A synthesis of fluid and thermal transport models for metal foam heat exchangers

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Thermo-hydraulic study of a single row heat exchanger consisting of metal foam covered round tubes (2010, methodology): “These were recently summarized by Mahjoob and Vafai [15].”
High resolution microtomography-based CFD simulation of flow and heat transfer in aluminum metal foams (2014, background): “In the literature, several examples are provided about the employment of metal foams in heat transfer applications, dealing with both experimental, numerical and analytical investigations: metal foam channels [1e7], metal foam filled tubes [4,8] and double tubes [9], metal foam covered tubes [10,11]”
A Review of Metal Foam and Metal Matrix Composites for Heat Exchangers and Heat Sinks (2012, methodology): “This resulted in a number of different models (some are listed by Mahjoob and Vafai [92]).”
Thermal management improvement of an air-cooled high-power lithium-ion battery by embedding metal foam (2015, neutral): “Extensive reviews of the thermal transport in metal foams can be seen in [17-20].”