This article studied the microstructural features of thorium-52 wt.% uranium alloy (Th-52U). Several thermal properties were also evaluated to assess the use of this alloy as a prospective fuel. The transient plane source (TPS) technique was used for evaluating the thermal conductivity of Th-52U alloy using slab specimen geometry. The experimentally determined thermal conductivity value of Th-52U alloy was found to be 25.6 W/m°C, which is ...
Author(s): B.S.S. Daniel, G.P. Chaudhari, J. Banerjee, R. Kumar, S. Kaity, S.B. Roy, Santanu Das
Thermoelectric materials can be used to convert waste heat, such as solar energy and automobile exhaust, to electricity. A Bi
0.45Sb
1.55Te
3 p-type cuboid was created using hydrothermal synthesis, cold pressing, and evacuated-and-encapsulated sintering in a Pyrex ampoule. The figure of merit (z) was determined by finding three transport parameters: electrical conductivity, thermopower, and thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity measurements on the three (A, ...
Author(s): Ankam Bhaskar, Chia-Jyi Liu, Hsin -Chang Lai, Yen-Liang Liu
This 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 environmentally. The thermophysical properties of different phase change materials were studied to assess their viability for thermal storage systems. One of their most common problems with using PCMs is their poor heat transfer rates. This was seen when the transient ...
Author(s): K.S. Reddy, T. K. Mallick, Vijay Mudgal
This article examined the capacity of phase change materials (PCM) to act as phase change thermal energy storages (TES). The review also investigated the thermophysical properties of high temperature PCMs, which can be used as a reference for the design of high temperature phase change TES systems. The transient plane source (TPS) technique was used, among others, to determine the thermal conductivity of the PCMs. It was noted that there ...
Author(s): Chao Xu, Gang Wang, Gaosheng Wei, Lijing Xing, Xiaoze Du, Xing Ju, Yongping Yang
Hydrothermal methods were used to synthesize nanoplatelets of Bi
2-xSb
xTe
3. In this article, the electrical conductivity, thermopower, and thermal conductivity were the temperature-dependent transport parameters that were determined to calculate the dimensionless figure of merit, ZT. The thermal conductivity measurements were carried out using the transient plane source (TPS) technique with the thermal constants analyzer. The alloy had a low thermal ...
Author(s): Chia-Jyi Liu, Gao-Jhih Liu, Liang-Ru Chen, Yen-Liang Liu
