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vided are, first, the organization and
merging of many techniques that have
Effects of interfacial instability on film boiling of saturated liquid helium I above been receiving increasing attention in
a horizontal surfoce, Frederking, T. H. K., Y. C. Wu, and B. W. Clement,
A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 238 (March, 1966).
recent years and, second, a demonstra-
tion of the use of these techniques in
Key Words: A. Models-8,9, Thermohydrodynamics-8, Theoretical-0, Thermo- the language and idiom of chemical en-
hydrodynamic Models-8,9, Heat Transfer-8,7, Film Boiling-1 0,8,7, Helium I-1,9, gineering. This is sufficient alone to in-
Cryogenic Liquids- 1,9, Surfaces-9, Horizontal-0, Gravity-6, Interfacial Instability- sure the use and success of the book.
6,7, Viscosity-6, Temperature Differences-6, Heat Transfer Coefficients-7,9, Cor-
relating-8. GEORGEC. F-R, JR.
THE JOHNS HOPKINSUNIVE~ITY
Abstract: Film boiling above a horizontal surface has been investigated theo-
retically and experimentally at standard gravity and 1 atm. Theoretical film
boiling results for conventional fluids have been extended, an the basis of inter-
facial instability due to gravity, to include liquefied gos properties, such as low
viscosity and small surface tension.’ Heat transfer data taken at surfoce excess
temperatures A T (obove the boiling point) between 80” ond 300°K. have been
Correlated with a theoretical model. Heat Exchanger Design, Arthur P. Fraas
and M. Necati Ozisik, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., New York (1 965). 386 poges, $1 7.50.
Heat Exchanger Design may augur
Why thermodynamics is a logical consequence of information theory, Tribus, for the ever-hopeful an encyclopedic,
Myron, Paul T. Shonnon, and Robert B. Evans, A.1.Ch.E. Journol, 12, No. 2, p.
244 (Morch, 1966).
information retrieval work. This was
not the authors’ objective. Rather, they
Key Wards: Developing-8, Deriving-8, Physical Properties-7,9, Properties (Char- sought to fill the void created by “the
acteristics)-7,9, Mechanics-9, Thermodynamics-7,9, Entropy-9,10, Newtonian-0, rapid evolution of technology since
Information Theory-6, Equilibrium-6. World War 11, particularly in the aero-
space and nuclear fields”-which is not
Abstract: The purpose here has been to show how the basic ideas of clossicol necessarily the chemical engineer’s do-
thermodynamics arise quite naturally out of the information theory approach. main.
Aerospace is disposed of in ei ht
pages with illustrations to spare. d a t
remains are reflections on elementary
Surface motion and gas absorption, Muenz, Kurt, and J. M. Marchello, A.1.Ch.E.
Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 249 (March, 1966).
heat transfer from the vantage of one
national nuclear laboratory. The treat-
Key Words: A. Moss Transfer-8, 9, Interfacial-0, Absorption-1 0, 8, 9, Gases-1, ment is from the buyer’s point of view
Oxygen-1, Helium-1, Carbon Dioxide-1, Propylene-1, Water-5, Rate-8, 7, 2, rather than the seller’s, the latter being
Effective Diffusivity-2, 10, 7, Molecular Diffusivity-2, Diffusivity-2, 7, Woves-6, much more demanding.
9, Marangoni Instability-6, Frequency-6, Surface Tension-6, Calculating-8, Cor- The two hundred and seventy pages
reloting-8, Grashof Number-2, 6, Experimental-0, Theoretical-0, Data-9. of 834 in. x 11 in. text are divided
Abstract: The influence of small waves on mass transfer from pure gases into
into sixteen chapters covering an am-
water is investigated. Small-amplitude progressive two-dimensional waves are
bitious array of subjects. Chapter titles
mechanically generated at the liquid surface for the wave studies. Control experi- new to heat transfer primers include
ments with nonwaved surfaces ore also conducted. The effect of surface motion “Heat Exchanger Types and Construc-
arising from Marangoni instability is considered for nonwaved surface. An effective tion,” “Heat Exchanger Fabrication,”
diffusivity i s used to correlate the data. “Stress Analysis,” “Heat Exchangers for
Liquid Metals and Molten Salts,”
“Cooling Towers,” and “Heat Ex-
changer Tests.” From an organizational
Bubble motion and mass transfer in non-Newtonian fluids, Barnett, Stanley M., standpoint the book‘s major shortcom-
Arthur E. Humphrey, ond Mitchell Litt, A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 253 ing lies in the authors’ compulsion for
(March, 1966). scope. If their objective was a concise
Key Words: A. Mass Transfer-8,9, Absorption-8, Bubbles-l,9, Carbon Dioxide-1, elementary survey of heat transfer it
Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose-9, Carboxymethylcellulose-9, Fluids-9, Non- New- became necessary to treat each of the
tonian-0, Ellis Model Fluid-9, Rheology-8, Drag Coefficients-8, Age-6, Diameters- sixteen chapters with less than admiss-
6, Shapes-6,7, Motion-6, Instantaneous-0, Mass Transfer Coefficients-7,8. B. ible superficiality.
Correlating-8, Drag Coefficients-9, Reynolds Number-9, Ellis Model Fluid-9, Non- Under scrutiny, the sources of much
Newtonian-0, Bubbles-9, Fluids-9. of the material do not fare very well.
Abstract: Instantaneous mass transfer coefficients were obtained for the absorp- Many of the references were gleaned
tion of corbon dioxide bubbles rising in on aqueous solution of sodium corboxy- from the recent literature where ex-
methylcellulose. The rheologicol character of the non-Newtonian solutions wos perimental results were correlated as
described by the Ellis model. The effects of bubble age, bubble diameter, and mean values. It is well known in indus-
bubble shape transitions on mass transfer coefficients were studied. Drag CO- try that the use of such procedures in
efficient data were correlated with a new Reynolds number which wos derived commercial desiqn is hazardous. First,
from both the Newtonian and power law-like terms of the Ellis model. by definition half the values one might
compute from such correlations must
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(Continued from page 407) differences between models and proto-
types which are difficult to estimate.
Rates of hydrogen chloride oxidation, Jones, Alva M., Harding Bliss, and Charles Other major sources of information
A. Walker, A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 260 (March, 1966). were vendors’ catalogs-it has not been
observed that vendors usually give
Key Words: A. Rate-8,9,2, Rote Equotion-8,2, Oxidation-8,9,4, Recation-8,9, Hy- away iriformation they consider worth
drogen Chloride-1 , Oxygen-1, Chlorine-2, Catalysts-10, Chromic Oxide-1 0, Girdler keeping-and AEC reports, with a
T-564-10, Girdler G-41-10, Measuring-8, Colculating-8, Activation Energy-2,
strong preference for the authors’ own
Kinetics-8, Recycling Reactor- 10. B. Temperature-6, Concentration-6, Nitrogen-
9,6, Oxygen-9, Hydrogen Chloride-9,1, Water-9, Chlorine-9,2, Rote-7, Oxidation-
works and those of their colleagues at
9. C. Volatility-8, Stability-8, Catalysts-9, Chromic Oxide-9, Girdler G-4 1-9, Oak Ridge.
Girdler T-564-9, Oxidation-4, Hydrogen Chloride-1, Chlorine-2. As their principal shell-side design
tool the authors selected the 1958 cor-
Abstract: A n experimental study of the chemical oxidation of hydrogen chloride relation of Tinker. From 1958 until the
to chlorine is reported. The measurement and correlation of reaction rates with preliminary 1960 correlation of the
temperature ond concentration data are the primary purposes of this study. The University of Delaware work by Bell,
stabilities and volatilities of the catalysts used are olso important considerations.
which in form supplements Tinker’s,
the Tinker correlation was the best
I available. However, it was well known
in design-for-pay circles that the Tinker
Free and forced convection in conduits with asymmetric moss transfer, Gill,
William N., Eduardo del Casal, and Dale W. Zeh, A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2,
correlation frequently predicted ex-
p. 266 (March, 1966). tremely high pressure drops with as
much as five- or tendfold errors. Even
Key Words: A. Mass Transfer-8,9, Heat Transfer-8,9, Convection -1 0,8, Free before the final University of Delaware
Convection-10, 8, Forced Convection-lO,8, Pipes-9, Ducts-9, Calculation-8, report of January 1963, Bulletin No. 5,
Prandtl Number-6, Groshof Number-6, Asymmetry-6, Nusselt Number-7,2, Tem- progressive design organizations had
perature Profiles-7, Rate-7, Mercer’s Method-1 0. already modified their design proce-
1 Abstract: Approximate solutions for the thermal entrance region and a new exact dures accordingly. With the apprecia-
solution far the fully developed region have been obtained for nonlinear, fully tion that a book is not written over-
developed conduit flows with unsymmetrical transverse flow. Entrance region solu- night, it appears that there was more
tions are obtained by a generalized version of Mercer’s method. The effects on than enough time between 1960 and
combined free and forced convection of asymmetric mass tronsfer ore studied and 1965 to bring the present text up-to-
a new exact solution is given which applies to such problems.
P
date in this important detail. The chap-
I I ter on condensation never quite gets
~ around to identifying the significant
variables.
Simultaneous axial dispersion and adsorption in a packed bed, Chao, Raul, and
H. E. Hoelscher, A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 271 (March, 1966).
In the preface the authors indicate
that the book is not intended as a
Key Words: A. Axial Dispersion-8, 9, 7, Adsorption-8, 6, Mass Transfer-8, 6, 9, teaching text, nor does it contain the
Simultaneous-0, Meosuring-8, Calculating-8, 4, Rate-2, Peclet Number-2, 7, exercise problems which usually go
Dispersion Model- 1 0, 9, Dispersion Constant-9, 7, lmpulse-Response Method- 10, with a textbook. The book is intended
Adsorption Column-9, Pocked Bed-9, Charcoal-5, Activated-0. 2s a reference for engineering gradu-
Abstract: A study has been made of simultaneous axial dispersian and solid-fluid ates-albeit lacking the pedagogical
mass tronsfer in a packed-bed adsorber. Four different controlling mechanisms unity which would be helpful for mid-
for the solid-fluid mass transfer rate are considered. An impulse-response tech- night-oil practitioners.
nique was used to obtoin simultaneously values for the axial dispersion and the Other notable omissions include the
moss transfer rate. The mathematical model used to analyze the results i s a role of the computer in modem heat
generalization of the dispersion model. exchanger design, particularly with re-
gard to optimization. The latter term
is used frequently in the text without
anything being done about it.
An analytical study of laminar counterflow double-pipe heat exchangers, Nunge, The authors manifest particular rel-
Richard J., and William N. Gill, A.1.Ch.E. Journal, 12, No. 2, p. 279 (March, ish for large wash drawings, photo-
1966).
graphs, and line drawings which
Key Words: A. Heat Tronsfer-8, 4, Forced Convection-10, 8, Fluid Flow-10, 8, scarcely appear compatible with the
Laminar-0, Counterflow-0, Countercurrent-0, Heot Exchanger-10, Concentric-0, language of the en$neering graduate.
Double Pipe-0, Calculoting-8, 4, Eigenvolues-2, Expansion Coefficients-2, Nusselt The large format of the book is quite
Numbers-2, 9, Asymptotic-0, Temperatures-2, 9, Heot Transfer Coeff icients-2, 9, readable but it also demonstrates that
Orthogonal Expansion- 10, 9, Predicting-8, Using-8. large pages can be wasted as readily
Abstract: An orthogonal expqnsion technique for solving a new class of counter- on simple sketches and wash drawings
flow heat transfer problems is developed and applied t o the detailed study of as small ones.
laminar-flow concentric-tube heat exchangers. The exchanger problem is solved The last one hundred pages of the
for fully developed laminar velocity profiles, negligible longitudional conduction book constitute a “Handbook Section”
in the fluid streams and in the exchanger walls, and with fluid properties which of charts and tables which the authors
are independent of the temperature. Comparisons ore made with single-stream
solutions such as the Graetz problem, with empirical correlations of experimental
found useful in their work. Some of
doto and with cocurrent flow exchangers. the charts and tables have been around
for a long time, while others, such as
I unit costs of steel pipe, etc., hardly
Free tear sheets of the information retrieval entries in this issue may be obtained by merit space.
writing to the New York office. DONALD 0.KERN
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