Entropy Based Design and Analysis of Fluids Engineering Systems (Hardcover)

Introduction
Introduction
Governing Equations of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Mathematical Properties of Entropy and Exergy
Governing Equations of Entropy and the Second Law
Formulation of Entropy Production and Exergy Destruction

Statistical and Numerical Formulations of the Second Law
Introduction
Conservation Laws as Moments of the Boltzmann Equation
Extended Probability Distributions
Selected Multivariate Probability Distribution Functions
Concave Entropy Functions
Statistical Formulation of the Second Law
Numerical Formulation of the Second Law

Predicted Irreversibilities of Incompressible Flows
Introduction
Entropy Transport Equation for Incompressible Flows
Formulation of Loss Coefficients with Entropy Production
Upper Entropy Bounds in Closed Systems
Case Study of Automotive Fuel Cell Design
Case Study of Fluid Machinery Design

Measured Irreversibilities of Incompressible Flows
Introduction
Experimental Techniques of Irreversibility Measurement
Case Study of Magnetic Stirring Tank Design
Case Study of Natural Convection in Cavities
Measurement Uncertainties

Entropy Production in Microfluidic Systems
Introduction
Pressure-Driven Flow in Microchannels
Applied Electric Field in Microchannels
Micropatterned Surfaces with Open Microchannels

Numerical Error Indicators and the Second Law
Introduction
Discretization Errors of Numerical Convection Schemes
Physical Plausibility of Numerical Results
Entropy Difference in Residual Error Indicators

Numerical Stability and the Second Law
Introduction
Stability Norms
Entropy Stability of Finite Difference Schemes
Stability of Shock Capturing Methods

Entropy Transport with Phase Change Heat Transfer
Introduction
Entropy Transport Equations for Solidification and Melting
Heat and Entropy Analogies in Phase Change Processes
Numerical Stability of Phase Change Computations
Thermal Control of Phase Change with Inverse Methods
Entropy Production with Film Condensation

Entropy Production in Turbulent Flows
Introduction
Reynolds Averaged Entropy Transport Equations
Eddy Viscosity Models of Mean Entropy Production
Turbulence Modeling with the Second Law