22–26 Jul 2024
CICG - GENEVA, Switzerland
Europe/Zurich timezone

Thermal Properties and Microstructural Assessment of Glass Composites with Epoxy Matrix for Cryogenic Applications

23 Jul 2024, 14:00
2h
Poster area

Poster area

Poster Presentation (120m) ICEC 12: Thermal properties and numerical studies Tue-Po-1.4

Speaker

Anna Krzak (Silesian University of Technology)

Description

Thermal properties of materials, especially their thermal conductivity and emissivity, are extremely important in the efficient design of terrestrial cryogenic equipment, such as Dewars and cryostats. It is widely known that composite materials based on epoxy resin and glass reinforcement are good candidates for applications in extreme temperature conditions due to their high stiffness together with low thermal conductivity. The aim of the work is to investigate the effect of several resin matrix on thermal conductivity in the range from 4.5 K to 300 K and total hemispherical emissivity. Additionally, as part of this study, an analysis of the microstructure of composite materials was conducted to detect changes in the structure caused by low temperatures. A discussion was conducted and compared with other science data. Simulation of a single-layer composite material in the ANSYS environment is considered.

Submitters Country Poland

Author

Anna Krzak (Silesian University of Technology)

Co-authors

Agnieszka J Nowak (Scientific and Didactic Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Material Technologies, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland) Jiří Frolec (Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 147, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic) Tomáš Králík (Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 147, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

Presentation materials