An Impact of Air Permeability on Heat Transfer through Partitions Insulated with Loose Fiber Materials

Abstract:

The paper presents the problem of windwashing in partitions including air permeable thermal insulations. There are technical solutions, which deliberately accept the filtration of air in the insulating layer, guided by the necessity of possible drying of building materials. Some scientific papers even suggest that the air infiltration decrease the heat losses through ventilation. In result there occur heat losses in building heat balance which are underestimated and therefore difficult to take into account during calculations. Heat changes on the inner surface of the building partition occur with a delay to the initiation of the wind. However, even the short-term local wind speed loads on thermal insulations result in temperature decreasing and therefore possible condensation on the inner surface of the building partition. The article presents laboratory measurements of air permeability of loose mineral wool and laboratory investigation of the impact of air filtration on heat transfer in lightweight partitions filled with loose thermal insulation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 861)
• Pages: 190-197
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.861.190
• Online since: December 2016
• Authors: Piotr Kosiński*, Robert Wójcik
• Keywords: Air Permeability, Heat Losses, Infiltration, Loose Thermal Insulations, Mineral Wool

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