Development and thermal performance verification of composite insulation boards containing foam-encapsulated vacuum insulation panels
Abstract
High-performance thermal insulation is a critical need for buildings. This article presents the development and thermal characterization of composite foam insulation boards containing low-cost vacuum insulation cores. The composite foam-vacuum insulation boards were created in a semi-automatic operation in a foam insulation manufacturing plant. The low-cost vacuum insulation is a new technology called modified atmosphere insulation. The production process of modified atmosphere insulation is much simpler than traditional vacuum insulation manufacturing, and it has the potential for significant cost reduction at the same thermal performance. Prototypes of small- and full-scale composite insulation boards were created for testing and evaluation under laboratory and natural weatherization conditions. The laboratory tests showed that the overall thermal resistance of the composite insulation board is at least twice that of current rigid foam insulation used in building envelope. Lastly, ongoing test of the composite insulation in a natural exposure test facility indicates that the high thermal performance was retained through handling and installation as well as natural aging over a period of one and a half years.
- Authors:
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[1];
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[4]
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- NanoPore Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Firestone Building Products, Fishers, IN (United States)
- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1461057
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1703565
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 228; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; Vacuum insulation; Modified atmosphere insulation; Composite foam insulation; Guarded hot box; Natural exposure test
Citation Formats
Biswas, Kaushik, Desjarlais, Andre Omer, Smith, Douglas, Letts, John, Yao, Jennifer, and Jiang, Timothy. Development and thermal performance verification of composite insulation boards containing foam-encapsulated vacuum insulation panels. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.136.
Biswas, Kaushik, Desjarlais, Andre Omer, Smith, Douglas, Letts, John, Yao, Jennifer, & Jiang, Timothy. Development and thermal performance verification of composite insulation boards containing foam-encapsulated vacuum insulation panels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.136
Biswas, Kaushik, Desjarlais, Andre Omer, Smith, Douglas, Letts, John, Yao, Jennifer, and Jiang, Timothy. Sat .
"Development and thermal performance verification of composite insulation boards containing foam-encapsulated vacuum insulation panels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.136. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1461057.
@article{osti_1461057,
title = {Development and thermal performance verification of composite insulation boards containing foam-encapsulated vacuum insulation panels},
author = {Biswas, Kaushik and Desjarlais, Andre Omer and Smith, Douglas and Letts, John and Yao, Jennifer and Jiang, Timothy},
abstractNote = {High-performance thermal insulation is a critical need for buildings. This article presents the development and thermal characterization of composite foam insulation boards containing low-cost vacuum insulation cores. The composite foam-vacuum insulation boards were created in a semi-automatic operation in a foam insulation manufacturing plant. The low-cost vacuum insulation is a new technology called modified atmosphere insulation. The production process of modified atmosphere insulation is much simpler than traditional vacuum insulation manufacturing, and it has the potential for significant cost reduction at the same thermal performance. Prototypes of small- and full-scale composite insulation boards were created for testing and evaluation under laboratory and natural weatherization conditions. The laboratory tests showed that the overall thermal resistance of the composite insulation board is at least twice that of current rigid foam insulation used in building envelope. Lastly, ongoing test of the composite insulation in a natural exposure test facility indicates that the high thermal performance was retained through handling and installation as well as natural aging over a period of one and a half years.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.136},
journal = {Applied Energy},
number = C,
volume = 228,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sat Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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