Demonstration of self-healing barrier films for vacuum insulation panels
Abstract
This article presents the demonstration of a rapid self-healing system for barrier films of vacuum insulation panels (VIPs). The proposed self-healing films can improve the durability of VIPs by in-situ remediation of film defects. The self-healing concept has seen limited applications in buildings, and the current work is the first proposed application to VIPs. VIPs can attain an order-of-magnitude lower thermal conductivity than traditional foam and fibrous building insulations. The key to the ultra-low thermal conductivity of VIPs is an evacuated core that is fully-encapsulated within impermeable barrier films. Evacuation of the core eliminates the gas conductivity, which is the dominant contributor to heat transfer in traditional insulation materials. Hence, the integrity of the VIP barrier films is critical. The proposed self-healing system can seal accidental cuts and punctures to the barrier films to maintain their impermeability and, hence, the low conductivity of VIPs.Here, the proof-of-principle of a two-part chemical reaction-based self-healing system is presented, including the evaluations of reaction kinetics using chemical-structure analysis and time-dependent viscosity change, and demonstration of self-healing performance via puncture tests in a vacuum pump apparatus. Multiple chemical combinations of epoxies and curing agents were investigated with respect to reaction kinetics and chemical stability. Eponmore »
- Authors:
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[1];
[1];
[1]
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, Knoxville, 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), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1506810
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1547664
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Vacuum
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 164; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0042-207X
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Vacuum insulation panels; Durability; Self-healing films; Barrier films; Two-part healing chemistry
Citation Formats
Biswas, Kaushik, Gilmer, Dustin, Ghezawi, Natasha, Cao, Peng-Fei, and Saito, Tomonori. Demonstration of self-healing barrier films for vacuum insulation panels. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2019.03.006.
Biswas, Kaushik, Gilmer, Dustin, Ghezawi, Natasha, Cao, Peng-Fei, & Saito, Tomonori. Demonstration of self-healing barrier films for vacuum insulation panels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2019.03.006
Biswas, Kaushik, Gilmer, Dustin, Ghezawi, Natasha, Cao, Peng-Fei, and Saito, Tomonori. Thu .
"Demonstration of self-healing barrier films for vacuum insulation panels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2019.03.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506810.
@article{osti_1506810,
title = {Demonstration of self-healing barrier films for vacuum insulation panels},
author = {Biswas, Kaushik and Gilmer, Dustin and Ghezawi, Natasha and Cao, Peng-Fei and Saito, Tomonori},
abstractNote = {This article presents the demonstration of a rapid self-healing system for barrier films of vacuum insulation panels (VIPs). The proposed self-healing films can improve the durability of VIPs by in-situ remediation of film defects. The self-healing concept has seen limited applications in buildings, and the current work is the first proposed application to VIPs. VIPs can attain an order-of-magnitude lower thermal conductivity than traditional foam and fibrous building insulations. The key to the ultra-low thermal conductivity of VIPs is an evacuated core that is fully-encapsulated within impermeable barrier films. Evacuation of the core eliminates the gas conductivity, which is the dominant contributor to heat transfer in traditional insulation materials. Hence, the integrity of the VIP barrier films is critical. The proposed self-healing system can seal accidental cuts and punctures to the barrier films to maintain their impermeability and, hence, the low conductivity of VIPs.Here, the proof-of-principle of a two-part chemical reaction-based self-healing system is presented, including the evaluations of reaction kinetics using chemical-structure analysis and time-dependent viscosity change, and demonstration of self-healing performance via puncture tests in a vacuum pump apparatus. Multiple chemical combinations of epoxies and curing agents were investigated with respect to reaction kinetics and chemical stability. Epon 8111 as an epoxy and poly(ethyelenimine) (PEI) as a curing agent were identified as the optimum chemicals with a curing time of 22 s as evaluated by an agitating stirrer experiment. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra analysis identified the curing reaction occurring mainly via the Michael amine-acrylate addition. The measured time-dependent viscosity change of diluted Epon 8111 and PEI solutions agreed well with a gelation model of typical epoxy curing kinetics, which predicted a very fast reaction rate for the undiluted chemicals. Lastly, puncture tests of small-scale film specimens containing Epon 8111 and PEI in a vacuum pump system demonstrated that the self-healing reaction happens very rapidly and the healed films maintain the system vacuum.},
doi = {10.1016/j.vacuum.2019.03.006},
journal = {Vacuum},
number = C,
volume = 164,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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