Simple method to support optimization of layouts for vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) for refrigerators
✍ Scribed by Mitsuo Kudoh; Akiyoshi Ohira; Hirokazu Nakamura; Kuninari Araki
- Book ID
- 102859710
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 639 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1099-2871
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We proposed a technique of analysis that supports the optimization of layouts for vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) for refrigerators, using a one‐dimensional technique of calculation to simulate the heat loss caused by VIP envelope materials. VIP thermal characteristics were described by approximating system efficiency by using the panels' average length (L~p~). We compared this simplified method to three‐dimensional numerical analysis of 1 to 6µm thick, vacuum‐packed aluminum foil and 1.5 to 6 mW/mK thermally conductive heat‐insulated core materials, and verified them to be within a 1% margin of error. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 35(7): 451–463, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20132