Heat Exchanger Based on Paraffin/Expanded Graphite Composites for Breathing Air Cooling in Fire

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aut.relation.conferenceEUROTHERM 2021: 8th European Thermal Sciences Conference
aut.relation.endpage012094
aut.relation.issue1
aut.relation.startpage012094
aut.relation.volume2116
dc.contributor.authorLv, Y
dc.contributor.authorXiao, J
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Y
dc.contributor.authorJiang, X
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Y
dc.contributor.editorCoelho, PJ
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-26T23:56:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-26T23:56:08Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-08
dc.description.abstractThe enormous amount of heat in fires can push inhalation temperature to ~500 K, which is fatal to the civilians. However, conventional rescue respirators are unable to control the breathing air temperature. In this work, we utilized paraffin/expanded graphite (EG) composites to construct a heat exchanger for breathing air cooling. The material itself can be used as the mechanical support, the heat spreader and the heat absorber at the same time. The composites of 0~35 wt% EG were prepared and characterized. The results showed the paraffin was uniformly absorbed in the porous structures of EG. And the paraffin/EG composite with 25 wt% EG has better performance both in simulation and experiment. The heat exchanger constructed by this composite shows good cooling efficiency by cooling the inlet air from 500 K to a breathable 313 K and sustaining for more than 20 minutes.
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1742-6596/2116/1/012094
dc.identifier.issn1742-6588
dc.identifier.issn1742-6596
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/18060
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.relation.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2116/1/012094
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dc.subject51 Physical Sciences
dc.subject7 Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
dc.subject0204 Condensed Matter Physics
dc.subject0299 Other Physical Sciences
dc.subject51 Physical sciences
dc.titleHeat Exchanger Based on Paraffin/Expanded Graphite Composites for Breathing Air Cooling in Fire
dc.typeConference Contribution
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