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Design of Insulation Packages for Cylindrical Components
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Abstract
The push to meet or exceed the requirements for fuel efficiency and emissions over the past two decades has forced automotive manufacturers to build lighter and hotter running vehicles. The addition of emissions packages and the trend to lower ground clearances have compounded the problem of overheating critical components.
Higher temperatures may adversely affect critical components of the automobile such as fuel lines and speedometer cables. These are often routed in close proximity to heat sources. The goal of GMI's heat transfer team was to develop an innovative insulation package to minimize the temperature of critical cylindrical components.
The team designed and tested six different samples and evaluated them on the following criteria: thermal resistance, temperature rise, manufacturability, ease of installation, reliability, size and cost. This paper will show that both convective barrier and composite tube insulators offer potential solutions to the problem of today's fuel efficient vehicles.
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Authors
- Colin Jordan - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Kevin Baert - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Brian Begg - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Jill Blumke - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Craig Beutler - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Allen Boyle - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Michael Corrunker - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Jonathan Dessenberg - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Travis DeVore - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Scott Ellison - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Michael Garnham - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Pablo Gamham - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Steven Gebauer - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Nikolaos Gerasimidis - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Sandra Ham - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Jeffery Harris - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Michael Huhn - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Derek Johnston - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Dean Juriga - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Darren Kanerva - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- John Linville - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Denise Mulloy - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Conrad Naegelin - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Nicholas Petouhoff - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Richard Quinn - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Jay Reedy - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- James Ronning - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Barbara Rabak - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Mark Scharboneau - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Vernol Sealy - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Ronald Shemet - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- William Teller - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Robert Thielen - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Anthony Ursitti - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Eric VanDommelen - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Caprice Walsh - GMI Engineering & Management Institute
- Houa Yang - GMI Engineering & Management Institute