Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity Archives

Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Author(s): G. Karimi, P. Teertstra, X. Li

A study of the through-plane thermal conductivity of various gas diffusion layer materials (GDL) and the thermal contact resistance between the GDL and an electrolytic iron surface as a function ...

Keywords: electrolytic iron surface, experimental measurements, gas diffusion layer (GDL), GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, PEM fuel cell, proton exchange membrane, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Author(s): M. M. Mench, Manish Khandelwal

The through-plane thermal conductivity of many components of a fuel cell, dry Nafion®, various diffusion medias and catalyst layers are studied. The thermal contact resistance between the diffusion media and ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, diffusion media, dry nafion, Fuel cells, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, Nafion membrane, polymers, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Toray carbon fiber paper

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Author(s): Jürgen Stumper, Madhu S. Saha, Majid Bahrami, Mickey Tam, Mohammad Ahadi

In this paper, a new method is proposed for measuring the through plane thermal conductivity of two catalyst layers of different thicknesses by the guarded heat flow meter (GHF) method, ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, membrane fuel cell, Polymer electrolyte, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, TPS, Transient Plane Source

Thermal conductivity of carbon fiber/liquid crystal polymer composites

Author(s): Amanda M. Tomson, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Michael G. Miller

Two different types of polyacrylonitrile carbon fibers (Fortafil 243 and Panex 30) were added to thermoplastic matrix (Vectra A950RX Liquid Crystal Polymer) in order to generate carbon fiber/liquid-crystal polymer composites. ...

Keywords: anisotropic, Bipolar Plates, Carbon Fiber, Carbon Fiber/Liquid Crystal, Fillers, fuel cell, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Liquid Crystal, Polyacrylonitrile Carbon Fibers, Polymer composites, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Volume Fractions, Volume Percent

Thermal conductivity models for carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites

Author(s): Bridget Zimny, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Kara M. Lenhart

Various polyacrylonitrile carbon fillers (Ketjenblack carbon black, Thermocarb synthetic graphite, Fortafil 243 carbon fiber, and Panex 30 carbon fiber) were added to a thermoplastic matrix in the hopes of generating a thermally ...

Keywords: Fillers, fuel cell, graphite, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, LCPs, Liquid-Crystalline Polymers, Liquid-Crystalline Polymers (LCPs), Nielsen Model, Polyacrylonitrile Carbon, Polymer composites, resin, Thermoplastic Matrix, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Measuring and predicting in-plane thermal conductivity of carbon-filled nylon 6,6 polymer composites

Author(s): Carl D. Hingst, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Michael G. Miller, Rebecca A. Hauser

Two different types of carbon (synthetic graphite particles and carbon fiber) were added to nylon 6,6 and then these composites were tested using the transient plane source method in order to ...

Keywords: Finite Element Model, graphite, Heat Sink Applications, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Nielsen Model, Polymer composites, Power Dissipation, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, TPS Method, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Measuring thermal conductivities of anisotropic synthetic graphite-liquid crystal polymer composites

Author(s): Brian J. Edwards, David A. Schiraldi, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Michael G. Miller, Nils Klinkenberg

Synthetic graphite particles were added to a liquid crystal polymer and then these composites were tested for through-plane and in-plane thermal conductivity using the TPS method. The authors expanded on ...

Keywords: Bipolar Plate Fabrication, Bipolar Plates, Empirical Model, Fillers, fuel cell, graphite, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Liquid Crystal, Nielsen Model, Polymer composites, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, TPS Method, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Volume Percent

Keyword: Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Thermal conductivity of carbon fiber/liquid crystal polymer composites

Thermal conductivity models for carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites

Measuring and predicting in-plane thermal conductivity of carbon-filled nylon 6,6 polymer composites

Measuring thermal conductivities of anisotropic synthetic graphite-liquid crystal polymer composites

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