High-resolution ac calorimetry has been carried out on dispersions of aerosils in the liquid crystal octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) as a function of aerosil concentration and temperature spanning the crystal to isotropic phases. The liquid crystal 8OCB is elastically stiffer than the previously well studied octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB)+aerosil system and so general quenched random-disorder effects an...

A cost and time-effective novel method for determining the specific heat capacity of prismatic pouch lithium-ion cells using a simple setup easily available equipment is presented in this paper. Specific an important thermal parameter which not readily or provided by cell manufacturers. The results found work are compared with calorimetrically determined values maximum error 5% 1.4% have been c...

The UC Berkeley Comfort Model is a helpful simulation tool for the assessment of thermal comfort in non-uniform environments. A major element of the model is the implementation of a clothing node, which considers both heat and moisture capacitance of clothing. Heat capacity of the clothing has been demonstrated to be important when considering transient effects. Moisture capacitance is importan...