It is shown that heat flux through fibrous insulation materials can be represented by a set of three material constants over a wide range of temperature of practical in terest. These constants can be determined from standard guarded-hot-plate appara tus measurements.
Kumaran, M.K. and D.G. Stephenson ."Heat Transport Through Thermal Insulation : An Application of Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes," ASME Paper No. 86-WA/HT-70, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, pp. 1-4 (1986).
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ASTM Standard Test Method C177-85. "Standard Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus,"1986 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 04.06, pp. 21-36.
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ASTM Standard Test Method C518-85. "Standard Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means of the Heat Flow meter Apparatus,"1986 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 04.06, pp. 197-213.
