C1114 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Transmission
Properties by Means of the Thin-Heater Apparatus
2.2 BIPM Standard:
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BIPM JCGM 100: 2008 Evaluation of measurement data –
Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement
(GUM)
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this
practice, refer to Terminology C168. For definitions of terms
relating to the guarded-hot-plate apparatus or thin-heater ap-
paratus refer to Test Methods C177 or C1114, respectively.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 auxiliary cold plate, n—the plate that provides an
isothermal boundary at the outside surface of the auxiliary
insulation.
3.2.2 auxiliary insulation, n—thermal insulation used in
place of a second test specimen, when the single-sided mode of
operation is used (syn. dummy specimen).
3.2.3 cold plate, n—the plate that provides an isothermal
boundary at the cold surface of the specimen.
3.2.4 double-sided mode, n—operation of the apparatus,
such that the heat input to the meter plate flows equally through
two specimens, each specimen placed on either side of the hot
plate (see also single-sided mode).
3.2.5 gap, n—separation between the meter plate and guard
plate, usually filled with a gas or thermal insulation.
3.2.6 guard plate, n—the outer (rectangular or circular) ring
of the guarded hot plate, that encompasses the meter plate and
promotes one-dimensional heat flow normal to the meter plate.
3.2.7 guarded hot plate, n—an assembly, consisting of a
meter plate and a co-planar, concentric guard plate, that
provides the heat input to the specimen(s).
3.2.8 meter plate, n—the inner (rectangular or circular) plate
of the guarded hot plate, that provides the heat input to the
meter section of the specimen(s).
3.2.9 meter section, n—the portion of the specimen (or
auxiliary insulation) through which the heat input to the meter
plate flows under ideal guarding conditions.
3.2.10 single-sided mode, n—operation of the apparatus
such that essentially all of the heat input to the meter plate
flows through a specimen placed on one side of the hot plate
(see also double-sided mode).
3.2.11 thin heater, n—an assembly, consisting of an unpar-
titioned thin-screen heater or thin-foil, that provides the heat
input to the specimen(s).
3.3 Symbols—The symbols used in this practice have the
following significance. The prime (') denotes quantities asso-
ciated with the auxiliary insulation used to control heat from
the other side of the hot plate.
3.3.1 A—meter section area normal to heat flow, m
2
.
3.3.2 C'—thermal conductance of auxiliary insulation,
W/(m
2
•K).
3.3.3 Q—heat flow rate through meter section of specimen,
W.
3.3.4 Q'—heat flow rate through meter section of auxiliary
insulation, W.
3.3.5 Q
m
—power input to meter plate, W.
3.3.6 T
c
—surface temperature of cold plate, K.
3.3.7 T'
c
—surface temperature of auxiliary cold plate, K.
3.3.8 T
h
—surface temperature of hot plate in contact with
specimen, K.
3.3.9 T'
h
—surface temperature of hot plate in contact with
auxiliary insulation, K.
4. Significance and Use
4.1 This practice provides a procedure for operating the
apparatus so that the heat flow, Q', through the meter section of
the auxiliary insulation is small; determining Q'; and, calculat-
ing the heat flow, Q, through the meter section of the specimen.
4.2 This practice requires that the apparatus have indepen-
dent temperature controls in order to operate the cold plate and
auxiliary cold plate at different temperatures. In the single-
sides mode, the apparatus is operated with the temperature of
the auxiliary cold plate maintained at the same temperature of
the hot plate face adjacent to the auxiliary insulation.
NOTE 4—In principle, if the temperature difference across the auxiliary
insulation is zero and there are no edge heat losses or gains, all of the
power input to the meter plate will flow through the specimen. In practice,
a small correction is made for heat flow, Q', through the auxiliary
insulation.
4.3 The thermal conductance, C’, of the auxiliary insulation
shall be determined from one or more separate tests using
either Test Method C177,C1114, or as indicated in 5.4. Values
of C’ shall be checked periodically, particularly when the
temperature drop across the auxiliary insulation less than 1 %
of the temperature drop across the test specimen.
4.4 This practice is used when it is necessary to determine
the thermal properties of a single specimen. For example, the
thermal properties of a single specimen are used to calibrate a
heat-flow-meter apparatus for Test Method C518.
5. Procedure for Single-Sided Mode of Operation
5.1 Refer to Fig. 1 for a schematic diagram of the single-
sided mode of operation of the guarded-hot-plate apparatus.
NOTE 5—The schematic diagram for a thin-heater apparatus (not
shown) is similar, except the hot plate is much thinner and is not
partitioned by a gap.
5.2 Follow the procedure of either Test Method C177 or
C1114 with the following modifications.
5.3 Select a rigid or semi-rigid material for the auxiliary
insulation having a low thermal conductance so that heat gains
or losses from the face of the meter plate in contact with the
auxiliary insulation will be small. The thickness and lateral
conductance of the auxiliary insulation shall be small to avoid
significant effects on the heat transfer through the meter section
of the auxiliary insulation due to heat transfer at the edge of the
auxiliary insulation.
NOTE 6—The influence of edge effects for a particular apparatus and
test configuration is determined experimentally as described in Test
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