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Project Leader
Phalguni Mukhopadhyaya
Phone: 613-993-9600
Fax: 613-998-6802
Email: Phalguni.Mukhopadhyaya@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
High-Performance Thermal Insulation Systems for Buildings
Objectives
To advance the development of new insulation materials for buildings and to assist manufacturers and the construction industry to overcome technical limitations on their use.
Background
Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) filled with new high-performance thermal insulation, such as micro and nano-porous materials, have been developed.
These can be up to ten times more energy efficient for the same thickness than insulation materials currently in use. This means that:
- the size of insulation cavities can be reduced
- less insulation material is required
- the amount of usable building space is increased.
Vacuum Guarded Hot Plate
However, the use of such materials in buildings in North America has been limited, partly because of concerns about long-term performance, handling in the field, and performance of the panels as a system.
Statement of Work
We will install equipment to evaluate the short -and long -term thermal resistance of high-performance insulation materials and systems and then test prototypes of nano-porous materials for use as the core of a VIP. We will subsequently seek industry partners to manufacture VIPs and evaluate them with regard to their performance and field application.
Expected Outcomes
Guidelines on the application and use of VIPs in buildings will be published.
Partners
Climate Change Technology and Innovation (CCTI). Other partners are being sought.
Start/Expected Completion Dates
This project began in July 2004 and was completed in 2007.
Publications
High performance vacuum insulation panel - research update from Canada
Mukhopadhyaya, P.
Global Insulation Magazine,
pp. 9-15. 2006-10-01
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New apparatus developed for insulation research
Mukhopadhyaya, P.
Construction Innovation, 11 (2)
pp. 6. 2006-06-01
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Vacuum insulation panels - study on VIP-components and panels for service life prediction of VIP in building applications International Energy Agency Annex 39: High Performance Thermal Insulation Materials, Subtask A
Simmler, H. Brunner, S. Heinemann, U. Schwab, H. Kumaran, M.K. Mukhopadhyaya, P. Quénard, D. Sallée, H. Noller, K. Kucukpinar-Niarchos, E. Stramm, C. Tenpierik, M. Cauberg,, H. Erb, M.
pp. 153. 2005-09-01
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Methods for evaluating long-term changes in thermal resistance of vacuum insulation panels
Mukhopadhyaya, P. Kumaran, M.K. Lackey, J.C. Normandin, N. van Reenen, D.
Proceedings of the 10th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology (Ottawa, Canada, 2005-05-12)
pp. 169-181. 2005-05-01
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