Applied Optical Measurements

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Enhanced Heat Transfer: Endless Frontier, or Mature and Routine?....Pages 3-17
Ammonia Absorption Method and Liquid Crystal Thermography for Accurate Local Mass and Heat Transfer Measurements....Pages 19-33
Holographic Interferometry in Heat and Mass Transfer....Pages 35-63
Optical Investigation of Transport Phenomena During Solidification Process....Pages 65-78
Visual Investigation of Boiling Phenomena in CHF Subcooled Flow Boiling....Pages 79-93
Thermal Pattern and Boiling Enhancement of Water Containing Cationic Surfactants....Pages 95-105
Bubble Nucleation and Growth During Saturated Pool Boiling on a Thin Vertical Plate....Pages 107-120
Optical Study of Bubble Dynamics in Microgravity Pool Boiling....Pages 121-138
Meso- and Micro-Scale Frontiers of Compact Heat Exchangers....Pages 139-158
Convective Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics in Heat Exchanger Applications....Pages 159-170
Interfacial and Plate Temperature Histories During Dropwise Condensation in the Presence of Noncondensibles....Pages 171-183
Measurements of Transient Phenomena in Vapor-Liquid Systems....Pages 185-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Dynamic Simulations of Pressure-Drop Type Instabilities in a Two-Phase Upflow Boiling System Including the Effect of Thermal Non-Equilibrium....Pages 201-216
Fibre Optical Sensors for Measuring Local Quantities in Gas Liquid Two-Phase Flows....Pages 217-232
Three-Phase Flow Measurements Using a Hot-Film Anemometer....Pages 233-248
The Tomographical Dual Wavelength Photometry—A New Tool to Distinguish Micro-and Macro-Mixing....Pages 249-261
Short-Time Holography and Holographic PIV Applied to Engineering Problems....Pages 263-278
The Development of the Phase Doppler Technique....Pages 279-292
Development of a Conductance Sensor for Measuring Solids Concentration in Large Diameter Slurry Pipelines....Pages 293-305
A Visualization Study of Jet Impingement on Cylindrical Surfaces....Pages 307-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Stable Vortex Structures in Axisymmetric Flame Under Oscillating Combustion....Pages 321-327
Applications and Potentials of Optical Measurement Techniques for the Investigation of Transient Combustion Phenomena....Pages 329-345
Measurements of Velocities, Temperatures, Emissions and Particle Sizes in Model Furnaces....Pages 347-380
Evaluation of Noisy Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectra by Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 381-390
Investigation of Using Broadband Excitation and Detection in Evaluating Flowfield Temperatures and Pressures....Pages 391-404
Porous Medium (PM) Combustion Technology and Its Application to Internal Combustion Engines A New Concept for a Near-Zero Emission Engine....Pages 405-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
A General Method for Scaling and Analyzing Transport Processes....Pages 421-459
Back Matter....Pages 461-463