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Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of polycarbonate panels

ČEKON, M. ŠIKULA, O.

Originální název

Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of polycarbonate panels

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Polycarbonate panels are a specific type of transparent insulation material that can be usefully integrated in building envelope structures. As the applications for such systems are increasing, it was necessary to analyse in detail data for materials which are already available to improve their thermal performance. In this paper the experimental campaign was based on the detailed characterization of the equivalent thermal conductivity parameters of several representative polycarbonate panels. The dependence of the equivalent thermal conductivity on the temperature and different angles of inclination are analyzed. Increasing the angle of the investigated polycarbonate panels changed the thermal conductivity parameters to a very minor degree. On the other hand, the effect of temperature on the thermal properties is proved to be significant and the conversion temperature coefficient is provided in this regard. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical analysis is employed to validate three-dimensional CFD models and simulate the thermal performance of low-e panels for it to theoretically improve their overall thermal parameters. When applying low-e functionality, depending on the type of polycarbonate panel, the equivalent thermal conductivity was found to range from 0.03750 W/(m·K) to 0.04172 W/(m·K), representing a reduction ranging from 43% to 24%.

Klíčová slova

Transparent insulation materialPolycarbonate panelsLow emissivityModel validationComputational fluid dynamicsRadiation heat transfe

Autoři

ČEKON, M.; ŠIKULA, O.

Vydáno

13. 9. 2020

Nakladatel

Elsevier

Místo

Netherland

ISSN

2352-7102

Periodikum

Journal of Building Engineering

Ročník

32

Číslo

1

Stát

Nizozemsko

Strany od

1

Strany do

14

Strany počet

14

URL

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BibTex

@article{BUT165182,
  author="Miroslav {Čekon} and Ondřej {Šikula}",
  title="Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of polycarbonate panels",
  journal="Journal of Building Engineering",
  year="2020",
  volume="32",
  number="1",
  pages="1--14",
  doi="10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101715",
  issn="2352-7102",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352710220309700?via%3Dihub"
}