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Experiment and Analysis of TRIZ Application to Heat Insulation of Paint on the Steel
Deck Roofs

Ruey-Sen Chiu1,aʂ Ya-Kuan Chou2,bʂ Ping-Yeh Li3,cʂYun-Ju Chen4,d*ʂChao-Wei Yang5,e

1
Department of Interior Design, China University of Technology; Hsinchu Campus: No. 530, Sec. 3, Zhongshan Rd., Hukou
Township, Hsinchu County 303, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2Department of Interior Design, China University of Technology; Hsinchu Campus: No. 530, Sec. 3, Zhongshan Rd., Hukou
Township, Hsinchu County 303, Taiwan, R.O.C.
3
Department of Interactive Entertainment Design, China University of Technology; Hsinchu Campus: No. 530, Sec. 3,
Zhongshan Rd., Hukou Township, Hsinchu County 303, Taiwan, R.O.C.
4
*(Corresponding Author) Department of Interactive Entertainment Design, China University of Technology; Hsinchu Campus:
No. 530, Sec. 3, Zhongshan Rd., Hukou Township, Hsinchu County 303, Taiwan, R.O.C.
5
Department of Architecture, Tamkang University; No.151, Yingzhuan Rd., Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan,
R.O.C.
a
rdesignchiu@yahoo.com.tw, bmiaululumi@yahoo.com.tw, cpingyehli@gmail.com, dyjchen@cute.edu.tw, echaowei1215@gmail.com

Abstract patents around the world, Altshuller has proposed 39

Invention not only comes from inspiration but also from
methodology. Facing the competition of global economics, to
earn a place in industries, invention and improvement are
needed. The invention of service or products also called as
creation means to improve or design a new look, structure or
color of products. Since the need for invention is so urgent,
how a company invents new products becomes a significant
factor in long-term development.
This paper applies TRIZ to improving heat-proof paint used
on colored roof plates and also builds up boxes to test heat
insulation of the paint. These tests efficiently demonstrate
improvement of solar reflectance and heat resistance of the
paint and proved total heat insulation of paint on roof plates are
ungraded, which decreases indoor temperature and avoids the
overload of air conditioning. This product achieves the goal of
saving energy by decreasing amount of carbon dioxide
released from air conditioning.
Keyword: TRIZ, plate paint, heat insulation
Introduction
Nowadays, architects have been trying to decrease the heat
inside buildings and to increase heat insulation and visor
designs of architectures. During summer noon, horizontal
insulation intensity is over 1000 watts per M2 in Taiwan,
casing high room temperature. Thus to improve the paint on
roof plates and upgrade its heat resistance become the main
concern in the coming future. This paper aims at the
application of TRIZ to developing the colored steel plates with
parameters, which is a breakthrough to traditional technologies,
and he has furtherly categorized them into 40 principles. Thus,
to improve systems and solve problems from the aspects of
TRIZ, first of all, is to use 2 of 39 parameters to represent the
two internal potentially conflicting requirements and then to
search for the inventive principles that solve the problems from
the contradiction matrix. Inventive problem-solving
procedures in TRIZ to solve inventive problems is to identify
and specify problems, then to convert problems to similar
standard ones according to the methodology provided by
TRIZ.

1.2 The Contradiction Matrix Chart
The traditional way is compromise but TRIZ uses
elimination instead. According to Altshuller's analysis, there
are totally 39 system characteristics in contradictions and
Altshuller organized these principles of problem-solving in
matrix, which is the most well-known contradiction matrix in
TRIZ. The horizontal axis in matrix refers to the negative
effects that occur when attempting to get positive effects, while
the lateral is the positive effects planned to be improved.
Assuming when designers intend to better feature A but causes
feature B deteriorating, designers can get the solutions from
inventive principles efficiently. The contradiction matrix
consists of 39 rows and columns, totally 1521 elements [1]. As
Table 1 is the chart of contradiction matrix.

Table 1 chart of contradiction matrix (partially extracted)
Deteriorated
01.weight of mobile object

03.length of mobile object

02.weight of fixed object

parameters
heat-proof paint, which advances solar reflectance as well as
39.productivity

heat insulation of the plates so as to reach the goal of saving

18.Brightness

energy.

1. Test methodology
1.1 TRIZ inventive principles Parameters
To be
The new inventive principles of TRIZ are meaningful
improved
experience gathered by professional analysts from studying the
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updated results of different fields. This experience has mobile object
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significant reference values in instructing invention of new
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39.productivity
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1.3 TRIZ application of heat-proof paint on steel plates

This paper was to improve solar reflectance of heat-proof
paint, such as to upgrade the reflectance of physical property
by applying TRIZ contradiction matrix and 40 principles. The
brief elaboration is as below. Traditionally to improve
reflectance of materials is to thicken the heat-proof materials
with two or three compound materials. However, in this study,
we follow the traditional way to thicken the new paint on
backside of roof plates, but it causes small air bubbles between 2.1 Location of experiment boxes
layers of paint, or even making the paint peeling off [6]. There are 3 boxes in this experiment, serving as experiment
and control group spearately. The heat surroundings inside
1.4 An introduction of heat-proof paint on plate these 3 boxes are similar so that the comparisons of these 3
As the study of Hideki Takebayashi & Masakazu Moriyama boxes can be performed. The facilities and designs of the 3
indicates [5], in the study mentions solar reflectance (Albedo) boxes are shown as Table 3. All A, B and C boxes are in
of each surface, highly reflective white paint and Solar natural surroundings. The inner walls of the boxes stop the heat
reflectance is 0.74. The heat reflectance of white color is better from solar radiation.
than other colors. Thus, white color is used as heat-proof paint 
for roof plates in this study. This experiment uses 2 kinds of Table 3 Exterior and interior designs of experiment boxes
heat-proof paint materials on roofing steel plates. The material Heat-proof paint on completed
A,B,C boxes
A, polypropylene resin, is mainly used in adhesives, walls of boxes experiment box
water-proof materials, protective materials, concrete
addictives and so on. Material B is heat-resistant powder,
mainly used in water-proof materials, fire-proof materials,   
concrete additives, retarders and so on. The mixture of these
two materials in suitable proportion is a heat-proof material for 2.2 Experiment facilities
roof steel plates [6]. In this test of heat resistance, we have adopted the data
recorder, Campbell CR-10, which automatically gets data from
1.4 An introduction of heat-proof paint on plate measuring facilities, such as voltage, surface temperature of
As the study of Hideki Takebayashi & Masakazu Moriyama steel plates, radiation temperature of walls and the heat
indicates [5], in the study mentions solar reflectance (Albedo) in/outside the designed boxes. The equipment used includes
of each surface, highly reflective white paint and Solar T-thermocouple wires, bulb thermometers, heat flow meters,
reflectance is 0.74. The heat reflectance of white color is better hydrometers, anemometers and auto data recorder, as Table 4
than other colors. Thus, white color is used as heat-proof paint shows. (partially extracted)
for roof plates in this study. This experiment uses 2 kinds of
heat-proof paint materials on roofing steel plates. The material Table 4 Introduction and designs of measuring facilities
A, polypropylene resin, is mainly used in adhesives, Measure
Facilities Type Scope Limit
principle
water-proof materials, protective materials, concrete
Thermocouple T type Seebeck effect -32~250 ɗ ±0.012ɗ
addictives and so on. Material B is heat-resistant powder, wires
mainly used in water-proof materials, fire-proof materials, Heat flow meters ITI B819 Seebeck effect ±0~1999 W/ ±3% W/ Ϭ
concrete additives, retarders and so on. The mixture of these Ϭ
two materials in suitable proportion is a heat-proof material for Date recorder CR-10 Voltage signal ±2500mV “ȝ9
Campbell 炷U.S.A炸 reading
roof steel plates [6].
scientific, Inc.

2. The Design of experiment boxes: Instrumentation

The design of boxes in this experiment is based on the study
by T. Soubdhan , T. Feuillard, F. Bade. This study simulates
the mould and builds up the boxes. These two boxes in this test
consist of iron slotted angles as main frame. The wall of the
boxes is made of thick plywoods and inner boards of thick PS
board, as Table 2 shows.
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2.3 The measuring method and setting of weather facilities
as experiment measuring process
(1)The T-type thermocouple wires measure temperature,
pyrheliometers measure solar radiation, anemometers take
wind speed and heat flow meters take the heat current passing
from the roof to the boxes (based the calculation of data
gathered from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.).
(2)The frequency of measurement is set once 10 seconds
and the average readings are recorded every 10 minutes, which
leads to short gap in each measurement, which allows thermal
conductivity to respond.
(3) The average heat flow in this study is based on 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. The max average Ui rate is acquired from the heat
insulation test of each box.

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2.4 The test of heat-proof paint on roof steel plates category. The experiment boxes in each group are Table 7
This paper categorizes test groups according to plate colors show.
that are commonly used on roof plates in Taiwan. In the first
category, there are 2 groups with 3 colored plates in each group. Table 7 The heat resistance test records of 1st and 7nd
The second category is the same colored plates as 1st category group in 2st category (partially extracted)
but coated with heat-proof paint. The control group and 2nd category / (1st 3experiment boxes 3experiment boxes
experiment group are as Table 5 and Table6 indicate. The heat group~7th group) (left side) (right side)
resistance and temperature of the two categories are tested 1st group Color of A烉light green plateˤB烉plate with white
through experiment boxes at the same time. After several heat plate paint heat-proof paint
resistance tests on these two categories and comparing the data 2nd group Color of A烉red plateˤB烉plate with white-heat proof
gathered in the tests, we have seen how the paint improves heat plate paint paint
resistance of plates and have also gotten the average thermal Ļ Ļ
conductivity Ui rate of each group. 5th group Color of A烉light green plateˤB烉late with white
plate paint heat-proof paint ˤ C 烉 late with white
Table 5 The heat resistance test of plate paint in the 1st and heat-proof paint
2nd category (two groups) Ļ Ļ
1st and 2nd group group-A Light group-B White group-C 7th group Color of A 烉 light green plate B 烉 plate with blue
green plate plate Red plate plate paint heat-proof paint C烉white plate
Category/
ŐƌŽƵƉ 4.Test results and discussions
4.1 The analysis of heat resistance test result of roof plate
paint in 1st and 2nd category as Table 8 shows:
 Table 8 The comparison of average heat resistance of each
Table6 The introduction of paint material used on roof group in the 2 categories (partially extracted)
plates(partially extracted)

Average radiation heat inside the boxes(ɗ)

Numbers of

(average surface temperature of plate

Paint color of Elaboration of paint layers
Category group

Temperature differential in
Average heat resistance (ɗ)
plates paint and paint

each group and estimated

Level of its performance
thickness

electricity saving
Heat resistance(ɗ)
One 1-2 Light green Light green Original spray
(category) group

plate color on coating.

Plate color

surface without Thickness

1-2 White plate White color on Original spray
surface without coating.
heat-proof Thickness is
paint ignored
1-2 Red plate Red color on Original spray
surface without coating.
heat-proof Thickness is
paint ignored
Two 1 Light green Plate with
plate white paint (One) light 53.81 1.12 46.40 3
(TH烉 0.6 mm) 1-2 green
2 Red plate Plate with
8.04ɗ
spray
white paint coating
(TH烉 0.6 mm)
1-2 White 44.33 2.54 38.40 1
Ļ Ļ Ļ plate 48.24%
5 Light green Plate with Plate with
plate white paint white paint
1-2 Red plate 52.30 0.63 45.90 2
(TH烉 0.6 mm) (TH烉 0.6 mm) (Two) Light 65.08 1.78 54.63 2
Ļ Ļ Ļ 1-A green 11.46ɗ
7 Light green Plate with blue white plate plate
plate paint TH烉 0.6 1-B plate 49.65 3.44 43.17 1
mm with
68.76%
white
3. Test Results paint
There are two categories, totally two kinds of experiment 2-A Red plate 58.47 0.98 50.66 2 8.63ɗ
plates, in this study. Heat resistance tests are performed on the 2-B plate 47.61 2.81 42.03 1
paint of roof plate in each group and readings about thermal with
51.78%
white
conductivity of the paint are also recorded at the same time. paint
This paperanalyzes and evaluatesthe advantage disadvantage Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ
of the plates in heat resistance tests. 5-A light 51.14 0.95 44.08 3
The hest resistance test in 1st and 2nd group 3 colored plated in green
1st category. In order to understand heat resistance of 3 colored plate
8.2ɗ
roof plates commonly used in Taiwan, two heat resistance tests 5-B plate 39.42 2.26 35.88 1
are performed so as to examine the original heat resistance of with
the plates. The heat resistance test of 1st to 7th group in 2nd white

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paint blue paint

5-C plate 39.79 2.80 35.96 2 7-C white plate 0.5 Neglected 1.82 1
with
49.2%
white 5.Conclusions
paint
Ļ Ļ Ļ Ļ This paper applies TRIZ to developing heat-proof paint for
7-A light 57.87 1.19 48.72 3 colored steel deck plates and the study results stated as below.
green 13.38ɗ
(1) Comparing the surface temperature of the 3 colored
plate
plates (A, B and C) in the two groups of 1st category, the white
7-B plate 44.82 2.77 38.65 2
with blue
colored plate has better surface reflection than the other
paint 80.28% two-colored plates. Comparing heat resistance and radiation
7-C white 40.18 3.89 35.34 1 heat taken by bulb thermometers, it indicates the white roof
plate plate performs better than the other two-colored plates.
 (2) The analysis of heat resistance of plates in two
4.2 After calculating the readings taken on the plateroof, we categories: according from Taiwan Economics department,
get the average thermal conductivity Ui. After testing heat every 1 ˈ drop in temperature saves 6% electricity bill. In the
resistance of each group of the 2 categories, the average white box of 1st group, the radiation heat inside the box drops
thermal conductivity Ui rate of roof plates in each group as
Table 9 Table 10 shows. 13.38ˈ on average, which saves 80% of electricity bill,
whereas that of the green and red plate boxes with white
Table 9 The comparison of average thermal conductivity heat-proof paint drops 8.04~11.46ˈ, which saves 50% of
Ui rate in each group of 1st category electricity charge. Moreover, the developed sky-blue paint in
Level of it performance

this study also performs quite well with a drop of 5.27ˈ in

(estimated Ui rate)
Thickness of paint
Thickness of plate

Average thermal
plate number

conductivity

heat resistance, which saves 30% of electricity bill.

plate color

(3) Comparing heat resistance tests of each group in these

(mm)

(mm)

two categories and calculating the average thermal

conductivity Ui rate, the Ui rate of the white plate in 7th group
of 2nd category is about 1.82, which indicates this plate has the
best heat resistance, whereas the plate with white paint in 5th
1 light green 0.45 Neglected 4.96 3 group of 2nd category has Ui rate of 1.88, the second-best
performance in heat resistance.
2 white 0.5 Neglected 3.85 1 (4) From these results, we are convinced that if the weather
is a sunny day with high insulation intensity, white colored
3 red 0.5 Neglected 4.87 2 plates will have better performance in saving electricity
charge.

6. References
Table10 The comparison of average thermal conductivity
Ui rate in each group of 2nd category (partially extracted) [1] Liu CC (Liu Chih Chen), “A Study of TRIZ Method
Average thermal conductivity

Improvements and Eco-Innovative Design Methods”,

Level of it performance

NCKU Doctor Dissertation, Jan. 2003.

(estimated Ui rate)
Thickness of plate

Thickness of paint
plate number

[2] Hung YC (Hung Yung Chieh), “The Introduction and

plate color

(mm)

(mm)

Application of TRIZ”, 2004.

[3] Hung CZ (Hung Chun Zen) translated.ɾAnalysis of paint
materialsɾHou Han Publish, 2000.
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plate
tropical climate",Solar Energy, vol.79,2005,p.311-320.
1-B plate with 0.45 0.65 4.25 1
white paint [5] Hideki Takebayashi,Masakazu Moriyamaɾ"Surface heat
2-A red plate 0.5 Neglected 5.12 2 budget on green roof and high reflection roof for mitigation
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Ļ Ļ Ļ vol.42,2007,p.2971-2979.
5-A light green 0.45 Neglected 4.98 3
plate [6] R.S Chiu, S.T Cheng ,”The Application of Innovative
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7-A light green 0.45 Neglected 4.89 3
plate
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