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Author(s): Mahdi Nabil
Transient Plane SourceThis paper aimed to measure the thermal conductivity of pure eicosane, eicosane-CuO and eicosane-MWCNTs solid composites. A Hot Disk Thermal Constants Analyzer (TPS 500) measured the thermal conductivity of the nanostructure-enhanced ...
Keywords: Melting, Nanoparticle colloids, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity Measurement, transient hot wire method, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): Hu Zhang, Wenquan Tao, Yueming Li
Transient Plane SourceThis study aimed to determine how reliable the Transient Plane Source (TPS) method is when testing semi-transparent materials that have varying extinction coefficients at different temperatures. A numerical experiment has ...
Keywords: Radiative heat transfer, Semi-transparent materials, Test accuracy, Thermal Conductivity, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): Claudio Zilio, Giovanni A. Longo
Transient Plane SourceThe thermal conductivity and dynamic viscosity of Al2O3-ethylene glycol and TiO2-ethylene glycol nanofluids have been determined as a function of the nanoparticle volume fraction (from 1 to 3 %) and ...
Keywords: Cluster Size Distribution, DLS, Dynamic Light Scattering, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Nano-Sizer Apparatus, Glycol, Nano-Sizer Apparatus, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, TEM, Thermal Conductivity, transient plane source method, Transmission Electronic Microscope, Transmission Electronic Microscope (TEM), viscosity, Zeta Potential
Read MoreAuthor(s): Alexander Urquhart, Stephen J. Bauer
Transient Plane SourceThe thermophysical properties of crushed salt were measured as it reconsolidated. The main focus of the work was to determine the thermal conductivity of the salt at temperatures ranging from ...
Keywords: Guarded Heat-Flow Meter, Nuclear Waste Repositories, Reconsolidated Crushed Salt, Specific Heat, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): Alain Celzard, Antonio Pizzi, M. C. Basso, V. Fierro, X. Li
Transient Plane SourcePolymeric tannin/furanic foams fortified with polyurethane (PUR) and 4,4’ diphenylmethane diisocyanate (pMDI) were prepared. The thermo-physical and mechanical properties of the produced foams were investigated experimentally. It was found that ...
Keywords: Bulk Density, Compressive Strength, Helium Pycnometry, Polymeric Foams, Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning electron microscope (SEM), SEM, Skeletal Density, Thermal Conductivity, thermal insulation, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): A. Reinap, L. Siesing, M. Andersson
Transient Plane SourceAn investigation into the thermal properties of infiltrated and non-infiltrated copper windings was performed. Of particular interest was the radial thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity measurements were performed using the ...
Keywords: Copper, Electrical Windings, Thermal Conductivity, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): Derek Morris
Transient Plane SourceThis thesis presents a literature review of techniques for measuring the thermal conductivity of engineering materials. In addition to this, the cylindrical specimen apparatus developed at Arizona State University was ...
Keywords: Cylindrical Specimen Method, Engineering Materials, Guarded Hot-Plate Method, Thermal Conductivity, transient plane source method
Read MoreAuthor(s): Jiaoqun Zhu, Jun Wang, Lei Zhang, Weibing Zhou, Yan Wang
Transient Plane SourceGraphite nano-platelets (GnPs) were dispersed in polyethylene glycol (PEG)/polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to form a PEG/PMMA/GnPs composite organic form-stable phase change material. The effects of the incorporation of ...
Keywords: Compressive Strength, differential scanning calorimeter, Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), DSC, Electrical Conductivity, FE-SEM, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), FT-IR, graphite, pcms, phase change materials, Polymer composites, Thermal Conductivity, thermal constant analyzer, Thermogravimetry, transient plane source method, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD
Read MoreAuthor(s): A. Ortona, Alain Celzard, Antonio Pizzi, C. Zollfrank, G. Amaral-Labat, S. Pusterla, V. Fierro
Transient Plane SourceSi-SiC composite foams were prepared using tannin-based foams as templates. The foams were prepared by four different methods for the determination of which method would best produce a foam with ...
Keywords: Cellular Ceramics, ceramics, Mercury Porosimetry, Raman Microscopy, resin, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), SEM, TGA, Thermal Conductivity, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transient plane source method, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD
Read MoreAuthor(s): Darshil U. Shah, Helen Mulligan, Maximilian C. D. Bock, Michael H. Ramage
Transient Plane SourceThe thermal properties of engineered bamboo products were investigated as these products show promise for use as building materials due to their improved mechanical properties over traditional timber building materials. ...
Keywords: Apparent Density, Bamboo, building materials, Thermal Conductivity, transient plane source method
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