Subtle issues in the measurement of the thermal conductivity of vacuum insulation panels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-160

  Wessling, Francis C ^a   Moser, Marlow D ^a   Blackwood, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VACUUM;

VACUUM INSULATION; VACUUM PANEL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 2342622766     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1683674     Document Type: Article

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