Thermal Characterization of Aluminum and Steel Foams

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Playford ◽  
S. Midturi ◽  
S. B. Pidugu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Effective Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Thermal Characterization ◽  
Metal Foams ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Energy Absorbers

Metallic foams are a new class of ultra-lightweight materials with potential applications in such industries as automobile, aerospace, and energy industries. These materials when realized in product form can serve as efficient heat exchanges, energy absorbers, and thermal protective and hydrogen storage devices. Accurate determination of thermal conductivity and understanding of heat transfer characteristics is important in designing such products incorporating metal foams. The present research characterizes the effective thermal conductivity and heat transfer characteristics of DUOCEL AL 6106-T6 and Stainless Steel 314 open cell foams by experiments at near room temperature conditions. The effective thermal conductivity of these materials has been determined experimentally. Thermal conductivity of metal foams increased with increasing mechanical stress. The effect of porosity on the thermal conductivity of ERG supplied aluminum and NASA-GRC supplied SS 314 are also studied and compared with the published data in literature, however, in our studies systematic dependency of porosity is not observed. Experiments also conducted to quantify forced convective heat transfer characteristics under laminar flow conditions. Heat transfer coefficient increases with increased Reynolds number but results are not conclusive in case of natural convection.

Maximizing Heat Transfer Through Joint Fin Systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-R. A. Khaled
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Critical Length ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rigid Fixation ◽  
Convection Coefficient ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Cold Side ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

Heat transfer through joint fins is modeled and analyzed analytically in this work. The terminology “joint fin systems” is used to refer to extending surfaces that are exposed to two different convective media from its both ends. It is found that heat transfer through joint fins is maximized at certain critical lengths of each portion (the receiver fin portion which faces the hot side and the sender fin portion that faces the cold side of the convective media). The critical length of each portion of joint fins is increased as the convection coefficient of the other fin portion increases. At a certain value of the thermal conductivity of the sender fin portion, the critical length for the receiver fin portion may be reduced while heat transfer is maximized. This value depends on the convection coefficient for both fin portions. Thermal performance of joint fins is increased as both thermal conductivity of the sender fin portion or its convection coefficient increases. This work shows that the design of machine components such as bolts, screws, and others can be improved to achieve favorable heat transfer characteristics in addition to its main functions such as rigid fixation properties.

Pool Boiling Characteristics of Metallic Nanofluids

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hari Krishna ◽  
Harish Ganapathy ◽  
G. Sateesh ◽  
Sarit K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Boiling Heat Transfer ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Pool Boiling ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Heater Surface ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

Nanofluids, solid-liquid suspensions with solid particles of size of the order of few nanometers, have created interest in many researchers because of their enhancement in thermal conductivity and convective heat transfer characteristics. Many studies have been done on the pool boiling characteristics of nanofluids, most of which have been with nanofluids containing oxide nanoparticles owing to the ease in their preparation. Deterioration in boiling heat transfer was observed in some studies. Metallic nanofluids having metal nanoparticles, which are known for their good heat transfer characteristics in bulk regime, reported drastic enhancement in thermal conductivity. The present paper investigates into the pool boiling characteristics of metallic nanofluids, in particular of Cu-H2O nanofluids, on flat copper heater surface. The results indicate that at comparatively low heat fluxes, there is deterioration in boiling heat transfer with very low particle volume fraction of 0.01%, and it increases with volume fraction and shows enhancement with 0.1%. However, the behavior is the other way around at high heat fluxes. The enhancement at low heat fluxes is due to the fact that the effect of formation of thin sorption layer of nanoparticles on heater surface, which causes deterioration by trapping the nucleation sites, is overshadowed by the increase in microlayer evaporation, which is due to enhancement in thermal conductivity. Same trend has been observed with variation in the surface roughness of the heater as well.

Experimental Convective Heat Transfer With Nanofluids

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kabelac ◽  
K. B. Anoop
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Convective Heat ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Forced Convective Heat Transfer ◽  
Transfer Characteristics

Nanofluids are colloidal suspensions with nano-sized particles (<100nm) dispersed in a base fluid. From literature it is seen that these fluids exhibit better heat transfer characteristics. In our present work, thermal conductivity and the forced convective heat transfer coefficient of an alumina-water nanofluid is investigated. Thermal conductivity is measured by a steady state method using a Guarded Hot Plate apparatus customized for liquids. Forced convective heat transfer characteristics are evaluated with help of a test loop under constant heat flux condition. Controlled experiments under turbulent flow regime are carried out using two particle concentrations (0.5vol% and 1vol %). Experimental results show that, thermal conductivity of nanofluids increases with concentration, but the heat transfer coefficient in the turbulent regime does not exhibit any remarkable increase above measurement uncertainty.

Heat Transfer and Flame Retardant Properties of Silicone Elastomers

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
K. Lehmann ◽  
A. Nawracala
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Flame Retardant ◽  
Heat Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Flame Resistance ◽  
Silicone Elastomers ◽  
Transfer Characteristics ◽  
Ul 94 ◽  
Flame Retardant Properties

The following article discusses the use of novel compounds from the Tegosil series which are intended to significantly increase the thermal conductivity of HCR- and even LSR-based silicone elastomers or to provide a simple way of improving their flame retardant properties by adding these compounds. Heat transfer characteristics from hot disc testing are presented and the reduced burn time in the UL 94 test demonstrates the improved flame resistance of the resulting elastomer formulations.

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