Experimental investigation on pressure drop and heat transfer in metal foam filled tubes under convective boundary condition

摘要

Heat transfer under convective boundary condition is common in heat exchangers. This paper presented the experimental results of air flow and heat transfer through three stainless steel foam filled tubes under convection boundary condition. The air flow velocity inside the tube is relatively high, which varied from 7.0 to 26.0 m/s. The stainless steel foam filled tubes, manufactured using high-temperature metallic sintering technique, are of different pore densities (10, 30 and 70 PPI) but have the same porosity of 0.93.