Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination

Eshrar Latif; Simon Tucker; Mihaela Anca Ciupala; Darryl Newport; Ranyl  Rhydwen; Marian  Pruteanu; Devapriya Chitral Wijeyesekera

Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination

Eshrar Latif, Simon Tucker, Mihaela Anca Ciupala, Darryl Newport, Ranyl Rhydwen , Marian Pruteanu , Devapriya Chitral Wijeyesekera

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

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Abstract

A range of instruments are available to measure thermal conductivity of building
materials. Some of these tools are heat-flow meter, hot plate, hot box and heat transfer analyzer. Thermal conductivity data derived by using different instruments can be different from each other. Implication of these variations in thermal conductivity is significant in terms of commercial profile of the insulations and also in terms of calculating energy saving in large scale use of that specific insulation. Thus it is important to know which of the measuring instrument for thermal conductivity can produce relatively accurate and
representative result. This paper firstly looks at the methods and instrument for measuring thermal conductivity of building materials and secondly compares and analyses the results of testing thermal conductivity of fibrous insulations using a heat analyzer and a hot plate.

Original language	English
Pages	15-22
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Advances in Computing and Technology: The School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, 6th Annual Conference 2011 - London, UK United Kingdom Duration: 1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jan 2011

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Conference	Advances in Computing and Technology: The School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, 6th Annual Conference 2011
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	London
Period	1/01/11 → 1/01/11

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Latif, E., Tucker, S., Ciupala, M. A., Newport, D., Rhydwen , R., Pruteanu , M., & Wijeyesekera, D. C. (2011). Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination. 15-22. Paper presented at Advances in Computing and Technology: The School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, 6th Annual Conference 2011, London, UK United Kingdom.

Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination. / Latif, Eshrar; Tucker, Simon; Ciupala, Mihaela Anca et al.
2011. 15-22 Paper presented at Advances in Computing and Technology: The School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, 6th Annual Conference 2011, London, UK United Kingdom.

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Latif, E, Tucker, S, Ciupala, MA, Newport, D, Rhydwen , R, Pruteanu , M & Wijeyesekera, DC 2011, 'Thermal conductivity of building materials: an overview of its determination', Paper presented at Advances in Computing and Technology: The School of Computing, Information Technology and Engineering, 6th Annual Conference 2011, London, UK United Kingdom, 1/01/11 - 1/01/11 pp. 15-22.

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