text: A recent development in calorimetry, however, is that of constant flux cooling/heating jackets. These use variable geometry cooling jackets and can operate with cooling jackets at substantially constant temperature. These reaction calorimeters tend to be much simpler to use and are much more tolerant of changes in the process conditions (which would affect calibration in heat flow or power compensation calorimeters).
  A key part of reaction calorimetry is the ability to control temperature in the face of extreme thermal events. Once the temperature is able to be controlled, measurement of a variety of parameters can allow an understanding of how much heat is being released of absorbed by a reaction.
  In essence, constant flux calorimetry is a highly developed temperature control mechanism which can be used to generate highly accurate calorimetry.  It works by controlling the jacket area of a controlled lab reactor, while keeping the inlet temperature of the thermal fluid constant.  This allows the temperature to be precisely controlled even under strongly exothermic or endothermic events as additional cooling is always available by simply increasing the area over which the heat is being exchanged.
  This system is generally more accurate than heat balance calorimetry (on which it is based), as changes in the delta temperature (T - T) are magnified by keeping the fluid flow as low as possible.
  One of the main advantages of constant flux calorimetry is the ability to dynamically measure heat transfer coefficient (U).  We know from the heat balance equation that:
  :Q = m.Cp.T - T
  We also know that from the heat flow equation that
  :Q = U.A.LMTD
  We can therefore rearrange this such that
  :U = m.Cp.T - T /A.LMTD
  This will allow us therefore to monitor U as a function of time.