Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermal performance of a protected vacuum-insulation system applied to a concrete wall

Applied Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 841-855

  Nussbaumer, T ^a   Ghazi Wakili, K ^a   Tanner, Ch ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Guarded hot box; Highly insulated walls; Linear thermal transmittance; U value; Vacuum insulation panels

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); VACUUM; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EDGE EFFECT; GUARDED HOT-BOX; HIGHLY INSULATED WALLS; LINEAR THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE; U-VALUE; VACUUM INSULATION PANELS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); VACUUM; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; INSULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33646595321     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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