To explore the heat and mass transfer characteristics during the phase change in metal foams
a test rig with solid/liquid phase change heat transfer visualization device was designed and established. The effects of pore structure parameters on solidification process were measured. Results show that the involvement of open-cells in metal foam can significantly enhance the solidification process. The deterioration of phase change heat transfer can be compensated by the enhanced heat conduction with metal foam. The full solidification time can be reduced by 48.86%(pore density of 1 181 m
-1
and porosity of 0.90)and 60.97%(pore density of 1 181 m
-1
and porosity of 0.97)
respectively
in comparison with the case of pure water. Poros
ity plays a vital role in solidification process but the influence of pore density upon solidification can be neglected. The full solidification time can be further reduced by 20% when the porosity decreases from 0.97 to 0.90. The visualization demonstrated an inclined solidification front
which indicated the contribution of local natural convection in the fluid phase. Local thermal equilibrium between metallic ligaments and the saturating PCM(distilled water)was experimentally observed.
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