Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00708, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Groulx, Dominic (Dalhousie University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Thermal properties of materials, thermal conductivity chief among them, are essential values needed by_x000D_
engineers and scientists when designing thermal systems, understanding thermal behaviour and developing_x000D_
novel thermal technologies. C-Therm, a Canadian company, is a world-leader in the design of thermal property_x000D_
characterization systems, i.e., systems that measure thermal conductivities and other thermal properties of_x000D_
materials. Such a measurement is far from trivial since a thermal experiment needs to be performed every time_x000D_
a measurement is made and analysed after the fact using advanced heat conduction science to extract the_x000D_
property values. In other word, those properties are not measured directly, they are inferred from the results of_x000D_
a very accurate test, accurate data and complex mathematical understanding of what heat transfer is._x000D_
C-Them is working to improve their technology in order to remain at the forefront of their industry by moving_x000D_
towards a methodology that will greatly reduce the amount of calibration require and will provide results based_x000D_
strictly on first principles. The challenge being to still offer results fast out of their systems (complete_x000D_
simulation of the thermal process could take minutes to hours to obtain, while their client expect results in_x000D_
seconds). The goal of this research project is to assist C-Therm in the development of this novel methodology_x000D_
by numerically studying the behaviour of their sensor and the various samples C-Therm is intended to apply it_x000D_
to (thin films, vacuum insulation panels, etc). Using advanced numerical simulations, the complete heat_x000D_
transfer rates and temperature fields in the overall system can be obtained and studied to extract the most_x000D_
important feature of the heat transfer process and gain a greater understanding of the impact of the various_x000D_
parameters that can be varied in the experiment (related to physical dimensions and layout of the sensor and the_x000D_
overall operation of it: heat flow, temperature). Those results are also of prime importance to C-Therm as it_x000D_
will serve to validate the analytical methodology they are developing in house., program purpose french : Thermal properties of materials, thermal conductivity chief among them, are essential values needed by_x000D_
engineers and scientists when designing thermal systems, understanding thermal behaviour and developing_x000D_
novel thermal technologies. C-Therm, a Canadian company, is a world-leader in the design of thermal property_x000D_
characterization systems, i.e., systems that measure thermal conductivities and other thermal properties of_x000D_
materials. Such a measurement is far from trivial since a thermal experiment needs to be performed every time_x000D_
a measurement is made and analysed after the fact using advanced heat conduction science to extract the_x000D_
property values. In other word, those properties are not measured directly, they are inferred from the results of_x000D_
a very accurate test, accurate data and complex mathematical understanding of what heat transfer is._x000D_
C-Them is working to improve their technology in order to remain at the forefront of their industry by moving_x000D_
towards a methodology that will greatly reduce the amount of calibration require and will provide results based_x000D_
strictly on first principles. The challenge being to still offer results fast out of their systems (complete_x000D_
simulation of the thermal process could take minutes to hours to obtain, while their client expect results in_x000D_
seconds). The goal of this research project is to assist C-Therm in the development of this novel methodology_x000D_
by numerically studying the behaviour of their sensor and the various samples C-Therm is intended to apply it_x000D_
to (thin films, vacuum insulation panels, etc). Using advanced numerical simulations, the complete heat_x000D_
transfer rates and temperature fields in the overall system can be obtained and studied to extract the most_x000D_
important feature of the heat transfer process and gain a greater understanding of the impact of the various_x000D_
parameters that can be varied in the experiment (related to physical dimensions and layout of the sensor and the_x000D_
overall operation of it: heat flow, temperature). Those results are also of prime importance to C-Therm as it_x000D_
will serve to validate the analytical methodology they are developing in house., agreement title english : Finite Element Modeling and Validation of the Behaviour and Performance of a Novel Thermal Measuring Sensor, agreement title french : Finite Element Modeling and Validation of the Behaviour and Performance of a Novel Thermal Measuring Sensor, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada