Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

, Volume 39, Issue 6, pp 5063–5072 | Cite as

Effect of Mist Flow on Heat Transfer Enhancement in Porous Media

Research Article - Mechanical Engineering
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Abstract

Effects of various operating and design parameters on the heat transfer performance of mist flow in a porous material were experimentally investigated. The porous medium was placed in a forced convection arrangement using water as the most liquid, and air as the carrier gas. A fully instrumented experimental test facility that included a cylindrical and a rectangular electrically heated test section and different types of porous medium were used. The results indicate that mist cooling in porous media can increase the heat transfer coefficient compared to forced convection using only single-phase gas in porous media.

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Mist flow Heat transfer enhancement Porous media 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Mechanical Engineering, College of EngineeringUniversity of TehranTehranIran
  2. 2.Faculty of Mechanical EngineeringIslamic Azad University, Takestan BranchTakestanIran

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