inclined tubes, 2.3.2-4/2.3.2-5
      • in systems with phase change, 2.3.2-6/2.3.2-7
      • in vertical flow, 2.3.2-1/2.3.2-2
    • in vertical channels, 2.3.2-19
      • bubble rise velocity in, 2.3.2-19
  • Plug flow model, for furnaces, 3.11.5-1/3.11.5-2
  • Pneumatic conveyance, 2.3.3-1/2.3.3-2
    • in horizontal pipes, 2.3.3-1/2.3.3-3
    • in inclined pipes, 2.3.3-2
    • in vertical pipes, 2.3.3-1
  • Pneumatic conveying dryer, 3.13.7-2
  • P-NTU method:
    • application to single-pass exchangers, 1.3.1-2/1.3.1-4
    • for calculation of heat exchangers, 1.2.4-4/1.2.4-5
  • Poiseuille law (see Hagen Poiseuille law)
  • Polarization, of thermal radiation, 2.9.2-12/2.9.2-14
  • Polyglycols, as heat transfer media, 5.5.15-24/5.5.15-27
  • Polymers:
    • degradation temperature, 2.5.12-1
    • physical properties, 2.5.12-2/2.5.12-5, 5.3.6-1/5.3.7-2
      • specific heat capacity, 2.5.12-3
      • thermal conductivity, 2.5.12-2
      • viscosity, 2.5.12-2/2.5.12-5
    • non-Newtonian heat transfer to, 2.5.12-1/2.5.12-19
  • Pool boiling, 2.1.7-6/2.1.7-8
    • augmentation of heat transfer in, 2.7.9-1/2.7.9-2
    • of binary and multicomponent mixtures, 2.7.7-1/2.7.7-11
      • critical heat flux, 2.7.7-6/2.7.7-8
      • film boiling, 2.7.7-8/2.7.7-9
      • minimum heat flux, 2.7.7-8
      • nucleate boiling, 2.7.7-1/2.7.7-6
      • transition boiling, 2.7.7-8
    • boiling curve for, 2.7.2-1/2.7.2-2
    • critical heat flux in, 2.7.2-13/2.7.2-17
      • geometric effects on, 2.7.2-14
      • liquid viscosity effect on, 2.7.2-14/2.7.2-15
      • mechanisms of, 2.7.2-13/2.7.2-14
      • subcooling effects on, 2.7.2-16/2.7.2-17
      • surface condition effects on, 2.7.2-17
    • film boiling in, 2.7.2-19/2.7.2-20
    • minimum heat flux in, 2.7.2-18
    • nucleate boiling, 2.7.2-3/2.7.2-13
      • correlations, 2.7.2-4/2.7.2-10
      • hysteresis in, 2.7.2-12
      • influence of dissolved gas 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
    • onset of nucleate boiling in, 2.7.2-2/2.7.2-3
    • transition boiling in, 2.7.2-18
  • Porosity, in porous media, 2.11.1-1
  • Porous media, heat transfer in, 2.11.1-1/2.11.7-4
    • combined effects in, 2.11.7-1/2.11.7-4
      • heat and mass transfer, 2.11.7-1
      • mixed convection, 2.11.7-1
      • phase change, 2.11.7-2
    • forced convection, 2.11.3-1/2.11.3-6
      • chemical flow, 2.11.3-4
      • cylinder, 2.11.3-2/2.11.3-3
      • heat lines, 2.11.3-5
      • plane wall, constant heat flux, 2.11.3-1
      • plane wall, constant temperature, 2.11.3-1
      • point and line sources, 2.11.3-3
      • sphere, 2.11.3-2/2.11.3-3
    • fundamentals of, 2.11.1-1/2.11.1-7
      • chemical species conservation, 2.11.1-6
      • Darcy flow model, 2.11.1-3
      • energy conservation, 2.11.1-5
      • Forschheimer model, 2.11.1-3
      • mass concentration, 2.11.1-2
      • permeability, 2.11.1-3
      • porosity, 2.11.1-1
    • heat conduction, 2.11.2-1/2.11.2-2
      • energy conservation, 2.11.2-1
      • thermal conductivity models, 2.11.2-1
    • heat exchangers, treatment as porous media, 2.11.4-1/2.11.4-3
    • natural convection, external flow, 2.11.5-1/2.11.5-8
      • cylinder, horizontal, 2.11.5-5
      • horizontal walls, 2.11.5-5
      • Oberbeck-Boussinesq approximations, 2.11.5-1
      • point and line sources, 2.11.5-6
      • sphere, 2.11.5-5
      • vertical partitions, 2.11.5-3
      • vertical walls, 2.11.5-1
    • natural convection, internal flow, 2.11.6-1/2.11.6-6
      • cylindrical enclosures, 2.11.6-4/2.11.6-5
      • enclosures heated from below, 2.11.6-6/2.11.6-9
      • enclosures heated from side, 2.11.6-1/2.11.6-4
      • penetrative convection, 2.11.6-9
      • spherical enclosures, 2.11.6-4/2.11.6-6
  • Porous surfaces, for enhancement of boiling heat transfer, 2.7.9-1
  • Port arrangements, in plate heat exchangers, 3.7.2-2
  • Portable fouling unit, 3.17.6-3
  • Postburnout heat transfer (see Postdryout heat transfer; Transition boiling; Film boiling)
  • Postdryout heat transfer:
    • correlations for in vertical tubes, 2.7.3-39/2.7.3-43
      • with departure from thermodynamic equilibrium, 2.7.3-41
      • empirical correlations, 2.7.3-39/2.7.3-41
      • semitheoretical, 2.7.3-41/2.7.3-43
    • in evaporators, 3.5.7-5
  • Potential functions, for use in molecular dynamics simulations, 2.13.7-2/2.13.7-10
    • effective pair potential for water, 2.13.7-4/2.13.7-5
    • embedded atom method for, 2.13.7-7/2.13.7-10
    • for larger molecules in liquid phase, 2.13.7-5/2.13.7-6
    • Leonard-Jones potential, 2.13.7-3/2.13.7-4
    • many-bodied, for carbon and silicon, 2.13.7-6/2.13.7-7
    • pair potential for solid metal, 2.13.7-7/2.13.7-10
  • Powders:
    • classification of types, in fluidized beds, 2.2.6-7/2.2.6-8
    • thermal conductivity under vacuum, 2.1.1-2
  • Power, conversion of units, xxvii, xlv-lvi
        • chart for, lii
  • Power law fluid (non-Newtonian), 2.2.8-7
    • forced convective heat transfer to, 2.5.12-1/2.5.12-19
    • free convective heat transfer to bodies immersed in, 2.5.7-10, 2.5.7-25
  • Power plant:
    • design for fouling in, 3.17.6-20/3.17.6-22
    • entropy generation in, 1.8.4-1/1.8.4-3
  • Prandtl number, 1.2.3-4, 2.1.3-3
    • effect on laminar flow over flat plate, 2.2.1-23
    • formulas, 5.1.4-7
    • of heavy water, 5.5.9-3
    • of liquids below their boiling point, 5.5.10-1/5.5.10-175
    • of saturated vapors and liquids, 5.5.1-1/5.5.1-98
    • of saturated water, 5.5.3-30
    • of seawater, 5.5.13-9
    • shell-side, in shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 3.3.5-17
      • turbulent, 2.2.1-19
    • of water, 5.5.3-28/5.5.3-29
  • Precipitation (crystallization) fouling, 3.17.2-1
  • Precipitation hardening, of stainless steels, 4.5.6-6
  • Precommissioning, of waste heat boilers, 3.16.4-1/3.16.4-2
    • cleaning during, 3.16.4-1/3.16.4-2
    • storage during, 3.16.4-2
  • Prehenitene, see 1,2,3,4-Tetramethylbenzene
  • Pressure, conversion of units for, xxvii, xlv-lvi
        • chart for, lv
  • Pressure coefficient:
    • for flow over single cylinder, 2.2.4-2
    • for flow over tube in tube bank, 2.2.4-2
  • Pressure control of condensers, 3.4.5-1
  • Pressure drop:
    • in air-cooled heat exchangers, 3.8.6-1
    • in condensers, 3.4.7-1/3.4.7-2
    • in double-pipe heat exchangers, 3.2.2-4
    • in evaporators, 3.5.6-1/.3.5.6-2
    • in fluidized beds, 2.2.6-2/2.2.6-3
    • in foam systems, 2.12.1-3/2.12.1-4
    • in gas-liquid flow, 2.3.2-7/2.3.2-18
      • frictional, in straight pipes, 2.3.2-9/2.3.2-12
      • in shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 2.3.2-12/2.3.2-13
      • in singularities, 2.3.2-15/2.3.2-18
      • in stratified flow, 2.3.2-23/2.3.2-24
      • in vertical annular flow, 2.3.2-19
    • in headers, nozzles, and turnarounds in shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 2.2.7-1/2.2.7-11
    • in internally finned tubes, 2.5.11-5/2.5.11-6
    • in liquid-liquid flow, 2.3.5-1/2.3.5-40
        • in liquid-liquid-gas flow
      • homogeneous models for, 2.3.6-8/2.3.6-9
      • in slug flows, 2.3.6-8
        • in microchannels
      • in condensation in, 2.13.6-5/2.13.6-19
      • in evaporation in, 2.13.4-16/2.13.4-19
      • in gas-liquid two phase flow, 2.13.5-14/2.13.5-17
      • in single phase flow, 2.13.1-1/2.13.1-11
    • in multiphase systems, 2.3.1-1/2.3.1-10
      • in gas-solid flow, 2.3.3-2, 2.3.3-4/2.3.3-7
    • overall, in cooling towers, 3.12.2-6/3.12.2-9
    • in packings of cooling towers, 3.12.2-7/3.12.2-8
    • in plate fin heat exchangers, 3.9.10-1/3.9.10-2
    • in plate heat exchangers, 3.7.3-1/3.7.3-4
    • and pumping power in heat exchangers, 1.2.4-5/1.2.4-6
    • in reboilers, 3.6.3-1
    • in regenerators, 3.15.0-4
    • on shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 3.3.1-1/3.3.11-5
      • as limitation in design, 3.3.10-6
      • with longitudinal flow, 3.3.12-1/3.3.12-17
    • in single-phase systems: ducts and fittings, 2.2.2-1/2.2.2-28
      • in fixed beds, 2.2.5-1/2.2.5-7
      • introduction and fundamentals, 2.2.1-1/2.2.1-42
      • in non-Newtonian fluid flow, 2.2.8-10/2.2.8-13
      • in tube banks, 2.2.4-1/2.2.4-17, 3.3.7-1/3.3.7-4
      • in tube banks with longitudinal flow, 3.3.12-1/3.3.12-17
    • in vertical tubes with subcooled boiling, 2.7.3-10/2.7.3-11
  • Pressure gradient:
    • effect in transition boundary layer flow over flat plate, 2.2.1-28
        • (See also Pressure drop)
  • Pressure, specification of in mechanical design to EN13445, 4.3.3-2
  • Pressure testing,
    • PD 5500 guidance for, 4.3.2-16/4.3.2-17
    • EN13445 guidance for, 4.3.3-23/4.3.3-24
  • Pressure vessels, principle codes for, 4.3.1-2
    • PD5500, 4.3.2-1/4.3.2-17
    • EN13445, 4.3.3-1/4.3.3-25
  • Pressurised water reactor, fouling in, 3.17.9-1/3.17.9-4
    • deposit formation, 3.17.9-2/3.17.9-3
    • impact on performance, 3.17.9-3/3.17.9-4
    • mitigation, 3.17.9-4
  • Printed circuit heat exchanger, 3.1.2-7/3.1.2-8
  • Problem table algorithm, in pinch analysis, 1.7.3-1/1.7.3-6
  • Process heaters:
    • electrical, specifications of, 4.9.2-7/4.9.2-10
    • fired, 3.11.2-1/3.11.2-2
  • Progressive plastic deformation
    • EN13445 guidelines for, 4.3.3-20/4.3.3-21
  • Prolate spheroids, free convective heat transfer from, 2.5.7-25
  • Promoters, in dropwise condensation, 2.6.5-1/2.6.5-2
  • Propadiene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-32
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-36
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-32
  • Propane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-6
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-10
    • superheated vapors: physical properties, 5.5.11-6
      • thermodynamic properties, 5.5.2-4
      • transport properties at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-5
  • 1-Propanol:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-62
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-65
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-62
    • transport properties of gases at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-25
  • 2-Propanol:
    • transport properties at elevated pressures, 5.5.14-26
  • Propeller agitator, 3.13.2-1/3.14.2-2
    • heat transfer in agitated vessels with, 3.14.3-1
  • Propene, see propylene
  • Property ratio method, for temperature dependent physical property
    • Effects in boundary layer, 2.2.7-7
  • Propine, see methylacetate
  • Propionaldehyde:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-86
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-87
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-86
  • Propionic acid:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-95
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-95
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-95
  • Propionic anhydride:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-100
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-100
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-100
  • Proprionitrile:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-150
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-149
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-149
  • Propyl acetate:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-77
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-79
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-77
  • Propylamine:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-141
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-141
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-140
  • Propylbenzene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-49
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-52
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-49
  • Propylchloride (see 1-Chloropropane)
  • Propylcyclohexane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-44
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-47
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-44
  • Propylcyclopentane:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-42
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-45
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-42
  • Propylene:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-20
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-24
    • superheated gaseous: physical properties, 5.5.11-20
      • thermodynamic properties, 5.5.2-8
      • transport properties of gases at elevated pressure, 5.5.14-16
  • 1,3-Propylene glycol:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-70
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-72
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-70
  • Propylene oxide:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-105
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-106
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-105
  • Propyl formate:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-75
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-77
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-75
  • Propyl propionate:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-81
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-82
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-81
  • Propyne, see Methylacetylene
  • Proximity agitators, 3.14.2-1
    • heat transfer in agitated vessels with, 3.14.3-3/3.14.3-6
  • Pseudocritical pressure, 5.2.7-2
  • Pseudocritical tempertaure, 5.2.7-1/5.2.7-2
  • Pseudocumene, see 1,2,4 Trimethylbenzene
  • PTFE sheeting (modified) for gaskets, 4.12.2-1/4.12.2-2
  • Pugh, S. F., 5.4.5-1/5.4.5-5, 5.5.8-1/5.5.8-3
  • Pulp and paper industry, fouling of heat exchangers in, 3.11.6-5/3.17.6-6
  • Pulsating heat pipes:
    • applications of, 2.13.8-22/2.13.8-23
    • description of, 2.13.8-2/2.13.8-4
    • experimental studies of, 2.13.8-10/2.13.8-14
    • mathematical models of, 2.13.8-19/2.13.8-22
  • Pulsations, use in augmentation of heat transfer, 2.5.11-8
  • Pumping, lost work in, 1.9.5-7/1.9.5-8
  • Pumps, feedwater, for waste heat boilers, 3.16.2-2/3.16.2-3
  • Pushkina and Sorokin correlation, for flooding in vertical tubes, 2.3.2-22
  • PWR, (see Pressurised Water Reactor)
  • Pyramid, free convective heat transfer from, 2.5.7-25
  • Pyridine:
    • liquid properties, 5.5.10-146
    • saturation properties, 5.5.1-146
    • superheated vapor properties, 5.5.11-145