Thermal conductivity of polyimide foams

Caps, Roland; Heinemann, Ulrich; Fricke, Jochen; Keller, Karl

doi:10.1016/0017-9310(96)00134-2

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Thermal conductivity of polyimide foams

Caps, Roland, Heinemann, Ulrich, Fricke, Jochen, Keller, Karl·1997·International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

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The foam thermal conductivity model can be used to estimate the thermal conductivity of open- as well as closed-cell foams, and foams made up of various materials (polyurethane, polystyrene, polyimide, etc.) with sufficient accuracy.
“It is demonstrated that the model can be used to estimate the thermal conductivity of open-as well as closed-cell foams, and foams made up of various materials (polyurethane, polystyrene, polyimide. etc.) with sufficient accuracy.”
From Effective thermal conductivity of insulation materials for cryogenic LH2 storage tanks: A review (2023) · cites this paper as [17]
The thermal conductivity model for foam was used extensively across research groups and is discussed in the literature to investigate the insulation performance of foam materials.
“The thermal conductivity model shown here was used extensively across research groups and is discussed in the literature [17,27,41,47,53] to investigate the insulation performance of foam materials.”
From Effective thermal conductivity of insulation materials for cryogenic LH2 storage tanks: A review (2023) · cites this paper as [17]
The diffusion approximation approach is easy to use and has been widely used to calculate the radiative thermal conductivity of insulation materials such as open- and closed-cell foams, silica aerogel powders, and glass fibers.
“The diffusion approximation approach is easy to use and has been widely used to calculate the radiative thermal conductivity of insulation materials such as openand closed-cell foams [17,53,67,87], silica aerogel powders [10,15,16,73], glass fibers and so forth.”
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Several experimental and theoretical studies on foam conductivity exist, but experimental data in cryogenic conditions may be sparse.
“While several experimental and theoretical studies are performed in the literature on the determination of the conductivity of foams [11,17,47,80,87], the experimental data in cryogenic conditions may be sparse.”
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Authors: Caps, R., Heinemann, U., Fricke, J., & Keller, K.
Affiliations: Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (DE)
European Space Research and Technology Centre (NL)
ORCID: Fricke, Jochen
Venue: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1997-01
Volume: 40
Issue: 2
Pages: 269-280
ISSN: 0017-9310 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00134-2
OpenAlex: W2064820095
Cited by: 53
References: 14
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 1.31
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal properties of materials
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
Keywords: polyimide foam, thermal conductivity, infrared transmittance, gas pressure effects, low-density foam, temperature dependence

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