Share

IIR document

Experimental investigation on buoyancy-induced convection in aluminum metal foams.

Author(s) : BARBIERI M., DI ILIO G., PATANÈ F., et al.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

In this work, we studied the thermal performance of aluminum metal foams in buoyancyinduced convection. We investigated the effect of heat transfer performance on metal foam fins heated from below due to the use of different aspect-ratio. The samples used in the trial were characterized by a square base of 50 mm length and seven different heights, which ranged from 10 mm to 150 mm.The samples were made of aluminum metal foam characterized by 5 PPI and a porosity of 0.95.The analysis showed that the heat dissipation increased asymptotically with the height of the sample. The results also showed that the Darcy characteristic
length should be not correlated to the sample height. A novel empirical correlation is proposed for the computation of Nusselt number as a function of Rayleigh and Darcy numbers, and a shape function ?.

Available documents

Format PDF

Pages: 385-393

Available

  • Public price

    20 €

  • Member price*

    Free

* Best rate depending on membership category (see the detailed benefits of individual and corporate memberships).

Details

  • Original title: Experimental investigation on buoyancy-induced convection in aluminum metal foams.
  • Record ID : 30022226
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 76
  • Publication date: 2017/04
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2016.12.019

Links


See other articles in this issue (33)
See the source

Indexing