Thermo-hydraulic study of a single row heat exchanger consisting of metal foam covered round tubes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 3262-3274

  T'Joen, C ^a   De Jaeger, P ^b,c   Huisseune, H ^c   Van Herzeele, S ^c   Vorst, N ^c   De Paepe, M ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Bekaert sa   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Metal foam; Single row

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; ALUMINUM TUBES; BRAZING PROCESS; CONDUCTIVE EPOXY; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FINNED TUBE; FLOW PATH; FLOW-MIXING; HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LOW WEIGHT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; METAL FOAM; METAL FOAMS; METALLIC BONDING; OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS; ROUND TUBES; THERMO-HYDRAULIC; THIN LAYERS; TUBE SPACING; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

FOAMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRAULICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

METALS;

EID: 77953291897     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.02.055     Document Type: Article

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