Peculiarities of Calculating the Thermal Conductivity of Moist Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geometric Model of a Heterogeneous Ternary System and the Dependence to Determine Its Thermal Conductivity
- D—water vapour diffusion coefficient in stationary air, m2/s;
- Μ—coefficient of resistance of vapour diffusion in the pore space;
- M—molecular weight of water vapour, kg/mol;
- R—universal gas constant, J/(mol·K);
- T—water vapour temperature, K;
- pva—total water vapour and air pressure, Pa;
- pv—partial water vapour pressure, Pa;
- qt—specific heat of evaporation at temperature t, J/kg.
3. Calculation of the Binary System
4. Results of the Physical and Computational Experiment
4.1. Results of the Physical Experiment
4.2. Example of Calculation According to the Two-Step Procedure
4.3. Example of Calculation According to The One-Step Procedure
4.4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Series nr | |||||
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1 | 447 | 1980 | 0.2924 | 0.7742 | 0.1189 |
2 | 530 | 2110 | 0.3004 | 0.7488 | 0.1399 |
3 | 577 | 2204 | 0.3215 | 0.7382 | 0.1496 |
4 | 614 | 2285 | 0.3451 | 0.7312 | 0.1601 |
Series nr | |||||
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1 | 447 447 | 0.1030 0.2320 | 0.2100 0.2780 | 0.2000 0.2935 | 0.1587 0.1926 |
2 | 530 530 | 0.1323 0.2413 | 0.2540 0.3035 | 0.2362 0.3235 | 0.1923 0.2202 |
3 | 577 577 | 0.1420 0.2604 | 0.2675 0.3358 | 0.2480 0.3450 | 0.2044 0.2389 |
4 | 614 614 | 0.1520 0.3165 | 0.2810 0.3771 | 0.2606 0.3988 | 0.2060 0.2942 |
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Backiel-Brzozowska, B.; Nikitsin, V.I.; Alsabry, A.; Nikitsin, S.K.; Rutkowska, W. Peculiarities of Calculating the Thermal Conductivity of Moist Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. Energies 2022, 15, 5831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15165831
Backiel-Brzozowska B, Nikitsin VI, Alsabry A, Nikitsin SK, Rutkowska W. Peculiarities of Calculating the Thermal Conductivity of Moist Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. Energies. 2022; 15(16):5831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15165831
Chicago/Turabian StyleBackiel-Brzozowska, Beata, Vadzim I. Nikitsin, Abdrahman Alsabry, Serafim K. Nikitsin, and Wioleta Rutkowska. 2022. "Peculiarities of Calculating the Thermal Conductivity of Moist Autoclaved Aerated Concrete" Energies 15, no. 16: 5831. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15165831