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The Study of Long-Term Performance Evaluation of Vacuum Insulation Panel(VIP) with Accelerated Aging Test

가속노화 시험을 통한 진공단열패널(VIP)의 장기성능 평가 연구

Jin-Hee Kim 1
,
Jun-Tae Kim 2*
김 진희1
,
김 준태2*
1Green Energy Technology Research Center, Kongju National University
2Department of Architectural Engineering, Kongju National University
1공주대학교 그린에너지기술연구소
2공주대학교 건축학부
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
August 2017. pp. 35-47
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Abstract

Energy efficiency solutions are being pursued as a sustainable approach to reducing energy consumption and related gas emissions across various sectors of the economy. Vacuum Insulation Panel (VIP) is an energy efficient advanced insulation system that facilitates slim but high-performance insulation, based on a porous core material evacuated and encapsulated in a barrier envelope. Although VIP has been applied in buildings for over a decade, it wasn’t until recently that efforts have been initiated to propose and adopt a global standard on characterization and testing of VIP. One of the issues regarding VIP is its durability and aging due to pressure and moisture dependent increase of the initial low thermal conductivity with time; more so in building applications. In this paper, the aging of commercially available VIP was investigated experimentally; thermal conductivity was tested in accordance with ISO 8302 standard (guarded hot box method) and long-term durability was estimated based on a non-linear pressure-humidity dependent equation based on study of IEA/ECBCS Annex 39, with the aim of assessing durability of VIP for use in buildings. The center-of-panel thermal conductivity after 25 years based on initial 90% fractile with a confidence level of 90% for the thermal conductivity (λ90/90) ranged from 0.00726–0.00814 (W/m K) for silica core VIP. Significant differences between manufacturerprovided data and measurements of thermal conductivity and internal pressure were observed.

Keywords
Vacuum insulation panel
Accelerated aging
Thermal conductivity
Internal pressure
Long-term performance

키워드
진공단열패널
가속노화
열전도율
내부압력
장기성능
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  • Publisher :Korean Solar Energy Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국태양에너지학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국태양에너지학회 논문집
  • Volume : 37
  • No :4
  • Pages :35-47
  • Received Date : 2017-05-18
  • Revised Date : 2017-08-28
  • Accepted Date : 2017-08-30
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7836/kses.2017.37.4.035
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