This book, "Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media", presents a set of new developments in the field of basic and applied research work on the physical and chemical aspects of heat and mass transfer phenomena in a porous medium domain, as well as related material properties and their measurements. The book contents include both theoretical and experimental developments, providing a self-contained major reference that is appealing to both the scientists and the engineers. At the same time, these topics will encounter of a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines, such as chemical, civil, agricultural, mechanical engineering, etc. The book is divided in several chapters that intend to be a short monograph in which the authors summarize the current state of knowledge for benefit of professionals.

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Treatment of Rising Damp in Historical Buildings.- The Evaluation of Hygroscopic Inertia and Its Importance to the Hygrothermal Performance of Buildings.- Two-phase flow and heat transfer in micro-channels and their applications in micro-system cooling.- Numerical Methods for Flow in Fractured Porous Media.- Lungs as a Natural Porous Media: Architecture, Airflow Characteristics and Transport of Suspended Particles.- On Analogy between Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in a Porous Medium and a Hele-Shaw Cell.- Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Materials with Complex Geometry: Fundamentals and Applications.- Contribution to Thermal Properties of Multi-Component Porous Ceramic Materials used in High-Temperature Processes in the Foundry Industry.- Metal Foams Design for Heat Exchangers: Structure and Effectives Transport Properties.- Heat and Mass Transfer in Matrices of Hygroscopic Wheels.