Non-equilibrium Evaporation and Condensation Processes

• Introduction to the Problem.- Nonequilibrium Effects on the Phase Interface.- Approximate Kinetic Analysis of Strong Evaporation.- Semi-Empirical Model of Strong Evaporation.- Approximate Kinetic Analysis of Strong Condensation.- Linear Kinetic Analysis of Evaporation and Condensation.- Binary Schemes of Vapor Bubble Growth.- Pressure Blocking Effect in a Growing Vapor Bubble.- Evaporating Meniscus on the Interface of Three Phases.- Inetic Molecular Effects with Spheroidal State.- Solution of Special Problems of Film Condensation.- Nucleate Pool Boiling.- Heat Transfer in Superfluid Helium.- Pseudo-Boiling.- Bubble Rising in a Liquid.- Bubbles Dynamics in Liquid.- Heat Transfer to a Disperse Two-Phase Flow.- Thermal-Hydraulic Stability Analysis of Supercritical Fluid.- Heat Transfer in a Pebble Bed.

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