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Effective thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels

Abstract

Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) with evacuated fumed silica as the core material and different barrier envelopes were subjected to a series of tests in a guarded hot plate apparatus. The process was conducted to determine thermal conductivity at the centre-of-panel and the edge effect, i.e. the linear thermal transmittance due to the thermal conductivity of the barrier envelope, which is many orders of magnitude higher than that of the evacuated fumed silica. Numerical simulations using a two-dimensional model were carried out in parallel and compared with measured results. In a further step, the influences of different parameters such as panel size, metal layers in the barrier envelope and the shape of the joint between two adjacent VIPs were quantified. Based on these findings, an effective thermal conductivity can be attributed to a system of VIPs. Investigations were performed within the framework of an international research programme of the IEA, Annex 39 'High Performance Thermal Insulation in Buildings and Building Systems', Subtask B. (author)
Publication Date:
Aug 01, 2004
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Building Research and Information; Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 4
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; SILICA
OSTI ID:
20678029
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0961-3218; TRN: GB0500426
Submitting Site:
GB
Size:
page(s) 293-299
Announcement Date:
Dec 29, 2005

Citation Formats

Wakili, K G, Bundi, R, and Binder, B. Effective thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels. United Kingdom: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1080/0961321042000189644.
Wakili, K G, Bundi, R, & Binder, B. Effective thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321042000189644
Wakili, K G, Bundi, R, and Binder, B. 2004. "Effective thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels." United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321042000189644.
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title = {Effective thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels}
author = {Wakili, K G, Bundi, R, and Binder, B}
abstractNote = {Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) with evacuated fumed silica as the core material and different barrier envelopes were subjected to a series of tests in a guarded hot plate apparatus. The process was conducted to determine thermal conductivity at the centre-of-panel and the edge effect, i.e. the linear thermal transmittance due to the thermal conductivity of the barrier envelope, which is many orders of magnitude higher than that of the evacuated fumed silica. Numerical simulations using a two-dimensional model were carried out in parallel and compared with measured results. In a further step, the influences of different parameters such as panel size, metal layers in the barrier envelope and the shape of the joint between two adjacent VIPs were quantified. Based on these findings, an effective thermal conductivity can be attributed to a system of VIPs. Investigations were performed within the framework of an international research programme of the IEA, Annex 39 'High Performance Thermal Insulation in Buildings and Building Systems', Subtask B. (author)}
doi = {10.1080/0961321042000189644}
journal = []
issue = {4}
volume = {32}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2004}
month = {Aug}
}