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Title: Calibration at 24{degrees}C of a heat-flow-meter apparatus having 610 mm square plates

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:10155692

Results are summarized for 38 individual calibration measurements conducted at 24{degrees}C and atmospheric conditions for a heat-flow-meter apparatus having 610 mm square plants. The apparatus was calibrated using a 26.2-mm-thick specimen of fibrous-glass broad having a density of 139 kg/m{sup 3}. The specimen was selected from an internal lot (Lot 1970) of Standard Reference Material (SRM) similar to SRMs 1450, 1450a, and 1450b. Values of apparent thermal conductivity were predicted using a regression equation developed for this lot of fibrous-glass insulation. Calibration measurements varied {plus_minus}0.4% with a small drift of 0.4% over 250 days. The apparent thermal conductivity of the calibration specimen was also measured using the National Institute of Standards and Technology`s one-metre Line-Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate. Agreement between measurements of thermal conductivity of the guarded hot plate and predicted values were within +0.2 to {minus}-0.3% at 24{degrees}C. The report describes the heat-flow-meter apparatus and the computer data-acquisition-system used to collect data from the apparatus.

Research Organization:
National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Building and Fire Research Lab.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI01-90CE21041
OSTI ID:
10155692
Report Number(s):
NISTIR-4539; ON: DE92015954
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English