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Comments on calibration and design of a heat flow meter

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ConferenceConference on Thermal Insulation, Materials, and Systems for Energy Conservation in the 80's, December 8, 1981, Clearwater, Florida, United States
SubjectBuilding envelope; heat transfer; heat meters; calibration; design criteria; heat flow meter; guarded hot plate; thermal conductivity; thermal resistance; HFM calibration; HFM design; precision and accuracy
Abstract
After a review of the calibration of two heat flow meter ( HFM) transducers, the HFM has been redesigned. The new design produces a calibration independent of the characteristics of the material being tested; that is, it produces the same calibration curve for thick, low-density specimens as for thin, high-density ones. Calibration within plus or minus 1 percent of transfer standard accuracy is discussed; the HFM precision for thick specimens of low- density glass fiber appears to be higher than that of a guarded hot plate under the same testing conditions.
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  • Proceedings, Conference on Thermal Insulation, Materials, and Systems for Energy Conservation in the 80's, 08 December 1981, Clearwater, FL, USA (1983): 277–292.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierDBR-P-1106
NRC numberNRCC 22416
NRC-IRC-3033
NPARC number20375829
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