Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique

We propose the potential use of thermal-wave interferometry in measuring thermal diffusivities of two media with a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique. In the derived expression for a two-layer configuration, during cavity length probing of the upper medium, the physical and thermal properties o...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Azmi, Liaw, Hock Sang, Abbas, Zulkifly
Format: Article
Language:English
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Published: IEEE 2005
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8682/1/Thermal-wave%20interferometry%20of%20gas-liquid%20applied%20to%20a%20thermal-wave%20resonator%20cavity%20technique.pdf
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author Zakaria, Azmi
Liaw, Hock Sang
Abbas, Zulkifly
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description We propose the potential use of thermal-wave interferometry in measuring thermal diffusivities of two media with a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique. In the derived expression for a two-layer configuration, during cavity length probing of the upper medium, the physical and thermal properties of the lower medium were reasonably assumed to be independent of cavity length; hence each of the two slopes of signal versus cavity length actually determines the thermal diffusivity of the corresponding medium. In order to check the validity of the proposed model, we measure the thermal diffusivity of air and glycerol. A good linear relation of the amplitude and the phase with respect to cavity length in the thermally thick region of both media was observed, and the thermal diffusivities of air and glycerol obtained were close to the literature values. We suggest the potential application of thermal-wave resonator cavity technique to measure the thermal properties of a single-layer fluid in a general thermal condition where the advantage is that the signal-to-noise ratio is normally high compared to the thermally thick case. This can be achieved possibly by coating the pyroelectric transducer with a thermally thick solid material prior to any measurements.
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spelling upm.eprints-86822015-12-01T00:57:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8682/ Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique Zakaria, Azmi Liaw, Hock Sang Abbas, Zulkifly We propose the potential use of thermal-wave interferometry in measuring thermal diffusivities of two media with a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique. In the derived expression for a two-layer configuration, during cavity length probing of the upper medium, the physical and thermal properties of the lower medium were reasonably assumed to be independent of cavity length; hence each of the two slopes of signal versus cavity length actually determines the thermal diffusivity of the corresponding medium. In order to check the validity of the proposed model, we measure the thermal diffusivity of air and glycerol. A good linear relation of the amplitude and the phase with respect to cavity length in the thermally thick region of both media was observed, and the thermal diffusivities of air and glycerol obtained were close to the literature values. We suggest the potential application of thermal-wave resonator cavity technique to measure the thermal properties of a single-layer fluid in a general thermal condition where the advantage is that the signal-to-noise ratio is normally high compared to the thermally thick case. This can be achieved possibly by coating the pyroelectric transducer with a thermally thick solid material prior to any measurements. IEEE 2005-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8682/1/Thermal-wave%20interferometry%20of%20gas-liquid%20applied%20to%20a%20thermal-wave%20resonator%20cavity%20technique.pdf Zakaria, Azmi and Liaw, Hock Sang and Abbas, Zulkifly (2005) Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique. Review of Scientific Instruments, 76 (7). ISSN 0034-6748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1946547 10.1063/1.1946547 English
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title Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique
title_full Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique
title_fullStr Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique
title_full_unstemmed Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique
title_short Thermal-wave interferometry of gas-liquid applied to a thermal-wave resonator cavity technique
title_sort thermal wave interferometry of gas liquid applied to a thermal wave resonator cavity technique
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8682/1/Thermal-wave%20interferometry%20of%20gas-liquid%20applied%20to%20a%20thermal-wave%20resonator%20cavity%20technique.pdf
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