To evaluate the effect of climate change on the stability of methane hydrates in the seafloor, thermal conductivity measurements were performed in hydrate-bearing sediment. Using the renormalization and labeling technique methods, alongside of a thermal constants analyzer, the effective thermal conductivity (ETC) of methane hydrate-bearing sand and tetrahydrofuran (THF) hydrate-bearing sand were measured and found to be 1 W/mK and 2 W/mK, respectively. The thermal ...
The thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of SRP (sisal-reinforced polyethylene), GRP (glass-reinforced polyethylene), and GSRP (sisal/glass hybrid fibre-reinforced polyethylene) were tested from 120 to 350K. Results showed variances in thermal conductivity values with varying temperatures in materials containing different orientations of sisal fibres. Due to the anisotropic nature of the SRP fibre, there is a difference in the thermal conductivity readings from the parallel to the perpendicular direction. The GRP ...
Barium titanate-based ceramics are most commonly found in electronics as dielectric layers in multilayer ceramic capacitors. Two different forms of Barium titanate-based ceramics were analyzed in this article to determine heat capacities as a function of temperature. The thermal conductivities and thermal diffusivities of these two forms were also determined using the Hot Disk Transient Plane Source method. Inferences towards the performance and reliability of barium titanate-based ceramics under various ...
The need for higher thermal conductivity fillers, such as aluminum nitride, to deal with an increase in the heat output from future semiconductors has arisen, as most of them are now packaged in a silica epoxy polymer composite. Thermal conductivity testing was performed on the aluminum nitride composite using a thermal constants analyzer and the highest reading was 3.39 W/mK, approximately 15 times higher than pure epoxy. Based on the results, ...
This article outlines the general theory behind the Transient Plane Source (TPS) Technique. To test these arrangements, scientists tested two materials, Cecorite 130P and Corning 9606 Pyroceram....
