Prediction of porous walls thermal protection by effusion or transpiration cooling. An analytical approach

The study is about the thermal control of porous walls submitted to severe heat fluxes. The numerical approach model of heat transfer, developed, is based on energy balance equation. The governing parameters are the volumetric heat transfer coefficient, the equivalent thermal conductivity of the material and fluid flow characteristics. The interactive effects of these parameters on heat transfer are presented to permit to understand the relative importance of varied phenomena occurring. The validity of the results is verified in a thermal behavior study of a porous plate submitted to a heat flux up to 3500 K and cooled by a refrigerant fluid. Good agreement with the previsions is obtained. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.