Convective heat transfer in graphite foam heat sinks with baffle and stagger structures

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Leong, K C ^a   Li, H Y ^a   Jin, L W ^a   Chai, J C ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

forced convection; graphite foam; Nusselt number; porous medium; pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENHANCED COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLOW-MIXING; FLUID PRESSURE DROP; FREE-STREAM; GRAPHITE FOAM; HEAT REMOVAL; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INLET AIR; INTERNAL CONTACTS; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; LOW PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS;

AIR; FORCED CONVECTION; GRAPHITE; HEAT SINKS; INLET FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 79952512489     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003449     Document Type: Article

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