There are a variety of foams that can be used in thermal protection and/or thermal insulation systems. At high temperature (> 1000 K) thermal radiation may be important or dominate heat transfer in the foam; however, studies based on more detailed thermal radiation analysis are limited. In this paper foams are considered to be semitransparent, because radiation can penetrate through the pore (or void) space and/or foam skeleton (solid matrix), depending on the materials from which the foams are made. Of particular interest of this study is to understand how the properties such as foam material its density, porosity, etc. affect thermal and radiant energy transfer. Physical and mathematical models are developed to account for conduction and radiation (absorption, emission and scattering) in the porous material. The spectral extinction coefficients of SiC foams are measured experimentally in the laboratory at room temperature, and the radiative transfer equation is solved using the spherical harmonics P1 and the Rosseland diffusion approximations. Parametric calculations have been carried out, and the results are reported in the paper for a range of parameters characterizing heat transfer in SiC foams of different porosities to identify desirable conditions for effectively reducing heat transfer in potential thermal protection concepts.
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ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 11–17, 2011
Denver, Colorado, USA
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- ASME
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978-0-7918-5496-9
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Effect of Radiation on Heat Transfer in Open-Cell Foams at High Temperature
Charles C. Tseng,
Charles C. Tseng
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
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Ruth L. Sikorski,
Ruth L. Sikorski
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
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R. Viskanta,
R. Viskanta
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Ming Y. Chen
Ming Y. Chen
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
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Charles C. Tseng
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Ruth L. Sikorski
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
R. Viskanta
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Ming Y. Chen
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Paper No:
IMECE2011-62530, pp. 1067-1076; 10 pages
Published Online:
August 1, 2012
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Tseng, CC, Sikorski, RL, Viskanta, R, & Chen, MY. "Effect of Radiation on Heat Transfer in Open-Cell Foams at High Temperature." Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 10: Heat and Mass Transport Processes, Parts A and B. Denver, Colorado, USA. November 11–17, 2011. pp. 1067-1076. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2011-62530
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