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Project

Thermal hydraulic study and modeling of open-cell metal foam
Code
178BL109
Duration
01 April 2009 → 31 March 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Electrical power engineering
    • Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
    • Thermodynamics
Keywords
pressure drop open-cell metal foam heat transfer modeling
 
Project description
 

Open-cell metal foam is a porous material consisting of a network of solid ligaments. The material can be used in thermal applications due to the high porosity, high specific surface area, low mass and high thermal conductivity. For a given heat transfer problem with foam, the aim is to obtain an accurate solution, in a computationally efficient manner and by means of a method which is sufficiently generic.