Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Ashok Babu Talanki Puttaranga Setty, Saboor Shaik
Keywords: laterite rock, relative humidity, thermal conductivity, thermal properties, transient plane source (tps) method
Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of temperature and air humidity on the thermophysical properties of laterite rocks. Thermal conductivity was measured using a thermal analyzer instrument and the sample and sensor were placed in an airtight humidity chamber. In this method, the TPS element acted as both a temperature sensor and heating element. Thermal conductivity was found to increase by 14.7% with an increase in relative humidity of ambient air.
Reference: Building and Environment, 99: 170-183
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.01.030