专业英语 第7单元.doc

Unit 13 Principles of heat transfer Practically all the operations that are carried out by the chemical engineer involve the production or absorption of energy in the form of heat. The laws governing the transfer of heat and the types of apparatus that have for their main object the control of heat flow are therefore of great importance. Nature of heat flow When two objects at different temperatures are brought into thermal contact, heat flows from the object at the higher temperature to that at the lower temperature. The net flow is always in the direction of the temperature decrease. The mechanisms by which the heat may flow are three: conduction, convection and radiation. Conduction If a temperature gradient exists in a continuous substance, heat can flow unaccompanied by any observable motion of matter. Heat flow of this kind is called conduction. In metallic solids, thermal conduction results from the motion of unbound electrons, and there is close correspondence between thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. In solids which are poor conductors of electricity, and in most liquids, thermal conduction results from the transport of momentum of individual molecules along the temperature gradient. In gases conduction occurs by the random motion of molecules, so that heat is “diffused” from hotter regions to colder ones. The most common example of conduction is heat flow in opaque solids, as in the brick wall of a furnace or the metal wall of a tube. Convection When a current of macroscopic particle of fluid crosses a specific surface such as the boundary of a control volume, it carries with it a definite quantity of enthalpy. Such a flow of enthalpy is called a connective flow of heat or simply convection. Since convection is a macroscopic phenomenon, it can occur only when forces act on the particle or stream of fluid and maintain its motion against the force of friction. Convection is closely associated with fluid mechanics. In fact, thermodynamically