Heat transfer in metal foams and designed porous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3806-3814

  Hutter, C ^a   Buchi D ^a   Zuber, V ^a   Rudolf von Rohr, Ph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger reactor; Heat transfer; Porous media; Reactor by design; Selective laser sintering; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; FIXED WALL; HEAT EXCHANGER REACTORS; MANUFACTURING METHODS; METAL FOAMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REACTOR BY DESIGN; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; TUBULAR REACTORS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER;

BATCH REACTORS; FOAMS; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER HEATING; METALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SINTERING;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 79959657704     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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