How good is open-cell metal foam as heat transfer surface?

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Ghosh, Indranil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Goodness factor; Heat exchanger; Metal foam; Pore density; Porosity

Indexed keywords

AREA DENSITY; COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES; HIGH POROSITY; METAL FOAM; METAL FOAMS; OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA; PORE DENSITIES; REYNOLDS ANALOGY; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMO-HYDRAULIC;

FOAMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; POROSITY; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SURFACES;

METALS;

EID: 77953293017     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3160537     Document Type: Article

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