Research on thermal performance of external thermal insulation composite concrete wall block

Research on thermal performance of external thermal insulation composite concrete wall block

Chenghua Zhang Jisheng Qiu  Xiao Guan  Piji Hou  Wei Huang 

Xi’an University of Science and Technology, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Department of Mining Construction, Xi'an 710054, China

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, School of Civil Engineering, Department of Construction Engineering, Xi'an 710055, China

Corresponding Author Email: 
zch-0819@163.com
Page: 
277-281
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.360137
Received: 
24 August 2017
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Accepted: 
12 November 2017
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OPEN ACCESS

Abstract: 

For the defects of temperature control performance and thermal property of existing concrete building walls, a new composite concrete wall block is proposed, and the thermal property of the block is calculated and analyzed. The transverse hole of designed H-shaped concrete block can be embedded with thermal insulation materials, and the vertical ribs are added to the traditional brick wall, which effectively increases the stability and thermal performance of the wall. The selected PCM concrete has better functions of heat storage and temperature regulation. The thermal performance test results show that the thermal insulation performance of H- shaped wall block is the best, which is due to the H- shaped wall block can effectively block the transverse thermal bridge effect of the wall, and the heat flow increases remarkably. The results of practical environmental monitoring on H-shaped concrete block show that there is a large temperature difference between the external wall and the internal wall, and the wall has better thermal insulation performance.

Keywords: 

concrete wall, thermal performance, heat transfer resistance, thermal inertia, H- shaped wall block structure

1. Introduction
2. Specification Design and Thermal Performance Index Calculation of Composite Concrete Block Wall
3. Test Results and Analysis
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
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