The effective thermal properties of solid foam beds: Experimental and estimated temperature profiles

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3807-3816

  Edouard, David ^a   Truong Huu, Tri ^a   Pham Huu, Cuong ^a   Luck, Francis ^b   Schweich, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Pseudo homogeneous model; Solid foam; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CATALYTIC REACTOR; EXTRUDATES; FITTING PARAMETERS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID FLOW CONDITIONS; FLUID VELOCITIES; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; RADIAL HEAT CONDUCTIVITY; SOLID FOAM; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WALL HEAT TRANSFER;

EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 77954537784     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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