Long term performance of vacuum insulation panels in hybrid insulation district heating pipes
Paper in proceeding, 2017

This paper presents studies on district heating pipes where a vacuum insulation panel replace the innermost layers of polyurethane around the service pipe. One of the main challenges are their long term performance. Prototypes have been tested both in field in a district heating grid and in laboratory with a constant temperatures. The results indicate that the panels are intact after four years in field. In the laboratory, the pipes have been exposed to a constant temperature of 115 degrees C for over three years without damage to the panels.

Author

Axel Berge

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Bijan Adl-Zarrabi

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Energy Procedia

18766102 (ISSN)

Vol. 116 334-342

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.egypro.2017.05.080

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Created

10/8/2017