A unit cube-based model for heat transfer and fluid flow in porous carbon foam

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-360

  Yu, Qijun ^a   Thompson, Brian E ^b   Straatman, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Foam Application Technologies Inc   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heat transfer in porous media; Porous carbon foam; Unit cube geometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; SPHERES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DARCY-FORCHHIEMER LAW; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; POROUS CARBON FOAM; UNIT-CUBE GEOMETRY MODEL; VOID PHASE;

FOAMS;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; SPHERES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645799093     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2165203     Document Type: Article

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