To maximize the energy efficiency of a building, and to minimize its carbon footprint, novel insulants have been extensively studied. Novel insulants such as phase change materials (PCMs) and hemp-lime insulation are proven to have extremely low thermal conductance. However, because these insulants are novel, they unfortunately have not been tested for fire safety. The purpose of this study was to create a fire framework to enable researchers to test ...
Highly porous aerogels can be employed in a variety of applications; notably for this study, oil/water separation and sound absorption. Because of their poor mechanical functions, aerogels are limited within their array of applications. In this study, researchers set out to improve the mechanical performance of these aerogels. Researchers used thiol-ene chemistry and various alkoxy groups to prepare various novel bridged silsesquioxane (BSQ) precursors. Due to the contrasting hydrolyzing ...
Presently, converting waste into reusable materials is a high priority among researchers. This study presents the idea of recycling the natural rubber (NR) from latex condom waste, for its use as a potential filler in styrene butadine rubber (SBR). To properly understand the SBR material ratio aspect, thermal behaviour monitoring, such as thermal conductivity measurements using the Transient Plane Source method, was performed. A linear increase in thermal conductivity of ...
The Hansen solubility of two polyols, soy-castor oil based polyol and petroleum-based polyol, were measured to determine their use in polyurethane blends. The two polyols were determined to be miscible over a temperature range of 25 – 90˚C. Multiple ratio blends were tested to prepare the polyurethane foams. It was determined that with an increase in polyol content, the density of the open cell foams was increased. Also, as the bio-content increased, ...
The researchers in this study presented a functional means of assessing the quality of milk, by measuring fat content, using a thermal constants analyzer. Multiple tests were performed, by altering probe design, probe size and thermal contacting area, to achieve optimal test parameters. The research concluded the possibility of designing a probe capable of measuring the fat content of milk with a less than 0.1% sensitivity. Research also concluded that the ...
