In this study, open-cell copper foam with completely interconnected sphere pores was prepared by a modified sintering–dissolution process using a preformed calcium chloride template skeleton as space holder. Compared with the traditional foamin...
Open-cell solid foams are rigid skeletons that are permeable to fluids, and they are used as direct heaters or thermal dissipaters in many industrial applications. Using susceptors, such as dielectric materials, for the skeleton and exposing them to...
Natural oils from watermelon, cherry, black currant, grape and pomegranate fruit seeds were applied in the synthesis of biopolyols using the transesterification reaction. In this manuscript, the preparation possibility of open-cell foams from a polyu...
Open-cell foams are attractive for heat transfer enhancement in many engineering applications. Forced pulsations can lead to additional heat transfer enhancement in porous media. Studies of heat transfer in open-cell foams under forced pulsation cond...
This work presents the cell structure and selected properties of polyurethane (PUR) foams, based on two types of hydroxylated used cooking oil and additionally modified with three different flame retardants. Bio-polyols from municipal waste oil with...
The applications of polymeric sponges are varied, ranging from cleaning and filtration to medical applications. The specific properties of polymeric foams, such as pore size and connectivity, are dependent on their constituent materials and productio...
The heat transport management in catalytic reactors is crucial for the overall reactor performance. For small-scale dynamically-operated reactors, open-cell foams have shown advantageous heat transport characteristics over conventional pellet catalys...
In the dynamic realm of sustainable energy storage technologies, the global research landscape presents myriad scientific and economic challenges. The erratic growth of renewable energies alongside the phasing out of conventional power plants poses a...
Axial compression-compression fatigue experiments on open-cell copper foams with different pore size were investigated in this paper. The effects of the strain amplitude on the fatigue properties were studied and found that there is an exponential re...
Biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) foams with open-cell structures are good candidates for oil–water separation. However, the foaming of PLA with high-expansion and uniform cell morphology by the traditional supercritical carbon dioxide microc...
This paper proposes a new approach to relate the effective thermal conductivity of open-cell solid foams to their porosity. It is based on a recently published approach for estimating the dielectric permittivity of isotropic porous media. A comprehen...
Open-cell PU foams have a wide range of industrial applications due to their excellent cushioning, impact protection, packaging, thermal insulation, and sound reduction benefits. The foams absorb impact energy while deforming under compressing and ar...
The main goal of this work was to evaluate the thermal insulation and sound absorption properties of open-cell rigid polyurethane foams synthesized with different contents of cooking oil-based polyol. The content of the applied bio-polyol as well as...
Open-cell type aluminum foams with various structural conditions and alloy compositions were manufactured using the replication casting process. The porosity of the foams ranged from 55% to 62%, with pore sizes of 0.7~1.0 mm, 1.0~2.0 mm, and 2.8~3.4...
In this paper, an innovative sustainable method of producing metal foams was presented. The base material was aluminum alloy waste in the form of chips obtained by machining process. The leachable agent, used to create pores in the metal foams, was n...
This paper reviews the available methods to study thermal applications with open-cell metal foam. Both experimental and numerical work are discussed. For experimental research, the focus of this review is on the repeatability of the results. This is...
We have studied an application of the Voronoi tessellation method in the modeling of open-cell aluminium foam under uniaxial compressive loading. The Voronoi code was merged with computer-aided design (CAD) for converting the polyhedral model into an...
Open-cell metal foams are porous medium for thermo-fluidic systems. However, their complex geometry makes it difficult to perform time-resolved (TR) measurements inside them. In this study, a TR particle image velocimetry (PIV) method is introduced f...
This paper reports the results of a study concerned with air−water and air−oil two–phase flow pattern analysis in the channels with open–cell metal foams. The research was conducted in a horizontal channel with an internal dia...
This article presents an ecological approach based on climate neutrality to the synthesis of open-cell polyurethane foams with modified used cooking rapeseed oils. Water was used as a chemical blowing agent in the amount of 20–28 wt.% in relati...
In the present work, based on numerical simulation, a comparative analysis of the flow of a chemically reacting gas flow through a catalyst is performed using the example of selective hydrogenation of acetylene in a wide range of flow temperatures va...
As a main goal of this work, a novel generation of cellular materials has been developed and manufactured by the kelvin cell model to be offered for different multifunctional applications. These Open-Cell Aluminum Foams (OCAF) have 85% porosities of...
Structured open-cell foam reactors are promising for managing highly exothermic reactions such as CO2 methanation due to their excellent heat transport properties. Especially at low flow rates and under dynamic operation, foam-based reactors can be a...
This work presents the results of a tribological examination of polymer matrix composites reinforced with carbon foams with different porosity. The application of open-celled carbon foams allows an easy infiltration process by liquid epoxy resin. At...
An open-cell metal foam has excellent characteristics such as low density, high porosity, high specific surface area, high thermal conductivity, and low mass due to its unique internal three-dimensional network structure. It has gradually become a ne...
The effect of formulations and procedures to deposit thin active layers based on low surface area powders on complex geometry substrates (open-cell foams) was experimentally assessed. An acid-free liquid medium based on water, glycerol, and polyvinyl...
Commercially pure aluminum (Al) was refined through the addition of the Al-5Ti-0.25C master alloy, resulting in the formation of Al3Ti and TiC phases, which serve as refining agents. Open-cell metallic foams were successfully produced using the repli...
The corrosion behavior of open-cell AlSn6Cu-based composites, one reinforced with SiC particles and the other with Al2O3 particles, was investigated. The composites were fabricated via liquid-state processing, employing both squeeze casting and the r...
Macroporous magnetic Fe3O4 microparticles, which might act as both drug carriers and magnetocaloric media, were expected to have broad application prospects on magnetocaloric-responsively controlled drug release systems. A kind of macroporous magneti...
This paper reports the results of a study concerned with air–water and air–oil two-phase flow in channels packed with open-cell metal foams. The research was conducted in horizontal channel with an internal diameter of 0.02 m and length of 2.61 m. Th...
We report on the development of open-cell polyurethane foams based on bio-polyols from vegetable oils: hemp seed oil, oilseed radish oil, rapeseed oil and used rapeseed cooking oil. The crude oils were pressed from seeds and subjected to an optimal s...
The application of vacuum materials with low secondary electron yield (SEY) is one of the effective methods to mitigate the electron cloud (EC). In this study, the Ti-Hf-V-Zr non-evaporable getter (NEG) film was deposited on open-cell copper foams wi...
Forced flow and radiation-convection coupled heat transfer in an annulus filled with open-cell foam was numerically investigated at high temperatures. The Darcy-Brinkman-Forchheimer model was utilized to represent the fluid transport. The two-energy...
Since membranes made of open porous polymer foams can eliminate the use of organic solvents during their manufacturing, a series of previous studies have explored the foaming process of various polymers including polyethersulfone (PESU) using physica...
This study investigates the fabrication and performance of a novel composite material by infiltrating SnSb11Cu6 babbitt alloy into an open-cell AlSn6Cu-SiC matrix. The composites, produced via a multi-stage liquid-state processing route, were compreh...
This paper focuses on the development of hybrid structures containing two different classes of porous materials, nanocomposite foams made of polyurethane combined with graphene-based materials, and aluminum open-cell foams (Al-OC). Prior to the hybri...
The present paper illustrates a comparison of open-cell aluminum foams. The foams were fabricated by two different methods: spark plasma sintering and replication on a polyurethane template. The influence of pressure, temperature, and diameter of spa...
Open-cell spray polyurethane foams are widely used as highly efficient thermal insulation materials with vapor permeability and soundproofing properties. Unfortunately, for the production of commercial foams, mainly non-renewable petrochemical raw ma...
In order to create greener polyurethane (PUR) foams, modified used cooking oils (UCO) were applied as starting resources for the synthesis of bio-polyols. The bio-polyols were produced using transesterification of UCO with diethylene glycol (UCO_DEG)...
Five types of fruit seed oils have been described from the perspective of their potential use in the synthesis of biopolyols. The overall goal is to increase the participation of biopolyurethanes in polymer production, aligning with the European Gree...
The “excess salt replication process” is a new simple method of fabrication of open-cell metal foam based on the commonly known salt replication method. Porous materials with porosity between 46% and 66% result when the employed alloy is...
Development of high-performance graphene-based microwave absorbing materials with low density and strong absorption is of great significance to solve the growing electromagnetic pollution. Herein, a controllable open-cell structure is introduced into...
In this study, we present a new composite material that was developed using the pressure infiltration method. In this composite, carbon reinforcement in the form of an open-celled rectangular foam (Cof) was applied, and pure magnesium with two commer...
Composite structures can be designed with specific parameters for efficient sound absorption in specific frequency bands; however, determining the optimal parameters and topology to maximize sound absorption is a computationally challenging task. In...
Open-cell-type aluminum foam demonstrates excellent heat dissipation owing to interconnected pores. In this study, open-cell-type aluminum foams with various pore sizes and porosities were fabricated using the replication-casting process, which is a...
In the presented work, the catalytic performance of a nickel catalyst, in CO2 hydrogenation to methane, within a ZrO2 open-cell foam (OCF)-based catalyst was studied. Two series of analogous samples were prepared and coated with 100–150 mg of a...
This paper describes experimental investigations of single-phase and two-phase gas–liquid flow through channels with a diameter of 20 mm and length of 2690 mm, filled with metal foams. Three types of aluminium foams with pore densities of 20, 30 and...
Due to their high porosity, high stiffness, light weight, large surface area-to-volume ratio, and excellent thermal properties, open-cell metal foams have been applied in a wide range of sectors and industries, including the energy, transportation, a...
In the current study, a first attempt at using aluminum flakes for the manufacture of open-cell aluminum foams with the space holder method is presented. The method involves powder mixing, compaction, leaching, and sintering processes. Saccharose par...
Hybrid structures with epoxy embedded in open-cell aluminum foam were developed by combining open-cell aluminum foam specimens with unreinforced and reinforced epoxy resin using graphene oxide. These new hybrid structures were fabricated by infiltrat...
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