Core Materials of Vacuum Insulation Panels: A Review and Beyond

Abstract:

Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation solutions on the market today. The insulation performance of VIPs mainly depends on the quality of core materials. This paper compared three types of core materials, namely foam insulation material, powder insulation material and fibrous insulation material. Novel structure of core materials which is fiber pore structures packed with different size powder particles is also put forward on this paper. The aim of this paper is to investigate and compare various properties, requirements and possibilities for traditional core materials and put forward possible future core materials of VIPs.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 174-177)
• Pages: 1437-1440
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.174-177.1437
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Cheng Dong Li, Zhao Feng Chen, Wang Ping Wu, Zhou Chen, Jie Ming Zhou, Xue Yu Cheng, Dan Su
• Keywords: Core Material, Novel Structure of Core Materials, Thermal Conductivity (TC), Vacuum Insulation Panels

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