Design, manufacture, and analysis of metal foam electrical resistance heater

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1314-1322

  Cookson, Edward J ^a   Floyd, Donald E ^a   Shih, Albert J ^b  

^a Porvair Technical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance heating; Metal foam; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTERMETALLICS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING; METAL FOAM; RADIAL HEATING ELEMENT; THERMAL ENERGY;

ELECTRIC HEATING;

EID: 33747750988     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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