Analysis of the influence of the position of the reflective layer on the thermal performance of a multi-layer lightweight wall panel

An external wall panel (EWP) as a novel alternative to provide spatial flexibility and improve the performance of external walls was developed. The purpose of this study was to analyze the thermal performance of this EWP. A simulation analysis was carried out to scrutinize whether it was vulnerable to condensation, considering South Korea’s weather conditions, and find countermeasures to prevent this. Results indicated that the indoor surface temperature with the measures of added insulation materials and an inserted thermal-breaker was over 16.5 °C and that these methods could prevent condensation. In addition, this study assessed unsteady-state thermal characteristics, linear thermal transmittance, and the effective thermal transmittance of EWP. Effective thermal transmittance was estimated in consideration of the heat transmittance of EWP and the linear thermal transmittance of its slabs and its connection parts. The thermal characteristics of the building envelope are needed to analyze effective thermal transmittance and linear thermal transmittance-associated thermal bridges.

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Research on the Thermal Performance of New Sandwich Insulation Composite Wall Panel

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.567.220 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 567 ◽

pp. 220-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shan Xia ◽

Guang Hui Xia ◽

Jian Hua Cui ◽

Wan Yun Yin

Keyword(s):

Energy Saving ◽

Thermal Insulation ◽

Thermal Performance ◽

Insulation Material ◽

Cold Winter ◽

Wall Panel ◽

Design Standards ◽

Practical Engineering ◽

New Type ◽

Composite Wall

Based on the energy saving design standards in hot summer and cold winter zone like Anhui province, a new type of sandwich insulation composite wall panel is researched, Influence on thermal performances of new sandwich insulation composite wall panel，due to in different thermal insulation material, different content of the oblique connection rebar, different thermal insulation layer thickness and different internal and external wall thickness, are analyzed. The results show that, in not take extra insulation measures, this kind of sandwich insulation composite wall panel thermal performance can meet the hot summer and cold winter area energy-saving design standard requirements. Research results and practical engineering contact tightly, It has a comparatively high practical value.

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Experimental study of thermohydraulic characteristics and irreversibility analysis of novel axial corrugated tube with spring tape inserts

The European Physical Journal Applied Physics ◽

10.1051/epjap/2020200192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 92 (3) ◽

pp. 30901

Author(s):

Suvanjan Bhattacharyya ◽

Debraj Sarkar ◽

Ulavathi Shettar Mahabaleshwar ◽

Manoj K. Soni ◽

M. Mohanraj

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Experimental Study ◽

Thermal Performance ◽

Working Fluid ◽

The Novel ◽

Heat Exchanger Tube ◽

Heat Transfer Augmentation ◽

Corrugated Tube ◽

The Impact ◽

Exchanger Tube

The current study experimentally investigates the heat transfer augmentation on the novel axial corrugated heat exchanger tube in which the spring tape is introduced. Air (Pr = 0.707) is used as a working fluid. In order to augment the thermohydraulic performance, a corrugated tube with inserts is offered. The experimental study is further extended by varying the important parameters like spring ratio (y = 1.5, 2.0, 2.5) and Reynolds number (Re = 10 000–52 000). The angular pitch between the two neighboring corrugations and the angle of the corrugation is kept constant through the experiments at β = 1200 and α = 600 respectively, while two different corrugations heights (h) are analyzed. While increasing the corrugation height and decreasing the spring ratio, the impact of the swirling effect improves the thermal performance of the system. The maximum thermal performance is obtained when the corrugation height is h = 0.2 and spring ratio y = 1.5. Eventually, correlations for predicting friction factor (f) and Nusselt number (Nu) are developed.

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