Forced convection heat transfer and hydraulic losses in graphitic foam

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1237-1245

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Thermalcentric Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Graphic foam; Therm l dispersion; Thermal non equilibrium

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GRAPHITIC FOAM; HYDRAULIC LOSSES; THERMAL DISPERSION;

FOAMED PRODUCTS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FOAMED PRODUCTS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 35348818621     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2739621     Document Type: Article

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