{"title":"On the importance of heat and mass transfer coupling during characterization of hygroscopic insulation materials","authors":"P. Perré, A. Challansonnex","doi":"10.4995/IDS2018.2018.7884","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present work is focused on mass transfer characterization of hygroscopic materials used for insulation, such as Low Density Fibreboards. Due to their particular morphology, these panels present a very high mass diffusivity in the connected gaseous phase and a very low thermal conductivity. This combination of properties exacerbates the coupling between heat and mass transfer in transient state. Based on experimental data obtained with an original set-up and relevant simulations performed using a comprehensive physical formulation, a throughout vision of this question is proposed in the present study. In particular, we emphasize on: - The impressive change in core temperature in terms of magnitude and duration, - The great impact of the internal temperature gradient, which slows down mass diffusion, - The dramatic error on mass diffusivity value if the coupling is ignored. Keywords: experiment; identification; modelling; RH at back-face; transient state","PeriodicalId":107148,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 21th International Drying Symposium","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of 21th International Drying Symposium","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4995/IDS2018.2018.7884","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present work is focused on mass transfer characterization of hygroscopic materials used for insulation, such as Low Density Fibreboards. Due to their particular morphology, these panels present a very high mass diffusivity in the connected gaseous phase and a very low thermal conductivity. This combination of properties exacerbates the coupling between heat and mass transfer in transient state. Based on experimental data obtained with an original set-up and relevant simulations performed using a comprehensive physical formulation, a throughout vision of this question is proposed in the present study. In particular, we emphasize on: - The impressive change in core temperature in terms of magnitude and duration, - The great impact of the internal temperature gradient, which slows down mass diffusion, - The dramatic error on mass diffusivity value if the coupling is ignored. Keywords: experiment; identification; modelling; RH at back-face; transient state