Characterization of porous carbon foam as a material for compact recuperators

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 5 PART A, Issue , 2006, Pages 367-373

  Straatman, A G ^a   Gallego, N C ^b   Yu, Q ^c   Thompson, B E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Foam Application Technologies Inc   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL WINDOWS; COMPACT RECUPERATORS; POROUS CARBON FOAM; WATER TUNNEL;

COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; RECUPERATORS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33750832038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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