Project

Alhedron - Metal foam based thermal solutions

Acronym
ALHEDRON (FOHXES 2)
Code
F2013/IOF-STEPST/677
Duration
01 April 2014 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Energy conversion
    • Energy storage
    • Thermal energy
    • Manufacturing processes, methods and technologies
Keywords
thermohydraulics metal foam thermal storage heat exchanger heat transfer heat sinks
 
Project description

The objective of this Stepstone project is to create a spin-off company that has the ambition to be: “ world-wide active, metal foam producing and processing company that provides thermal management solutions by selling ‘pplication specific products’based on UGent proprietary know-how wherein the USPs of metal foam bring a unique added value”