Presentation on the Development and Applications of Metal Foams

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of metal foams, focusing on their properties, applications, and development. It begins with an introduction to liquid metal foams and their characteristics, including higher thermal conductivity and energy absorption capabilities. The presentation details various methods for metal foam formation, such as vapor deposition, gas bubbling, and sintering. It then explores the research rationale, aiming to understand the impact of metal foams on society, particularly in reducing energy consumption in construction. The objectives include analyzing the properties of aluminum and silicon carbide using ANSYS software. The presentation addresses research questions about the impacts, challenges, and solutions related to metal foam deployment, supported by a literature review that highlights the importance of metal foams in heat transfer and thermal conduction. The analysis focuses on enhancing heat transfer performance by enlarging the surface area of metal constituents. The results suggest that metal foams can significantly reduce thermal resistance in heat exchangers. The presentation concludes with references to relevant research papers.

Presentation on
develop a metal
foam

Introduction
Liquid metal foams are
generally very much
useful to provide light
weight structures which
can absorb energy from
the thermal properties.
The characteristic
feature of metal foam
are its higher thermal
conductivity, higher
stabilization, higher

Formation of these metals
• Deposition of vapor
phase
• Bubbling of gas through
metal.
• Formation of wax
molding.
• Cooling of the foam
agents by external
pressure.
• Sintering of hollow
sphere
• Pressurization of metal
power using the
leaching powder.

Different forms of
metal foam
• Generation of metal
foam from solid
state.
• Generation of metal
foam after liquid
state processing.
• Generation of metal
foam in aqueous
solution using
electro chemical

Research Rationale
This presentation shall
be very much useful
to understand the
impact of deploying
metal foam on our
society.
It can be said that the
energy consumptions
of the construction

Aims and objectives
The prime objective of
this research is to
focus on properties of
aluminum and silicon
carbide. The entire
modelling of this
research has been
conducted using ANSY
software.

Research objectives
• To recognize the
significance of the
metal foams
employed in the
engineering
materials.
• Identification of the
issues in the metal
foams.
• Identification of the
problems which

Research questions
• What are the
impacts of
introducing metal
foams in the
engineering
materials?
• What are the
challenges
confronted in using
the metal foams?

Literature Review
According to Xu et al.
(2015), most of the
metal foams are
generally light weight
and have higher heat
transfer capability. The
materials which are
generally deployed in
the metal foams are
usually elastic and
each of those
As discussed by Tao,
You and He (2016),
most of the composite
materials which are
used in the creation
of the metal foams
have higher thermal
conductivity. The
paper highlighted that
the conduction of
copper as well as

Literature Review
As mentioned by Shen
et al. (2017), micro
electric methods and
photo electric
mechanism are
increasingly in the
creation of the metal
foams. The
investigators
highlighted that
reinforcement of the

Literature Review
As discussed by Mahdi
and Nsofor (2017), the
usability of the NH3-
H2O and H2O-LiBr in
the Vapor absorption
refrigeration (Var)
systems is very much
significant in order to
reduce the wastage of
energy. The paper
highlighted that
enlarging the surface

Literature Review
As argued by Hu et al.
(2016), reduction in the
thermal resistance occurs
due to the introduction of
the metal heat foams.
The usability of the cross
water heat exchanger was
also not highlighted in this
data source.
On the other hand this
paper also analyzed after
an experimental set up

Literature Gap
Only statistical results were considered
during that analyses of the heat
exchange capability of the foams. Lack of
standards is the other constraints of the
discussions, at the same time the
incorporation of the discussion of a co-
relation between the chemical and
physical properties of foams could have
provided a better view of its heat

Analysis
Based on the collected data, it can be
analyzed that sandwiching the plates of
thin surface area of 0.35m with an outer
diameter of 5.mm can be very much
useful regarding the formation of the
metal foams.
IT can also be analyzed that metal foams
can withstand high pressure and
temperature.

Results
This presentation was very much useful
to understand that the heat transfer
performance of the metal foams can be
enhanced if the surface area of its
constituents like metals and wires are
enlarged. The hypothesis of the metal
foams can be tested using the 20ppi of
aluminum, 20ppi copper and 40ppi
copper. Metal heat foams can be useful
for the heat exchangers to reduce more

References
Hu, H., Weng, X., Zhuang, D., Ding, G., Lai, Z. and Xu, X., 2016. Heat
transfer and pressure drop characteristics of wet air flow in metal foam
under dehumidifying conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering, 93,
pp.1124-1134.
Mahdi, J.M. and Nsofor, E.C., 2017. Melting enhancement in triplex-
tube latent heat energy storage system using nanoparticles-metal
foam combination. Applied energy, 191, pp.22-34.
Shen, B., Yan, H., Sunden, B., Xue, H. and Xie, G., 2017. Forced
convection and heat transfer of water-cooled microchannel heat sinks
with various structured metal foams. International Journal of Heat and
Mass Transfer, 113, pp.1043-1053.
Tao, Y.B., You, Y. and He, Y.L., 2016. Lattice Boltzmann simulation on
phase change heat transfer in metal foams/paraffin composite phase
change material. Applied Thermal Engineering, 93, pp.476-485.
Xu, H., Gong, L., Huang, S. and Xu, M., 2015. Flow and heat transfer