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EFFECTIVE THERMAL RESISTANCE COMPARISON OF AEROGEL AND MULTI-LAYER INSULATION AS RADIATIVE BARRIERS USING THE SINGLE-SIDED GUARDED HOT PLATE METHOD
Kevin W. Irick*
Applied Technology Associates, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, USA
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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2017, 8, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.8.2
Abstract
The Single-sided Guarded Hot Plate Method for Comparative Testing of Thermal Radiation Barriers in Vacuum was used to evaluate the
performance of a variety of aerogel insulation specimens manufactured by Aspen Aerogels® against one another and against multi-layer insulation
(MLI). Testing at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) shows that the effective thermal resistance,
Re, of all tested aerogel specimens are
virtually bounded by the performance of 5-layer and 10-layer MLI specimens over a mean specimen temperature,
Tm, range of about 270K to 315K.
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Irick, K. W. (2017). EFFECTIVE THERMAL RESISTANCE COMPARISON OF AEROGEL AND MULTI-LAYER INSULATION AS RADIATIVE BARRIERS USING THE SINGLE-SIDED GUARDED HOT PLATE METHOD.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 8(1), 1–7.