A Theoretical Calculation of Thermal Conductivity of Sillica Aeogel
- Paper number
IAC-09.C2.8.10
- Author
Mr. Yao Xian-zhou, China
- Coauthor
Dr. Zi-Jun Hu, China
- Year
2009
- Abstract
Abstract One regular model which is a cubic array of intersecting square rods similar to actual microstructure of sillica aerogel is presented to evaluate the effects of nanostructure of the SiO\small 2 aerogel on the thermal properties. Steady gas-solid coupling thermal conduction of one dimension in micro-model cell is analyzed. The calculated value of the effective thermal conductivity is 0.011 W/ m•K close to the experimental value which is 0.012W/(m•K). At the same time, the result shows that pore diameter distribution of material, especially macropore and micropore, has an important influence on its thermal conductivity. Key words SiO\small 2 aerogel effective thermal conductivity theoretical model
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