Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Heping Zhang, Lunlun Gong, Ruifang Zhang, Xudong Cheng, Yonghong Wang
Keywords: composites, Effective medium theory (EMT) equation, foaming, heat conduction, Maxwell-Eucken Model, Microstructure, porosity, Porous mullite, Starch consolidation, Temperature, Thermal Conductivity, Transient plane source (TPS), Transient plane source (TPS) method, Uniformity
Abstract: Porous materials have widespread industrial applications. In this study, mullite materials with porosities between 72-86 vol% were fabricated and a thermal analyzer (TPS) measured their thermal conductivity using the transient plane source (TPS) technique. Results showed that as the porosity of the mullite materials decreased, thermal conductivity increased.
Reference: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 67 (2013) 253-259
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.08.008