Design of Thermophysical Properties Test System by Laser Point Heat Source Method

Abstract

Laser is widely used in material thermophysical properties testing because of its good test accuracy and test efficiency. However, due to the high market price of laser flash devices, their promotion space is limited. Based on the unsteady heat transfer model of a laser point heat source, the enantiomorphous heat source theory was introduced to modify the influence of an adiabatic boundary on the temperature rise of a measuring point. The thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of isotropic materials were calculated by numerical analysis combined with computer programming. A thermophysical property test system was developed, and the thermophysical properties of blast furnace firebrick, marble, and diatomite brick were studied. The results showed that the maximum repeatable accuracy error was 4.75%, and the maximum relative deviation from the reference value was 2.04%. The effective test range of the device was that the thermal conductivity was less than . Compared with the laser flash method, the device does not require high test-time accuracy and data collection instantaneity in terms of test principles. Therefore, the device can use a general-level laser generator, temperature sensor, timer, data collector, and so on, and the hardware cost is greatly reduced.