... out on a high porosity (95%) aluminum foam (10 pores per inch) with flow blockages, both upstream and downstream of the metal foam placed in a square channel. The opening was provided closer to the heated wall, where flow blockage was varied from 0% to 87%. With air as working fluid, experiments were...

...K. Kiran Kumar; Banjara Kotresha; Kishan Naik The aim of this work is to unveil the exergy transfer and overall thermal performance of the metal foams partially filled in varying thicknesses in the vertical channel. The numerical examination performed in this study consists of a heater cum plate...

...Yuanpeng Yao; Huiying Wu In this research, thermal energy discharging performance of metal foam/paraffin composite phase change material (MFPC) is investigated at pore scale through direct simulation. A thermal transport model is first developed for heat discharging of MFPC by incorporating...

...Yuanpeng Yao; Huiying Wu This work focuses on macroscale modeling of solid–liquid phase change in metal foam/paraffin composite (MFPC), addressing the treatment of paraffin density (under distinct paraffin filling conditions in metal foam), thermal dispersion effect, and influence of thermal...

...Kumar Venkateshwar; Soroush Ebadi; Hari Simha; Shohel Mahmud In this paper, experimental investigations were carried out to observe the melting process of a bio-based nano-phase change materials (PCM) inside open-cell metal foams. Copper oxide nanoparticles with five different weight fractions (i.e...

...Srivatsan Madhavan; Prashant Singh; Srinath Ekkad High-porosity metal foams are known for providing high heat transfer rates, as they provide a significant increase in wetted surface area as well as highly tortuous flow paths resulting in enhanced mixing. Further, jet impingement offers high...