Experimental air heat transfer and pressure drop through copper foams

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-232

  Mancin, Simone ^a   Zilio, Claudio ^a   Diani, Andrea ^a   Rossetto, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copper foam; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS FLOW RATE; COPPER FOAM; ELECTRICAL HEATER; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER; GLOBAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; INERTIA COEFFICIENT; METAL FOAMS; PORES PER INCHES; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENTS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

COPPER; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAMS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METALS;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 81155137836     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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