THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SELECTED TROPICAL TIMBER SPECIES USING HOT BOX METHOD

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raihana Mohamad Hata ◽  
Rohana Hassan ◽  
Haslin Idayu ◽  
Fadzil Arshad
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Timber Species ◽  
Steady State Condition ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Box Method ◽  
Cold Chamber

In this study, thermal conductivity of selected tropical timber species was determined using hot box method. The test was conducted up until the heat flux, air temperature and surface temperature value at hot and cold chamber of hot box become constant. Each of the selected timber species represent hardwood and softwood as classified in MS 544: Part 2:2011. For this purpose, Chengal (Neobalanocarpus heimii – Dipteracarpaceae), Perupok (Lophopetalum spp. Celastraceae) Nyatoh (Sapotaceae) and Pulai (Alstonia spp. Apocynaceae) were tested. The thermal conductivity test was carried out based on BS EN ISO 8990:1996 standard. The thermal conductivity for Chengal, Perupok, Nyatoh and Pulai under steady state condition are 5.71 x 10-4, 3.595 x 10-4, 2.973 x 10-4 and 3.469 x 10-4 W/m2K respectively. Higher thermal conductivity value is significant with high density of materials.

Steady-State Investigation of Vapor Deposited Micro Heat Pipe Arrays

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Mallik ◽  
G. P. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Heat Pipe ◽  
Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Pipes ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Bottom Surface ◽  
Micro Heat Pipe ◽  
Micro Heat Pipes

An experimental investigation of vapor deposited micro heat pipe arrays was conducted using arrays of 34 and 66 micro heat pipes occupying 0.75 and 1.45 percent of the cross-sectional area, respectively. The performance of wafers containing the arrays was compared with that of a plain silicon wafer. All of the wafers had 8 × 8 mm thermofoil heaters located on the bottom surface to simulate the active devices in an actual application. The temperature distributions across the wafers were obtained using a Hughes Probeye TVS Infrared Thermal Imaging System and a standard VHS video recorder. For wafers containing arrays of 34 vapor deposited micro heat pipes, the steady-state experimental data indicated a reduction in the maximum surface temperature and temperature gradients of 24.4 and 27.4 percent, respectively, coupled with an improvement in the effective thermal conductivity of 41.7 percent. For wafers containing arrays of 66 vapor deposited micro heat pipes, the corresponding reductions in the surface temperature and temperature gradients were 29.0 and 41.7 percent, respectively, and the effective thermal conductivity increased 47.1 percent, for input heat fluxes of 4.70 W/cm2. The experimental results were compared with the results of a previously developed numerical model, which was shown to predict the temperature distribution with a high degree of accuracy, for wafers both with and without the heat pipe arrays.

Application of respiratory heat exchange for the measurement of lung water

1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 944-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Serikov ◽  
M. S. Rumm ◽  
K. Kambara ◽  
M. I. Bootomo ◽  
A. R. Osmack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Heat Exchange ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Pulmonary Blood Flow ◽  
Lung Mass ◽  
Lung Water ◽  
Tissue Mass ◽  
Steady State Condition ◽  
Expired Air

A noninvasive method for measuring pulmonary blood flow and lung mass (called airway thermal volume), based on the measurements of lung heat exchange with environment, is described. The lungs function as a steady-state heat exchange system, having an inner heat source (pulmonary blood flow) and an external heat sink (ventilation). Sudden changes in the steady-state condition, such as caused by hyperventilation of dry air, lead to a new steady state after a few minutes. The expired air temperature difference between the initial and final steady states is proportional to pulmonary blood flow, whereas the rate at which the new steady state is achieved is proportional to airway thermal volume. The method was tested in 20 isolated dogs lungs, 9 perfused goat lungs, and 27 anesthetized sheep. The expired air temperature fall during hyperventilation was inversely proportional to the perfusion rate of the isolated lungs, and half-time of the temperature fall was proportional to the lung tissue mass. Experiments in anesthetized sheep showed that the measured airway thermal volume is close to the total mass of the excised lungs, including its residual blood (r = 0.98). Pulmonary edema and fluid instillation into the bronchial tree increased in the measured lung mass.

Inverse Determination of Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity Using Steady Surface Data on Arbitrary Objects

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Martin ◽  
G. S. Dulikravich
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Convection Heat Transfer ◽  
Computational Procedure ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Transfer Coefficients

An inverse computational method has been developed for the nonintrusive and nondestructive evaluation of the temperature-dependence of thermal conductivity. The methodology is based on an inverse computational procedure that can be used in conjunction with an experiment. Given steady-state heat flux measurements or convection heat transfer coefficients on the surface of the specimen, in addition to a finite number of steady-state surface temperature measurements, the algorithm can predict the variation of thermal conductivity over the entire range of measured temperatures. Thus, this method requires only one temperature probe and one heat flux probe. The thermal conductivity dependence on temperature (k-T curve) can be completely arbitrary, although a priori knowledge of the general form of the k-T curve substantially improves the accuracy of the algorithm. The influence of errors of measured surface temperatures and heat fluxes on the predicted thermal conductivity has been evaluated. It was found that measurement errors of temperature up to five percent standard deviation were not magnified by this inverse procedure, while the effect of errors in measured heat fluxes were even lower. The method is applicable to two-dimensional and three-dimensional solids of arbitrary shape and size. [S0022-1481(00)01703-5]

scholarly journals In Situ Measurement of Orthotropic Thermal Conductivity on Commercial Pouch Lithium-Ion Batteries with Thermoelectric Device

Batteries ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Luigi Aiello ◽  
Georgi Kovachev ◽  
Bernhard Brunnsteiner ◽  
Martin Schwab ◽  
Gregor Gstrein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Thermal Gradient ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
State Condition ◽  
Thermoelectric Device ◽  
Steady State Condition ◽  
Hazardous Chemical ◽  
Measurement Methodology

In this paper, the direct measurement of the orthotropic thermal conductivity on a commercial Li-ion pouch battery is presented. The samples under analysis are state-of-the art batteries obtained from a fully electric vehicle commercialized in 2016. The proposed methodology does not require a laboratory equipped to manage hazardous chemical substances as the battery does not need to be disassembled. The principle of the measurement methodology consists of forcing a thermal gradient on the battery along the desired direction and measuring the heat flux and temperature after the steady state condition has been reached. A thermoelectric device has been built in order to force the thermal gradient and keep it stable over a long period of time in order to be able to observe the temperatures in steady state condition. Aligned with other measurement methodologies, the results revealed that the thermal conductivity in the thickness direction (0.77 Wm−1K−1) is lower with respect to the other two directions (25.55 Wm−1K−1 and 25.74 Wm−1K−1) to about a factor ×35.

Numerical Investigation of the Steady State Operation of a Cylindrical Capillary Pumped Loop Evaporator

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Yan ◽  
J. M. Ochterbeck
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Core ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Capillary Pumped Loop ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Cylindrical Capillary ◽  
Wick Structure

Abstract A two-dimensional numerical model was established to study the behavior of a cylindrical capillary pumped loop evaporator under steady-state operations. The influence of heat load, liquid subcooling and effective thermal conductivity of the wick structure on the evaporator performance were studied. It was found that increasing the applied heat flux and degree of liquid subcooling resulted in a decrease the temperature in the liquid core. This helped to prevent the vapor from generating in the liquid core and decreased the length of the two phase region in the wick structure. Decreasing the effective thermal conductivity also decreases the temperature in the liquid core as related to the back wick condition. It was observed that for a given liquid subcooling, a minimum heat flux exists below which vapor will generate in the liquid core and render the evaporator non-operational. It was also observed that for a given heat flux, a minimum required liquid subcooling exists. Vapor may form in the liquid core when the liquid subcooling is less than the minimum value.

scholarly journals Thermal conductivity of porous ice in hailstone shells

1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (141) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Guoguang Zheng ◽  
Roland List
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Linear Dependence ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Density Range ◽  
Surface Temperature Distribution ◽  
Temperature Distributions ◽  
Evolving Surface

AbstractThe thermal conductivity and diffusivity of porous ice accreted on spherical and spheroidal hailstone models were measured over a density range of 620–915 kg m−3. By scanning the evolving surface temperature distributions during cooling in a cold airflow the thermal conductivity was varied in iterative fashion until the internal heat flux produced the correct surface temperature distribution. The results indicate a linear dependence of the thermal conductivity,ki, and diffusivity,αi, on density. For example, lowering the density by 10% lowerskiby 15%. Within the range of cloud conditions, the density variations affect the thermal parameters more than temperature does. The results also indicate a continuous decrease of the thermal conductivity from bulk ice via consolidated porous ice to loosely packed snow.

scholarly journals Estimating Air–Sea Heat Fluxes in Semienclosed Basins: The Case of the Gulf of Elat (Aqaba)

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moshe Ben-Sasson ◽  
Steve Brenner ◽  
Nathan Paldor
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Evaporation Rate ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Turbulent Heat ◽  
The Heat Balance

Abstract Meteorological and oceanographic data collected at the head of the Gulf of Elat were used to compute the air–sea heat flux components and the heat storage in the water column, which are in turn used to estimate the heat balance of this semienclosed basin. The solar radiation was measured directly, whereas the longwave (LW) cooling and the turbulent heat fluxes (latent, LH; sensible, SH) were computed from commonly used bulk formulas. Nine formulas for LW and four formulas for LH + SH were tested for a total of 36 possible combinations. Independent estimates for the bounds on the advective heat flux through the straits and results from a one-dimensional mixed layer model provided criteria to help identify the best choice of bulk formulas for the gulf. It was concluded that the LW formula of Bignami together with the turbulent flux formulas of Kondo provide the best estimate of the heat balance of the gulf. Based on this, the annual mean evaporation is 1.6–1.8 m yr−1, with a minimum of 1 m yr−1 in (the long) summer and a maximum of 3–4 m yr−1 in (the short) winter. The increase in evaporation rate during the winter results from the instability of the atmosphere at that time when the sea surface temperature exceeds the air temperature; in the summer, when the air temperature is much higher than the sea surface temperature, evaporation nearly stops due to the atmospheric stability. This estimated evaporation rate for the gulf, which is similar for all four of the LH formulas considered, is significantly smaller than values commonly quoted in the literature. Finally, in contrast to previous studies, it is found that the advective heat flux from the Straits of Tiran is large and significant in spring, reaching an estimated value of over 125 W m−2, but its annually averaged value is only about 35–40 W m−2.

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