Heat exchange performance of stainless steel and carbon foams modified with carbon nano fibers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 5769-5776

  Tuzovskaya, I ^a   Pacheco Benito, S ^a   Chinthaginjala, J K ^a   Reed, C ^a   Lefferts, L ^a   Van Der Meer, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon foam; Carbon nanofibers; Heat transfer enhancement; Metallic foam

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; CARBON FILAMENTS; CARBON FOAM; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINITIES; FISHBONE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METALLIC FOAM; MODIFIED STAINLESS STEELS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; SURFACE AREA; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT OF CARBON; TYPE STRUCTURES; WALL STRUCTURE;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FOAMS;

EID: 84864278475     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.05.073     Document Type: Article

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