Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank

The water temperature in a fish tank is important for fish health. A conventional aquarium heater produces localized heating that causes water temperature variation, resulting in thermal stress to fish. This study presents plane heating with a transparent heater film that is aesthetically attractive...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Panama, Juntae Jin, Dong Jin Kim, Seung S. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024000975
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author Gustavo Panama
Juntae Jin
Dong Jin Kim
Seung S. Lee
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description The water temperature in a fish tank is important for fish health. A conventional aquarium heater produces localized heating that causes water temperature variation, resulting in thermal stress to fish. This study presents plane heating with a transparent heater film that is aesthetically attractive when applied to fish tanks. The transparent heater film comprises a metal mesh with an optical transparency of 81 %, sheet resistance of 0.6 Ω/□, and mean heating surface temperature of 57 °C at 20 W. In the test setup, 100 W is applied to compare an aquarium heater and a transparent heater film. Increasing the water temperature from 23 °C to 24 °C at the center of the fish tank needs 28 min with the transparent heater film operating at 33 °C, whereas the same temperature increase needs 50 min with an aquarium heater operating at 49 °C. The planar heater thus results in enhanced heat diffusion and reduced water temperature variation due to its extended heating surface area.
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spelling doaj.art-6f5814512f6c4cc1aa09c181350e67be2024-02-01T06:34:33ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-01-01101e24066Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tankGustavo Panama0Juntae Jin1Dong Jin Kim2Seung S. Lee3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South KoreaCorresponding author.; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South KoreaThe water temperature in a fish tank is important for fish health. A conventional aquarium heater produces localized heating that causes water temperature variation, resulting in thermal stress to fish. This study presents plane heating with a transparent heater film that is aesthetically attractive when applied to fish tanks. The transparent heater film comprises a metal mesh with an optical transparency of 81 %, sheet resistance of 0.6 Ω/□, and mean heating surface temperature of 57 °C at 20 W. In the test setup, 100 W is applied to compare an aquarium heater and a transparent heater film. Increasing the water temperature from 23 °C to 24 °C at the center of the fish tank needs 28 min with the transparent heater film operating at 33 °C, whereas the same temperature increase needs 50 min with an aquarium heater operating at 49 °C. The planar heater thus results in enhanced heat diffusion and reduced water temperature variation due to its extended heating surface area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024000975Plane heatingTransparent heater filmFish tank
spellingShingle Gustavo Panama
Juntae Jin
Dong Jin Kim
Seung S. Lee
Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
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Transparent heater film
Fish tank
title Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
title_full Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
title_fullStr Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
title_full_unstemmed Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
title_short Plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
title_sort plane heating with a transparent heater film in a fish tank
topic Plane heating
Transparent heater film
Fish tank
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024000975
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