The english translation of the Taschenbuch Industrielle Wärmetechnik is
now available. Interest in heat engineering has increased again in a
time in which, on the one hand, industrial-furnace technology is
booming and, on the other hand, costs for gaseous fuels and electrical
energy are rising rapidly. In addition, the rational utilization of
energy in heat-processing technology is set to attain an ever more
central significance due, not least of all, to current controversies on
the subject of CO2 emissions. This is, of course, the reasoning behind
specialist publications dealing with the subject of industrial heat
engineering and heat-processing technology. The Pocket Manual of Heat
Processing meets these needs. The work examines from a practical
viewpoint the current state of the technological art and all relevant
fundamental principles of heat transfer, fluid mechanics and combustion
systems. Subsequent chapters deal with burners for industrial furnaces
and the energy balances of thermal systems. Other focuses include
electrothermal processes and the thermochemical treatment of materials.
The reader is provided with a detailed overview of all relevant
principles, calculations, terms and processes in industrial heat
engineering, and thus with important aids for his or her daily work.
This compact-format book, with its plethora of information, is an
indispensable reference for all those involved in any way at all with
thermal processing technology and industrial-furnace engineering and
operation. Selected topics covered: Heat transfer; Fluid mechanics;
Gaseous fuels; Combustion; Burner technology; Energy balance in
industrial furnaces; Electrothermal processes; Thermochemical
treatment, shielding-gas systems; etc.