Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids

Photothermal deflection techniques are non-contact methods for optical and thermal properties characterization of solids, liquids and gases. The main focus in this project was to design, construct and test reliability of an instrument based on the principle of photothermal deflection technique. I...

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Main Author:	Kuan, Ya Chin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Photothermal spectroscopy. Materials - Thermal properties.
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5117/1/FS_2008_16%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.51172021-12-22T03:47:22Z Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids 2008-03 Kuan, Ya Chin Photothermal deflection techniques are non-contact methods for optical and thermal properties characterization of solids, liquids and gases. The main focus in this project was to design, construct and test reliability of an instrument based on the principle of photothermal deflection technique. In this technique, the heating source is a NiCr resistance wire and the probe beam is a CW HeNe. The instrument is intended for the characterization of thermal properties of liquids and it is named Photothermal Deflection Analyzer (PTDA). The PTDA setup consists mainly of a CW HeNe probe laser beam, a NiCr resistance wire, a position sensitive detector and a personal computer with an installed data acquisition card. The PTDA measured the deflection of a probe beam passing near a heating source immersed in a liquid sample. The beam deflection is caused by the refractive index gradient induced by the temperature change in the liquid. The deflection angle of the probe laser beam is measured by the position sensitive detector. Short electrical pulses from a data acquisition card generated across the resistance wire cause a heating gradient in the liquid. The duration and temporal shape of the electrical pulses can be change in a wide range. The temperature distribution of the heating wire and liquid is simulated by solving numerically a coupled transient heat conduction equations for wire and liquid. The effect of different temporal profiles and pulse durations of the heating source to the temperature distribution in the liquid is discussed. Using obtained temperature profile it is possible to calculate the probe beam displacement. Thermal properties of the liquid can be determined by comparing the numerical and experimental probe beam displacement. In order to test the reliability of the PTDA, thermal properties of selected liquid samples: distilled water, alcohol, sodium chloride liquid solution and coconut oil were determined. The thermal properties for distilled water and alcohol show a good agreement with the literature. For sodium chloride liquid solution, the PTDA is sensitive enough to sense the changes of thermal properties due to the variation of the solution concentration. The thermal diffusivity of coconut oil was dependent to the moisture content whereas the thermal conductivity and thermo-optical properties was not affected by the moisture content. Presently to the best of our knowledge, there is no literature data on thermal properties of coconut oil versus moisture content. Photothermal spectroscopy. Materials - Thermal properties. 2008-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5117/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5117/1/FS_2008_16%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Photothermal spectroscopy. Materials - Thermal properties. Science Grozescu, Ionel Valeriu
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
advisor	Grozescu, Ionel Valeriu
topic	Photothermal spectroscopy. Materials - Thermal properties.
spellingShingle	Photothermal spectroscopy. Materials - Thermal properties. Kuan, Ya Chin Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
description	Photothermal deflection techniques are non-contact methods for optical and thermal properties characterization of solids, liquids and gases. The main focus in this project was to design, construct and test reliability of an instrument based on the principle of photothermal deflection technique. In this technique, the heating source is a NiCr resistance wire and the probe beam is a CW HeNe. The instrument is intended for the characterization of thermal properties of liquids and it is named Photothermal Deflection Analyzer (PTDA). The PTDA setup consists mainly of a CW HeNe probe laser beam, a NiCr resistance wire, a position sensitive detector and a personal computer with an installed data acquisition card. The PTDA measured the deflection of a probe beam passing near a heating source immersed in a liquid sample. The beam deflection is caused by the refractive index gradient induced by the temperature change in the liquid. The deflection angle of the probe laser beam is measured by the position sensitive detector. Short electrical pulses from a data acquisition card generated across the resistance wire cause a heating gradient in the liquid. The duration and temporal shape of the electrical pulses can be change in a wide range. The temperature distribution of the heating wire and liquid is simulated by solving numerically a coupled transient heat conduction equations for wire and liquid. The effect of different temporal profiles and pulse durations of the heating source to the temperature distribution in the liquid is discussed. Using obtained temperature profile it is possible to calculate the probe beam displacement. Thermal properties of the liquid can be determined by comparing the numerical and experimental probe beam displacement. In order to test the reliability of the PTDA, thermal properties of selected liquid samples: distilled water, alcohol, sodium chloride liquid solution and coconut oil were determined. The thermal properties for distilled water and alcohol show a good agreement with the literature. For sodium chloride liquid solution, the PTDA is sensitive enough to sense the changes of thermal properties due to the variation of the solution concentration. The thermal diffusivity of coconut oil was dependent to the moisture content whereas the thermal conductivity and thermo-optical properties was not affected by the moisture content. Presently to the best of our knowledge, there is no literature data on thermal properties of coconut oil versus moisture content.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Kuan, Ya Chin
author_facet	Kuan, Ya Chin
author_sort	Kuan, Ya Chin
title	Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
title_short	Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
title_full	Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
title_fullStr	Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
title_full_unstemmed	Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids
title_sort	development of a photothermal deflection analyzer for measurement of thermophysical and thermo-optical properties of fluids
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Science
publishDate	2008
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5117/1/FS_2008_16%20IR.pdf
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Development of a Photothermal Deflection Analyzer for Measurement of Thermophysical and Thermo-Optical Properties of Fluids

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