Abstract Structure of porous metal foam with linearly changed porosity was proposed to
enhance phase change during thermal energy storage. Taking the melting process of …

Porous materials have attracted considerable attention in the fields of heat transfer and solar
energy harvesting. Due to the complicated pore structures and multiple reflections of …

Open cell metal foam can be applied to greatly improve thermal performance of heat sink
and heat exchanger, so that it has been widely used in the fields of thermal (or heat) control …

Metal foams are a class of materials with immense potential. The complex topology in these
lightweight systems is responsible for their outstanding mechanical and thermal properties …

Metal foams with excellent mechanical properties and low effective thermal conductivity
(ETC) are widely used in high-temperature components. The 3D microstructure evolution …

This paper presents a single Monte-Carlo algorithm used to solve transient conductive and
radiative heat transfers in three-dimensional porous media. The complete methodology …

During recent decades, numerous studies on ceramic foams improved their efficiency and
made their use possible in a myriad of engineering applications. Some studies showed that …

In the present article, the effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of 10 ppi open-cell ceramic
foams is measured at temperatures ranging from 22° C to 750° C using the transient plane …

Heat transfer in metal foams is one of the fields of particular research interest due to the
possibility of imparting tailored effective thermo-physical properties for various applications …

Engineered surfaces are increasingly used to cool electronic devices with dielectric fluids in
two-phase change. A common type of such surfaces is the open-cell metal foam. In this …