An experimental and numerical study on heat transfer enhancement for gas heat exchangers fitted with porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4939-4952

  Pavel, Bogdan I ^a   Mohamad, Abdulmajeed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat transfer enhancement; Porous media

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GAS HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 4544335648     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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