Annals of the Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conference 13

The papers presented at the Thirteenth International Heat Transfer Conference, which was held in Sydney, Australia under the joint auspices of the Australasian Fluids and Thermal Engineering Society and Engineers Australia on behalf of the Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences. IHTC-13 was the first in this long-running series to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.

The International Heat Transfer Conference series has existed for over 40 years, with conferences being held every four years since 1962. The goal of the conferences is to provide a forum for the exposure and exchange of ideas, methods and results in heat and mass transfer. Papers on all aspects - both fundamental and applied – were presented.

IHTC-13 offered 33 Keynote Lectures, including lectures by the winners of the Max Jakob and Donald Q. Kern Awards of ASME and AIChE; 657 contributed papers (all of which were peer reviewed by members of the International Scientific Committee and their colleagues, to whom we are greatly indebted); seven panel discussions; an Open Forum for the presentation of last minute work; and an exhibition of books and journals. There was an extensive programme of social events and technical visits.

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Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer

The Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer published to date had been created and edited by Professor Chang-Lin Tien who passed away in 2002. Chang-Lin had an immense and long-lasting impact on the heat transfer community through his pioneering research and community service in heat transfer. This series, itself, is a product of Chang-Lin’s leadership and dedicated service. The present Editors decided to use Volume XIV as a bridge between the past and the future, by summarizing Chang-Lin’s contributions and reviewing current and future research directions in areas in which Professor Tien made a significant impact. In this volume we have divided his contributions into six topical areas: radiation and combustion, micro/nanoscale heat transfer, phase change and heat pipes, porous media, materials processing and laser materials interactions, and energy systems.

The previous volumes of the Annual Reviews reflect all aspects of heat transfer and fluid flow as depicted by an array of the top international specialists in the field. Future volumes are being planned to include the modern achievements in the thermal and fluids sciences.

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Electrospinning of Micro- and Nanofibers: Fundamentals in Separation and Filtration Processes

Atmospheric pollution caused by the uncontrolled development of industrial technologies, has now reached the danger point, past which its irreversible ef­fect on natural factors and the resulting danger to living organisms and to future human generations starts outweighing the advantages of technological progress. The increase in the appearance and development of increasingly more ecology-damaging industries such as nuclear power generation, modern chemistry and biotechnologies, have resulted in the appearance of the so-called ecology-protection technologies. The danger of environmental pollution, leads to the optimal selection of environmental protection tech­nologies and monitoring their effectiveness lies outside the competence of those who design and operate polluting industries and becomes increasingly more the prerogative of special expert and monitoring services. High-efficiency gas purification by Petryanov filters is one such universally acknowledged aerosol-removal technology. These filters are made of fibrous ma­terials obtained by means of electrospinning. The substance and capabilities of this method, the use of the fibrous materials produced by it, the various and unique separating properties embodied in the present volume. The authors know that the present monograph will be useful not only to design and production engineers but also to a number of other experts, whose activity in the scientific, industrial, managerial, judicial, educational and humanitarian fields is related to some extent to the problem of protecting the environment and the health of the population. The following topics are included in this book: Mechanism of electrospinning of fibrous materials and the structure of these materials, Raw materials, Effect of the properties of the spinning solution on the course of formation and properties of fibers, Technology of electrospinning of fibrous materials (Petryanov Filters) and their analogs, Relationships governing the capture of aerosol particles by fibrous filters, Functional and performance properties of Petryanov-Filter (PF) materials and of their analogs, Construction, testing, manufacturing and assortment of fibrous PF-materials based high-efficiency aerosol filters, and Applications of modular high-efficiency aerosol filters and filtering stations employing PF filtering materials and their analogs for high-efficiency gas filtration.



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The Proceedings of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer represent the publications of the Centre derived from International Seminars, International Schools, Symposia, Short Courses and Forums. These meetings, held since 1968, represent an extensive achievement, on an international scale, of the Centre and its mission. Covering all branches of heat and mass transfer, the Proceedings show the pursuit of excellence and the fostering of international cooperation. The coverage of the Proceedings extends from the basic fundamentals to the forefront research in the field of thermofluid engineering, in both industrial and academic, as well as computational fields.

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