Experimental Study of the Thermal Behavior of a Bioclimatic Building Prototype in a Sahelian Zone

Buildings constructed with modern materials (cement blocks, sheet metal, reinforced concrete, etc.) in the Sahelian zone often generate excessive electricity consumption and consequently very high electricity bills. This study is a contribution to the development of new building types based on the principle of bioclimatic construction. The aim is to find materials suited to the Sahelian climate and improve thermal comfort. To this end, an experimental study of the hygrothermal behavior of a bioclimatic building prototype with a domed roof is being carried out. Site meteorological data, air temperature and relative humidity of the building’s internal environment were measured for three climatic seasons in Burkina Faso. The data acquisition system consists of thermocouples, solarimeters and humidity meters, and the data are processed using Excel and Origin Pro software. The results show that, despite the high temperature values (between 36˚C and 39˚C) of the internal environment measured in the hot season, good thermal performance is achieved, in particular an average phase shift of 7.17 h and an average damping of 10.81˚C. The dome-roofed building could therefore contribute to limiting heat transmission to the building interior, improving thermal comfort all year round. Analysis of humidity profiles shows that indoor humidity varies between 66% and 80% for the September period, and between 44% and 69% for the January period. The high values of internal ambient humidity could be reduced by very good ventilation of the building. This study shows that the proposed bioclimatic building prototype with domed roof could be integrated into the Sahelian habitat.

Thermal behaviors and heavy metal vaporization of phosphatized tannery sludge in incineration process

The high concentration of heavy metal (Cu, Cr, Zn, Pb) in tannery sludge causes severe heavy metal emissions in the process of incineration. In the present investigation, the tannery sludge was treated with 85% phosphoric acid before the incineration process in the tube furnace to control the heavy metal emissions. The thermal behavior and heavy metal vaporization of pre-treated tannery sludge were investigated, and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis were also implemente...

Thermal Behavior,Nonisothermal Decomposition Reaction Kinetics of Mixed Ester Double-base Gun Propellants

The thermal decomposition behavior and nonisothermal reaction kinetics of the double-base gun propellants containing the mixed ester of triethyleneglycol dinitrate（TEGDN） and nitroglycerin（NG） were investigated by thermogravimetry（TG） and differential thermogravimetry（DTG）, and differential scanning calorimetry（DSC） under the high-pressure dynamic ambience. The results show that the thermal decomposition processes of the mixed nitric ester gun propellants have two mass-loss stages. Nitric ester evaporates and decomposes in the first stage, and nitrocellulose and centralite II（C2） decompose in the second stage. The mass loss, the DTG peak points, and the terminated temperatures of the two stages are changeable with the difference of the mass ratio of TEGDN to NG. There is only one obvious exothermic peak in the DSC curves under the different pressures. With the increase in the furnace pressure, the peak temperature decreases, and the decomposition heat increases. With the increase in the content of TEGDN, the decomposition heat decreases at 0.1 MPa and rises at high pressure. The variety of mass ratio of TEGDN to NG makes few effect on the exothermic peak temperatures in the DSC curves at different pressures. The kinetic equation of the main exothermal decomposition reaction of the gun propellant TG0601 was determined as： dα/dt=1021.59（1-α）3e-2.60×104/T. The reaction mechanism of the process can be classified as chemical reaction. The critical temperatures of the thermal explosion（Tbe and Tbp） obtained from the onset temperature（Te） and the peak temperature（Tp） are 456.46 and 473.40 K, respectively. ΔS≠, ΔH≠, and ΔG≠ of the decomposition reaction are 163.57 J·mol^-1·K^-1, 209.54 kJ·mol^-1, and 133.55 kJ·mol^-1, respectively.

3D FE Analysis of Thermal Behavior of Billet in Rod and Wire Hot Continuous Rolling Process

An FE model was developed to study thermal behavior during the rod and wire hot continuous rolling process. The FE code MSC. Marc was used in the simulation using implicit static arithmetic. The whole rolling process of 30 passes was separated and simulated with several continuous 3D elastic-plastic FE models. A rigid pushing body and a data transfer technique were introduced into this model. The on-line experiments were conducted on 304 stainless steel and GCr15 steel hot continuous rolling process to prove the results of simulation by implicit static FEM. The results show that the temperature results of finite element simulations are in good agreement with experiments, which indicate that the FE model developed in this study is effective and efficient.

Thermal Behavior in Relation to Different Bindings of Alumina Based Castables from 20 to 1000℃

Thermal behavior and physical properties of castables during curing and drying-out are associated with their binding system. In this work, five alumina based （ Al2O3 〉 87% ） castables with different combinations of binding materials, i. e. , （ 1 ） CA cement （CA） ＋ Reactive alumina （ RA ） ＋ H2O ; （ 2 ） high level addi- tion of CA ＋ Microsilica （MS） ＋ H2O ; （ 3 ） low level addition of CA ＋ MS ＋ H2O ; （4） MS ＋ Hydratable alumina ＋ H20 and （ 5 ） MS ＋ Magnesia ＋ H2O, respectively, have been investigated on the flowability and thermal behavior during curing at room temperature, drying at 110% and heating from 200℃ to 1000℃ at an interval of 100℃ , in terms of water addition, vibration flow value, porosity, dehydration, explosion resistance, cold and hot bending strengths. Differences in dehydrating behavior and the mentioned properties have been revealed and correlated to the binding system.

Transient thermal behavior of radial fins of rectangular,triangular and hyperbolic profiles with temperature-dependent properties using DTM-FDM

This work focuses on transient thermal behavior of radial fins of rectangular,triangular and hyperbolic profiles with temperature-dependent properties.A hybrid numerical algorithm which combines differential transformation(DTM) and finite difference(FDM) methods is utilized to theoretically study the present problem.DTM and FDM are applied to the time and space domains of the problem,respectively.The accuracy of this method solution is checked against the numerical solution.Then,the effects of some applicable parameters were studied comparatively.Since a broad range of governing parameters are investigated,the results could be useful in a number of industrial and engineering applications.

Thermal Behavior, Non-isothermal Decomposition Reaction Kinetics of Copper(Ⅱ) Salt of 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyridine and Its Application in Propellant

The thermal behavior and kinetic parameters of the major exothermic decomposition reaction of the title compound in a temperature-programmed mode were studied by means of TG-DTG and DSC. The critical temperature of thermal explosion was calculated. The effect of the title compound on the combustion characteristic of composition modifier double base propellant containing RDX was explored with a strand burner. The results show that the kinetic model function in differential forms, the apparent activation energy(E a) and the pre-exponential factor(A) of the major exothermic decomposition reaction are 3(1-α)[-ln(1-α)] 2/3, 190.56 kJ/mol and 10 13.39 s -1, respectively. The critical temperature of thermal explosion of the compound is 353.08 ℃. The kinetic equation of the major exothermic decomposition process of the title compound at 0.1 MPa could be expressed as dα/dT=10 14.65(1-α)[-ln(1-α)] 2/3 e -2.2920×104/T. As an auxiliary catalyzer, the title compound can help the main catalyzer of lead salt of 4-hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyridine to accelerate the burning rate and reduce the pressure exponent of RDX-CMDB propellant.

Effect of cooling structure on thermal behavior of copper plates of slab continuous casting mold

A three-dimensional finite-element model of slab continuous casting mold was conducted to clarify the effect of cooling structure on thermal behavior of copper plates. The results show that temperature distribution of hot surface is mainly governed by cooling structure and heat-transfer conditions. For hot surface centricity, maximum surface temperature promotions are 30 ℃and 15 ℃ with thickness increments of copper plates of 5 mm and nickel layers of 1 ram, respectively. The surface temperature without nickel layers is depressed by 10 ℃ when the depth increment of water slots is 2 mm and that with nickel layers adjacent to and away from mold outlet is depressed by 7℃ and 5 ℃, respectively. The specific trend of temperature distribution of transverse sections of copper plates is nearly free of cooling structure, but temperature is changed and its law is similar to the corresponding surface temperature.

Synthesis, Structure and Thermal Behaviors of a Magnesium(Ⅱ) Complex with Tetrazole-1-acetic Acid

A new complex of magnesium with tetrazole-l-acetic acid （tza） has been synthe- sized and characterized by elemental analysis and FT-IR spectrum. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis determined the molecular formula as Mg（tza）2（H20）4. The crystal belongs to the triclinic system with Pi space group, and a = 6.133（2）, b = 6.488（2）, c = 10.0127（7） A, a = 77.282（10）, fl = 91.558（1）, ）, = 76.002（8）°, Y = 349.0（2）A3, Z = 1, C6HI4MgNsOs, Mr = 350.56, Dc = 1.668 g.cm-3, F（000） = 182,μ = 0.189, S = 1.000, the final R = 0.0294 and wR = 0.0785 for 1128 observed reflections with I 〉 20-（I）. In this molecule, the tza ion exhibits an infrequent monodentate coordination mode. The magnesium center is hexa-coordinated to a slightly distorted octahedral configuration by six oxygen atoms from two tza ligands and four coordinated water molecules. DSC and TG-DTG analyses were applied to assess the thermal decomposition behavior. The kinetic parameters of the exothermal peak were calculated by non-isothermal reaction kinetics. The values of critical temperature of thermal explosion, △S≠, △H≠ and △G^≠, were obtained as 596 K, -42.25 J mo1^-1 K^-1, 296.43 kJ mol^-1 and 323.53 kJ mol1, respectively.

A New Co(Ⅱ) Coordination Polymer Based on a Flexible 1,4-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid: Synthesis, Structure and Thermal Behavior

A new Co（Ⅱ） coordination polymer, [Co（1,4-chdc）（L）（H2O）]n（1）, was synthesized under hydrothermal condition（1,4-H2chdc = 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, L = 2-（4-fluoro-phenyl）-1 H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline）. Its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes in triclinic, space group P1 with a = 8.790（5）, b = 10.486（5）, c = 13.305（5） ?, α = 87.391（5）, β = 82.925（5）, γ = 81.841（5）o, V = 1204.2（10） ?3, Z = 2, C27H23FN4O5Co, Mr = 561.42, Dc = 1.548 g/cm3, F（000） = 578, μ（Mo Ka） = 0.769 mm-1, R = 0.0415 and wR = 0.1043. In 1, each 1,4-chdc anion bridges two neighboring Co（Ⅱ） atoms to give a chain structure. The L ligands are attached on one side of the chain through chelating the Co（Ⅱ） atoms, and are stacked with those of an adjacent chain through π-π interactions, yielding a double-chain structure. The double-chain structures are linked into a supramolecular layer structure through N–H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions between the adjacent double-chain structures. Moreover, the thermal behavior of 1 was also studied.

Effect of the alidade thermal behavior on the pointing accuracy of a large radio telescope

The alidade’s non-uniform temperature field of a large radio telescope is very obvious under solar radiation.Estimating a radio telescope’s pointing errors,caused by the alidade deformation under solar radiation,is significant to improve the telescope’s pointing accuracy.To study the effect of the alidade thermal behavior on the pointing accuracy of a large radio telescope,a temperature experiment is first carried out in a 70-m radio telescope on a sunny day.According to the measured results,the temperature distribution rule of the alidade is summarized initially.In addition,the alidade’s temperature field is calculated by finite element thermal analysis.The simulated results are proved to be in good agreement with the experimental results.Finally,the alidade deformation under solar radiation is computed by finite element thermalstructure coupling analysis.The telescope’s pointing errors caused by alidade deformation are estimated via the alidade’s node displacements.The final results show that the effect of alidade thermal behavior on the telescope’s elevation pointing errorsΔε2+Δεr is much more than the effect on the telescope’s crosselevation pointing errorsΔε1.The maximum ofΔε2+Δεr is more than 45″,while the maximum ofΔε1 is less than 6″.This study can provide valuable references for improving the pointing accuracy of large radio telescopes.

Thermal Behaviors of Work Roll in Finishing Trains of Hot Rolling

In order to analyze the thermal field and thermal contour of work roll in finishing trains of hot rolling in rolling process, a quasi two-dimension implicit finite difference model is developed. To improve the calculating speed and precision, some special solutions are introduced, including the development of this model, the simplification of boundary conditions and the computation of heat transfer coefficients. The results show that these solutions of thermal behaviors of work roll are very much efficient and the model can be used as an on-line profile and fatness control model of large industrial mills.

Thermal Behavior and Non-isothermal Kinetics of the Polyoxometalate of Ciprofloxacin with Tungstophosphoric Acid

The polyoxometalate （CPFX-HCl）3H3PW12O40·.8H2O was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra and TG-DTA-DTG. The thermal decomposition mechanism and non-isothermal kinetic parameters of the polyoxometalate were obtained from the analysis of TG-DTG data using the Achar equation, Coats-Redfern equation （CR）, Madhusudanan-Krishnan-Ninan equation （MKN） and Horowitz-Metzger equation （HM）. And their mathematical expressions of the kinetic compensation effect were also calculated.

Simulation-based Estimation of Thermal Behavior of Direct Feed Drive Mechanism with Updated Finite Element Model

Linear motors generate high heat and cause significant deformation in high speed direct feed drive mechanisms.It is relevant to estimate their deformation behavior to improve their application in precision machine tools.This paper describes a method to estimate its thermal deformation based on updated finite element（FE）model methods.Firstly,a FE model is established for a linear motor drive test rig that includes the correlation between temperature rise and its resulting deformation.The relationship between the input and output variables of the FE model is identified with a modified multivariate input/output least square support vector regression machine.Additionally,the temperature rise and displacements at some critical points on the mechanism are obtained experimentally by a system of thermocouples and an interferometer.The FE model is updated through intelligent comparison between the experimentally measured values and the results from the regression machine.The experiments for testing thermal behavior along with the updated FE model simulations is conducted on the test rig in reciprocating cycle drive conditions.The results show that the intelligently updated FE model can be implemented to analyze the temperature variation distribution of the mechanism and to estimate its thermal behavior.The accuracy of the thermal behavior estimation with the optimally updated method can be more than double that of the initial theoretical FE model.This paper provides a simulation method that is effective to estimate the thermal behavior of the direct feed drive mechanism with high accuracy.

Effects of rare earth oxide additives on the thermal behaviors of aluminum nitride ceramics

The effects of Y2O3 and Er2O3 on the sintering behaviors, thermal properties and microstructure of A1N ceramics were investigated. The experimental results show that the sintering temperature can be decreased; the relative density and thermal behavior can be improved by adding rare earth oxide in A1N ceramics. For A1N ceramics with 3 wt.% Er2O3 additive, the relative density is 98.8%, and the thermal conductivity reaches 106 W.m^-1.K^-1. The microstructure research found that no obvious aluminum erbium oxide was found in A1N ceramics doped with 3 wt.% Er203, which favored the improvement of the thermal conductivity of A1N ceramics.

Crystal Structure,Thermal Behavior and Luminescence of a One-dimensional Coordination Polymer [Zn(4-CPOA)(Phen)(H_2O)]_n

A novel coordination polymer of [Zn（4-CPOA）（Phen）（H2O）]n （C21H16N2O6Zn,1,4-CPOA = 4-carboxylato-phenoxyacetate dianion and Phen = 1,10-phenanthroline） has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis,IR,TG,PL and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal crystallizes in the triclinic system,space group of P1 with a = 9.622（3）,b = 9.631（3）,c = 11.526（4）A,α = 67.719（5）,β = 71.203（5）,γ = 83.552（6）o,V = 935.5（5） A^3,Z = 2,Dc = 1.625 g/cm^3,μ = 1.357 mm^-1 and F（000） = 468. The Zn（II） ion is surrounded by three carboxylate O atoms from two different 4-CPOA groups,two N atoms from the Phen ligand and one water molecule,forming a distorted octahedral coordination configuration. The Zn（II） ions were alternately interlinked by carboxylate groups of 4-CPOA with chelating bisbidentate and monodentate modes into a one-dimensional zigzag chain having an intrachain distance of ca. 9.631（1） . Under the direction of supramolecular recognition and attraction,the adjacent chains yield a double-stranded chain through π-π stacking between the phen ligands,which was further expanded into a 2-D framework via strong C–H–π interaction （ca. 2.95（1） ） between the 4-CPOA ligands and into a 3-D supramolecular network by strong hydrogen bond between terminal water molecule and carboxyl group. TG/DTG shows that its chain skeleton is thermally stable up to 419 oC and the blue fluorescent emission of the complex was determined at 471 nm in a solid state with its long decay lifetime of 1.83 ns.

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Thermal Behavior of a New 2D Barium(Ⅱ) Coordination Polymer with 1H-benzimi-dazole-5,6-dicarboxylate as the Single Ligand

The self-assembly of 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid with barium chloride under hydrothermal conditions afforded a new 2D coordination polymer,[Ba2（L）（HL）Cl]n（1,L = 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxylate）,which was characterized by elemental analysis,infrared spectroscopy,thermogravimetric analysis,and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.Compound 1 is of monoclinic system,space group P21/c with a = 10.0145（6）,b=25.6854（15）,c=7.3116（4） ？,β = 99.4980（10）°,V = 1854.95（19）3,C18H9Ba2ClN4O8,Z = 4,Mr=719.42,Dc = 2.576 g/cm3,μ（MoKα） = 4.427 mm-1,F（000） = 1352,the final R = 0.0202 and wR=0.0465 for 3051 observed reflections with I 2σ（I）.It exhibits an interesting two-dimensional network structure and high thermal stability（up to 420 ℃）.

Thermal behavior and Rheological Properties of PANI-DBSA/PAN Blends

Conducting blends of polyacrylonitrile （PAN） copolymer and dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid doped polyaniline （PANI-DBSA） were prepared by solution blending of the two components. By means of various characterization methods including differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, thermogravimetric analysis （TGA）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and cone-plate rheometry, the effects of PANI-DBSA content on the thermal behavior, morphological and rheological properties of the blends were investigated. A single and composition-dependent /＇g was found for each of all blends and the thermal stability of PANI-DBSA/PAN was superior to that of both pure Co-PAN and PANI- DBSA. Rheological results show that the apparent viscosity of blend solution decreased at low PANI- DBSA content （2.5 wt%） while increased at high PANI-DBSA content （7.5wt%-10 wt%）. Moreover, the shear-thinning appeared more distinctly with the incorporation of PANI-DBSA into the blend solutions especially at a high shear rate.

Thermal Behavior, Specific Heat Capacity and Adiabatic Time-to-explosion of GDN

A new compound, [（NH2）2C=NH2]＋N（NO2）2-（GDN）, was prepared by mixing ammonium dinitramide （ADN） and guanidine hydrochloride in water. The thermal behavior of GDN was studied under the non-isothermal conditions with DSC and TG/DTG methods. The apparent activation energy（E） and pre-exponential constant（A） of the exothermic decomposition stage of GDN were 118.75 kJ/mol and 10^10.86 s^-1, respectively. The critical temperature of the thermal explosion（Tb） of GDN was 164.09 ℃. The specific heat capacity of GDN was determined with the Micro-DSC method and the theoretical calculation method, and the standard molar specific heat capacity was 234.76 J·mol^-1·K^-1 at 298.15 K. The adiabatic time-to-explosion of GDN was also calculated to be a certain value between 404.80 and 454.95 s.

THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF THERMOTROPIC HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE ACETATE/POLYETHYLENE BLENDS

The thermal behavior of thermotropic hydroxyethyl cellulose acetate (HECA)/polyethylene (PE) blends has been studied by DSC. It is found that the blends of HECA and PE are immiscible but the crystallization of PE is affected by HECA chains in the blends with more than 50% HECA, which results in the subordinate crystallization of PE and the formation of imperfect structures in the PE crystals. The imperfection of PE crystals in the blends can be eliminated after annealing at 393K.