Measurements of thermal conductivities of alumina powders and Min-K in vacuum Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Thermal conductivities of two types of alumina powders, having average particle sizes of 1.0 m and 0.1 m effective porosities of 91.4% and 96.2%, respectively, and of Min-K insulation materials were measured in vacuum. The thermal conductivities of all three increased with temperature, but at varying slopes. The developed thermal conductivity correlations were within 10% and 5% of the data of the alumina powders and the Min-K, respectively. The Min-K thermal conductivity was the lowest and least dependent on temperature, increasing from 0.03 to 0.042 W/mK as the temperature increased from 400 K to 800 K, respectively. Analysis showed that the thermal conductance of the Min-K could be an order of magnitude lower in the axial direction, but as much as 2 to 3 orders of magnitude higher that those of 60 and 240 Molybdenum foils insulation's in the perpendicular direction, respectively.

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • Huang, L., El-Genk, M. S., & Schuller, M. J.

complete list of authors

  • Huang, L||El-Genk, MS||Schuller, MJ

publication date

  • January 1997