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Thermal Energy Transport Within Porous Polymer Materials: Effects of Fiber Characteristics Huijun Wu,1 Jintu Fan,1 Ning Du1,2 1Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 2School of Mathematics and System Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China Received 17 January 2007; accepted 29 March 2007 DOI 10.1002/app.26603 Published online 26 June 2007 in Wiley InterScience (). ABSTRACT: A theoretical model integrating the radia- thermal energy flux through the porous polymer materials, tive and conductive heat transfer is presented and applied whereas increasing fibre emissivity or decreasing the ther- to evaluate the thermal energy transport within porous mal conductivity would cause a just slight reduction of the polymer materials. The model was first validated by com- total thermal energy flux. The fiber fractional volume had paring the computed thermal energy flux with the experi- a significant influence on the thermal energy flux, and mental measurements of two porous polymer materials thereby the fiber fractional volume can be optimized in made of wool and polyester. The model was then used to view of improving the thermal insulating performance of predict the effects of the polymer fiber characteristics (viz. the porous polymer materials. 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. fiber fractional volume, fiber emissivity, fiber radius, and J Appl Polym Sci 106: 576–583, 2007 fiber thermal conductivity) on the thermal energy flux within the porous polymer materials. It was found that Key words: fibers; thermal properties; radiation; modeling; decreasing fiber radius would significantly reduce the total polyesters INTRODUCTION upon the properties of