Reliability of material data measurements for hygroscopic buffering

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 5355-5363

  Roels, Staf ^a   Talukdar, Prabal ^b   James, Chris ^c   Simonson, Carey J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gypsum board; Moisture buffering; Round robin testing; Sorption isotherm; Vapour permeability

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM BOARD; MOISTURE BUFFERING; ROUND ROBIN; SORPTION ISOTHERM; VAPOUR PERMEABILITY;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTS; GYPSUM; NUMERICAL METHODS; SORPTION;

MOISTURE;

EID: 77956056617     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. C.E. Hagentoft, A.S. Kalagasidis, B. Adl-Zarrabi, S. Roels, J. Carmeliet, H. Hens, J. Grunewald, M. Funk, R. Becker, D. Shamir, O. Adan, H. Brocken, K. Kumaran, and R. Djebbar Assessment method of numerical prediction models for combined heat, air and moisture transfer in building components: benchmarks for one-dimensional cases J. Therm. Envelope Build. Sci. 27 4 2004 327 352
2. M. Woloszyn, and C. Rode IEA Annex 41 Whole Building Heat, Air, Moisture Response. Modeling Principles and Common Exercises 2008 K.U.LEUVEN Belgium
3. C. Rode, N. Mendes, and K. Grau Evaluation of moisture buffer effects by performing whole building simulations ASHRAE Trans. 110 2 2004 783 794
4. A. Holm, H. Kunzel, and K. Sedlbauer Predicting indoor temperature and humidity conditions including hygrothermal interactions with the building envelope ASHRAE Trans. 110 2 2004 820 826
5. C.J. Simonson, M. Salonvaara, and T. Ojanen Heat and mass transfer between indoor air and a permeable and hygroscopic building envelope : Part 1 - Field measurements J. Therm. Envelope Build. Sci. 28 1 2004 63 101
6. C.J. Simonson, M. Salonvaara, and T. Ojanen Heat and mass transfer between indoor air and a permeable and hygroscopic building envelope : Part 2 - Verification and numerical studies J. Therm. Envelope Build. Sci. 28 2 2004 161 185
7. O.F. Osanyintola, and C.J. Simonson Moisture buffering capacity of hygroscopic building materials: experimental facilities and energy impact Energy Build. 38 2004 1270 1282
8. J. Kurnitski, T. Kalamees, J. Palonen, L. Eskola, and O. Seppänen Potential effects of permeable and hygroscopic lightweight structures on thermal comfort and perceived IAQ in a cold climate Indoor Air 17 2007 37 49
9. F. Tariku, and K. Kumaran Hygrothermal modeling of aerated concrete wall and comparison with field experiment P. Fazio, Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering 2007 Taylor and Francis Group London 321 328
10. K. Svennberg, K. Lengsfeld, L.E. Harderup, and A. Holm Previous experimental studies and field measurements on moisture buffering by indoor surface materials J. Build. Phys. 30 2007 261 274
11. T. Kalamees, and J. Vinha Indoor humidity loads and moisture production in lightweight timber-frame detached houses J. Build. Phys. 29 3 2006 219 245
12. M. Qin, R. Belarbi, A. Ait-Mokhtar, and A. Seigneurin An analytical method to calculate the coupled heat and moisture transfer in building materials Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer 33 1 2005 39 48
13. P. Talukdar, S.O. Olutimayin, O.F. Osanyintola, and C.J. Simonson An experimental data set for benchmarking 1-D, transient heat and moisture transfer models of hygroscopic building materials, Part I: experimental facility and material property data Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 50 2007 4527 4539
14. P. Talukdar, O.F. Osanyintola, S.O. Olutimayin, and C.J. Simonson An experimental data set for benchmarking 1-D, transient heat and moisture transfer models of hygroscopic building materials, Part II: experimental, numerical and analytical data Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 50 2007 4915 4926
15. S. Roels IEA Annex 41 Whole Building Heat, Air, Moisture Response. Experimental Analysis of Moisture Buffering 2008 K.U.LEUVEN Belgium
16. S. Roels, C. James, P. Talukdar, and C.J. Simonson Reliability of transient heat and moisture modeling for hygroscopic buffering ASHRAE Trans. 115 2 2009
17. BCR, Eur 14800 - The BCR Programme on Applied Metrology and Chemical Analysis, Projects and Results 1988-1992, Office for official publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1992.
18. B. Time, S. Uvslokk, Intercomparison on measurement of water vapour permeance, Nordtest-project agreement 1529-01, Prosjektrapport 339, Norges byggforskningsinstitutt, Oslo, 2003.
19. S. Roels, J. Carmeliet, H. Hens, O. Adan, H. Brocken, R. Cerny, Z. Pavlik, C. Hall, K. Kumaran, L. Pel, and R. Plagge Interlaboratory comparison of hygric properties of porous building materials J. Therm. Envelope Build. Sci. 27 4 2004 307 325
20. C. James, C.J. Simonson, P. Talukdar, and S. Roels Numerical and experimental data set for benchmarking hygroscopic buffering models Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 53 2010 3638 3654
21. ASTM, ASTM E 96-05, Standard Test Method for Water Vapour Transmission of Materials, American Society for Testing and Materials, vol. 14.06, 2005.
22. EN ISO 12572:2001, Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products - determination of water vapour transmission properties, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.
23. M. Pazera, and M. Salonvaara Examination of stability of boundary conditions in water vapour transmission tests J. Build. Phys. 33 1 2009 45 64
24. S. Roels, How reliable are standard cup tests for the determination of the vapour permeability of building materials? in: N.T. Bayazit et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Building Physics Conference: Energy Efficiency and New Approaches, 15-18 June 2009, Istanbul, Istanbul Technical University, 2009, pp. 1001-1006.
25. H. Janssen, and S. Roels Qualitative and quantitative assessment of interior moisture buffering by enclosures Energy Build. 41 2009 382 394
26. M.J. Cunningham The building volume with hygroscopic materials - an analytic study of a classical building physics problem Build. Environ. 38 2003 329 337
27. S. Roels, J. Carmeliet, Water vapour permeability and sorption isotherm of coated gypsum board, in: Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries, The Icelandic Building Research Institute, Reykjavik Iceland 2005, pp. 609-616.