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Experimental study of the thermal conductivity of polyurethane foams
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In this article, the thermal conductivity of five polyurethane foam samples formed by blowing agents of CP, CP+IP, CP−+-245fa and CP+−245fa+LBA were measured using transient plane source method under various environment.About:
This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2017-03-25. It has received 132 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal conduction & Thermal diffusivity.read more
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Ultralight, Thermally Insulating, Compressible Polyimide Fiber Assembled Sponges.
TL;DR: Fibrous PI sponges made by freeze-drying a dispersion of short PI fibers and precursor polymer, poly(amic acid) (PAA) are promising candidates for potential applications in thermal insulation, lightweight construction, high-temperature filtration, sensors, and catalyst carrier for high-Temperature reactions.
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A review and evaluation of thermal insulation materials and methods for thermal energy storage systems
TL;DR: In this article, two different methods for insulating thermal energy storage (TES) systems that are either incorporated inside residential buildings or buried underground in direct vicinity of the building are reviewed and discussed.
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Lightweight, strong, and super-thermal insulating polyimide composite aerogels under high temperature
TL;DR: In this paper, SiO2 nanoparticles crosslinked polyimide aerogels synthesized by one-pot freeze-drying are presented, which show excellent mechanical properties and super-insulating behavior in a wide temperature range.
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An overview of factors influencing thermal conductivity of building insulation materials
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present factors influencing the thermal conductivity coefficient of three main groups including conventional, alternative, and new advanced materials, including moisture content, temperature difference, and bulk density.
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Processes defining smouldering combustion: Integrated review and synthesis
Jose L. Torero,Jason I. Gerhard,Márcio Ferreira Martins,Marco A.B. Zanoni,Tarek L. Rashwan,Joshua K. Brown +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review brings together theoretical, experimental, and modelling studies across both fire safety and applied smouldering research to produce a unified conceptual understanding of smoldering combustion.
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Transient plane source techniques for thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity measurements of solid materials
TL;DR: The general theory of the transient plane source (TPS) technique is outlined in some details with approximations for the two experimental arrangements that may be referred to as "hot square" and "hot disk" as discussed by the authors.
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Traditional, state-of-the-art and future thermal building insulation materials and solutions – Properties, requirements and possibilities
TL;DR: In this article, the advantages and disadvantages of thermal building insulation materials and solutions have been treated and compared and various properties, requirements and possibilities have been compared and studied. But there is no single insulation material or solution capable of fulfilling all the requirements with respect to the most crucial properties.
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Rapid thermal conductivity measurement with a hot disk sensor: Part 1. Theoretical considerations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derived the mathematical expression of the average temperature change in the sensor surface during a hot disk measurement, which can be accurately determined by measuring the electrical resistance of the sensor, is highly dependent on the thermal transport properties of the surrounding material.
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Measurements of thermal properties of insulation materials by using transient plane source technique
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on the measuring technique and values of the measured thermal properties of some commonly used insulation materials produced by local manufacturers in Saudi Arabia, and they show that the thermal conductivity increases with increasing temperature and decreases with increasing density over the temperature and density ranges considered in the present investigation.
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Theoretical study on thermal conductivities of silica aerogel composite insulating material
Tao Xie,Ya-Ling He,Zi-Jun Hu +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a fractal-intersecting sphere model was proposed for the nano-porous silica aerogel in which the scale effect on gas conduction and solid-matrix conduction were both considered.