Heat and Mass Transfer in Capillary-Porous Bodies

Publisher Summary Heat and mass transfer between capillary-porous bodies and surrounding incompressible liquid accompanied by a change of phase is not only of theoretical interest but also of great practical importance for some technological processes. Heat and mass transfer inside a porous body (internal heat and mass transfer) also has its unique character. Even now the mechanism of heat and mass transfer in evaporation processes is scantily investigated, and analytical investigations do not, therefore, lead to reliable results. This chapter presents an experimental study of heat and mass transfer in evaporation processes. To elucidate peculiarities of heat transfer with simultaneous mass transfer, a dry body (pure heat transfer) and a moist body (heat transfer in the presence of mass transfer) are investigated. Such a comparison makes it possible to establish relations for interconnected heat and mass transfer processes. In order to describe quantitative relations it is necessary to have a method of analysis which makes it possible to consider the interaction of the heat and mass transfer processes. One such method is the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The experimental data presented well confirm the mathematical theory of thermodynamics of irreversible transfer processes.