Forced convection in a sintered porous channel with inlet and outlet slots

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-42

  Hadim, H ^a   North, M ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Subsidiary of Modine Mfg Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat exchangers; Porous media; Sintered porous metal

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISPERSIONS; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SINTERING;

CHANNEL DIMENSIONS; FRICTION FACTOR CORRELATIONS; PINNED-FIN ARRAYS; SINTERED POROUS METAL;

FORCED CONVECTION;

EID: 6344228451     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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