...Eric N. Schmierer; Arsalan Razani Many engineering applications require thermal cycling of granular materials. Since these materials generally have poor effective thermal conductivity various techniques have been proposed to improve bed thermal transport. These include insertion of metal foam...

... 2002 13 February 2003 17 07 2003 granular materials Monte Carlo methods heat radiation geometry scattering Heat Transfer Insulation Monte Carlo Porous Media Radiation In studies of radiative transfer through fibrous materials, the medium is usually represented...