while researching a better PID controlled heating element for an environmental test chamber I came across the work of
Richard Wirth at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University Of Nevada, Reno
which may be of some interest (best taken in order) all PDF
High Performance Woven Mesh Heat Exchange
for The Missle Defense Agency via the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Flow Boiling in Woven Mesh Structures for Cooling of High Power Micro Electronics
for NASA (FC-77 = Flourinert FC-77 (-110 deg C to 97 deg C)