Electrically heated metal foam component and reactor device including an electrically heated metal foam element

Electrically heatable metal foam component, comprising metal foam material having

• at least one contacting section, for electrically contacting the metal foam material,
• at least one transition section and
• at least one heat transfer section,
• wherein the transition section is arranged between the contacting section and the heat transfer section,
• wherein in the contacting section the metal foam material has a higher density in comparison to the heat transfer section, and
• wherein in the transition section the degree of densification changes from the degree of densification in the contacting section towards the metal foam material in the heat transfer section.

Reactor device having a defined flow path for a fluid, delimited by walls of the reactor device,

• wherein said flow path guides the at least one fluid through the reactor device, and
• wherein an electrically heatable metal foam component is provided within the flow path, the electrically heatable metal foam component comprising metal foam material having
• at least one contacting section, for electrically contacting the metal foam material,
• at least one transition section and
• at least one heat transfer section,
• wherein the transition section is arranged between the contacting section and the heat transfer section,
• wherein in the contacting section the metal foam material has a higher density in comparison to the heat transfer section, and
• wherein in the transition section the degree of densification changes from the degree of densification in the contacting section towards the metal foam material in the heat transfer section.