“…The effects of porous media on the mechanism of boiling heat transfer phenomena have been investigated for a number of different media/surface configurations (Costello and Redeker, 1963;Cornwell, et al, 1976;Rannenberg and Beer, 1980;Baum and Greaney, 1981;Abramenko, et al, 1982;Fukusako, et al, 1983;Fukusako, et al, 1986;Chuah and Carey, 1987). Typically, the porous medium is composed of small spheres of various materials, or of fibrous wicking materials, particularly for studies of heat pipes.…”