Publication detail

Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of polycarbonate panels

ČEKON, M. ŠIKULA, O.

Original Title

Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of polycarbonate panels

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

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%.

Keywords

Transparent insulation materialPolycarbonate panelsLow emissivityModel validationComputational fluid dynamicsRadiation heat transfe

Authors

ČEKON, M.; ŠIKULA, O.

Released

13. 9. 2020

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Netherland

ISBN

2352-7102

Periodical

Journal of Building Engineering

Year of study

32

Number

1

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

1

Pages to

14

Pages count

14

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352710220309700?via%3Dihub

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/209127

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"
}