Advances of thermal conductivity models of nanoscale silica aerogel insulation material

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-50

  He, Ya Ling ^a   Xie, Tao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effective thermal conductivity; Gaseous heat transfer; Nanoporous silica aerogel insulation material; Radiative heat transfer; Solid heat transfer

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATING MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; THERMAL INSULATION;

COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; INSULATION MATERIALS; INSULATION PERFORMANCE; NANOSCALE HEAT TRANSFERS; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84923360198     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.013     Document Type: Review

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