Thermodiffusion in Multicomponent Mixtures

Seshasai Srinvasan, Ryerson University, seshasai.srinivasan@ryerson.ca M. Ziad Saghir, Ryerson University, zsaghir@ryerson.ca

• Introduction.- Thermodiffusion Models.- Application of LNET Models to Study Thermodiffusion.- CFD Studies in Thermodiffusion.- Application of Algebraic Correlations to Study Thermodiffusion.- Application of Neurocomputing Models to Study Thermodiffusion.

From the reviews: "This short monograph refers to an important transport phenomenon in multicomponent mixtures, which stems from a competition between the Soret effect (thermodiffusion in the case of a nonuniform temperature distribution) and the Fickian diffusion process due to concentration gradients. ... The book is written from the physicist's point of view and its addressees are professionals in thermal engineering and material science, plus postdoctoral researchers and graduate students of physics and applied science faculties." (Piotr Garbaczewski, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1263, 2013)