The effect of pore size and porosity on thermal management performance of phase change material infiltrated microcellular metal foams

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Sundarram, Sriharsha S ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcellular metal foam; Microelectronics cooling; Phase change material; Solar energy storage; Thermal management system; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

COOLING CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; METAL FOAMS; MICRO ELECTRONICS COOLING; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE; PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

FOAMS; HEAT GENERATION; MANAGEMENT; METALS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MICROELECTRONICS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 84891816148     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.072     Document Type: Article

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