This study was conducted to determine if highly expanded open cell polycarbonate foams (PC) could be used as thermal insulation among other characteristics of the foam. This was accomplished through testing the PC foam with the Transient Plane Source (TPS) method. Multiple relative densities of ...
Thermoelectric (TE) generators have very important applications, such as emerging automotive waste heat recovery and cooling applications. This study investigates how thermal conductivity, seebeck coefficient, and resistivity of bismuth telluride changes with increasing isothermal aging. The thermal conductivity was tested with the Transient Plane Source (...
This study is to determine the thermal properties of a paraffin/red brick composite to determine its viability as a form-stable phase change material. Extended graphite was also added to the composite to improve its thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity for this material was measured ...
Aspects of hydrogen distribution systems need improvement for their applications in fuel cell vehicles. In this paper, chemical and physical characteristics of the H2 storage material, sodium aluminum hydride (SAH), were examined after the samples were compacted and Expanded Natural Graphite (ENG) worms were added. ...
Polypropylene (PP) foams are commercially manufactured in four ways, with each method producing different characteristics. The aim of this paper was to examine the properties of each PP-based foam and compare their thermal behaviors and conductivities. A thermal constant analyzer was used to measure the ...
