DETERMINATIONMETHODOFTHERMAL CONDUCTIVITYOFBUILDINGPARTSINSITU THROUGHIRIMAGINGBYMINIMIZINGTHE INFLUENCEOFENVIRONMENTALPARAMETERS

G.FIVOSSARGENTIS,A.CHATZIMPIROSandN.SYMEONIDIS

11thInternationalConferenceonEnvironmentalScienceandTechnology Chania,Crete,Greece,35September2009

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Thevariationofthesurfacetemperaturesinthreecases:(a)theoretical,(b)in caseofwin(bluearrows)and(c)incaseofsolarradiation(redarrows)

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Testexample

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31,0C 30 AR02

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Environmentalaspectsofinfraredimagingtesting

METHODDESCRIPTION
Inthismethodofanalysis,theparametersusedare: t :outsidetemperature La t :insidetemperature Li t :surfacetemperature(interior) 1 t :surfacetemperature(exterior) 2 a :surfaceconductivity x K:thermalconductivityofpartofthebuildingsenvelope R:thermalresistanceofpartofthebuildingsenvelope=1/K 1 L :thermalresistanceofthematerial

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94%

74%

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70%

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DISCUSSION
Difficultiesinapplyingthemethodinspecifictypeofmaterialswithhighthermal storagecapacity,suchasstone. Experimentaldatashowthatfortheapplicationofthemethodforthecalculationofthe thermalconductivityinthistypeofmaterials,thefollowingconditionsshouldapply:

Eliminationofenvironmentalinterruption(solarenergy,wind) Maximizationofthetemperaturedifference(indooroutdoor) Stablethermalflowformorethanthreehours

Therefore,theoptimalmeasurementistakenduringcoldwinternights,andatthe sametimewheninsidetemperatureofthebuildingisthehighestpossible. Sothemethodisdefinedtoprovideresultsforthethermalbehaviourofdifferentparts ofabuildingwithprecisionofmorethan80%ifthefollowingconditionsapply:

Stablethermalflowbetweenindoorandoutdoorsystemformorethan1 hour Minimumvariationoftheoutdoortemperature Differencebetweenindoorandoutdoortemperaturessuperiorto15C Nomeasurementsaretakenwhilethereissolarradiationonthebuilding.

CONCLUSIONS

Throughthismethod,infraredimaging,mostlyusedasan approachforqualitativeanalysisinbuildings,becomesa quantitativeanalysistoolforimprovingtheaccuracyofthe insitudeterminationofthethermalconductivityof buildingsmaterials. Basedonthismethod,existingbuildingspartscanbe evaluatedquantitativelywithregardtotheirthermal conductivity,whichisrelatedtothebuildingsenergy requirements.Inaddition,failuresinbuildingsenvelopes, suchasthermalbridges,canbedetectedandanalysed quantitatively,whilealsomeasuresforimprovingthe insulationofbuildingscanbeevaluatedthrough quantitativeandaccuratedata.