The Art of Measuring in the Thermal Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780367192907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 482 str.

Josua P. Meyer; Michel de Paepe

Opis

THE ART OF MEASURING IN THERMAL SCIENCES is aimed at providing scholars, students, and people from industry a state of the art overview of good practises for conducting correct and sound measurements in thermal sciences. It is a guide for people who want to conduct advanced thermal experiments, using advanced measurement systems and techniques.

Spis treści

Part A: Measuring in Thermal Systems: Reducing Errors and Error Analysis 1. Measuring the Right Data—Verifying Experimental Boundary Conditions 2. Measurement Error or Data Trend? How to Conduct Meaningful Experiments 3. Uncertainty Analysis of Indirect Measurements in Thermal Science 4. Modern Error Analysis in Indirect Measurements in Thermal Science Part B: Convection Challenges and Energy Balances 5. Wilson Plots and Measurement Accuracy 6. Test Sections for Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Measurements: Construction, Calibration, and Validation 7. Stability Evaluation, Measurements, and Presentations of Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids 8. Determination of Energy Efficiency of Hot Water Boilers and Calculation of Measurement Uncertainties 9. Psychrometric Performance Testing for HVAC&R Components and Equipment Part C: Heat Flux Measurements, Optical Techniques, and Infrared Thermography 10. Surface Temperature Measurement on Complex Topology by Infrared Thermography 11. Optical Measurements for Phase Change Heat Transfer 12. Practical Heat Flux Measurement 13. Heated Meter Bar Techniques: What You Should Know and Why 14. Inverse Problems in Heat Conduction: Accurate Sensor System Calibration Part D: Measuring in Two-Phase Flow 15. Challenges and Advances in Measuring Temperatures at Liquid–Solid Interfaces 16. Measuring Heat Transfer Coefficient during Condensation Inside Channels 17. Optical Measurement Techniques for Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Heat Transfer 18. Selected Problems of Experimental Investigations during Refrigerants Condensation in Minichannels