Measuring moisture content in a porous insulation package with finite thickness
| Autor: | Shugang Wang, Zhigang (Daniel) Wei, Tengfei Zhang, Xu Yiheng, Chao-Hsin Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Materials science Convective heat transfer Moisture business.industry 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering 02 engineering and technology Computational fluid dynamics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Physics::Geophysics 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Gravimetric analysis Current (fluid) Composite material 0210 nano-technology business Porosity Water content Finite thickness Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 129:144-151 |
| ISSN: | 0017-9310 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.09.106 |
| Popis: | Porous insulation materials may acquire moisture, and the moisture content must be accurately measured for appropriate maintenance of the materials. Current thermal methods for measuring moisture are applicable only to an infinite test domain. This paper used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to investigate the effects of a finite test domain and the associated boundary heat loss on moisture measurement. Insulation material of various thicknesses, bounded by two solid plates, was modeled. The convective heat loss to the air from both solid plates was considered. The over-measured moisture content due to a finite geometric domain was regressed into formulas, by means of which the excessive amount could subsequently be deduced. The corrected moisture content was then compared with that obtained by gravimetric weighing using a digital precision balance. The results show that significant over-measurement of moisture content can occur for the tested insulation material with a thickness less than 4.5 cm. The remedial strategy is quite effective and can provide moisture content results that are close to the gravimetric values. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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