Heat and mass transfer in tubular inorganic membranes [Elektronische Ressource] / von Arshad Hussain

HEAT AND M ASS TRANSFER I N TUBULAR I NORGANIC M EMBRANESARSHAD H USSAINFakultät für Verfahrens-und Sys temtechnikOtto- von- Guericke U niversität MagdeburgHeat an d M ass Transfer in Tubular Inorganic M embranesDissertationzur Er langung de s a kademischen G radesDoktoringenieur(Dr.- Ing.)genehmigt d urch d ie Fak ultät f ür Verfahrens- u nd S ystemtechnikder O tto- von-Guericke-Universität M agdeburgvon M .Sc. Arshad H ussaingeb. a m 03. August 1970 i n K ot-Adu, P akistanGutachter: Prof. D r.-Ing. ha bil. E. TsotsasProf. D r.-Ing. ha bil. Andreas S eidel-MorgensternPromotionskolloquium a m 27.06.2006 III Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Khalil Jibran IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Tsotsas for giving me the opportunity to conduct research in this area. His enlightened mentoring was vital and inspiring for the accomplishment of this work. What I appreciate the most is his tireless support to formally complete my dissertation. I also wish to express my appreciation and gratitude to my co-supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing- A. Seidel-Morgenstern for providing me constructive suggestions and guidance during all times.