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dc.contributor.authorKotresha, B.
dc.contributor.authorGnanasekaran, N.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T06:51:24Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-31T06:51:24Z-
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Heat Transfer, 2019, Vol.141, 2, pp.-en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1115/1.4041955
dc.identifier.urihttp://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/9755-
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses about the numerical prediction of forced convection heat transfer through high-porosity metal foams with discrete heat sources in a vertical channel. The physical geometry consists of a discrete heat source assembly placed at the center of the channel along with high thermal conductivity porous metal foams in order to enhance the heat transfer. The novelty of the present work is the use of combination of local thermal equilibrium (LTE) model and local thermal nonequilibrium (LTNE) model for the metal foam region to investigate the temperature distribution of the heat sources and to obtain an optimal heat distribution so as to achieve isothermal condition. Aluminum and copper metal foams of 10 PPI having a thickness of 20 mm are considered for the numerical simulations. The metal foam region is considered as homogeneous porous media and numerically modeled using Darcy Extended Forchheimer model. The proposed methodology is validated using the experimental results available in literature. The results of the present numerical solution indicate that the excess temperature of the bottom heat source reduces by 100 C with the use of aluminum metal foam. The overall temperature of the vertical channel reduces based on the combination of LTE and LTNE models compared to only LTNE model. The results of excess temperature for both the empty and the metal foam filled vertical channels are presented in this work. 2019 by ASME.en_US
dc.titleA Synergistic Combination of Thermal Models for Optimal Temperature Distribution of Discrete Sources Through Metal Foams in a Vertical Channelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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