high moisture levels in fresh dairy manure provide a suitable environment for growth of pathogens and cause environmental pollution. dry manure can be used for different purposes in agriculture and in livestock industry. such heat properties of manure as specific heat, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity are important needed factors for the design and development of a suitable efficien...

The thermal diffusivity of a series of solid solutions of alumina and chromia transformation toughened with a dispersed phase of unstabilized zirconia was measured by means of the laser-flash method from room temperature to 1400 ~ C. It was found, in general, that the thermal diffusivity could be decreased significantly by the combined effects of solid solution alloying, microcracking and by th...

Olivine comprises >60% of the upper mantle, making it the dominant control on heat transport through the lithosphere. Accurate estimates of the thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity are important to modeling geotherms, estimating lithospheric thickness, determining the depth range of melt generation, etc. Diffusivity and conductivity result from lattice vibration and radiative transport ...

In this study, nanofluids of Chromium (Cr) in water, Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol have been prepared using single step method. The thermal conductivity and diffusivity of these nanofluids were measured via hot wire-photothermal deflection technique. Based on finite difference method (FDM) temperature distribution and photothermal deflection caused by the hot wire inside nanofluids was obtained. ...

Please cite this article in press as: Oldroyd HJ et http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.0 Thermal diffusivity of snow is an important thermodynamic property associated with key hydrological phenomena such as snow melt and heat and water vapor exchange with the atmosphere. Direct determination of snow thermal diffusivity requires coupled point measurements of thermal conductivity and d...

In this study we present new data for the thermal conductivity enhancement in four nanofluids containing 11, 25, 50, and 63 nm diameter Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles in distilled water. The nanofluids were prepared using single step method (that is, by dispersing nanoparticle directly in base fluid) which was gathered in ultrasonic device for approximately 7 h. The transient hot-wire las...

A method to image near-surface hardness profiles of heat-treated case-hardened steels using laser infrared photothermal radiometric phase imaging is described. It is shown that thermophysical and mechanical transverse inhomogeneity profiles in industrial case hardened steel samples are well correlated. Phase surface scanning imaging leads to a practical criterion for assessing transverse hardne...

A technique of the temperature dependent thermal diffusivity investigation has been analysed. The technique is based on the modified Ångström method utilising periodic temperature oscillations in a slab specimen. The additional modification consists of imposing linear temperature changes – application of linear scans. This scanning mode procedure enables investigation of the thermal diffusivity...

A moving finite element-based inverse method for determining the temperature on a moving surface is developed. The moving mesh is generated employing the transfinite mapping technique. The proposed algorithms are used in the estimation of surface temperature on a moving boundary with high velocity in the burning process of a homogenous low thermal diffusivity solid fuel. The measurements obtain...