Convective and advective heat transfer in geological systems

This monograph aims to provide state-of-the-art theoretical results in a systematic treatment of convective and advective heat transfer during fluid flow in geological systems at the crustal scale. Although some numerical results areprovided to complement theoretical ones, the main focus of this monograph is on theoretical aspects of the topic. The theoretical treatment contained in this monograph is also applicable to a wide range of problems of other length-scales such as engineering length-scales. To broaden the readership of this monograph, common mathematical notations are used to derive the theoretical solutions. This enables this monograph to be used either as a useful textbook for postgraduate students or as a valuable reference book for mathematicians, engineers and geoscientists. Derivation of analytical solutions to advanced problemsinvolving fluid and thermal transport in rocks with associated benchmark solutions INDICE: From the contents 1. Introduction.- 2. Distribution of pore-fluid pressure gradient in the crust with temperature neglected.- 3. Pore-fluid pressure gradients in the crust with heat conduction and advection.- 4. Convectiveheat transfer in a homogeneous crust.- 5. Convective heat transfer in a heterogeneous crust.- 6. Pore-fluid focusing within two-dimensional faults and cracks of crustal scales with no temperature effects: solutions expressed in a local coordinate system.- 7. Pore-fluid focusing within two-dimensional faults and cracks of crustal scales with no temperature effects: solutions expressed ina global coordinate system.- 8. Pore-fluid-flow focused transient heat transfer within and around two-dimensional faults and cracks of crustal scale.- 9. Convective heat transfer within three-dimensional vertical faults heated from below.- 10. Convective heat transfer within three-dimensional inclined faults heated from below.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-79510-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 340
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés