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Heat Transfer in Graphitic Foams

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Porous graphitic foam possesses unique characteristics that make it an interesting material for consideration in heat transfer applications. The present chapter summarizes work that has been done over the past several years to characterize graphitic foams that are permeable to fluid flow for eventual use in applications requiring convective heat transfer enhancement. The work covers: engineering models describing the structure of the foam, models of effective thermal conductivity, experimental work that quantifies enhancements in various flow orientations, and computational work that has been undertaken to explore the hydraulic and thermal behaviour of graphitic foam at both the pore-level and the macroscopic level.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B9, London, Canada

    Anthony G. Straatman

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

    Andreas Öchsner

  2. Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, New South Wales, Australia

    Graeme E. Murch

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Straatman, A.G. (2010). Heat Transfer in Graphitic Foams. In: Öchsner, A., Murch, G. (eds) Heat Transfer in Multi-Phase Materials. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/8611_2010_2

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