Comparative Analysis of the Use of Thermal Insulation Materials Depending on Climatic Conditions and Comfort Microclimate Supply Systems

2022 ◽  
Vol 906 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Siranush Egnatosyan ◽  
David Hakobyan ◽  
Spartak Sargsyan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
Insulation Layer ◽  
Transfer Resistance ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Wide Range

The use of thermal insulation materials to reduce the heating and cooling demand of the building in order to provide energy efficiency is the main solution. But there is a wide range of these products on the market and, therefore, the choice and application of these materials is a rather difficult task, since many factors must be taken into account, such as environmental safety, cost, durability, climatic conditions, application technology, etc. Basically, comfort microclimate systems are designed based on normative standards, where the thickness of the thermal insulation material is selected depending on the required heat transfer resistance. These values are calculated taking into account climate conditions, that is the duration of the heating period, as well as taking into account sanitary and hygienic requirements. This article discusses the thermal performance of building materials, and also provides a comparative analysis of the use of thermal insulation materials depending on climatic factors and on the system providing comfort microclimate. Based on the calculations by mathematical modeling and optimization, it is advisable to choose the thickness of the thermal insulation, taking into account the capital and operating costs of the comfort microclimate systems. Comparing the optimization data with the normative one, the energy efficiency of the building increases by 50-70% when applying the optimal thickness of the thermal insulation layer, and when the thermal insulation layer is increased, the thermal performance of the enclosing structures has improved by 30%, which contributes to energy saving.

Ensuring energy efficiency of refrigeration piping

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
G.I. Petrov ◽  
V.N. Kornienko ◽  
A.G. Donetskikh
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Operational Reliability ◽  
Insulating Materials ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Synthetic Rubber ◽  
Materials Used

Improving energy efficiency and energy saving in refrigeration technology depends largely on the use of modern thermal insulation materials in the thermal insulation structures of refrigeration pipelines. The article presents a comparative analysis of the thermal characteristics and operational properties of heat-insulating materials used in refrigeration. The features of RUFLEX thermal insulation materials based on foamed synthetic rubber produced from domestic raw materials and their compliance with the requirements of energy efficiency, durability, operational reliability and safety are considered.

RETROFITTING FOR IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY: THE EMBODIED ENERGY RELEVANCE FOR BUILDINGS' THERMAL INSULATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Sara Abd Alla ◽  
Vincenzo Bianco ◽  
Federico Scarpa ◽  
Luca A. Tagliafico
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Energy Impact ◽  
The City

Abstract Envelope insulation is a well-known strategy to improve buildings' energy efficiency. This paper considers two archetypes of an apartment block typology largely diffused in the Italian building stock and evaluates the energy savings resulting from the application of three insulation materials: polyurethane foam, rock wool and resin bonded fibre-board. The energy requirements for winter heating and summer cooling are assessed with EnergyPlus and then compared to the embodied energy of the insulation materials. Hence, the energy and carbon paybacks are calculated, and a cost analysis is proposed to provide an insight on the market impact for the retrofit materials' choice. The apartment block model is analyzed in three main cities (Rome, Milan, Palermo) allowing to assess the climatic conditions impact in terms of minimization of primary energy consumption and environmental emissions. Simulations showed that the thermal insulation has a higher impact on winter heating and slightly affects the summer cooling requirement. In Milan, the refurbishment gains relevance as the energy and carbon payback periods are shorter than those of the city of Palermo characterized by a warmer weather. Considering the embodied energy impact, this method allows to estimate the maximum potential for energy savings in existing buildings and provides an estimation of achievable results in short-medium period.

Retrofitting for Improving Energy Efficiency: The Embodied Energy Relevance for Buildings’ Thermal Insulation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Abd Alla ◽  
Vincenzo Bianco ◽  
Federico Scarpa ◽  
Luca A. Tagliafico
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Increase Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Impact

Abstract Thermal insulation is a well-known strategy to increase energy efficiency of buildings. This paper considers two archetypes of an apartment block typology largely diffused in the Italian building stock and evaluates the energy savings resulting from the application of three insulation materials: polyurethane foam, rock wool and resin bonded fibre-board. The energy requirements for winter heating and summer cooling are assessed with EnergyPlus and then compared to the embodied energy of the insulation materials. Hence, the energy and carbon paybacks are calculated, and a cost analysis is proposed to provide an insight on the market impact for the retrofit materials’ choice. The apartment block model is analyzed in three main cities (Rome, Milan, Palermo) allowing to assess the climatic conditions impact in terms of minimization of primary energy consumption and environmental emissions. Simulations showed that the thermal insulation has a higher impact on winter heating and slightly affects the summer cooling requirement. In Milan, the refurbishment gains relevance as the energy and carbon payback periods are shorter than those of the city of Palermo characterized by a warmer weather. Considering the embodied energy impact, this method allows to estimate the maximum potential for energy savings in existing buildings and provides an estimation of achievable results in short-medium period.

The Research on Seismic Performance of the Insulation Material on the External Wall of a Building

2013 ◽  
Vol 395-396 ◽  
pp. 469-472
Author(s):  
Zu Xu Zou ◽  
Song Ping Mao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Building Energy Efficiency ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
Thermal Insulation Material ◽  
External Wall ◽  
Insulation Materials

It is a problem on building energy efficiency of how to improve the heat insulation performance of building envelope, to make the building outer wall has good heat preservation effect, and to keep the necessary seismic performance. Exterior wall thermal insulation engineering, which is a key part on building energy conservation engineering construction quality acceptance and on building energy efficiency design, is an important part in building energy efficiency projects. Therefore, it is necessary to study the seismic performance based on the fact that the building is building energy efficiency. By the research on exterior insulation materials, the analysis on the performance of external thermal insulation materials currently used, and the research on the factors affecting the seismic performance of external thermal insulation material, It provides a guidance on evaluating the external wall thermal insulation material performance and quality, ensuring the quality of external thermal insulation material, and it is expected to achieve the effect of building energy efficiency.

Energy Efficiency of Building Envelopes

2013 ◽  
Vol 855 ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Jedinák
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
Thermal Systems ◽  
Architectural Engineering ◽  
Energy Efficient Buildings ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Right

Energy efficiency of buildings is one of the basic requirements of current architectural engineering. The new recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) calls for all new buildings to be nearly zero energy buildings by the end of 2020. To achieve this target is quite challenging. Nowadays some of the buildings that are realized are reaching these objectives. The current market is able to offer a wide range of thermal systems and thermal insulation materials themselves and the right choice of thermal system or thermal insulation material is a difficult task. Considering the significant impact that energy consumption has, is particularly important to implement policies aimed at improving energy efficiency in buildings. Highly energy efficient buildings can either save primary energy or disseminate the use of the most suitable technologies to be used in new constructions. The building may be considered as an example to study and optimize the benefits of higher energy efficiency together with the use of renewable energy systems. This article is going to discuss the characteristics of these solutions, trends in their research and development and their conceptual bases.

Researches of Advanced Thermal Insulating Materials for Improving the Building Energy Efficiency

2016 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 617-625
Author(s):  
Maxim Morozov ◽  
Pavel A. Strizhak
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Temperature Oscillation ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Building Energy Efficiency ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Thermal Insulating ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

A complex model of building was developed by using Matlab. The model allows conducting for a wide range of research related to improving the energy efficiency of buildings. In this work the investigations of energy efficiency of several advanced insulation materials, which is characterized by different thermal characteristics, were carried out. Conclusions about the impact of the thermal protective envelope on the room thermal regime were made. Prognostic heat consumptions values of rooms with different characteristics of thermal insulation materials and main base-load envelopes were determined. Researches were conducted for the winter climatic conditions of Western Siberia: the average daily outdoor temperatures are -22 °C and -12 °C, the amplitude of temperature oscillation is 8 °C

Review of Latest Developments in Microporous Aerogel for Building Applications

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 1967-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Qi Cui ◽  
Saffa Riffat
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Energy Cost ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Thermal Insulation Material ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Selection Of

Buildings are large consumers of energy in all countries. In regions with harsh climatic conditions, a substantial share of energy goes to heat and cool buildings. This heating and air-conditioning lost can be reduced through many means, such as the selection of the building thermal insulation materials. The proper use of thermal insulation material in buildings does not only contribute in reducing the annual energy cost but also helps in extending the periods of thermal comfort without reliance on mechanical heating and air-conditioning. Aerogel is one of the novel insulation these years, thermal conductivities of 0.04 W/mK less can be achieved using it. The paper is concerned with a review of Microporous Aerogel for building applications. And it also provides information about their performance.

Structure Designing and Property Investigation of Flexible Multilayer Thermal Insulation Materials

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjing Chen ◽  
Weidong Yu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Thermal Contact ◽  
Radiation Heat Transfer ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Compressive Loads ◽  
Multilayer Insulation ◽  
Gas Conduction

In this paper, a method of designing flexible multilayer insulation is analyzed and discussed, with focus on reducing the three basic modes of heat transfer (thermal radiation, solid spacer and residual gas conduction). The foundation for designing the new flexible thermal insulation material is provided. The insulation performances of different types (by choosing different reflection shields and spacers) of flexible multilayer insulation materials are obtained through measurements using a KES-F7 Thermal Labo II apparatus. The thermal performance of flexible multilayer insulation materials at different layers are also presented, and the best is about 20∼25 layers. To improve the thermal performance of multilayer insulation materials, treble spacers between double aluminized shields are applied. Aluminized shields with air, meshes, wool fibres, etc. are compared with each other. The aluminized shields with meshes fixed with down can reduce thermal contact, which reduces the radiation heat transfer more fully and can be more steady than the other spacers in the project applications. With the same layers and spacers, the thermal conductivity of crinkled aluminized shields is lower than that of the smooth aluminized shields. The effects of compressive loads on layer density and thermal performance are also investigated.

Bio-composite Thermal Insulation Materials Based on Banana Leaves Fibers and Polystyrene: Physical and Thermal Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Gehad R. Mohamed ◽  
Rehab K. Mahmoud ◽  
Irene S. Fahim ◽  
Mohamed Shaban ◽  
H. M. Abd El-Salam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Banana Leaves

Preparation and Properties of Phase Change Thermal Insulation Materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Shi Chao Zhang ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Yu Feng Chen ◽  
Liu Shi Tao ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Calcium Silicate ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Thermal Protection ◽  
Insulation Material ◽  
Insulation Materials ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Change Material

With the increase of the speed of vehicle, the thermal protection system of its powerplant requires higher insulation materials. Phase change materials can absorb large amounts of heat in short time. So the introduction of phase change materials in thermal insulation materials can achieve efficient insulation in a limited space for a short time. In this paper, a new phase change thermal insulation material was prepared by pressure molding with microporous calcium silicate as matrix and Li2CO3 as phase change material. The morphology stability, exudation and heat insulation of the materials were tested. The results show that the porous structure of microporous calcium silicate has a good encapsulation when the phase transition of Li2CO3 is changed into liquid. And the material has no leakage during use. The thermal performance test also shows that the insulation performance of the material has obvious advantages in the short term application.

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