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American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1928
Table 4. Internal Conductivities of Building Materials
and Insulations1--Continued
B. insulations--(Continued)
Material
Description
Density (Lb. per Cu. Ft.)
Temp, op Sample
(Dec. . Faur.)
Internal Conduc-
(C OR Cu)
authority 1-1
7.0
90
0.27
Bureau of Standards
binder.
9.7
0.32
Willard, Lichty & Harding
binder.
Kapok between
2.0
90
0.25
Bureau of Standards
burlap or paper.
13.6 90 0.32
13.0 90 0.31
14.0
70
0.32
Peebles, Armour Institute
;
i
Hairiasul10........... j Hairinsul10-. -......|
75 per cent hair___ }
25 per cent jute...... 50 per cent hair___
j
50 per cent jute......
6.3 6.!
90 90
0.27 0.26
Bureau of Standards Bureau of Standards .
Hair felt10.__
Felted Cattle Hair
13.0
90
.0.26
Bureau of Standards
Hair feltTM................ Felted Cattle Hair
11.0
90
0.26
Bureau of Standards
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gyspum__ 30.0
90
1.00
Bureau of Standards
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum__ 30.0
75
0.92
Peebles, Armour Institute
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum__ 24.0
90
0.77
Bureau of Standards
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum_. 24.0 -
75
0.737 Peebles, Armour Institute
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum
18.0
90
0.59 ' Bureau of Standards
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum.
18.0
75
0.566 Peebles, Armour Institute
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum.
12.0
90
0.44
Bureau of Standards
Insulex or Pyrocell Cellular Gypsum. . 12.0 75 0.400 Peebles, Armour Institute
16.9
90
0.34
Bureau of Standards
lation made from
wood pulp.
Insultte...................... Board form insu-
16.5
70
0.34
Peebles, Armour Institute
lation made from
wood pulp.
Keystone Hair10.;__
11.0 75 0.25
4.9 90 0.28 Bureau of Standards
tween paper.
Tith
14.3 90 0.40 Bureau of Standards
and straw pulp
with binder.
T-ith
Rock wool, flax
14.5
75
0.38
Peebles, Armour Institute
and straw pulp
with binder.
18.0 75 0.33 Peebles, Armour Institute
lation made from
exploded wood
fiber.
Maftex_______
Board form of in-
36.1
81
0.337 Peebles, Armour Institute
sulation made
from roots of
licorice.
Regranulated Cork_ About % in. par-
8.1
90
0.31
Bureau of Standards
tides.
Rock Wool10 ....... Fibrous material,
10.0
90
0.27
Bureau of Standards
made from rock.
Also made in
sheet form, felted
and confined
with netting.
Ten Test- __ __ . Board form insu-
20.0
75' 0.46 Peebles. Armour Institute
lation made from
wood pulp.
Thermofelt10. ,, _ Jute and asbestos
10.0
90
0/37
Bureau of Standards
fibers, felted.
Thermofelt10.... ....... Hair and asbestos
7.8
90
0.28
Bureau of Standards
fibers, felted.
-
Thermofill_________ Powdered Gyp-
34.0
90
0.60
Bureau of Standards
sum.
Thermofill___ ______ Powdered Gyp-
26.0
90
0.52
Bureau of Standards
sum.
Thermofill.________ _ Powdered Gyp-
24.0
: 75
0.475 Peebles, Armour Institute
Thermofill____ ____ Powdered Gyp-
18.0
75
0.34 Peebles, Armour Institute
sum.
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Chapter I--Calculating the Heat Losses from Buildings
Table 5.
Factors to be Used in Determining Values of Outside Surface Coefficients (K2) under Moving Air Conditions
In each case, the moving air factor is based on still air coefficient (AT,) for same material. For conditions where wind velocity is not known use the factor (3) or take K: as 3Kx for same material.
Wind Velocity in Miles per Hour
5 10 15 20
Brickwork
2.38 3.20 3.76 4.22
Multipliers of Ki* Wood
2.19 2.71 2.95 3.02
Average
2.28 2.96 3.36** 3.62
10
20 Above 20
Additional Values--Smooth Surface
..... 2.20
.......
2.60
^.......
3.00
.....
....... ........
Taken from Engineering Experiment Station Bulletin No. 102, of the University of Illinois. Addi
tional values from Engineering Experiment Station, Pennsylvania State College, reported by Professor Wood. Tests at Pennsylvania State College indicate character of surface, rough or smooth, more important than material of surface.
This is usually taken as 3 even.
Heat Transmission Data
Heat transmission coefficients of many common types of building construction are given in Tables 6 to 12, inclusive, each construction being identified by a serial number. For example, in Table 6-A, the coefficient of transmission (Z7) of a 13-in. brick wall, furring strips, and % in. of gypsum plaster on metal lath, is 0.185, and the number assigned to a wall of this construction is 3-b.
The coefficients in these tables were determined by computations similar to those shown in Fig. 3, using the value of C (or Cu`) indicated. The authorities for the conductivities used for computing these coefficients are given in Table 4. As in the case of the examples in Fig. 3, the average value of 1.34 given in Table 3 for K, was used for all surfaces in still air. The value of for outside wall and roof surfaces was taken as 3 X K,, or 4-02, corresponding to a wind velocity of approximately 15 miles per hour.
A value of C = 8.3 for stone concrete (1- 2- 4 mix) was used for com puting the values of U for all constructions involving this material. It is quite probable that the true conductivity of stone concrete approaches the value of 6.3 obtained from tests conducted by Professor Peebles of Armour. Institute, when the concrete is thoroughly dry and well cured. If, for a certain concrete construction, it appears that the value of 6.3 is more nearly correct, the engineer may at his discretion compute the value of U on the basis of this figure. This of course is true of other constructions.
The Research Laboratory of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers has developed an apparatus known as the Nicholls heat meter for the determination of the heat loss through any type of construction, and by means of which the value of U for any construction may be ascertained by actual test. The Nicholls heat meter consists essentially of a plate of bakelite, 2 ft. square and ]/g in. thick, This plate is equipped with thermocouples which are so constructed as to the two surfaces of the plate, produces a difference in electrical potential between the thermocouples. The plate is calibrated so that this difference
in potential, when measured, can be converted into terms of heat trans-
lCu is the conductivity (or conductance) for construction or thickness stated.
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