scholarly journals Effective thermal conductivity of SrBi4Ti4O15-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 oxide composite: Role of particle size and interface thermal resistance

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Kumar ◽  
Artur Kosonowski ◽  
Piotr Wyzga ◽  
Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski
2016 ◽  
Vol 851 ◽  
pp. 823-828
Author(s):  
Bing Zhang ◽  
Zhong Qing Cheng

Based on analyzing the mechanism of thermal conductivity of glazed hollow bead concrete, this paper divides the channels of thermal conductivity in concrete, constructs the model of thermal conductivity coefficient based on the Theory of Minimum Thermal Resistance, and confirms the model by using the data of other related literatures and the data of our own experiment. The consequence indicates that this model can calculate the thermal conductivity coefficient under arid state exactly. In order to improve the accuracy of this model, we should take the shape of framework, the interface thermal resistance between concrete and framework into consideration


Author(s):  
Kasim Toprak ◽  
Yildiz Bayazitoglu

Using different calculations and measurement methods, the results for the thermal conductivity in a single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) are compared. Then, the interface thermal resistance effects on the effective thermal conductivity of multiple SWNTs in a hexagonal packing system submerged in oil, air, and water are studied. The results show that as the interface thermal resistance increases, the effective thermal conductivity decreases. Moreover, length, length fraction, and volume fraction effects on the thermal conductivity of the system submerged in a water medium are approximated by including the interface thermal resistances of the nanotube-matrix and nanotube-nanotube. The systems’ length ranged between 500–3000 nm. The created models contain either vertically aligned or non-straight nanotubes. Non-straight nanotubes systems make one or two contact points with other nanotubes. These contact points’ location vary based on the length ratio known as the length fraction. It is found that the effective thermal conductivity of the SWNT bundle has the highest value when they are uniformly aligned and dispersed without contact. As the density and length of the SWNTs increase, the effective thermal conductivity of the bundle system also increases.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Kosonowski ◽  
Ashutosh Kumar ◽  
Taras Parashchuk ◽  
Raul Cardoso-Gil ◽  
Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski

The influence of grain size and interface thermal resistance on thermal conductivity of PbTe–CoSb3 polycrystalline composite.


2014 ◽  
Vol 941-944 ◽  
pp. 288-293
Author(s):  
Xing Yu Chen ◽  
Yan Xia Li ◽  
Jun You Liu

Silicon-aluminum composites with Si content of 42-70 wt. % were fabricated by an innovative method of liquid-solid separation. The microstructures and thermal conductivity analyzing and predicting by the Maxwell and Hasselman-Johnson models were executed. The results show that silicon particles in composites are near globular with dull angular and surrounded by the continuous Al matrix, and the interface among them is composed of element diffusion zone. The conductivities of four composites are beyond 120 W. m-1 .K-1 at 25°C but reduce with Si content adding. The coarse particle size is beneficial to the higher conductivity. The interface thermal resistance of composites obtained by theoretical calculation is 16.0×107 W.m-2.K-1, and using it the H-J model can be employed to predict the conductivity.


2020 ◽  
pp. 174425912098003
Author(s):  
Travis V Moore ◽  
Cynthia A. Cruickshank ◽  
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison ◽  
Michael Lacasse

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential for calculation methods to determine the thermal resistance of a wall system containing vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) that has been experimentally characterised using a guarded hot box (GHB) apparatus. The VIPs used in the wall assembly have not been characterised separately to the wall assembly, and therefore exact knowledge of the thermal performance of the VIP including edge effect is not known. The calculations and simulations are completed using methods found in literature as well as manufacturer published values for the VIPs to determine the potential for calculation and simulation methods to predict the thermal resistance of the wall assembly without the exact characterisation of the VIP edge effect. The results demonstrate that disregarding the effect of VIP thermal bridges results in overestimating the thermal resistance of the wall assembly in all calculation and simulation methods, ranging from overestimates of 21% to 58%. Accounting for the VIP thermal bridges using the manufacturer advertised effective thermal conductivity of the VIPs resulted in three methods predicting the thermal resistance of the wall assembly within the uncertainty of the GHB results: the isothermal planes method, modified zone method and the 3D simulation. Of these methods only the 3D simulation can be considered a potential valid method for energy code compliance, as the isothermal planes method requires too drastic an assumption to be valid and the modified zone method requires extrapolating the zone factor beyond values which have been validated. The results of this work demonstrate that 3D simulations do show potential for use in lieu of guarded hot box testing for predicting the thermal resistance of wall assemblies containing both VIPs and steel studs. However, knowledge of the VIP effective thermal conductivity is imperative to achieve reasonable results.


2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Yin ◽  
G. H. Paulino ◽  
W. G. Buttlar ◽  
L. Z. Sun

By means of a fundamental solution for a single inhomogeneity embedded in a functionally graded material matrix, a self-consistent model is proposed to investigate the effective thermal conductivity distribution in a functionally graded particulate nanocomposite. The “Kapitza thermal resistance” along the interface between a particle and the matrix is simulated with a perfect interface but a lower thermal conductivity of the particle. The results indicate that the effective thermal conductivity distribution greatly depends on Kapitza thermal resistance, particle size, and degree of material gradient.


2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1613-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Fan ◽  
Na Zhu ◽  
Zhi Liu ◽  
Qian Cheng ◽  
Yong Liu

Warm retention property of fabric is one of the most important factors for clothing comfortability. The worm retention efficiency of a multilayer fabric with hierarchic inner structure was investigated based on its geometric feature. The thermal resistance of the multilayer fabric increases as the layer of the fabric increases.


2016 ◽  
Vol 846 ◽  
pp. 500-505
Author(s):  
Wei Jing Dai ◽  
Yi Xiang Gan ◽  
Dorian Hanaor

Effective thermal conductivity is an important property of granular materials in engineering applications and industrial processes, including the blending and mixing of powders, sintering of ceramics and refractory metals, and electrochemical interactions in fuel cells and Li-ion batteries. The thermo-mechanical properties of granular materials with macroscopic particle sizes (above 1 mm) have been investigated experimentally and theoretically, but knowledge remains limited for materials consisting of micro/nanosized grains. In this work we study the effective thermal conductivity of micro/nanopowders under varying conditions of mechanical stress and gas pressure via the discrete thermal resistance method. In this proposed method, a unit cell of contact structure is regarded as one thermal resistor. Thermal transport between two contacting particles and through the gas phase (including conduction in the gas phase and heat transfer of solid-gas interfaces) are the main mechanisms. Due to the small size of particles, the gas phase is limited to a small volume and a simplified gas heat transfer model is applied considering the Knudsen number. During loading, changes in the gas volume and the contact area between particles are simulated by the finite element method. The thermal resistance of one contact unit is calculated through the combination of the heat transfer mechanisms. A simplified relationship between effective thermal conductivity and loading pressure can be obtained by integrating the contact units of the compacted powders.


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