Aging effects on thermal properties and service life of vacuum insulation panels

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-167

  Wegger, Erlend ^a   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,b   Sveipe, Erland ^a   Grynning, Steinar ^b   Gustavsen, Arild ^a   Baetens, Ruben ^c   Thue, Jan Vincent ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

accelerated aging; aging properties; building insulation; service life prediction; vacuum insulation panel; VIP

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; AGING PROPERTIES; SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION; VACUUM INSULATION PANEL; VIP;

ELECTRON EMISSION; EXPERIMENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VACUUM;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 79959833504     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259111398635     Document Type: Article

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