Explores the fundamentals of heat transfer, including radiation properties, energy conservation, and thermal conductivity, covering conduction, convection, and participating media.
Explores the efficiency of phase change processes, focusing on evaporation and boiling, differentiating between the two and discussing the various regimes of pool boiling.
Covers the approximation treatments of the Boltzmann Equation for photons, phonons, and electrons, exploring diffusion and ballistic-diffuse approaches.
Explores geothermal energy systems, concentrated solar power, and biomass applications, discussing efficiency evolution and vapor-compression refrigeration systems.