Scattering-constrained dynamics

2020 ◽  
pp. 342-378
Author(s):  
Sandip Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Peltier Effect ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Nernst Effect ◽  
Constrained Dynamics ◽  
Statics And Dynamics ◽  
Particle Ensemble ◽  
Momentum Relaxation

This chapter discusses the statics and dynamics of particle ensemble evolution under multiple stimuli—electrical, magnetic and thermal, particularly (thermoelectromagnetic interaction)—by developing the evolution of the distribution function in a generalized form from its thermal equilibrium form. In the presence of electrical and magnetic fields, this shows the Hall effect, magnetoresistance, et cetera. Add thermal gradients, and one can elaborate additional consequences that can be calculated in terms of momentum relaxation times and the nature of impulse interaction, since momentum and energies carried by the ensemble are accounted for. So, parameters such as thermal conductivity due to the carriers can be determined, thermoelectric, thermomagnetic and thermoelectromagnetic interactions can be quantified and the Ettinghausen effect, the Nernst effect, the Righi-Leduc effect, the Ettinghausen-Nernst effect, the Seebeck effect, the Peltier effect and the Thompson coefficient understood. The dynamics also makes it possible to determine the frequency dependence of the phenomena.

scholarly journals Peltier Effect Applied to the Design and Realization of a New Mass Flow Sensor

2000 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
M. Rahmoun ◽  
A. El Hassani ◽  
D. Leclerq ◽  
E. Bendada
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Electrical Current ◽  
Flow Sensor ◽  
The Other ◽  
Peltier Effect ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Apparent Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Parallel Strips ◽  
Mass Flow Sensor

The present paper deals with design and realization of a new mass flow sensor using the Peltier effect. The sensor, shaped as a bimetallic circuit includes two continuous parallel strips coated with a great deal of metal plated spots. In such a device, one track performs as a classical thermoelectrical circuitry whose both plated and uncoated parts provide the thermopile junctions. The other strip is subjected to electrical current so as to generate numerous small thermal gradients owing to the Peltier effect. Then, the resulting differences in temperature induce a Seebeck e.m.f. detected by the other strip acting as a receiver. The thermal coupling between transmitter and receiver tracks depends on many variation of the surrounding environment heat transfer coefficient. Therefore, such a device allows us to detect any shift in physical properties related to the apparent thermal conductivity. In special case of a steady state fluid, the induced e.m.f. in the receiving track hinges on the thermal conductivity. When the fluid is in relative motion along the sensor, the velocity can be read out as a funotion of voltage as an application, the sensor is placed into a tube conducting a fluid flow, in order to design a new mass flowmeter.

scholarly journals Thermoelectric Materials for Textile Applications

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3154
Author(s):  
Kony Chatterjee ◽  
Tushar K. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Seebeck Coefficient ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Peltier Effect ◽  
Electronic Textiles ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Recent Attention

Since prehistoric times, textiles have served an important role–providing necessary protection and comfort. Recently, the rise of electronic textiles (e-textiles) as part of the larger efforts to develop smart textiles, has paved the way for enhancing textile functionalities including sensing, energy harvesting, and active heating and cooling. Recent attention has focused on the integration of thermoelectric (TE) functionalities into textiles—making fabrics capable of either converting body heating into electricity (Seebeck effect) or conversely using electricity to provide next-to-skin heating/cooling (Peltier effect). Various TE materials have been explored, classified broadly into (i) inorganic, (ii) organic, and (iii) hybrid organic-inorganic. TE figure-of-merit (ZT) is commonly used to correlate Seebeck coefficient, electrical and thermal conductivity. For textiles, it is important to think of appropriate materials not just in terms of ZT, but also whether they are flexible, conformable, and easily processable. Commercial TEs usually compromise rigid, sometimes toxic, inorganic materials such as bismuth and lead. For textiles, organic and hybrid TE materials are more appropriate. Carbon-based TE materials have been especially attractive since graphene and carbon nanotubes have excellent transport properties with easy modifications to create TE materials with high ZT and textile compatibility. This review focuses on flexible TE materials and their integration into textiles.

scholarly journals Measurement of hot electron momentum relaxation times in metals by femtosecond ellipsometry

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Kruglyak ◽  
R. J. Hicken ◽  
M. Ali ◽  
B. J. Hickey ◽  
A. T. G. Pym ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Hot Electron ◽  
Electron Momentum ◽  
Momentum Relaxation

Microwave Processing of Ceramics

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 857-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel K. Lloyd ◽  
Yuval Carmel ◽  
Otto C. Wilson Jr. ◽  
Geng Fu Xu
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Volumetric Heating ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Conventional Sintering ◽  
Atmosphere Control ◽  
Very High

Microwave (MW) processing is advantageous for processing ceramics with tailored microstructures. Its combination of volumetric heating, a wide range of controlled heating rates, atmosphere control and the ability to reach very high temperatures allows processing of 'difficult' materials like high thermal conductivity AlN and AlN composites and microstructure control in more readily sintered ceramics such as ZnO. MW sintering promotes development of thermal conductivity in AlN (225 W/mK) and its composites (up to 150W/mK inAlN-TiB2 and up to 129 W/mK in AlN-SiC when solid solution is avoided). In ZnO, heating rate controls sintered grain size. Increasing the heating rate from 5°C/min. to 4900°C decreases grain size from ~10 μm (comparable to conventional sintering of the same powder) to nearly the starting particle size (~ 1μm). Microstructural uniformity increases with sintering rate since ultra-rapid MW sintering minimizes the development of thermal gradients due to heat loss.

NMR Imaging Studies of Vulcanized Butyl Rubber

1991 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Krejsa ◽  
J. L. Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Crosslink Density ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Nmr Imaging ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Chemical Probes ◽  
Imaging Studies ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
T1 Relaxation ◽  
Entrapped Air ◽  
Effects Of Aging

Abstract NMR imaging is a useful technique for studying the physical and spatial microstructure of cured elastomers. Different swelling agents can be used as chemical probes to detect varying amounts of microstructural differences. Imaging can be used to detect highly cured regions due to aging, poor mixing, and thermal gradients. NMRI is thus useful to study spatial distribution of crosslinks and is sensitive to changes in this distribution of crosslinks due to thermal gradients and the effects of aging and reversion processes. It can also be used to observed entrapped air in air-aged samples. Spin-lattice T1, relaxation times for solvent in cured elastomers have been shown to be shorter than the bulk solvent T1 values, providing a new method for determining the crosslink density. NMRI results have suggested that cure reversion and postcuring processes produce similar spatial results.

Nanofluid Suspensions as Derivative of Interface Heat Transfer Modeling in Porous Media

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Vadasz
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Local Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Interface Heat Transfer ◽  
Wire Method ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Heat Conduction Process

Spectacular heat transfer enhancement has been measured in nanofluid suspensions. Attempts in explaining these experimental results did not yield yet a definite answer. Modeling the heat conduction process in nanofluid suspensions is being shown to be a special case of heat conduction in porous media subject to Lack of Local thermal equilibrium (LaLotheq). The topic of heat conduction in porous media subject to Lack of Local thermal equilibrium (LaLotheq) is reviewed, introducing one of the most accurate methods of measuring the thermal conductivity, the transient hot wire method, and discusses its possible application to dual-phase systems. Maxwell’s concept of effective thermal conductivity is then introduced and theoretical results applicable for nanofluid suspensions are compared with published experimental data.

Thermal equilibrium at temperatures below 1° absolute

1938 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Shire ◽  
J. F. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Helium ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Lattice Vibrations ◽  
Ammonium Alum

By measuring the resistance of a phosphor bronze wire in thermal equilibrium via various substances with crystals of iron ammonium alum it is shown that the time for thermal equilibrium between the ionic magnets of the salt and its lattice vibrations is less than 0·5 sec. for all temperatures above 0·025° T*. When liquid helium or a german silver tube forms part of the cooled portion of the apparatus, the time for equilibrium is increased to a few seconds for temperatures below 0·4° K. It appears possible that the thermal conductivity of german silver is less than 10−8 cal. cm.−1 sec.−1 degree−1 below 0·05° T*, and there are indications that the thermal conductivity of liquid helium at temperatures below 0·3° K. is small compared with its value at 2° K.

Thermal equilibration behind an ionizing shock

1966 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Wong ◽  
D. Bershader
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Thermal Equilibrium ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Ionization Mechanism ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Thermal Equilibration ◽  
Equilibrium Region

The physical mechanisms underlying the relaxation process leading to thermal equilibrium behind ionizing shock waves in argon have been studied through use of optical techniques. The non-equilibrium condition in the relaxation region was investigated experimentally by measuring the shift in the fringes due to a change in the refractive index of the medium with a Mach–Zehnder interferometer. Both electron- and mass-density profiles from the shock front to the equilibrium region were determined. The experimental work has been supplemented by a theoretical analysis of the ionization mechanism to explain the measured profiles and relaxation times.

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