An improved method for determining thermal conductance and equilibrium body temperature with cooling curve experiments
1976; Elsevier BV; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0306-4565(76)90009-7
ISSN1879-0992
Autores Tópico(s)Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
Resumo1.|The analysis of cooling curves to find the thermal conductance by plotting log(body temperature-air temperature) vs time is generally inaccurate. 2.|Cooling curves are correctly analyzed by plotting log(body temperature-equilibrium body temperature) vs time. 3.|Experiment time may be greatly reduced by using computer analysis to find equilibrium body temperature and the thermal conductance simultaneously. 4.|Two computer programs for cooling curve analysis are described, together with representative results. 5.|Accurate values of thermal conductance may be determined with cooling ranges of less than 5°C.
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