3233results about "Material heat development" patented technology

A combustion analyzer apparatus and method for combustion analysing a sample, the analyzer comprising a combustion chamber (82) for receiving a sample for combustion therein to form combustion products, and a fluid supply apparatus for supplying fluid(s) into the chamber. The fluid supply apparatus (130-140) comprises a nitrogen oxides (NO_x) generating apparatus (140,190,210,240) and is arranged to supply NO_x into the combustion chamber. A yield of sulphur dioxide in the combustion products may thereby be improved. The NO_x generating apparatus may be operated at a raised working temperature. The NO_x generating apparatus may be provided by an ozonator with a supply of nitrogen and oxygen. A Venturi tube arrangement (246) may draw the generated NO_x into a (carrier or oxygen) gas line to the combustion chamber. Ozone may be supplied to the combustion products to convert nitrogen monoxide therein to nitrogen dioxide. The NO_x and ozone may be supplied by a single device (210,240).

The invention provides an apparatus for regulating the temperature of a chemical and/or biological sample and a method of using the same. The apparatus includes at least one temperature control module. The temperature control module includes a heater, a conductor of caloric, and a temperature sensor. The heater of the temperature control module is adapted to thermally communicate with a removable substrate, on which said chemical and/or biological sample is placed, via the conductor of caloric. The temperature sensor of the temperature control module is adapted to detect and control the temperature of the substrate via the conductor of caloric. The apparatus is designed such that the substrate is situated above said temperature control module to entirely cover said temperature control module.

Methods for determining the film thickness of a compound composition needed to provide a selected purity and yield of a condensation aerosol via vaporization of the compound composition have applications in aerosol delivery technology, in pulmonary drug delivery, and in other therapeutic treatment regimes. The methods for determining such film thickness, for use in a device having a film of drug composition to be aerosolized, include generating purities and yields of a drug composition by vaporizing films of the drug composition from substrates at two or more temperatures in the range of 150° C. to 500° C. and two or more film thickness in the range of 0.05 to 50 microns, determining from these yields and purities if a thickness and temperature exist where the aerosol has at least 90% purity and at least 50% yield, and repeated such measurements until the selected purity and yield requirement are met.

The invention relates to a device for determining the heat-conductivity coefficient. The device comprises a testing cavity, a hot-end heating system, a cold-end cooling system, a vacuumizing system, a temperature acquisition system and a pressure control system, wherein a testing platform is arranged in the testing cavity; and the whole testing platform is of an upper-lower structure and is provided with a heating block, a down-pressing head, a sample to be tested, an upper pressing head and a cooling block in sequence from bottom to top. The device disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the horizontal temperature gradient of the sample to be tested is simulated by arranging multiple horizontal temperature-measuring points, the heat transferring characteristic of the sample to be tested is objectively reflected by multi-point temperature testing, and the more objective value of the heat-conductivity coefficient is obtained by means of data processing. Simultaneously, high-heat-conductivity flexible thin pieces are arranged between the sample to be tested and the pressing heads, so that the thermal contact resistance is reduced and the accuracy of the tested value is improved. In addition, a limiting ring is arranged between the pressing heads, so that the operability and the accuracy of the test in testing the flexible sample are guaranteed. The accuracy and the objectivity of the test for the heat-conductivity coefficient are greatly improved.

The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for integrated real-time monitoring and control of microstructure and/or geometry in thermal material processing (TMP) technologies. The method includes obtaining real-time thermal dynamic variables, such as, but not limited to the cooling rate, peak temperature and heating rate, and geometry of the thermal material process. These real-time thermal variables are then analyzed along with a thermal model to determine a microstructure/geometry model. This microstructure/geometry model can then be used to provide the real-time monitoring and control of a finished state for the material being processed by the thermal material processing procedure.

A platinum/Rhodium resistance thermal probe is used as an active device which acts both as a highly localized heat source and as a detector to perform localized differential calorimetry, by thermally inducing and detecting events such as glass transitions, meltings, recystallizations and thermal decomposition within volumes of material estimated at a few mu m3. Furthermore, the probe is used to image variations in thermal conductivity and diffusivity, to perform depth profiling and sub-surface imaging. The maximum depth of the sample that is imaged is controlled by generating and detecting evanescent temperature waves in the sample.

The invention provides a miniaturized sensor device including a thin film membrane having a first surface and a second surface, one or more resistive thin film heater/thermometer devices disposed directly or indirectly adjacent to the first surface of the thin film membrane, and a frame disposed directly or indirectly adjacent to the second surface of the thin film membrane, wherein one or more internal surfaces of the frame define at least one cell having at least one opening. The sensor device also includes a thin film layer disposed directly or indirectly adjacent to the frame. The sensor device further includes a sensing layer disposed directly or indirectly adjacent to the thin film membrane.

The utility model relates to a material thermal conductivity measuring method of double heat-flux meter steady-state method, belonging to the technical field of material heat conduction performance testing. Based on the analysis of one-dimensional heat conduction in multilayer flat plate, the utility model proposes the adoption of the method of double heat-flux meter and samples with different thickness for heat conduction measurement, and gives quantitative criterion of one-dimensional heat conduction. The utility model adopts multi-point temperature measurement in heat-flux meter, calculates the average heat flux density with one-dimensional heat conduction formula of multi-layer flat plate, overcomes the difficulty of inaccurate heat flux density measurement, and makes alignment-fitting calculation for the actual thermal conductivity coefficient and the interface thermal resistance with test data of samples with different thickness. In addition, the utility model can test not only the thermal conductivity of solid material, but also the thermal conductivity coefficient of film material.

A temperature change is applied to at least a portion of a sample to be measured while measuring the thermal characteristic of a minute portion of the sample based on the temperature change by using infrared ray. There are provided a method and an apparatus which enable the thermal analysis of a minute portion of the sample.

The invention provides a device and a method for measuring thermoelectric parameters of a film. The measuring device, which has a symmetric structure, comprises a radiating fin, a thermoelectric module, a heat insulation material, metal round rods, a thermocouple wire, a voltmeter, a power supply, a data acquisition instrument and a computer. The measuring method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of: clamping a film to be measured between two upper and lower metal round rods which are completely same while the area of the film sample is the same as the cross-sectional area of the metal round rods, controlling the ambient temperature of the measuring device and the heat flow of the film sample by the use of the thermoelectric module, detecting and recording each performance parameter of the film thermoelectric material at real time by the use of the data acquisition instrument. The invention has the following advantages: the performance of the film thermoelectric material at different temperatures can be measured, that is to say, the same device can be utilized to simultaneously measure the thermal conductivity coefficient, Seebeck coefficient and conductance coefficient of the film thermoelectric material so as to calculate ZT values of the film thermoelectric material at different temperatures. According to the invention, the measuring device has a simple principle, is convenient to operate, is small in size, has many test functions and has high measuring precision.

A power compensation differential scanning calorimeter that uses one absolute temperature measurement, two differential temperature measurements, a differential power measurement, and a five-term heat flow equation to measure the sample heat flow. The calorimeter is calibrated by running two sequential calibration experiments. In a preferred embodiment, the first calibration experiment uses empty sample and reference pans, and the second calibration experiment uses sapphire specimens in the sample and reference holders. In an alternate embodiment, sapphire calibration specimens are used in both the first and second calibration experiments.

The present invention relates, in general, to thermography and, in particular, to a method of using infrared thermography to monitor physiological and molecular events that elicit a thermogenic response in animals (including humans), plants, tissues, cells and cell-free systems. The present method can be used for screening, identifying, and ranking drug candidates for multiple diseases, disorders and conditions.

A method for monitoring the operating temperature of a semiconductor device. The method comprising the steps of: placing a thermal coupling material between the bottom of the semiconductor device and the top of a printed circuit board for inserting the device thereinto; inserting a sensor so to be at least partially covered by the thermal coupling material; and measuring the temperature from the sensor within a predetermined time interval. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, an apparatus is described to carry out the above process.

A system for the measurement of a target analyte is provided including a detection apparatus and a reading apparatus. The detection apparatus, or “carrier”, includes a pyroelectric transducer (“pyroelectric film”) and one or more reagent concentrations (“reagent deposit”) deposited on the film. The reagent deposits are adapted to react with, and thus, detect the presence of a target analyte present in the local environment. Upon detection of the target analyte by the reagent deposit, the reading apparatus and the pyroelectric film may be used to detect the amount of heat that can be absorbed by the reagent deposit in response to irradiation. The pyroelectric film then delivers to the reader a signal corresponding to heat detected and the reader provides a corresponding indication of the concentration of the target substance detected.

An apparatus for sensing an analyte in a gas. The apparatus includes a gas collecting device within the apparatus for collecting the gas containing the analyte, a gas input in fluid communication with the gas collecting device for inputting the gas containing the analyte into the gas collecting device, an analyte interactant in fluid communication with the gas collecting device, wherein the analyte interactant, when contacted by the analyte, reacts to cause a change in thermal energy within the gas collecting device, the anlayte interactant being disposed in a plurality of regions separate from one another, a thermopile device comprising at least one thermopile thermally coupled to the gas collecting device to generate a signal in response to the change in thermal energy, wherein the signal comprises information useful in characterizing the analyte. A related method also is disclosed.

The invention discloses a quasi-stable state method thermal conductivity measurement apparatus, which includes a direct-current power supply, a data acquisition processing system, two heating plates respectively connected to the direct-current power supply, four thermo-electric couples connected to the data acquisition processing system, four identical samples, seven soaking metal sheets and a measurement container stuffed with thermal insulation material. The thermal conductivity measurement apparatus is characterized in that the upper end of the measurement container is provided with a cover, screw threads are machined in the center of the cover and mounted with a bolt, the bolt presses a compressing metal plate above the heat preserving cover, to decrease the inside contact resistance. Two thin film heating plates with staggered structure are adopted, thereby heating on the samples are uniform. The soaking metal plate is provided with grooves, and the corresponding thermo-electric couples are fixed in the grooves by heat conducting glue, the soaking metal plate further uniforms the heat produced by the heating plate, and grooving on the sample is not needed during test, thereby the experimental investigation to different solid thermal conductivities can be conveniently executed.

A liquid state detecting apparatus including a detecting element which outputs a signal associated with a concentration of a particular component of a liquid contained in a liquid container; an abnormality determination unit which determines whether or not the liquid is in a particular abnormal state based on the output signal of the detecting element, a level detecting part which outputs a signal according to a level of the liquid contained in the liquid container; and a static state determination unit which determines whether or not the liquid in the liquid container is in a static state based on the output signal from the level detecting part, wherein the determination made by the static state determination unit is reflected in the determination made by the abnormality determination unit.

Workstation, apparatuses and methods for the high-throughput synthesis, screening and/or characterization of combinatorial libraries. The invention relates to an array, which permits various high-throughput methods for synthesis, screening and/or characterization in the same array, without requiring sample transfer from the array. In a preferred embodiment, the synthesis, screening, and/or characterization steps are carried out in a highly parallel fashion, where more than one compound is synthesized, screened, and/or characterized at the same time. The invention may be practiced at the microscale. The array may comprise thermal channels, for regulating the temperature of the wells in the array. The wells of the array may comprise a membrane, which is used in various screening and characterization methods. The invention also relates to a covered array, comprising the array and an array cover, as well as an apparatus comprising the array, which comprises the array, an array cover and a stage. The array, array cover, and the stage may be modified as required for a variety of synthesis and/or analysis techniques. The array is easily interchangeable between different analytical instruments, and in an embodiment, the invention relates to an automated workstation, where the array is transferred between different synthesis, screening, and characterization stations. The invention also relates to a variety of methods for synthesis, screening, and characterization, which are adapted for combinatorial chemistry. Any of the embodiments of the invention may be used either alone or taken in various combinations.

A hydrogen gas sensor element and a hydrogen gas concentration part which has, on a membrane thermally isolated from a substrate, a heater, a temperature sensor and a hydrogen gas absorbing substance are provided in the same microchamber. Hydrogen gas is released from the concentration part and highly concentrated due to heat applied by the heater, and the highly concentrated hydrogen gas is measured by the hydrogen gas sensor element. Because the hydrogen gas absorbing substance exhibits selectivity for hydrogen gas, there is no need for the hydrogen gas sensor element to exhibit selectivity for hydrogen gas. An airflow limiting part is provided in the exit/entrance opening of the microchamber, whereby dilution of hydrogen gas by the entrance of external airflow is prevented. Introduction of the gas to be investigated into the microchamber is performed at predetermined intervals using an introduction means such as a pump.

The invention discloses a heat conduction coefficient and contact thermal resistance testing device. The testing device comprises a control system, a support 3, a first ball sleeve 4-1, a second ball sleeve 4-2, a sliding screw rod 5, an oriented steel ball and a pressure sensor 6, an auxiliary heater 7, a first temperature sensor 8-1, a second temperature sensor 8-2, a vacuum cap 9, a test piece test zone 10, a stress loading device, a vacuum drainage air port 13, water inlet and outlet ports 14, a data acquisition system, a sealing chassis 16, a mounting plate 17, a horizontal adjusting rod 20 and a heater strip 21, wherein a thermal flowmeter 22, the oriented steel ball and the pressure sensor 6, the support 3, the mounting plate 17 and heating refrigeration sleeves 1 are symmetrical in an up-down manner. According to the invention, the auxiliary heater which can reduce the axial heat loss is arranged along the y-direction, and a temperature gradient of a controllable temperature radiation shield simulation test region is arranged at the periphery of the test zone so as to reduce heat loss of a cross section direction.

It is an adiabatic test method and its apparatus for stimulating the coal autoignition process, which is to locate an adiabatic coal sample jar served as coal low temperature oxidation reaction and to let the gas in the jar firstly go through the copper gas guide pipe in the gas bath temperature control box for preheating and the environment temperature in the box of the reaction always traces the temperature changes in the coal sample jar. It adopts preheat gas path apparatus, gas bath temperature control box, adiabatic coal jar in the temperature control box, temperature control system, which makes the heat generated during the reaction remain in the coal sample to stimulate the coal autoignition process.

An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature.

A package with a locking mechanism provided with a package main body to be inserted into and removed from a cage and locked fastenably and releasably with the cage, a locking-dislocking mechanism for locking and dislocking the package main body with the cage, and an operation lever for the locking-dislocking mechanism wherein the locking-dislocking mechanism is attached to the package main body, the operation lever has a plurality of members to be pivoted detachably on the package main body, and any one of the members to be pivoted which is selected arbitrarily therefrom is pivoted on the package main body so as to rotate the operation lever.

The invention provides a protective heat flow meter method thermal conductivity coefficient measuring instrument for realizing the vacuum insulation and thickness measurement function. A test stack body of the measuring instrument comprises a hot plate and a cold plate, wherein a heating film is clamped between the hot plate and a hot plate fixed seat; and the cold plate is similar to the hot plate in structure. A vacuum system consists of a vacuum box, a vacuum pump, a sealing gasket and a sealing bottom plate; and the vacuum insulation function can be realized through the vacuum pump. A thickness measurement module consists of a displacement sensor capable of outputting an electric displacement signal; the displacement signal enters a controller and realizes the function of automatically measuring the thickness of a test piece; and the whole instrument is measured and controlled by a computer. The protective heat flow meter method thermal conductivity coefficient measuring instrument has the beneficial effects that the influence of environment on measurement stability is avoided through a vacuum chamber; meanwhile, the thickness of the test piece is automatically measured to avoid the personal error caused by manual measurement; and the measuring repeatability, the accuracy and the degree of automation of the instrument are improved. The protective heat flow meter method thermal conductivity coefficient measuring instrument can be widely applied to manufacturing enterprises of heat insulation and heat preservation materials, related quality inspection departments and units, institutes of higher learning, research institutes and other scientific research units.

The invention provides a condensation heat-transfer experiment device capable of realizing the coupling of natural circulation and forced circulation. The condensation heat-transfer experiment device mainly comprises a steam supply system, an air supply system, a helium gas supply system, a natural circulation cooling system, a forced circulation cooling system, a condensing experiment body and a data measurement and acquisition system. The non-condensable gas containing extra-steam-pipe external condensation heat transfer experiment research under natural circulation and forced circulation cooling conditions and the experiment research on the heat extraction and flow characteristics of a natural circulation system under the conditions that the heating power is stable and changed can be realized. The device can monitor the experiment data in real time and continuously measure the condensation characteristics under different mixed gas compositions, and therefore, the device carries out measurement accurately and carries out data processing rapidly. In addition, the degree of visibility of a whole system is extremely high; and through the observation on experimental phenomena, the understanding on experimental processes and the in-depth study on heat transfer and flow mechanisms are facilitated.

Thermal detectors and thermal sensing cells can include a region of a support layer or support structure. Within the region can be reaction surfaces or other reaction regions, as well as contact pads and circuitry connecting the contact pads to other components. Also, a cell region can include a structure with reaction regions, contact pads, and control/detection circuitry connected to the contact pads; the control/detection circuitry controls occurrence of reactions in response to control signals, such as by drop merging, and also allows electrical detection of thermal signals from the reaction regions. The control/detection circuitry can include reaction control components such as drop merger electrodes and also thermal sensors such as thermistors, or it can include control/sensor elements such as semiconductor slabs that perform both functions. Each cell in an array can have control/detection circuitry that does not extend or connect outside the cell except through contact pads.

An automated test method characterizes the performance of commercially available thermal interface materials (TIM) for electronic cooling. Such automated internal test vehicle provides an independent study of various TIM's. A spectrum of materials are preferably tested using automated methods so the results are reported in a consistent way. Such reports simplify the comparison and selection of appropriate TIM material for various end-user applications. Such automated test method is observed to be faster and easier to use. It requires minimal operator intervention during the test.

The invention is directed to a system and method for detecting substances, such as high boiling and low vapor pressure materials, using high energy radiation imparted by a suitable radiation source, such as a strobe or laser over a short time period. The radiation source causes the materials to vaporize. A system handling system is used in conjunction with a detector to detect the presence of the materials including explosives, explosive-related compounds, chemical warfare agents, drugs, toxic industrial compounds, and derivatives thereof.

The present invention provides a method for measuring thermophysical properties that includes: rapid resistive self-heating of a specimen by using a heating current; emitting a light to the specimen heated by the rapid resistive self-heating of the specimen; measuring a temperature change of the specimen induced by emitting the light to the specimen; and deriving a thermal diffusivity of the specimen from the temperature change induced by emitting the light to the specimen.

The invention discloses a device for measuring the sample thermo-physical property in situ, comprising a reaction kettle internally provided with a tested sample, a gas supply system for providing a gas source for the reaction kettle, a temperature control system for maintaining the reaction temperature in the reaction kettle, a hydraulic driving system connected with the reaction kettle and a measurement and control acquisition system connected with the reaction kettle and used for testing the thermo-physical property of the sample, wherein a background material of which the thermal conductivity is less than that of the tested sample is arranged at the bottom inside a barrel of the reaction kettle, and the measurement and control acquisition system comprises a thermo-physical test probe which is inserted between the tested sample and the background material. By adopting a single-side test structure of the thermo-physical test probe, the thermo-physical property test to different samples can be carried out, and the test speed is fast; the thermo-physical property parameters of the sample under different temperatures and pressures can be measured as the temperature and the pressure are respectively regulated; the reaction extent test is carried out according to the change of the thermo-physical property parameters during the chemical reaction; and the system has definite functions of all parts, favorable upgradability and expandability as well as wide adaptability.