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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Volume 199, Issue -, Pages 546-551Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2019.01.014
Keywords
Laser flash method; Thermal diffusivity; Parameter estimation; Heat transfer
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- Australian Research Council [DE150101137]
- Australian Research Council [DE150101137] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The laser flash method for measuring thermal diffusivity of solids involves subjecting the front face of a small sample to a heat pulse of radiant energy and recording the resulting temperature rise on the opposite (rear) surface. For the adiabatic case, the widely-used standard approach estimates the thermal diffusivity from the rear-surface temperature rise history by calculating the half rise time: the time required for the temperature rise to reach one half of its maximum value. In this article, we develop a novel alternative approach by expressing the thermal diffusivity exactly in terms of the area enclosed by the rear-surface temperature rise curve and the steady-state temperature over time. Approximating this integral numerically leads to a simple formula for the thermal diffusivity involving the rear-surface temperature rise history. Using synthetic experimental data we demonstrate that the new formula produces estimates of the thermal diffusivity - for a typical test case - that are more accurate and less variable than the standard approach. The article concludes by briefly commenting on extension of the new method to account for heat losses from the sample. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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