Heat is an interesting form of energy. Not only does it sustain life, make us comfortable and help us prepare our food, but understanding its properties is key to many fields of scientific research.

THIS book is the outcome of the authors' teaching experience, and as one might expect, covers the ground usually required for a university degree. The subject-matter includes the Fourier equation, the ...

Fundamentals of heat transfer by conduction, convection, radiation. Steady and transient heat conduction in solids. Forced and free convection in fluids. properties of thermal radiation. Radiation ...

There are various things we need for survival. Like water, food and energy. On the last point, our primary source of energy is the Sun, but our relationship with it can only be described as delicate.

Heat is transferred by radiation between two well-separated bodies at temperatures of finite difference in vacuum. At large distances the heat transfer can be described by black body radiation, at ...

In direct systems, the fuel is synthesised directly at the point of light absorption. This means that the sun's energy is utilised directly to produce the fuel. In indirect systems, on the other hand, ...