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Annals of the Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conference 13

ISBN 1-56700-225-0 / CD 1-56700-226-9

Volumes per year:

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Year 2006

DOI: 10.1615/IHTC13.p5

HEAT AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER IN SOLID SPONGES - RE-EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE DATA

W. Schabel
University of Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

M. Abu-Khader
Al-Balqa Applied University, Amman, Jordan

B. Dietrich
University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

H. Martin
University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

ABSTRACT

There is a growing interest on solid sponges because of its advantageous properties for industrial applications. In this contribution, initially a review about experimental and theoretical studies existing in literature is given. The second part contains a re-evaluation of literature data from Decker et al. (2002) and shows the potential applicability of the Lévêque analogy for heat and mass transfer in solid sponges. A brief outlook on future investigations is given at the end.