Characterization of porous carbon foam as a material for compact recuperators

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-330

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Thermalcentric Inc   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM FOAM; POROUS CARBON FOAM;

RECUPERATORS;

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE DROP; RECUPERATORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34848837679     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2436562     Document Type: Article

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