Experimental investigation of the potential of metallic porous inserts in enhancing forced convective heat transfer

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 540-545

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection; Enhancement; Experimental; Heat transfer; Porous media

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INLET TEMPERATURES; METALLIC POROUS; POROUS MATRIX;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 4744341458     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1773586     Document Type: Article

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