Design and experiment of compact and effective carbon foam recuperative heat exchangers

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Wu, W ^a   Du, J H ^a   Lin, Y R ^a   Chow, L C ^a,c   Notardonato, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Materials and Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER;

ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; AXIAL CONDUCTION; CARBON FOAM; COLD STREAMS; COUNTERFLOW; DESIGN CONCEPT; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; RECUPERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FOAMS;

EID: 67650822856     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.40857     Document Type: Article

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