Study on Thermal Conductivities of Composite Adsorbents for Adsorption Refrigeration

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 232-235
Author(s):  
Yan Lin ◽  
Jiao Gao

Twenty-four Cacl2/ENG molded composite adsorbents specimen were successfully prepared by aqueous solution and squeezing method. The thermal conductivities of the samples were tested by nanoflash LFA447. The experiment results show that: the thermal conductivity perpendicular to the direction of compression is over 1.2 times higher than that parallel to the direction of compression, which prove that the thermal conductivity is anisotropic. Within a certain range, the thermal conductivity is enhanced with increasing density and decreasing mass ratio. Under mass ratio is 2:1 and density rise from 600 kg/m3 to 700 kg/m3, thermal conductivity increase fastest. Density and mass ratio has coupling effect on the thermal conductivity of Cacl2/ENG molded composite adsorbents.

Carbon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangsu Xie ◽  
Tianyu Wang ◽  
Bowen Zhu ◽  
Chaoyi Yan ◽  
Peixin Zhang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
pp. 4137-4140
Author(s):  
Oluyamo S. S. ◽  
Famutimi O. F. ◽  
Mathew Adekoya ◽  
Aramide T. M.

This study examines the thermal conductivity of some selected soil samples from coastal sandlandform inIlaje local government area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The soil samples were sieved into different particle sizes; 300 , 425 , 600 , 850 , and 1180  with appropriate mesh and moulded in form of a Lee’s disc. The thermal conductivity of the samples was determined using parallel plate method. The value of the thermal conductivity increase as the moisture content increaseand decrease with increase in particle sizes for the soil samples. The values of the thermal conductivity obtained   rangedbetween 0.3444  and1.8894 . It was noted that the conductivity of the landforms conforms to the range of conductivities of soil required for some specific crops such as maize, cowpea, pineapple, okro and root crops. The results in the research would be useful to soil/building and soil scientists as well as modern mechanized farmers in determined  appropriate land forms for agricultural and structural purposes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 501 ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Xiang Ma ◽  
Hai Quan Yan ◽  
Jia Na Ke ◽  
Yan He

In this paper, the thermal conductivities and mechanical properties of natural rubber which is filled with graphite and modified by acrylate are studied experimentally. It is found that the thermal conductivities and mechanical properties of vulcanizates are improved significantly. The thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of graphite-filled nature rubber which is modified by the mass ratio of 5:1 between graphite and monomers are best in 3 kinds of formulations.


Author(s):  
Jiajun Xu ◽  
Bao Yang

In this work, thermophysical properties and pool boiling characteristics of water-in-polyalphaolefin (PAO) nanoemulsion fluids and their dependence on water concentration have been investigated experimentally. Water-in-PAO nanoemulsion fluids are formed via self-assembly with surfactant sodium sullfosuccinate (AOT). Thermal conductivity of the fluids is found to increase with water concentration, as expected from the Maxwell equation. However, the measured thermal conductivity increase is very moderate, e.g., a 16% increase for 8.6Vol. %. Unlike thermal conductivity, the dynamic viscosity of these nanoemulsion fluids first increases with water concentration, reaches a maximum, and then decreases. This trend could be attributed to the attractive forces among water droplets. The boiling behavior of these nanoemulsion fluids has been altered due to water nanodroplets. Adding water nanodroplets can lower the nanoemulsion’s boiling point compared to the pure PAO. Another interesting phenomenon observed is that pool boiling of nanoemulsion fluids randomly follows two different curves when the water concentration is in the range of 5.3 Vol. % to 7.8 Vol. %. The mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not understood yet, but it may be related to the evolution of microstructures in the water-in-PAO nanoemulsion fluids.


2012 ◽  
Vol 482-484 ◽  
pp. 1410-1413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Hui Ma ◽  
Jin Liang Huang ◽  
Yong Jun Gu ◽  
Biao Jin ◽  
Guan Yu Chen

AlN/epoxy (AlN/EP) composites were fabricated by casting method. The effects of the AlN content on microstructure, thermal conductivity and thermal expansion properties of composites were investigated. The results indicate that with the AlN content increasing, the thermal conductivity increase, while the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) decreases. When the volume fraction of AlN is 25%, the thermal conductivity is 0.507 W/m•K, which is about 2.5 times higher than that of the epoxy matrix, while the coefficient of thermal expansion is 53.7 ppm/°C. The thermal conductivity results obtained were also analyzed using the Maxwell-Eucken model to explain the effect of AlN fillers on the formation of thermal conductive networks.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jia Yu ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Li Kong ◽  
Hongji Zhu ◽  
Qingshan Zhu ◽  
...  

How to improve the thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs) is always the key to thermal control technology. At present, the thermal conductivity of PCMs has two ways to improve: one is to fill the matrix with high thermal conductivity and the other is to fill nanoparticles. After combining the two methods, the choice of filled nano-SiO2, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), or graphene (GNPs) has different effects on the performance of carbon-based energy storage composites. Filling paraffin with foamed carbon increased the thermal conductivity of pure paraffin from 0.25 W/(m·K) to 8.3083 W/(m·K), an increase of 33.2 times. When the nanoparticle mass fraction is 5%, the enthalpy of GNP composites is 10 J·g-1 less than that of SiO2 composites. Under the same mass fraction, compared with the thermal conductivity enhancement effect of SiO2 composites, the thermal conductivity increase effects of CNTs and GNP composites are 6.7 and 15.8 times the thermal conductivity increase of SiO2 composites, respectively. The comparison of theoretical and experimental values shows that different nanoparticle forms and dispersion modes have different effects on the performance of carbon-based energy storage composites, among which GNPs have the greatest improvement in the thermal conductivity of carbon-based composites.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihiko L. Okamoto ◽  
Yutaka Hashimoto ◽  
Tatsuya Koyama ◽  
Hiroki Adachi ◽  
Kyosuke Kishida ◽  
...  

AbstractDirectionally solidified alloys in the Ru-Mn-Si system exhibit a particular microstructure including columnar compositional variation due to the formation of many different chimney-ladder phases along the growth direction. Despite the existence of the compositional variation, the crystal orientations of the neighboring chimney-ladder phases are preserved. Over the compositional interfaces, the metal sublattice is considered to be continuous while the Si sublattice is not. Heat treatment of the directionally solidified alloy with the nominal composition of Ru0.10Mn0.90Si1.732 at 1100°C coarsens the compositional domains so as to reduce the density of the compositional interfaces. The values of the thermal conductivity increase with the decrease in the density of the compositional interfaces whereas those of the Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity are almost unchanged after the heat treatment. It is considered that the thermoelectric properties of the chimney-ladder compounds in the Ru-Mn-Si system can be enhanced by introducing a high density of the compositional interfaces.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Budak ◽  
Cydale Smith ◽  
John Chacha ◽  
Marcus Pugh ◽  
Kudus Ogbara ◽  
...  

AbstractThe performance of the thermoelectric devices and materials is shown by a dimensionless figure of merit, ZT = S2σT/K, where S is the Seebeck coefficient, σ is the electrical conductivity, T is the absolute temperature and K is the thermal conductivity. ZT can be increased by increasing S, increasing σ or decreasing K. We have prepared 100 alternating nanolayered films of SiO2/SiO2+CoSb3 using the ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD). The 5 MeV Si ions bombardments have been performed using the AAMU Pelletron ion beam accelerator to make quantum clusters in the nanolayered superlattice films at the three different fluences to decrease the cross plane thermal conductivity, increase the cross plane Seebeck coefficient and cross plane electrical conductivity. We have characterized 100 alternating nanolayered films of SiO2/SiO2+CoSb3 before and after Si ion bombardments as we measured the cross-plane Seebeck coefficient, the cross-plane electrical conductivity, and the cross-plane thermal conductivity for three different fluences.


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