Journal
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages 730-739Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.01.013
Keywords
Aerogel materials; Effective thermal conductivity; Stochastic generation method; Lattice Boltzmann method
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB0102703]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51536003]
- National Key Basic Research Program [613322]
- 111 Project [B16038]
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A modified lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is established to predict effective thermal conductivity of aerogel materials for insulation performance. A stochastic generation method based on mesoscopic solid-phase growth principle is adopted to reconstruct and mimic aerogel porous structure. The modified LBM scheme introduces an additional coefficient to regulate significant differences in inherent thermal conductivity between solid and gas phases, and a converged solution is guaranteed. The modified model is validated with experimental data, and it offers improved prediction accuracy than conventional theoretical models. Investigations are performed to determine the effects of density, ambient pressure, and characteristic temperature on effective thermal conductivity. When temperature is lower than 500 K, an optimal density of 110 kg/m(3) minimizes effective thermal conductivity. When temperature is higher than 500 K, the effective thermal conductivity decreases monotonously with increasing density. At fixed temperature, the variation in effective thermal conductivity can be divided into three typical stages based on pressure. Separate contributions of gas-phase conduction, solid-phase conduction, and radiative heat transfer are discussed and analyzed. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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