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Author(s): Peter Teertstra
Guarded Heat Flow MeterThermal adhesives that contain large proportions of high thermal conductivity filler materials are extremely useful in electronics and manufacturing. Due to the importance of these fillers it is crucial to ...
Keywords: adhesive, electronics, filler materials, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, Heat Transfer, Microelectronics, Thermal Conductivity, thermal paste
Read MoreAuthor(s): Konstantinos D. Antoniadis, Marc J. Assael, William A. Wakeham, Xing Zhang
Transient Hot WireMultiple studies claiming the usefulness of nanofluids for the enhancement of heat transport have been proven ill-founded. Although they have significantly raised thermal conductivities, there is an inerrant increase in ...
Keywords: Heat Transfer, heating, liquid, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Phase change, Thermal Conductivity, THW, Transient Hot-Wire, viscosity
Read MoreAuthor(s): D. Konstadinou, I. N. Metaxa, K. Kakosimos, Marc J. Assael
Transient Hot WireThe use of the transient hot wire method has previously displayed that the thermal conductivity of fluids can be significantly increased by introducing nano-particles. The paper discusses the known methods ...
Keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Copper, Finite Element Method (FEM), Heat Transfer, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Thermal Conductivity, THW, Transient Hot-Wire
Read MoreAuthor(s): K.S. Reddy, T. K. Mallick, Vijay Mudgal
Transient Plane SourceThis article reviewed the use of phase change materials (PCM) as thermal energy storages (TES) as they can be used to substitute large-scale energy demand and assist both economically and ...
Keywords: Heat Transfer, Heat transfer enhancement, Latent Heat Storage, phase change materials, solar energy, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Transient plane source (TPS) technique
Read MoreAuthor(s): Bengt Sunden, Dan Huang, Zan Wu
Transient Plane SourceIn this study, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were added to Al2O3/water nanofluids to determine their heat transfer and temperature drop properties compared to water and Al2O3/water ...
Keywords: Heat Transfer, Hybrid nanofluid mixture, multi-walled carbon nanotube, Plate Heat Exchanger, Pressure drop, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS)
Read MoreAuthor(s): Chaur-Kie Lin, Jia-Nan Shi, Ming-Der Ger, Nen-Wan Pu, Nen-Wen Pu, Niann-Tsyr Wen, Yang-Cheng Fan, Yih-Ming Liu
Transient Plane SourceTwo different sets of phase change materials were made by adding either graphene or exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP) to paraffin in hot toluene. The thermal and stability properties of these ...
Keywords: Electrical Conductivity, Electrical Percolation Threshold, Fillers, graphene, graphite, Heat Diffusion, Heat Transfer, Paraffin, paraffin (PA), pcms, phase change materials, Shape-Stability, Solvent Evaporation, Thermal Conductivity, TPS Method, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Vacuum Drying
Read MoreAuthor(s): Laura Colla, Laura Fedele, Sergio Bobbo
Transient Plane SourceThis article looks at the thermal properties of titanium oxide (TiO2) based nanofluids and their applications as thermal vectors. The nanoparticle size was studied by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and ...
Keywords: DLS, Dynamic Light Scattering, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Heat Transfer, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, Rheometer, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Vectors, viscosity, Zeta Potential
Read MoreAuthor(s): Carine Tchamakam Wamkam, Haiping Hong, Michael Kwabena Opoku, Pauline Smith
Transient Plane SourceThis study looks at the effects of pH on heat transfer, among other things, of nanofluids. Over 20% enhancement of thermal conductivity was noted with nanofluids containing 3wt% zirconium dioxide and ...
Keywords: Heat Transfer, IEP, isoelectric point, isoelectric point (IEP), Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, particle size, pH, precipitate, repulsive forces, rheology, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal properties testing, TiO2, titanium dioxide, Titanium dioxide (TiO2), TPS, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, viscosity, Zeta Potential, zirconium dioxide, zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), ZrO2
Read MoreAuthor(s): C. Tang, C. Zhi, D. Golberg, M. Mitome, T. Terao, Y. Bando
Transient Plane SourceCatechins were added to boron nitride nanotube (BNNTs)/polyvinyl formal (PVF) composite films, in hopes of further increasing the thermal conductivity of the film. After thermal conductivity testing, the composite ...
Keywords: Aromatic rings, BN, BNNTs, boron nitride, boron nitride nanotubes, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), Catechin, composites, Fillers, films, Heat Transfer, matrix, Nanotubes, pi-pi bonding, Polymer composites, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Polyvinyl formal, Polyvinyl formal (PVF), PVA, PVF, surface modification, Thermal Conductivity
Read MoreAuthor(s): H. Wang, N. Zhang, X. Zhao, Z. Zheng
Transient Plane SourceIn the building and construction industry today, weather resistant and flame resistant materials have become fundamental. As such, silicone coated materials have been intensively researched, as they increase a given ...
Keywords: building materials, Coatings, construction, glass, glassfiber fabric, Heat Transfer, resin, Silicone, theory and modeling, Thermal Conductivity, thermal insulation, thickness, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method
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