# 592 - Thermal Constants Analyser

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED](/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Thermal Instruments Ltd
- Award value: £73,209
- Tender value: £73,209
- Award date: 22 March 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 22 March 2016
- Contract end: 31 March 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: b0bfdecd-6324-4ca3-a9c0-ee13dbf867c7-91705
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7854104c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The transient Plane Source \(TPS\) method of measuring the thermal constants of a sample offers significant advantage over the current method of a transient hot wire\. The TPS method offers significant flexibility in terms of sample size and morphology and will allow nanofluids to be tested accurately for thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat capacity all in one measurement without induced thermal currents causing error within the large samples\. The nature of the transient plane heaters allows the TPS system to determine thermal behaviours in anisotropic materials such as graphene\. A wide range of sensor types allow thermal property measurement to be undertaken at a very wide range of temperatures\. TPS is an absolute measure of the thermal properties which does not require a calibration or reference sample\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bfdecd-6324-4ca3-a9c0-ee13dbf867c7-91705)