The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, And Radiation

Levenspiel, Octave

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The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, And Radiation

Octave Levenspiel³

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In general, heat flows from here to there by three distinct mechanisms:

by conduction, or the transfer of energy from matter to adjacent matter by direct contact, without intermixing or flow of any material.
by convection, or the transfer of energy by the bulk mixing of clumps of material. In natural convection it is the difference in density of hot and cold fluid which causes the mixing. In forced convection a mechanical agitator or an externally imposed pressure difference (by fan or compressor) causes the mixing.
by radiation such as light, infrared, ultraviolet and radio waves which emanate from a hot body and are absorbed by a cooler body.

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Levenspiel, O. (1998). The Three Mechanisms of Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, And Radiation. In: Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange. The Plenum Chemical Engineering Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0104-0_9

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